Had to look in my work calendar to try and remember what I did in March; went to lot of meetings, apparently. Did manage to get away for a weekend in the middle, however, which was spent near Marlborough in the brilliantly named village of Wootton Rivers. Lots of walking around Avebury and along the Ridgeway, perambulating through an ancient landscape of barrows and standing stones. Got to thinking quite a lot about how the detritus of long-vanished peoples and civilizations that litters the English countryside might have shaped our national character, which I’d like to do something with at some point, I think.
Also this month, I became a certified Scrummaster. Next, profit.
March’s reading:
- The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist
- Scott Pilgrim Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe by Bryan Lee O’Malley
- Wasteland Book 1: Cities In Dust by Antony Johnston
- Hengeworld by Mike Pitts
- The Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle
- Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares by Matt Fraction
- Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters by John Langan
- The Yule Lads by Brian Pilkington
Best of the month was the holiday-inspired Hengeworld, part pop archaeology, part extended meditation on time, place and peoples, and an excellently written, completely accessible and engaging book on a fascinating topic, but special mention also goes to Mr Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters, a collection of short weird fiction by John Langan, and one of the most unsettling reads I’ve enjoyed for a while.
