January 2020

Review of A Street Cat Named Bob

I read A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets by James Bowen.📚 After I watched the movie see here, I fought that I also should read the book. And it was the right decision. The book has a sort of a feelgood feeling to it, no matter that something does not work out, James manages to see something positive in it.

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Les Misérables

On Friday the 24th of January, I finally have seen Les Miserables, my favorite musical for the first time. I had such high expectations for this musical. I’ve listened to the original soundtrack (Les Misérables Highlights (Original London Cast Recording)) countless times and dearly love the voices and the songs. So the evening was a bit of a mixed bag. Overall I enjoyed my time, but there are some issues I had with this version of it.

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Review of The Fated Sky: Lady Astronaut Novel

I finished reading The Fated Sky: Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 The second issue connects directly after the first book. We now have a station on the moon, and Elma York – the main protagonist – works now as a space bus driver on the moon for half the year. But as this does not make for an exciting book, she soon managed to get onto the first mission to Mars.

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I think today is a good day! Looking forward to the evening where I will watch Les Miserables.

 

Review of The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel

I just ended reading The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 I’m not sure anymore where I found this book, but I liked it! It reminded me a lot to the Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. I think mostly due to a similar structure, but this book is undoubtedly less science fiction and more alternate history. Another aspect is for this story is the accessible writing style of the author.

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Review of Starsight (Skyward Book 2)

I just finished reading Starsight (Skyward Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson.📚A worthy second issue for this series. Spin’s character is growing in this issue, form only beeing a pilot to something more. Now she also needs to be a spy and a politician. And infiltrate a base of the central galactic government. So this book expands the universe of the story quite a lot, and we also finally get some answers – not all answers but certainly enough to understand the setting better.

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Review of Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed

I just finished reading Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed by Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos.📚 We get an introduction into the secret world of the development of multiple secret airplanes, and the problems the engineers needed to overcome to deliver these fantastic machines. The book is captivating and exciting to read about the development of airplanes. But I would like to get more technical depth in the book, and fewer war stories.

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I found a fish while procrastinating on work — the story of this week.

I found a fish while procrastinating on work — the story of this week.

 

So happy and relieved right now. I just found our passport and other documents again, which we were missing since our move in September.

 

I’ve watched A Street Cat Named Bob 🍿 the other day and enjoyed the movie. I’m currently thinking about also reading the book on which the film is based. What drew me into the movie was the big picture of the cat on the Netflix selection page, would it not have been there. I would never have started the movie. I liked how the camera was showing the POV of the cat at times, although it was a bit confusing the first time.

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