http://stephencashmore.com Stephen's blog http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20241026224506 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20241026224506 Anyone picking up this new book will almost certainly be wondering if it can be as good as The Thursday Murder Club and its sequels. Can it be as funny? Can the plot be as confusing but pleasurably coherent? Can the characters jump off the page as they did in TTMC? And the answer is... ye... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20241026223936 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20241026223936 I have to report that my wife (who is Chinese) and I are not the same. This has been confirmed over the years by a number of remarkable additions to the English language she has made. Some are not repeatable, But just to confirm that we are different, she has said that we are like cheese and chal... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20241026223708 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20241026223708 We watched this on Netfix and thoroughly enjoyed it. I confess I figured out what was going on within the first ten minutes or so, but I still enjoyed seeing how everything unravelled. Rather like Ian Mckellan in The Critic, Olivia Coleman dominated this film with an amazing performance. Worth w... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20241021095521 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20241021095521 My middle son recommended this book and went so far as to lend me his copy. While I was reading it I saw a Thing online that purported to list the top 75 SF books ever written. I didn't much agree with the list, but The Mountain in the Sea was in it, round about number 30 as I remember. W... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20241021094842 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20241021094842 We went to a book launch the other day, up in Glasgow's Hillhead Library, where my own book was launched. This time it was the turn of Barrie Condon and Demons, a sort of murder mystery with a hint of the paranormal and lots of humour thrown in. As it happens I proofread this book so I kn... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20241021094359 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20241021094359 My wife was out so I sat by the fire and watched Rebel Ridge, because I knew it was the sort of film she wouldn't be interested in. I enjoyed it. I wouldn't say it's anything special, but equally I wouldn't put anyone off from watching it. Basically it's the standard hero ex-soldier up against ... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20241020160333 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20241020160333 We all know by now, of course, that this series is actually written by two authors, neither of whom of are James or Corey. That doesn't really matter: on the second reading of this series (I only got up to book 6 of 9 before), I am amazed at its scope. Great plot(s), great characters, plenty of humo... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20241020155921 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20241020155921 Ivy and I went to watch The Critic at our local cinema, not entirely sure what to expect. We don't always like the same films. But this one was different. Not a cape or a superhero to be seen, nor any lovesick duos dancing into the sunset. It was strongly character driven, but with a slowly evol... http://stephencashmore.com/viewpost.php?post=20241020155415 http://stephencashmore.com/viewPost.php?post=20241020155415 Some time ago I tore tendons in my leg and was in agony for several weeks. Paracetamol didn't work. Neither did Aspirin or Ibroprufin or even Co-codamol. Not even the little black tablets the doctor gave me, whatever they were. In the end my wife (who is Chinese, remember) lost her temper and sa...