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Aug

2019

Read

Picture of my dog Rosie in her coat with the book Uncommon Grounds — Rosie and the book Uncommon Grounds

Uncommon Grounds – Mark Pendergast Loved this book and the history of coffee. As well as the history of how coffee made its way around the world, it also includes the history of the advertising that accompanied it and it’s interesting to see it and how unacceptable some of it would be now.

Feminists Don’t Wear Pink and Other Lies – Scarlett Curtis Great little book of essays from famous people on feminism. Particular favourite was Karen Gillan’s story of her mum protecting the little redhead with pale skin – been there!

Grimm: The Icy Touch – John Shirley Better than the last one, but still not up to the standards of the show.

The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu – Charlie English It was amazing to read about not only the people that saved the ancient manuscripts from destruction, but the history of traveling to the area.

Griffith Review 64 – The New Disruptors

Watched

The Originals

1×13 Crescent City

1×14 Long Way Back Home

1×15 Le Grand Guignol

1×16 Farewell to Storyville

1×17 Moon Over Bourbon Street

1×18 The Big Uneasy: I hate Genevieve. On so many different levels.

1×19 An Unblinking Death

1×20 A Closer Walk With Thee Helijah. Genevieve improved on me momentarily. Also, Oliver is evil.

1×21 The Battle of New Orleans More Helijah. I feel we’re being spoilt so something will stop this soon, I am sure of it.

1×22 From a Cradle to a Grave What a bloodbath! But so pleased Genevieve is gone. Not so pleased that Oliver still lives…but give it time.

2×01 Rebirth Finally got rid of Francesca. FINALLY. And I knew the Helijah was too good to last. I love that the actors ship this too.

2×02 Alive and Kicking Seriously, if everyone stopped keeping secrets (Hello, Elijah), half this stuff wouldn’t happen

Madam Secretary

2×08 Lights Out

2×09 Russian Roulette

2×10 The Greater Good

2×11 Unity Node

2×12 The Middle Way

2×13 Invasive Species

2×14 Left of the Boom

2×15 Right of the Boom

2×16 Hijriyyah A much better job for Henry. Honestly, does no one think of the children?

2×17 Higher Learning

Legends of Tomorrow

2×17 Aruba

Inspector Rex

1×8 Bring Me Beethoven’s Head: I cannot believe the number of people who want to steal Beethoven’s head!

Mindhunter

2×01 Olivia Dunham is back (yes, that is what we now call her in everything) and she’s eying a lady bartender. All is right with the world. As long as she and Tench can keep Holden in line.

Aug

2019

Read

The Killing Time – Tim Waggoner: This is one of the books based on the television show Grimm which I really enjoyed. Unfortunately, the book did not live up to the writing of the show.

A picture of my dog Rosie wearing her purple pajamas with the book "The Killer Across the Table" — Rosie with the book The Killer Across the Table

The Killer Across the Table – John Douglas and Mark Olshaker: I really love the books these two bring out because they are so interesting. This included a lot of cases I had never heard of but it involved a much more in-depth look at the way the behavioural science unit worked.

Once and Future – Amy Rose Capeton: A gender-bending LGBTQ take on the King Arthur tale.

Born Standing Up – Steve Martin: I found this very slim pickings about his life and how he got to where he is.

Watched

Madam Secretary

1×19 Spartan Figures

1×20 The Necessary Art

1×21 The Kill List

1×22 There But For The Grace of God

2×01 The Show Must Go On

2×02 The Doability Doctrine: I love that Madeline Albright and the other secretaries of state do lunch. I’d love to be a guest at one of those lunches! Also, I would personally have quit after the President went back on his word. I could never trust someone who did that.

2×03 The Rusalka: Some dodgy behaviour on behalf of Dr McCord here

2×04 Waiting for Taleju: I KNEW we’d get a slutshaming storyline at some point, and here it is.

