Reading
I don’t want to go all ‘Growing up, I only had four channels to watch…’ but how can one possibly watch and digest everything of interest? I suppose it’s like a reading pile now, something that will never be empty. 📚📺
Finished reading: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 📚
My dog-walk audiobook companion for the next couple of weeks. Currently Reading: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman 📚
Currently Reading: The Notorious Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud 📚
Finished reading: Love Will Tear Us Apart by C. K. McDonnell 📚
Currently Reading: Love Will Tear Us Apart by C. K. McDonnell 📚
Currently Reading: How to Sit by Thich Nhat Hanh 📚
Currently Reading: The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud 📚
’The Satsuma Complex’ - Bob Mortimer. Review.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
An enjoyable novel debut proper from the delightfully daft Mortimer.
It took a little while to get into the rhythm of the story, there’s an awkwardness to the dialogue that is deliberate given the main-character’s social awkwardness and subsequent journey. It has Mortimer’s surreal whimsy running through and once it hits its stride it’s superb.
Having read his autobiography, I feel Mortimer doesn’t realise just how good a writer he is. The main character here is based on himself back at the same age complete with crippling shyness and loneliness. The writing occasionally lacks confidence, despite being excellent. It’s not quite the wall to wall silliness one would expect from him, the book deals with murder, corruption and relationship abuse but there’s more than enough daftness to keep Mortimer’s fans happy.
I look forward to his next novel. Hopefully this one will have given him a shot of confidence.
Finished reading: The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer 📚
Currently Reading: The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer 📚
Currently Reading: Coraline Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman 📚
Currently Reading: The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable by Aaron Blabey 📚
Finished reading: The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey 📚
NaNoWriMo. 1,113 today and 50,127 total. 💻📚📝🥇
Tidied up my writing area a little today. 💻📚📝
NaNoWriMo. 1,548 today. 49,014 total. 💻📝📚
NaNoWriMo. 1,199 today. 47,466 total. 📝📚💻
NaNoWriMo. 1,226 today and 46,267 total. 📚📝💻
I’m having a little tinker with Aeon Timeline 3. Had the app for a while, but didn’t dive too deeply as it seemed to be so utterly complicated. I’m slowly starting to see the power of it. 💻📝📚