I hope September treated everyone with dignity and respect. I’m afraid my culture consumption has been a little light on this month – too many work events and family obligations preventing a good read!<\/p>\n
Books<\/strong><\/p>\n I finished Lois McMaster Bujold\u2019s\u00a0Falling Free (<\/em>Book 1 in the\u00a0Vorkosigan Saga).\u00a0I enjoyed the book, but my initial concern that it didn’t seem to contain anyone called \u201cVorkosigan\u201d in it was born out. I am assuming that it was some kind of prequel book, that has been listed as Book 1 for anyone wanting to read chronologically? In any case, the book was a good story, but not enough to make me immediately want to pick up another in the series. I’m told I should definitely try the next one,\u00a0Shards of Honour<\/em>, which I might do in the fullness of time.<\/p>\n I started the first book in Tansy Rayner Robert’s Mocklore series, Splashdance Silver<\/em>. It is interesting to go back and look at the earlier work of an author you admire. I won’t say much here, because I’ll probably do a full review once I’m finished the book.<\/p>\n TV<\/strong><\/p>\n You know what I did? I got lazy and missed the last couple of episodes of\u00a0the second series of\u00a0Marvel\u2019s Agent Carter<\/em>\u00a0on Channel 7\u2019s catch up TV. Really kicking myself on that front – now I’ll have to wait to be able to obtain it through alternate legal means to find out how the story ended. Very disappointing. I believe that is the last series of Agent Carter, which is a damn shame.<\/p>\n Have been catching up on the latest series of\u00a0Musketeers<\/em>, but must admit to be finding it harder going this series. Not exactly sure why, I think the clash of modern sensibilities with the realities of a 14th century French monarchy are starting to overwhelm the show. Still, there is still a nice balance of both swash and buckle, so I keep going back.<\/p>\n Lots of the DC universe TV series are starting up this week – Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow<\/em>. I’m in two minds about a couple of these series – almost ready to let some of them go. I might give them each a few weeks and see how I feel.<\/p>\n Speaking of superheroes, I watched the first episode of\u00a0Luke Cage<\/em> on Netflix last night. Looks really good – that is one superhero show I’ll definitely be sticking with.<\/p>\n Movies<\/strong><\/p>\n Besides taking my daughter to see\u00a0Secret Life of Pets<\/em> I’ve been once again cinema free this month. I’m considering going along to see\u00a0The Magnificent Seven,<\/em> but that isn’t really SF so not much point in mentioning it.<\/p>\n I did watch the extended cut of Batman vs Superman<\/em>\u00a0on Blu-ray last week. It’s still not the best superhero movie of the year, but I did find that the extra material plugged a few gaps for me and made the movie seem a bit more coherent. I especially felt that Lois Lane came out seeming much more well rounded, which was good.<\/p>\n I rewatched Captain America Civil War<\/em> as well (a father’s day gift). I really like Spiderman. Just sayin’.<\/p>\n