#A Sinner at the Highland Court

[jolieeason]

January 2024 Wrap Up

Here is what I read/posted/won/received/bought in January. As always, let me know if you have read any of these books and (if you did) what you thought of them. Books I Read: Books Reviewed: The Doom of Odin by Scott Oden—review here The Ball at Versailles by Danielle Steel—review here On the Plus Side by Jenny L. Howe—review here Second Duke’s the Charm by Kate Bateman—review here Public…

[mommylilith]

Diablo IV: Sanctuary Main areas with zones and sub-zones

Last update: 7/29/23 10:00 AM EST

FRACTURED PEAKS

Desolate Highlands ◈ Kyovashad [Waypoint] ◈ Nevesk (Waypoint) ◈ Father's Cross ◈ Eastern Pass ◈ Boulder Ridge ◈ Icehowl Taiga

Dobrev Taiga ◈ Margrave [Waypoint] ◈ Southeast Foothills ◈ Savina Falls ◈ Radiance Field Cemetery ◈ Krol Forest ◈ Pauper's Descent

Gale Valley ◈ Yelesna [Waypoint] ◈ Zeleny Lowlands ◈ Windfall Hollow ◈ Mistral Woods

Darkened Hold (Dungeon) ◈ Winding Way ◈ Shadowed Glade

Horadrim Vault (Dungeon) ◈ Foyer ◈ Study ◈ Desecrated Archives

Condemned Mines (Cellar) ◈ Stagnant Tunnels ◈ Unstable Mineshafts ◈ Collapsing Depths ◈ The Darkened Way ◈ Kasama

Path of the Firstborn / Cradle? (Dungeon) ◈ Courts of Dawn ◈ Cloisters of Dusk ◈ Mourning Shore ◈ The Black Lake

Frigid Expanse ◈ Eastern Plain ◈ Olyam Tundra & The Asylum Lot ◈ The Deep White & Trough of Orobas ◈ Kylsik Plateau ◈ Shivering Wilds ◈ Lake Klokova ◈ Kor Rohavan

Sarkova Pass ◈ Menestad [Waypoint] ◈ Western Ways ◈ Crags of Ill Wind

Seat of the Heavens ◈ Sinner's Pass ◈ Serac Rupture ◈ Malthus' Perch ◈ Fields of Judgement ◈ The Anointed Ascent ◈ Altar of Redemption ◈ Altar of Martyrdom ◈ Alabaster Monastery & Shrine of the Penitent

The Pallid Glade ◈ The Anemic Falls ◈ Frostbite Trails ◈ The Sallow Riverbanks

Kor Valar

Kor Dragan

NOSTRAVA 🏰 (Stronghold)

MALNOK 🏰 (Stronghold)

SCOSGLEN

Highland Wilds ◈ Ard Lands ◈ Maddux Hill ◈ Old Heimberg ◈ The Great Northern Plains ◈ Loch's Bane Ridge ◈ Gloom Pine Pass ◈ The Withered Scrubs

The Downs ◈ Lochsdale ◈ Umbralwood ◈ South Umbralwood ◈ The Unhallowed Pit ◈ The Harrowfields ◈ The Scorched Orchard ◈ Wealaf Rise ◈ The Fetid Farmlands ◈ Blycroft

The Emerald Chase ◈ Cerrigar [Waypoint] ◈ Cerrigar Outskirts ◈ Shadow Wood ◈ Greenglen Meadows ◈ Woodsman's Glade ◈ Old Forest Clearing ◈ Woodwraith Edge

The Wailing Hills ◈ Braestaig (Waypoint) ◈ Bronagh Expanse ◈ Aisle of Whispers

Westering Lowlands ◈ Eldhaime Keep ◈ Laglend Fen ◈ Carraig Or Ford ◈ Outlaw's Grove ◈ The Witan Woods ◈ Fainne, the Defiled Grove ◈ Gaothmar Grasslands

Deep Forest ◈ Path of Learning ◈ Issalia's Rise ◈ Southern Briars ◈ Dark Thicket ◈ Vasily's Reach ◈ The Ancient's Woods ◈ The Fading Statue ◈ Klettr Scar ◈ The Great Barks Wilderness ◈ Duin Carr

TÚR DÚLRA 🏰 (Stronghold)

