Sandry's Book and Homeland
Jan. 6th, 2013 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearSandry's Book (or The Magic in the Weaving) is the first in the Circle series by Tamora Pierce. I listened to the audio version, which was done in an interesting way. The author did the narration, but each character's dialogue was done by a different actor, which made it much more engaging than it might have been otherwise. It's very light fantasy - telling how four mage-born children with nowhere else to go are collected up by a seer and brought together at a special temple, where they will be trained in their gifts. This book was very much set-up - in fact, I was really surprised when it ended as I thought it was only half way through. Not a lot happened, apart from the children meeting each other and gradually becoming friends. I'm assuming more exciting things will happen to them in the other three books in the series, which I do plan to download and add to my audiobook selection.
On the TV front, my dad has been going on about Homeland for months. I watched the very beginning of the first episode when he first mentioned it and it didn't grab me at all. Since he didn't stop recommending it, even when I told him I'd tried it and not liked it, I thought perhaps it deserved a second go - and I'm really glad I did! First time around, I didn't even get to the introduction of Morena Baccarin (I never found her attractive until she cut all her hair off - now she's very sexy!) and Damian Lewis (who has to be one of the best actors around at the moment). It's fascinating stuff, too - I love the fact that the viewer has no idea whether or not Lewis' character has been turned or not, and things keep happening that are brilliantly ambiguous. I watched the first six episodes today, the rest of Season One probably won't last long, and I'm downloading Season 2 as I type this. My only worry is that this kind of plot is very difficult to maintain successfully over several seasons. We shall see.
On the TV front, my dad has been going on about Homeland for months. I watched the very beginning of the first episode when he first mentioned it and it didn't grab me at all. Since he didn't stop recommending it, even when I told him I'd tried it and not liked it, I thought perhaps it deserved a second go - and I'm really glad I did! First time around, I didn't even get to the introduction of Morena Baccarin (I never found her attractive until she cut all her hair off - now she's very sexy!) and Damian Lewis (who has to be one of the best actors around at the moment). It's fascinating stuff, too - I love the fact that the viewer has no idea whether or not Lewis' character has been turned or not, and things keep happening that are brilliantly ambiguous. I watched the first six episodes today, the rest of Season One probably won't last long, and I'm downloading Season 2 as I type this. My only worry is that this kind of plot is very difficult to maintain successfully over several seasons. We shall see.
