The Blogosphere

Caroline's Miscellany

I found this blog thanks to a tweet from the Manchester Modernist Society

The first post I came across was a look at her visit to the BT Tower.  I've always been fascinated by the BT Tower in London.  A fascination I can do nothing about :-(  To say I'm jealous of the access the blogger had would be a huge understatement!  I'm just glad she's shared this and other things with us via her blog.

The blog contains some lovely pictures and explanations at some nice locations.

Go and have a look, it can be found at http://carolineld.blogspot.com/http://carolineld.blogspot.com/

Day 15 - 30 Film Challenge

A Film that Depicts My Life

We'll have to go tongue in cheek here.  There is no film that is as boring as my life!  So, as my life has always been ruled by felines I've gone for the excellent Bring Up Baby.  Grant and Hepburn at their best with an exceptionally good-looking co-star.

Day 14 - 30 Film Challenge

A Film No-one Expected Me to Like

This was a toughie.  I'm pretty predictable in my tastes.  The thing with this one is I dislike musicals and 'period but modern' tales.  I think this was just too much fun to dislike though.

Book 22 of the 50 Book Challenge

The Tattoo Murder Case  by Akimitsu Takagi, 324 pages

Started March 31st, finished April 5th

The book is another borrow.  This time from my dad.  The provider of a hell of a lot of my reading material :-)

I knew this was a crime novel set in post-war occupied Tokyo.  I pre-judged this to mean that it would be very dark.  Although murder is never a light topic this book can't really be described as dark.  It's definitely got humour.

The descriptions of the Japanese art of tattooing and its results were wonderful.  They sound absolutely wonderful.  Much more interesting than the Western style.  I would love to see one in real life.

The characters in this book are great.  It was an easy job to get to know them.  They all added a little to the telling of the tale.

The mystery is well set-up.  The solving of the mystery is excellent.  It takes plenty of time and gives you a great ride through the book.  I had my suspicions on the guilty party but not how they'd done it.  It was interesting to see it explained.  With a few surprises thrown in.  The author left me wanting to read more about these characters.  Always a good thing.

4.5 out of 5 pawprints

Total so far, Books - 22, Pages - 6,546

Next - A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin

Day 13 - 30 Film Challenge

A Guilty Pleasure

I love this film in all it's cheesy glory.  The ridiculousness, the cliches, the terrible effects none of it matters. It's just damn good fun.  Saying that, I have yet to see Escape From LA.  I don't want to ruin Escape From NY if I hate it.

I Know I Said I Wouldn't, but....

Last year I ran the 5k Race for Life in order to raise money for Cancer Research.

Thanks to people's generosity I raised over £400.  I then said 'Don't worry I won't be harassing people for sponsor money next year.'  I didn't want to be waving a sponsorship form at everyone, all the time.

However, one of my friends has breast cancer and has asked people to run this year's Race for Life.  There is also another girl in our town, also very young, suffering the same disease.  Locally their friends have done a massive amount, organising events to raise money for Cancer Research.  It seems surly not to politely request sponsorship to aid this good (and now more personal) cause.

I am running two races this year.

The Great Manchester Run (10k)

and

Heaton Park's Race for Life (5k)

If you would like to sponsor me, please click on one of the links on this page.  I will be very grateful for any amount, however small.  Every but makes a difference.

Day 12 - 30 Film Challenge

A Film by my Least Favourite Director

This was a toughie.  I don't have a least favourite director really.  If I hate a film it's unlikely I'll give a director another go.  So I went with the film that left the nastiest taste in the mouth.  This film was awful.  The first one was unnecessary but didn't really stain one of my favourite tv shows.  This one did.  It touched on the offensive and the reek of cashing in was potent.  If you're going to look at how women are treated in certain parts of the world don't belittle it with Gucci.  Michael Patrick King (and everyone else involved) SHAME ON YOU.