Northshore ◈ Marowen [Waypoint] ◈ Marowen Shipyard ◈ Writhing Brook ◈ Abandoned Coast ◈ The Cursed Scarps ◈ Eternal Watch ◈ Stormbreak Cove ◈ Gamall Nook ◈ The Gaunt Eyrrs ◈ Carrowcrest Trail ◈ Scourging Ings ◈ Uaill Basin

Carrowcrest Ruins

THE CURSED BAY 🏰 (Stronghold)

Caen Adar

Strand ◈ Corbach [Waypoint] ◈ Balagar's Rest ◈ Fiabre ◈ Garan Brae ◈ Garan Watch ◈ Razor Shoals ◈ Strandflats ◈ The Cinder Woods ◈ Torvstrath

MOORDAINE LODGE 🏰 (Stronghold)

The Shrouded Moors ◈ Tirmair [Waypoint] ◈ Overgrown Outpost (Cellar) ◈ The Daudur Peats ◈ Faers Watch ◈ The Blood Vale ◈ Heart of the Moors

Untamed Thicket (Dungeon) ◈ Crimson Path ◈ Corrupted Spawning Ground

HAWEZAR

Dismal Foothills ◈ Wejinhani [Waypoint] ◈ The Bitter Road ◈ Bloodpox Basin ◈ Crimson Spoil

Blightmarsh ◈ Corpsewail Deluge ◈ Morass of Misery ◈ Dromir Riverbank

DRY STEPPES

Katama Grasslands ◈ Ked Bardu [Waypoint] ◈ Farobru [Waypoint]: healer, weapons vendor, blacksmith, rings & amulets vendor, stable ◈ Arid Heartland ◈ Wayward Plains ◈ The Wretched Strand ◈ Seaside Descent (dungeon)

Khargai Crags ◈ Hapless Frontier

Chambatar Ridge ◈ Fate's Retreat [Waypoint] ◈ Path of Stray Souls ◈ Forsaken Ascent ◈ Spine of Civo ◈ Kiln of the Primes

Dindai Flats ◈ Khurel Passage

Norgoi Vigil ◈ Norgoi Vigil

The Scarred Coast ◈ Path of the Ill-Fated ◈ Ragged Shore ◈ Seaside Cavern (cellar) ◈ The Ashen Treat ◈ Eroded Cove (cellar) ◈ Tamuur Hinterland ◈ Undying Marches

Fields of Hatred ◈ Alzuuda (waypoint) ◈ Akhai Prairie

KEHJISTAN

Amber Sands ◈ Blistering Descent ◈ Forgotten Coastline ◈ Searing Expanse ◈ Scorching Dunes ◈ Dunes of Despair ◈ Lut Bahadur Outskirts ◈ Road to Alcarnus ◈ Blighted Burrow (cellar) ◈ Ravaged Ruins (cellar) ◈ Shivta Ruins (dungeon)

ALCARNUS 🏰 (Stronghold)

Scouring Sands ◈ Forlorn Badlands ◈ Central Rise ◈ Rusted Sands ◈ Vault of Karamat ◈◈ Halls of the Damned (dungeon) ◈◈ Mortuus ◈◈ Inmergo ◈◈ Daemonium ◈◈ Osseus

Fields of Hatred (PVP) ◈ Bleak Dunes ◈ Shallow Mudcracks

Caldeum ◈ Road to Caldeum ◈ Caldeum Bazaar ◈ Southern Expanse ◈◈ Deserted Underpass (dungeon) ◈ Central Plateau ◈◈ Conclave (dungeon)

Dilapidated Aqueducts

Ragged Coastline ◈ Iron Wolves Encampment [waypoint] ◈ Scorched Plateau ◈◈ Festering Burrow (cellar) ◈ Scorched Gulch ◈ Uldur's Cave ◈◈ Uldur's Cave (dungeon) ◈ Dahlgur Oasis

[chisaiyume]

Title: Highland Bride

Author: Hannah Howell

Series: 6th in Murray Family

Genre: Historical Romance

Synopsis: Though she has yet to be courted by any man, spirited Gillyanne Murray decides the time has come to visit the dower lands gifted to her by her father's kinsmen. She arrives to find the small keep surrounded by three lairds, each one vying for her hand. . .and property. Though resolved to refuse them all, the threat of battle on her threshold forces her to boldly choose a suitor: Sir Connor MacEnroy, a handsome, daring knight of few words. As his wife, Gillyanne is stunned by his terse, cold distance-and her own yearning to feel passion in his arms. Now, bringing her healing touch to a land and a keep ravaged by treachery and secret enemies, she dares to reach out for the one thing she fears she may forever be denied. . .her husband's closely guarded heart.

