Last year my New Year’s Resolution was to keep a list of all the popular culture I consumed. It has been a very interesting exercise and one that I plan to continue. It is a good prompt to me to read more and watch less! Here is a list of some of my cultural highlights of the year:<\/p>\n
Novels:
\nI re-read Lord of the Rings, and all of the Game of Thrones books, and CS Lewis’ space trilogy. All good.
\nI read some more horror again, after much time away – Clive Barker, James Herbert, now re-reading Stephen King (which may take some time!)
\nBest books read: Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood; Xenocide by Orson Scott Card; Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
\nI read about 25 novels – so one a fortnight.<\/p>\n
Movies (at home)
\nI watched more than 60 – so more than one a week. Some favourites: John Wick (1&2); Ex Machina; I, Daniel Blake; Nymphomaniac (both parts)
\nWorst film watched: The Circle<\/p>\n
TV
\nProbably watch a bit more TV than movies now – influence of Netflix!
\nKept up with Game of Thrones, Walking Dead and all the Marvel series – though I have now given up on that (Inhumans! erk).
\nEnjoyed the first few series of Downton. Loved Westworld, American Gods, Wolf Hall, Star Trek Discovery and The Crown.
\nAlso: Strictly! for the first time.<\/p>\n
Cinema – roughly one a month, they were all good. Basically I’ll see the main popcorn movies on a big screen. Best of these was probably Blade Runner, closely followed by Dunkirk<\/p>\n
Lego Batman
\nLogan
\nLion
\nGuardians of the Galaxy 2
\nSpiderman: Homecoming
\nBaby Driver
\nDunkirk
\nKingsman: Golden Circle
\nBlade Runner 2049
\nThor Ragnarok
\nJustice League
\nStar Wars: The Last Jedi<\/p>\n
For next year? I just can’t wait for Infinity War…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last year my New Year’s Resolution was to keep a list of all the popular culture I consumed. It has been a very interesting exercise and one that I plan to continue. It is a good prompt to me to … Continue reading