5 Bites Friday #64

 

Welcome to this week’s 5BF: an intense, creepy, and sadly short-falling war novella, top 10 songs of 2021 so far, a movie about breaking the barriers but in a kind way, resolutions revisted, and more…

 

1 – what I read

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop – the winner of the International Booker Prize for 2021, Diop’s novella is stark, creepy, dark, inquisitive, fun, and promising but falls short because its brevity. Had this novella been a novel, this would’ve landed more firmly than it did for me.

 

2 – what I watched

Luca (2021) – another brilliant animated movie from Pixar, which from its trailer looked like a movie for little kids, but in viewing is much more mature, fun, relevant, and exciting. It is not the ‘Good Dinosaur’ type of movie if you’re thinking that – but much deeper and appealing to all audiences. The story I dare say match the brilliance of Pixar’s animation. A movie about jumping out of the well and breaking the barriers, but for the right reasons and with the right ways.

 

3 – top 10 songs (mid-2021)

A video compilation of my top ten favorite songs so far from this year. Enjoy!

 

4 – mid-year visit of my new year’s resolutions

Following my new year’s resolutions list and my progress six months after:

·         Read around 60 books; 5 books per month at least.
 (Have read 29 books so far, so pass!)
 
·         Read about a specific area/genre each month. E.g., NF-Science, NF-Religion etc.
(Have followed this trend, and thank you for setting it up)

·         Get graduated.
(Not there yet, a couple months more)
 
·         Try writing more.
(Only ‘thinking out loud’ is extra bit of writing that I do, no fail! But I have some ideas in mind… hint: masterclass)

·         Work on your mental awareness and well-being.
(I’ve been more of a thinker so far and have contemplated on numerous things. As for my mental health, it seems in a fine shape. Pass)

·         Grow, change, move forward, take decisions, take control.
(Grow, yes. Change, maybe. Move forward, yes and no. Take decisions, NO. Take control, I’m finding it difficult)

·         Be confident. And do not become a full-time smoker.
(Confident, yes. I am okay within my skin. And still a light smoker, but nearly addicted though…)

Newer resolutions, why not!

·       Get an internship or a job.

·       Enjoy the ICC T20 World Cup
Sort out your relationships problem. Translation: pick a side.
Enjoy you rereading treat – you deserve it!
And join that MasterClass on writing, it’ll be worth it.
Also, do write in Winter. Tell me how does it feel this year…

 

5 – this week’s quote

‘Hope whispers from the threshold of the year to come, whispering… ‘it will be happier’.’