2×05 The Long Shot

2×06 Catch and Release

2×07 You Say You Want a Revolution

Inspector Rex

1×5 Deadly Teddies

1×6 Dance on the Volcano

1×7 First Prize

The Originals

1×01 Always and Forever

1×02 House of the Rising Son

1×03 Tangled Up in Blue

1×04 Girl in New Orleans

1×05 Sinners and Saints

1×06 Fruit of the Poisoned Tree

1×07 Bloodletting

1×08 The River in Reverse

1×09 Reigning Pain in New Orleans

1×10 The Casket Girls: Helijah love.

1×11 Apres Moi, Le Deluge: I seriously thought that Harvest would work. But now Celeste is on a rampage. Can’t wait till she comes face to face with Elijah

1×12 Dance Back from the Grave: Papa Tunde is creepy and as much as I don’t like snakes, throwing one on a bonfire while it is alive is rude

Carlo and Malik

1×04 Una Notte Senza Stelle

1×05 Sorelle

1×06 Per Amore: Not going to watch this show anymore. It’s really getting a little melodramatic

Arrow

5×19 Dangerous Liaisons: Oh Felicity, I feel you have made a grave error with Helix. I don’t trust these hackers. Especially Alena. She’s shifty

Jul

2019

Read

An Edited Life – Anna Newton

This is a really interesting look at getting your life streamlined and everything in a manageable way so that you can perform at your best. I found quite a few useful tips in it, as well as some ideas I had not thought of before.

A picture of my dog Rosie with the book "An Edited Life" — Rosie with An Edited Life by Anna Newton

Watched

Madam Secretary

1×05 Blame Canada

1×06 The Call

1×07 Passage

1×08 Need to Know

1×09 So It Goes

1×10 Collateral Damage

Arrow 5×18 Disbanded

Shazam!

I love this movie. Not just for the concept of found family, which is something I love seeing in popular culture, but because one of the leading characters has a disability. A double whammy of awesome!

Wynonna Earp: 2×12 I Hope You Dance

Legends of Tomorrow: 2×16 Doomworld

Rizzoli and Isles: 7×12 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

The Blacklist

4×21 Mr Kaplan (No.4)

4×21 Mr Kaplan (No.4) Conclusion: Holy cow, Ressler killed Laurel Hitchens! I did not see that coming. Also, the Samar and Aram scenes were very cute and they are adorable together.

Black Lightening 2×03 – The Book of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry

Kommisar (Inspector) Rex

1×04 A Perfect Murder: I absolutely loved this episode. Rex taking Moser to the pet shop and choosing out all the things he needs, including a lot of toys and naturally a giant bone to chew on.

Jun

2019

Read

Wordsmith’s and Warriors – David and Hilary Crystal

This book was a travel through Great Britain looking at how the English language formed and the famous (and not so famous) places that are associated with this formation.

1,234 QI Facts to Leave You Speechless

More facts! I love random facts.

Notes on a Nervous Planet – Matt Haig

This is a book about living with anxiety in the modern age.

A picture of my black poodle Rosie wearing a grey and red jumper with the book Dinner with Churchill by Cita Seltzer

Dinner with Churchill – Cita Steltzer

Churchill did his best negotiating and dealmaking over food, and this is a great look at some of the important meals he had and the favourite foods and drinks he liked.

Watched

Grimm

5×07 – Eve of Destruction – No joke, she is far more interesting and fun as Eve than she ever was as Juliette

5×08 – A Reptile Dysfunction

5×09 – Star-Crossed

5×10 – Map of the Seven Knights

5×11 – Key Move

5×12 Into the Schwarzwald

5×13 Silence of the Slams

5×14 Lycanthropia

Hawaii 5-0

3×1 La O Na Makuhine

3×2 Kanalua

Wynonna Earp – 2×07 Everybody Knows

Arrow – 5×15 Fighting Fire With Fire

Legends of Tomorrow – 2×13 Land of the Lost

Rizzoli and Isles – 7×09 65 Hours

Kommisar Rex (Inspector Rex)

1×1 Pilot – We are watching this show from the start again because we really love it. Only the seasons in Austria – we tried the seasons in Italy and didn’t like them – they killed a dog so that was it for us.

Aquaman

Up in the Air

Read and Watched 11-17th August

Read and Watched August 4th-10th

Read and Watched July 21-27

What I Read and Watched 16-22 June