 1. Highland Destiny (1998)    2. Highland Honor (1999)    3. Highland Promise (1999)    4. Highland Vow (2000)    5. Highland Knight (2001)    6. Highland Bride (2002)    7. Highland Angel (2003)    8. Highland Groom (2003)    9. Highland Warrior (2004)    10. Highland Conqueror (2005)    11. Highland Champion (2005)    12. Highland Lover (2006)    13. Highland Barbarian (2006)    14. Highland Savage (2007)    15. Highland Wolf (2008)    16. Highland Sinner (2008)    17. Highland Protector (2010)    18. Highland Avenger (2011)    19. Highland Master (2013)    20. Highland Guard (2015)    21. Highland Chieftain (2016)    22. Highland Devil (2018)

Chibi: From all the books I have read so far…Highland Bride so far, my top favorite from this series. Gilly [Gillyanne Murray] is a lady that I wish or would hope that I would be like if I was a part of this fantasy world. And Connor…. like all of Hannah Howell’s male character, is wholesome…and sexy as ever. These books are full of romance and steamy scenes that any historical romance reader can dream of.

It was Hannah that got me so obsess with Scottish men in kilts and dark castles. The books in these series can be read on their own. The characters intertwine, but other than that, each book is focus on a different couple.

[chanelfunnell]

Mail,

A) anon, yes, Shaw and deBrincat's 1st boor. children are their spitting image

You see Shaw in his baby daughter. Andy aka Andrew lol. What a gift lol

B) no big sightings or meet up of the Pens ladies and Kathy Leutner so far.. The last one was Winter Classics. No more merch to promote recently.

C) anon, yes, definitely Prince Harry has copied Shaw as former Puck bunny Meghan keeps eyes not on the Pens but what's up in NHL and USA. Marketa is still in USA and her lawyers lodge a suit against revealing info about her Balmoral in his an-nals for canals lol

Nhl star

Crazzy cclown below

Anon, tthey are not generally PR smart savvy as much as they love press or PR. It is all what UK Black Lord of PR stated that their in law women are lazy and a devil can't steal anything regarding the publicity. Instead of being a part of volunteering gardening group with Archwel there is no Markle in sight.. The Cambridge are utterly lazy and just 2 events for William with his simple drivel what his wife Kannot and he Will not and kids do exactly what other kids. They herded a staff of the hospital into the inside foyer so no boo from non regal Liverpool but here we go again. No OK number of real work to steer it away s well as gain their unkeep in hard times. They do nothing since Queen passed away and like Markle - pose, delegate or ask a journo to pass it s source of druggie uncle said, call the pa's they drive around lol.

Matketa cares and she is stable with her work as a routine taken seriously by an unsung hero. Publicity or not. UK Chicago.

Meghan markle and Prince Henry Hewitt were annoying with a posing at US graveyard with their own photog. We know why. No genuine bone in their bodies.

lool on in laws unsporty Kate or Camilla. Lazy to core to move a finger after Good Will hunting..Chuck any duties away. Work done. Marketa and Anne, Zara have fun.

Marketa and Zara share like of Zimmerman dresses and horses, sport and fun.

mockery of Kate's out of trend ridiculous headbands and Russian kokoshka tiaras,,calling her Katushka as an occupant parasite squatter at her estates. Nothing than rags aka clothes and tabs. The Sussexes sued for a breach about Balmoral in the book Spare. In USA court. Fun and horoscope start.

kate's brother copies Marketa's exact brand of the paddleboad but otherwise twice bankrupt and night by Mr Hydrogen for freebies..so all these in laws and ruling Windsor male wishy washed trio. King as a coward and a liar, as the sinners up to the church and Markle's helper ex KGB Babis up to the church and the crown Jewell's lol.

