Ben Aaronovitch
@benaaronovitch.bsky.social
Author of the Rivers of London Series
I'm spending a serious amount of time on hold to various organisations so to keep myself occupied I have returned to British Comedies of the 1960s - I give you the MOUSE ON THE MOON. I think that Nick Park may have been consciously or unconsciously paying homage to this film.
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I'm spending a serious amount of time on hold to various organisations so to keep myself occupied I have returned to British Comedies of the 1960s - I give you the MOUSE ON THE MOON. I think that Nick Park may have been consciously or unconsciously paying homage to this film.
As a reward for me clearing my way through this weeks admin I'm going to watch some more comedy...
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
As a reward for me clearing my way through this weeks admin I'm going to watch some more comedy...
Continuing my trip through films that I used to watch on afternoon TV when I was young...
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Continuing my trip through films that I used to watch on afternoon TV when I was young...
There’s nothing like a crisp November morning….
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
There’s nothing like a crisp November morning….
I love the bit in Mr Hulot’s Holiday where the lunch bell goes and the whole beach empties.
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I love the bit in Mr Hulot’s Holiday where the lunch bell goes and the whole beach empties.
Yesterday's Word Count = 935
I cab't believe I was 13 when I read this book back in REDACTED.
I cab't believe I was 13 when I read this book back in REDACTED.
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 935
I cab't believe I was 13 when I read this book back in REDACTED.
I cab't believe I was 13 when I read this book back in REDACTED.
Yesterday's Word Count = 1,202
Moving on to Donaldson book 2.
Moving on to Donaldson book 2.
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 1,202
Moving on to Donaldson book 2.
Moving on to Donaldson book 2.
Weirdly I learnt to spell bureaucracy through playing the Infocom game
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Weirdly I learnt to spell bureaucracy through playing the Infocom game
Yesterday's Word Count = 537
This was the leading edge of the fantasy boom of the late seventies.
This was the leading edge of the fantasy boom of the late seventies.
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 537
This was the leading edge of the fantasy boom of the late seventies.
This was the leading edge of the fantasy boom of the late seventies.
Yesterday's Word Count = 684
Moorcock had such a way with titles...
Moorcock had such a way with titles...
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 684
Moorcock had such a way with titles...
Moorcock had such a way with titles...
Aha - another Penric and Desdemona novella by Bujold - just in time to save me from doing any further work today 😀
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Aha - another Penric and Desdemona novella by Bujold - just in time to save me from doing any further work today 😀
Yesterday's Word Count = 595
How about a little bit more psychodelia, oh yeah, grooovy 🙃
How about a little bit more psychodelia, oh yeah, grooovy 🙃
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 595
How about a little bit more psychodelia, oh yeah, grooovy 🙃
How about a little bit more psychodelia, oh yeah, grooovy 🙃
Yesterday's Word Count = 931
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 931
Yesterday's Word Count = 1,101
I thinkI skipped his one by mistake...
I thinkI skipped his one by mistake...
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yesterday's Word Count = 1,101
I thinkI skipped his one by mistake...
I thinkI skipped his one by mistake...
Yesterday's Word Count = 785
And now we're caught up with my re-read...
And now we're caught up with my re-read...
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 785
And now we're caught up with my re-read...
And now we're caught up with my re-read...
Yesterday's Word Count = 533
Moving on...
Moving on...
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 533
Moving on...
Moving on...
I’m heading out to….
youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fi...
youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fi...
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I’m heading out to….
youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fi...
youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fi...
I forgot to post the screenshot...
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I forgot to post the screenshot...
Yesterday's Word Count = 829
Just to clarify these are all books that I have read (although I am currently rereading Excession) showing the covers I originally read them under. At the moment I'm in research mode and reading MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER by ADAM BECKER.
Just to clarify these are all books that I have read (although I am currently rereading Excession) showing the covers I originally read them under. At the moment I'm in research mode and reading MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER by ADAM BECKER.
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 829
Just to clarify these are all books that I have read (although I am currently rereading Excession) showing the covers I originally read them under. At the moment I'm in research mode and reading MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER by ADAM BECKER.
Just to clarify these are all books that I have read (although I am currently rereading Excession) showing the covers I originally read them under. At the moment I'm in research mode and reading MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER by ADAM BECKER.
Aha new TV from NZ - A REMARKABLE PLACE TO DIE - start the check list...
- troubled detective?
- small town?
- mysterious nearby wilderness?
- buried secrets (town)?
- buried secrets (detective)?
- wayward son/daughter?
- troubled detective?
- small town?
- mysterious nearby wilderness?
- buried secrets (town)?
- buried secrets (detective)?
- wayward son/daughter?
November 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Aha new TV from NZ - A REMARKABLE PLACE TO DIE - start the check list...
- troubled detective?
- small town?
- mysterious nearby wilderness?
- buried secrets (town)?
- buried secrets (detective)?
- wayward son/daughter?
- troubled detective?
- small town?
- mysterious nearby wilderness?
- buried secrets (town)?
- buried secrets (detective)?
- wayward son/daughter?
Yesterday's Word Count = 680
I remember buying this for 25p
I remember buying this for 25p
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 680
I remember buying this for 25p
I remember buying this for 25p
Yesterday's Word Count = 597
Yes he might have been writing them at speed to save New Worlds but sometimes I think, on a line by line basis, Moorcock's prose is far more elegant than in his longer, more considered work.
Yes he might have been writing them at speed to save New Worlds but sometimes I think, on a line by line basis, Moorcock's prose is far more elegant than in his longer, more considered work.
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 597
Yes he might have been writing them at speed to save New Worlds but sometimes I think, on a line by line basis, Moorcock's prose is far more elegant than in his longer, more considered work.
Yes he might have been writing them at speed to save New Worlds but sometimes I think, on a line by line basis, Moorcock's prose is far more elegant than in his longer, more considered work.
I thought this might be a useful way to practice my German.
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I thought this might be a useful way to practice my German.
Yesterday's Word Count = 675
And now - an out of context problem...
And now - an out of context problem...
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 675
And now - an out of context problem...
And now - an out of context problem...
Yesterday's Word Count = 547
I don't want to get ahead of my reread so....
...have some Harrison instead.
I don't want to get ahead of my reread so....
...have some Harrison instead.
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 547
I don't want to get ahead of my reread so....
...have some Harrison instead.
I don't want to get ahead of my reread so....
...have some Harrison instead.