Thinking about it only makes it worse is a collection of posts that Mitchell has written for the guardian over the years. Dealing with everything from contemporary politics to weird hangups on grammar David Mitchell does what David Mitchell does best: is slightly grumpy about things. “Brainchild” is an odd word. You hear it a lot in explanatory voiceovers and I suppose I was trying to join in, but I don’t really like it. I’m not keen on the idea that my brain could have […]
This book is a lot. #CBRBingo
I was skeptical going in to this. If you’re following my reviews, you probably know that lit fic and I don’t always get along. And it was a bit dense, especially at first. I knew going in this was made up of a series of interlocking stories, which was probably another reason I was wary. It’s actually cooler than that, though. The book is structured in a sort of mirror. The first story is set in the 18th century and is told as a diary, […]
Episode 1-03: Strutting and Fretting His Hour Upon the Stage
http://neozaz.com/strutting-and-fretting-his-hour-upon-the-stage/ Wherein I review: 6. Odd Interlude #1 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 7. Odd Interlude #2 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 8. Odd Interlude #3 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 9. Back Story by David Mitchell 10. City of Endless Night (Agent Pendergast #17) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Releases I’m Stoked About This Week: Ms. Ice Sandwich by Meiko Kawakami The Sky is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith The Raptor & The Wren by Chuck Wendig
My first celebrity memoir, and a well chosen one at that.
David Mitchell (no, not that one) is one of the most adorable people that too few people have heard of. I was vaguely familiar with his shows Peepshow and That Mitchell and Webb Look, but it wasn’t until I discovered that almost every episode of Would I Lie to You? was on Youtube that I truly became smitten with his wry, self-deprecating humor. He is so unambiguously British, and has wholly accepted the posh characterization that has somewhat artificially been placed upon him, I don’t […]