I think Markle is up to her TLC plastic surgeries. Zara with her husband Mike look like good fun, work and chemistry. Not sure about other branches of ye Windsors but many insiders of different countries, ages, jobs, money, gender state that the most normal and reasonable and a Royal from. Titled Windsors is Marketa and Anne. Both sporty, work horses and no huge fuss. Kate does her clothes coding by colour like Markle, both into pearls margarita Marketa but none of them. Bother to pose as a volunteer at least for sake of PR.. You don't see a flask with coffee on the rock in Highlands close to Balmoral like Marketa in the case of Charles walking and posting his own photo lol. It's a car driving and so Kat. Camilla plots how dishonour M after Diana for no reason but she chased JT initials and no Muslim contender to put her into real crossfire as a honour trouble of a Royal lady. They are incredibly lazy, mean gold diggas and very silly regarding PR spin as they tout the publicity and seek attention. Check copycat Markle.

M described as only Windsor at the Windsor Castle and family (with the balls and brain cells) like Sophie of Bavaria only Habsburg in Hofburg in 1848 you know why Kate has posed as Empress Sissy in the black and white weird portrait where she looks more like her uni work about Carol's Alice in Wonderland, so her hairbands and match match coding nonsense. So Markle's Husband shirt lol. Pippa's sister in law named her son Otto like Habsburg, fat corrupt clown'z bedmate with similar personality disorder, career and abuse of power called her daughter after the actress of Empress Sissy.

Anne is very unglazed and unfashionable. She was app Jo Jo pants, not academic woman. Marketa is teensy and fashionable and an ice princess iron maiden meets a geekoid history buff and a book worm but both app no nonsense. No moaning unless with their men they picked themselves for being themselves, no sources said, full diary, their lives living full and marching to the beat of their drums. Loyal. Funny. Easygoing, leaning on family and clan. Sporty.

Why gaining PR galore in USA milking PR experts? All stated above. It is in tatters as Little Big Horn launches huge suit about Balmoral Castle and leak of its layout in US court against Prince Harry and the plaintiff named as UK royal with all paperwork of pedigree.

Both ex profi athletes, on Olympics in different capacities or boring village sport events or pond hockey games. Look on Evander Kane. I am not going into his injury, messy private life and arrangement with bankruptcy but he is doing well and great PR job with a reputation management and money making. Good job on the ice (not now) as a base. He does charity things and do hands on. He donates money not Gimme gimme us for others. She reveals something from his privacy but not too much. Not contradicting himself I am private yet my Al life and joystick is out. No bashing amily and exes now or players randomly because they were doing better. Mainky he lost his own money, he makes own money, runs new biz and apparel but sells his own name.. These women in law like Markle or the Middleton are non names and no Cinderella's ugly stepsisters and their new houses provided by stupid males up to mama Bucket snob close to her house. They were writing to Ronaldo and Markle to dozen of the athletes to chase them. They badmouth girls and ase them as rivalry. They chased their three men, Markle and Camilla are control freaks. Bulimia, personality disorder and alcoholism but no one day of pretending to be a gardener for publicity aka Bolland or Hollywood PR.

Evander Kane returns to NHL games. No blaming or playing saint but watch his good PR.

[cardest]

France playlist

When in France, I wear no pants!

This is my French playlist. It’s one that I am very proud of. It took me several months of researching, listening, finding, playing records to gather over 400 songs. But, France. What a country! This playlist could go as far as 500 songs. 

Hit play: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1-CHRTel_bBjdT_DAHLrnvX

There is an endless amount of talent from this part of the world. From across many decades the songs just keep coming. Incredible. Une région tellement incroyable pour la musique. Here is a list I created. It took me many months to compile.

