October Wrap Up - Audio and Watch Lists
Now that October has ended, I'm satisfied with the regular writing habit I have created through #MyFriendAlexa
1. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie's novels are a treat. Sometimes I feel the urge to consume a suspense packed thriller but do not have the patience to read an entire book on it. I am a rather slow reader. So a mini-series suffices. And oh the thrill, the bated breaths, racing hearts and jumpy me. As I await the movie on 'Death in the Nile' (I have already read the book years ago, but you forget the mystery somewhat), I indulged in the BBC 2015 mini-series based on the novel of the same name 'And Then There Were None'.
It has a rather strange premise. An ensemble of characters meet in a secluded island, on receiving a letter from a certain Mr. and Mrs. Owen. Some are recruited, some invited for a party. But the sinister announcement after the first days' dinner reveals that they all are guilty of murder. Some justify the deaths, some confess, and mostly they are wary of one another. Then a series of deaths begin. All following a nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldiers'. Someone was murdering them, hunting them one by one.
2. BioHackers
This was a good binge-watch full of futuristic possibilities, and believable. It is about secrets, mysteries, and inventions. And lots of biomedical technologies of the tomorrow.
3. We Should All Be Feminists
A short audio of about 45 mins. Enjoyed listening, thanks to Scribd. A complementary read to 'Dear Ijeawele'.
4. Dear Ijeawele: A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
It is a guide for a new mother, the author's friend, who has asked her to suggest and advice on how to raise a feminist child. Our author replies to her, through this letter.
I would read this one again and again and again. I want to have a physical copy too. To remember the fifteen suggestions and abide by them. The audio is a little over 1 hour, and the physical copy is about 81 pages. So short and so effective. Adichie's word has power, it is simple enough and makes you sit up and listen. You are bound to pay heed to them. After reading The Purple Hibiscus, I could say, her name was enough to pick up a book. As they say, be it a grocery list written by her, I would pay to read.
5. The Strange Library
This was a surreal short story where a kid is coaxed into the basement of a library to the so called Reading Room, that's more like a prison cell. It's like many of own nightmares during childhood. And one can tell it's by Haruki Murakami from the onset of the narrative. It is about 1 hour long in audio.
You may also like to read my review of Norwegian Woods by the author, or Kafka on the Shore, or one of my favorites The Sputnik Sweetheart.
6. Dark
Since everyone was raving about it so much, I too decided to give it a try and I did finish watching all the three seasons over a month. It was good at first, but the twists seemed forced, the complexity of the plots and subplots seemed forced too. I liked it to an extent, The Grandfather paradox and many other paradoxes that it dealt with, but may be this was not for me. I was perhaps not the right kind of audience.
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