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the owls are not what they seem
Aug. 22nd, 2024 07:57 pmThe Nutmeg of Consolation by Patrick O'Brian. Honestly one of the things I love about these books is that really dramatic things happen constantly but they resolve in such almost conflict-less ways. I don't know how else to describe it. Like something that would have huge climactic build up and fall out in other books just doesn't in these, but nothing about them is flat either.
The Truelove by Patrick O'Brian. Alternately, sometimes it feels like almost nothing happens in these books and they're still so engaging. This one was like 200 pages of everyone being jealous over the one woman on the ship before a battle. It's about the characters and historical immersion. I'm already sad that I only have 5 books left before the series ends.
We Are Lady Parts (seasons 1 & 2): In good timing with my subscribing to Peacock for the Olympics, they had recently released season 2 of this series. I enjoyed it a lot and went back and re-watched season 1. The seasons are 6 25-minute episodes so not a huge commitment and very fun.
True Detective (season 1): Oof. This was so brutal I almost had to turn it off. I've definitely gotten more sensitive to horror and violence as I've gotten older. Recently I tried to re-watch some Walking Dead and Criminal Minds and I was like, this is too much. But I did finish this season because parts of it were really fascinating. I love how they did split time periods (1995 vs 2012) and you can literally see all the characters being unreliable narrators of the past when they talk in the current timeline. Rust's dialogue overall is unhinged in interesting and often funny ways. The whole reason I watched this at all was a post I saw of Marty saying 'can you stop saying weird shit' and then Rust immediately saying some more weird shit. Also I must note I never really considered Matthew McConaughey attractive until I saw him as an absolute mess of a character in this but I see it now.
Twin Peaks (seasons 1 & 2): I've heard people talk about this show for years and it was on the library shelf next to True Detective so I thought 'why not'. It was...not what I expected. I mean, yes, it is a crime drama for the first bit but then it is like a supernatural horror soap opera. I wouldn't necessarily say I liked it, although how insane it was made it strangely compelling and I did enjoy the Log Lady and Lucy and Andy and Albert. Lots of recognizable guest stars: Martin Short, David Duchovny, Heather Graham. Hilariously Don Davis is an Air Force officer that is part of covert alien investigation behind the cover story of deep space telemetry so he basically went on to play the same role in Stargate SG-1.
The Truelove by Patrick O'Brian. Alternately, sometimes it feels like almost nothing happens in these books and they're still so engaging. This one was like 200 pages of everyone being jealous over the one woman on the ship before a battle. It's about the characters and historical immersion. I'm already sad that I only have 5 books left before the series ends.
We Are Lady Parts (seasons 1 & 2): In good timing with my subscribing to Peacock for the Olympics, they had recently released season 2 of this series. I enjoyed it a lot and went back and re-watched season 1. The seasons are 6 25-minute episodes so not a huge commitment and very fun.
True Detective (season 1): Oof. This was so brutal I almost had to turn it off. I've definitely gotten more sensitive to horror and violence as I've gotten older. Recently I tried to re-watch some Walking Dead and Criminal Minds and I was like, this is too much. But I did finish this season because parts of it were really fascinating. I love how they did split time periods (1995 vs 2012) and you can literally see all the characters being unreliable narrators of the past when they talk in the current timeline. Rust's dialogue overall is unhinged in interesting and often funny ways. The whole reason I watched this at all was a post I saw of Marty saying 'can you stop saying weird shit' and then Rust immediately saying some more weird shit. Also I must note I never really considered Matthew McConaughey attractive until I saw him as an absolute mess of a character in this but I see it now.
Twin Peaks (seasons 1 & 2): I've heard people talk about this show for years and it was on the library shelf next to True Detective so I thought 'why not'. It was...not what I expected. I mean, yes, it is a crime drama for the first bit but then it is like a supernatural horror soap opera. I wouldn't necessarily say I liked it, although how insane it was made it strangely compelling and I did enjoy the Log Lady and Lucy and Andy and Albert. Lots of recognizable guest stars: Martin Short, David Duchovny, Heather Graham. Hilariously Don Davis is an Air Force officer that is part of covert alien investigation behind the cover story of deep space telemetry so he basically went on to play the same role in Stargate SG-1.
