lathany

During the summer,

bateleur passed me the graphic novel Nimona by Noelle Stevenson and said he thought I'd like it. Turns out that I do - it's set in a land of fantasy and science with a large corporation, a hero, a villain and a side kick. Except, none of them turn out to be quite what they are advertised to be. It's funny, it has some lovely twists whilst pretending to follow genre and I'd read more about these characters (or anything else by Noelle Stevenson).

We also got around to seeing the last of the Hunger Games films - Mockingjay part 2. By this point I'd read the trilogy, so knew what was coming. The film was remarkably close to the book, I thought Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson (Haymitch) and Jena Malone (Johanna) were good, but I didn't like the film much. I didn't like the book very much either, for much the same reasons, and felt the series was rather repetitive and very grim (the first one was good and then it deteriorates). However, by seeing all four films I got to be completist about it.

Today I gave blood. I'm now feeling rather tired and a bit fragile.