**Updated April 19, 2021** ** indicated new additions to this playlist.

FRANCE 001 Panther Theme Song (Original Version) - Panther Theme Song 002 Gojira -  L'Enfant Sauvage 003 Therion -  Initials B.B 004 Fantomas -  Page 1 [6 Frames] 005 Kraftwerk - Tour De France Etape 1 006 Alcest -  Les Voyages De L'Âme 007 Serge Gainsbourg - Le Poinçonneur Des Lilas 008 Fantomas -  Page 2 [7 Frames] 009 Sabina - Viva LAmour 010 Rammstein - Fruhling in Paris 011 Jacques Dutronc - Paris séveille 012 Léo Ferré - Paris cest une idée 013 Aosoth  - Temple Of Knowledge 014 Joe dassin - Les Champs Élysées 015 Iron Maiden -  Murders In The Rue Morgue 016 Grace Jones - Libertango (Ive Seen That Face Before) 017 ARISTIDE BRUANT - A Batignolles 018 Magma - Merci (Ki Ïahl Ö Lïahk) 019 WIRE - French Film Blurred 020 Duran Duran - A view to a Kill 021 Fantomas -  Page 3 [17 Frames] 022 Karl Heinz Schaefer - Les gants blancs du diable 023 The Cure  - How Beautiful You Are 024 Ovtrenoir - Outrenoir 025 Apocalyptica -  Through Paris in a Sportscar 026 Henry Mancini - Mambo Parisienne 027 Madonna  -Justify My hate 028 Patachou - Rendez-vous de Paname 029 Grand Guignol Orchestra - Un trop plein de rouge   ** 030 ZAZ - Sous le ciel de Paris 031 Patrick Juvet - Paris By Night 032 Gojira -  Silvera 033 Roger Roger - Sans Queue ni Tete 034 Modern Talking - Bells Of Paris 035 TOMBS - Once Falls the Guillotine 036 Popera Cosmic - Les Esclaves   ** 037 Fantomas -  Page 5 [7 Frames] 038 Sael - I Searched For The End Of The Spiral 039 Blancmange - Dont Tell Me 040 Thunderball - Thunderball (Main Title) 041 France Gall - Ella Elle La 042 Henry Apocalypse de Jean Premier temps - Titre-révélation 043 Merrimack - Arousing Wombs in Nine Angles Pleroma 044 Perturbator -  She Moves Like a Knife 045 Fantomas - Page 6 [26 Frames] 046 John Cale  - Half Past France 047 Queensryche - Last Time In Paris 048 Deathspell Omega -  Abscission 049 QUEEN -  PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE (Highlander) 050 David Bowie - Heroes - Chante En Francais 051 Berlin - Metro 052 April March - Chick Habit 053 Alcest -  Je Suis D'Ailleurs 054 Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Slipped Disc 055 Black Devil -  Follow Me (Instrumental) 056 Jacqueline François - Ce Jour La A Paris 057 Duo Tata - Paris nous aime 058 Boogalox - chez les ye-ye 059 Necrowretch - Ripping Souls Of Sinners 060 Fantomas -  Page 9 [11 Frames] 061 Thunderball OST - Chateau Flight 062 Heldon - Les soucoupes volantes vertes 063 Chene Noir - La musique des amants   ** 064 B.F.G - Paris 065 Jet Vegas - PARIS 066 Cloven Hoof - Notre Dame (A Sultans Ransom ) 067 Moondog - Paris 068 Serge Gainsbourg - Shu Ba Du Ba Loo Ba 069 Treponem Pal - Renegade (french version) 070 THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK  - Bring Back The Night 071 Fantomas -  Page 10 [15 Frames] 072 Elton John - Paris 073 Malcolm McLaren - Jazz is Paris 074 Jean-Claude Vannier - L'enfant La Mouche Et Les Allumettes 075 Fantomas -  Charade 076 DÉLUGE - Appâts 077 Berurier noir - Salut à toi 078 Sweet - The Six Teens 079 Les Discrets -  Effet De Nuit 080 David Bowie - Station To Station (French Single Edit) 081 Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi France 082 Fantomas - Page 11 [10 Frames] 083 Little River Band - Seine City 084 Loudblast - Cross the Threshold  * 085 Dokken - Paris is Burning 086 BLUT AUS NORD - Epitome II 087 Pixies - Alec Eiffel 088 Army of Lovers - Ballrooms Of Versailles 089 Metal Urbain - Paris Maquis 090 Hante. - Nobodys Watching (feat. Marble Slave & Fragrance) 091 Jonathan Richman - Give Paris One More Chance 092 Un Monstre à Paris - La Seine OST 093 Sheena Easton - Weekend In Paris 094 Domenico Modugno - Un sicilien à Paris 095 Amelie OST - Lautre valse dAmélie 096 Queen - Killer Queen 097 Jean Ferrat - Un enfant quitte Paris 098 Trini Lopez - Made In Paris 099 Anathema - Parisienne Moonlight 100 Mike Patton - Jean