Where To Next?

Vinyl is one of those shows that you binge watch in a couple of days and then wish you would've taken your time because the next season isn't out yet and it will be forever until you can get your next fix. I haven't actually heard much about it, I can't even remember how I came across it, but I think once more people start discovering it, it will become a much-talked about, must-see series. With all the drugs and murder it's not surprising when you find out that Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese are the creators (along with Rich Cohen and Terence Winter). The quality you would expect from these big names, as well as the incredible cast, is there as well. There is a lot going on in the show, but somehow it blends seamlessly together to create cohesive storylines and keep the audience's interest. The show's main focus is on Ritchie Finestra. Founder of record label American Century, we see his relationships with his partners begin to disintegrate as ...

You probably have a general idea of what you're getting yourself into when you start reading this book. It's been around for a long time, so you have an idea of the premise, maybe even seen some of the movie. You might be totally into Law & Order, Dexter and biographies of serial killers. You might be interested in psychology, and have a natural curiosity for what makes people tick. All of these reasons are valid, and contribute to my reasons for wanting to read it. However, as much as all these things are interesting, it is still confronting to read. It isn't the number of people he kills, or the emotionless way in which he does, but the horrific methods that he uses. Prepare for some graphic details of murder and sex. That's not to say it isn't readable or you shouldn't attempt it at all, just a warning for those who get a bit queasy in the face of gore.  It is a strange read, not quite what I expected. The book is from the point of view of ...

I chose to read this book because, like many books before it, it has been made into a movie. I don't know about you but I find it incredibly difficult to read a book if I've already seen the movie. I already know what's going to happen, and the characters and places have already been determined as looking a certain way, leaving nothing left to my imagination. So, Me Before You is set in England and is from the perspective of Lou, a girl in her late twenties who gets herself a job as a carer for Will; a young man in his mid-thirties who is paralysed and wheelchair-bound. Before his accident, Will was a very active person; travelling, participating in extreme sports and being amazing at his fancy job in London. As expected he is in a bad place mentally, with his independence and life as he knew it stripped away. Enter Lou, a bit of a quirky personality, who has found her life in a rut, living with her family and not really having any major ambitions. I won't give...

I have read many biographies, in fact I would say that about half of my book collection consists of assorted biographies, memoirs and autobiographies. I'm not particularly fussy about them either, actor, writer, singer, politician, sportsman, serial killer, it's all good. Manson really stood out to me though, and not just for its subject matter. I think Guinn did an amazing job of researching Manson's life and presenting all the events in a diplomatic, in-depth way, despite having to put all the pieces together from many different people's accounts. Guinn sets the scene for us, describing the hippy culture and political issues of the era, which gives us insight into what the world was like at the time for these atrocities to occur. He explains the mood of society at the time, and how it got to that point, somehow drawing our interest in rather than making us feel we're back in high school history class. I personally didn't actually know the details of ...

So apparently I'm a bit late to the party, but I have just finished watching the first two seasons of Bojack Horseman, and I'm hooked. It's not what I expected, after getting the recommendation from a Reddit post, asking, 'What's the best show that people aren't watching?'. I hadn't heard of it, so I thought it would be a kind of weird show by some creative up-and-comers, but it's really full of big names; Bojack is voiced by Will Arnett, his friend Todd by Aaron Paul, and appearances by Amy Schumer, Daniel Radcliffe, Naomi Watts, and even Paul McCartney, just to name a few. It's an animated show, so I was assuming it would be similar to Family Guy; funny with a kind of sick sense of humour. But it's so much more than that. Based around the main character, Bojack Horseman, who is an actor famous for a cheesy 90's sitcom, the show mainly focuses on Bojack trying to get through life and deal with his myriad problems. Having grown-up w...