Have His Carcase

tags: classics, Harriet Vane, Lord Peter Wimsey, murder mystery

⭐⭐⭐⭐out of 5

From Goodreads 

Harriet Vane has gone on vacation to forget her recent murder trial and, more importantly, to forget the man who cleared her name—the dapper, handsome, and maddening Lord Peter Wimsey. She is alone on a beach when she spies a man lying on a rock, surf lapping at his ankles. She tries to wake him, but he doesn’t budge. His throat has been cut, and his blood has drained out onto the sand. As the tide inches forward, Harriet makes what observations she can and photographs the scene. Finally, she goes for the police, but by the time they return the body has gone. Only one person can help her discover how the poor man died at the beach: Lord Peter, the amateur sleuth who won her freedom and her heart in one fell swoop.

This is Dorothy L Sayers's 8th novel featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. Harriet Vane joins him in solving the complicated murder mystery. The novel is long-ish at almost 500 pages, has a head scratching complicated storyline and a slew of characters. A possible Russian aristocracy ancestry of the dead character adds to the twisty tale. 

I enjoyed Lord Peter and Harriet's light banter and Lord Peter's constant marriage proposal which Harriet all rejected. (They eventually marry in a later book.)

Highly recommended.  

Glory Glory Hallelujah!

Biden says “Welcome Home” as President Trump and First Lady Melania arrived at the White House 🤣🤣

Yeah, he voted for Trump.
pic.twitter.com/VngFhf5QQq

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 20, 2025

Daddy's home!

A Case Of Conscience

tags: classics, Christian theory, morality tale, philosophy, sci-fi

⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5

From GoodReads

Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He has found no insoluble conflicts in his beliefs or his ethics . . . until he is sent to Lithia.

There he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason; they are incapable of faith or belief.

Confronted with a profound scientific riddle and ethical quandary, Father Ruiz-Sanchez soon finds himself torn between the teachings of his faith, the teachings of his science, and the inner promptings of his humanity.

There is only one solution: He must accept an ancient and unforgivable heresy--and risk the futures of both worlds.

The 1959 Hugo winner was originally published in 1958. IMHO, it is an awesome mind bending sci fi mixed with Christian faith theory novel. I never expected to like it but I did. 

Highly recommended. 

The Eyes Have it

tags: humor, idioms, Philip K Dick, sci-fi, short story

⭐⭐⭐⭐

I started my 2025 reading with the shortest short story written by Philip K Dick, The Eyes Have It. He probably had fun writing in a few American idioms to his sci-fi stories. I like it.

Read it here

When The Stars Gossip

 

From AsianWiki 

Gong Ryong (Lee Min-Ho) is an obstetrician and he is the prospective son-in-law of the largest chaebol group MZ. He has a secret mission that he can't tell anyone about. For his secret mission, he pays large sum of money to travel to the space station as space tourist. At the space station, Eve Kim (Kong Hyo-Jin) is stationed there. She is an elite space scientist and is currently on her first space station mission as a commander. She is a perfectionist who strictly follows rules and doesn't tolerate a single mistake in an area where dangers lurk everywhere. Her crew members including fruit fly research scientist Kang Kang-Soo (Oh Jung-Se), who is the second son of a family that runs a global financial company.

The plot sounds interesting. I will watch anything with Lee Min-Ho. I also like Kong Hyo-Jin. 

Starts streaming January 4, 2025 on Netflix.

APT APT APT

Catchy and fun tune/video. I love it!

Maria

tags: Maria Callas, Netflix movie

⭐🥱

Don't bother. The movie is extremely boring. I must be crazy to even consider watching it because I don't care much for Angelina and Maria. They are both overrated performers. Maria Callas dubbed as the greatest diva ever is laughable, IMHO. I never owned a single song/aria nor watched any of her performances. Same with Angelina. I have seen just two of her movies, Hackers and Salt. 

Yeah, I was a bit nuts to watch the Netflix movie. 45 minutes in, I started looking at my cellphone and realized the movie is making me sleepy. I stopped and removed it from my list. 

Christmas Tree Cats

Cats and trees.. 😂

Who can relate? pic.twitter.com/JCQMMm25Q6

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 6, 2024

Mary

 

December 6, 2024 on Netflix

The Fiery Priest Season 2

Finally, the wait is over after 5 years! Kim Nam GiI, Honey Lee, and the gang are back. I miss the old villains but the new group of villains, led by Sung Joon as a drug lord in Busan, is as good if not better. 

From AsianWiki 

Kim Hae-Il (Kim Nam-Gil) is a hot-tempered Catholic priest with a burning sense of justice. He heads to Busan to pursue a drug case which originated in Gudam-district, Seoul. Helping him in his pursuit are Prosecutor Park Kyung-Sun (Lee Ha-Nee), Detective Gu Dae-Young (Kim Sung-Kyun) from Gudam Police Station, and Detective Gu Ja-Young (Bibi) from Busan.

Sung Joon