I’m a bit late with my October roundup – many apologies.<\/p>\n
Books<\/strong><\/p>\n I finished\u00a0the first book in Tansy Rayner Robert’s Mocklore series,\u00a0Splashdance Silver –<\/em> more detailed review to come for the Australian Women Writers reading challenge.<\/p>\n For anyone who has read and enjoyed Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series, the latest book (Mistborn: A Secret History<\/em>) is a fun read. No point reading this book by itself – it only really makes sense if you’ve read the other books (or at least the first trilogy). If you’re a fan of the other books, you’ll like this one. It runs parallel to the original trilogy, fills in a \u00a0few blanks and brings back a favourite character. However, I must admit it has been quite a while since I read the original story and I spent half of this book trying to remember how it all fit together.<\/p>\n And finally I started on Revenger<\/em> by Alistair Reynolds – more to say\u00a0next month once I’ve finished.<\/p>\n TV<\/strong><\/p>\n I finished\u00a0Luke Cage<\/em>\u00a0on Netflix – an excellent series. It was very refreshing to watch a show that deals with themes of masculinity, but does it in a way that is\u00a0respectful to women. I loved the nods to the seventies as well – even though it is set in the modern day, it had a 70s aesthetic which was cool. I kept expecting the theme song from Shaft to kick in. It was also good to see Rosario Dawson playing a larger role in this series. Clearly she’s going to be the person that pulls the heroes from Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage<\/em> and Iron Fist<\/em> together, but she had a much bigger role in this series.<\/p>\n I just realised that The Expanse<\/em> is also on Netflix. I’ll definitely be watching that one, the special effects and general look of it is amazing. Really liked the books, and keen to see a solar system sci fi series.<\/p>\n Movies<\/strong><\/p>\n Got away to a movie in October – went to see Marvel’s Dr Strange<\/em>. In some ways a very different Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, in other ways a lot of the same formula. I liked the way they brought magic in, some of the scenes were very trippy (a bit like Inception<\/em> with buildings twisting and gravity going all weird). Enough humour to keep me interested as well.<\/p>\n Other<\/strong><\/p>\n A lot of family and work related activity in October, so not much more from me.<\/p>\n So, what have you been up to?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n <\/p>Hi,\n