Claude Vannier - Browning 101 Tygers Of Pan Tang - Paris By Air 102 The Angels - Storm The Bastille 103 April March - La Chanson de Prevert 104 UK Subs - Party in Paris 105 Fantomas -  Page 14 [4 Frames] 106 Marie-France  - Déréglée 107 Therion - Poupée De Cire, Poupée the Son 108 Grant Lee Phillips  - Mona Lisa 109 Obsequiae -  L'amour dont sui espris 110 erge Gainsbourg -  Qui est "in" qui est "out" 111 SABINA - TOUJOURS 112 Pierre & Bastien - Pilule pour mec 113 Vulcain - Ebony 114 Fantomas -  Page 15 [22 Frames] 115 Don Ellis - theme from the French Connection 116 Jean Yanne - Coït 117 Trust - Par Compromission 118 David Bowie - Rosalyn 119 Alain Goraguer -  Deshominisation (II) 120 Fantomas -  Page 16 [11 Frames] 121 Michel Magne - Route de nuit 122 Fantomas - Page 17 [14 Frames] 123 R.E.M. - Talk About The Passion 124 Sortilège - Civilisation Perdue 125 Zoot Sims Quartet - Evening in Paris 126 Madeline - Im Madeline 127 Sapho - Train de Paris 128 Hobbs' Angel Of Death -  Marie Antoinette 129 Carpenter Brut - Turbo Killer 130 Fantomas - Page 18 [20 Frames] 131 Kraftwerk -  Tour De France Etape 2 132 Huata - Diving In A Swamp 133 Brigitte Fontaine -  Areski_Depuis 134 Dark Moor - Maid Of Orleans 135 Joan of Arc  - Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes 136 Arcade Fire - Joan of Arc 137 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans 138 Tom Waits - Cemetery Polka 139 Fantomas -  Page 19 [21 Frames] 140 Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm 141 Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 10 142 Charles Aznavour - Desormais 143 Monolithe - Anechoic Aberration 144 The DUBROVNIKS - French Revolution 145 Iron Maiden - Montsegur 146 Joey Starr - JArrive 147 Nino Ferrer - Le Sud 148 IQ - Dans Le Parc Du Chateau Noir 149 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Ame Debout 150 Fantomas  - OST main theme 151 Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers 152 La Femme - Sur la planche 153 Deerhoof - Fête Dadieu 154 Johnny Hallyday - Souvenirs souvenirs 155 Joan Jett - French Song 156 PIL - Cest La Vie 157 Arkhon Infaustus - Amphessatamine Nexion 158 Spektr - Teratology 159 Jacqueline Taïeb - 7 Heures Du Matin 160 Kylie Minogue  - Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi 161 Dillinger Escape Plan - Farewell Mona Lisa 162 TELEPHONE - Un autre monde 163 Indochine - Laventurier 164 Les Démons de Minuit - Images 165 Benjamin Biolay - Lyon presquîle 166 Fantomas - Page 21 [11 Frames] 167 The Police - Hungry for You (Jaurais Toujours Faim de Toi) 168 Army Of Lovers - Crucified 169 Arcturus -  La Masquerade Infernale 170 Arcturus -  Master Of Disguise 171 mio - mao 172 Yves Montand - Les Canuts 173 Alcest -  Percées De Lumière 174 ZEN ZILA - Les Invisibles 175 Mike Patton - Ford Mustang (Serge Gainsbourg Cover) 176 Asphodèle - Gueules Crasses 177 Rage - French Bourree 178 Raison D'etre -  Auto-dafe 179 Iggy Pop - Sister Midnight 180 Fantomas -  Page 22 [7 Frames] 181 Henri Renaud - Venez Donc Chez Moi   ** 182 Mary Bell - Band-Aid Baby 183 Sébastien Tellier - La Ritournelle 184 Debussy & Wright - Claudine (In a french cafe) 185 ELEND - Nocturne 186 Les Lèvres Rouges (Daughters of Darkness) - Theme from film 187 Tristania -  Heretique 188 Marseille sans bateau   - Nicoletta   189 Tino Rossi - Marseille mon pays 190 Bagarre générale -  Furvent 191 Henry Mancini & His Orchestra - French  Provincial   * 192 The Angels - Marseilles 193 Deftones - Riviére 194 Claude François - Le temps que jarrive à Marseille 195 Tais - toi Marseille paroles 196 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 197 The Stranglers - Nice in Nice 198 Motörhead -  Coup De Grace 199 Fantomas -  Page 23 [17 Frames] 200 Igorrr -  ieuD 201 Therion -  Polichinelle 202 Obsequiae -  Des Oge Mais Quer Eu Trobar 203 Alain Goraguer -  La Femme 204 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer 205 Lafayette Afro Band - Malik 206 Putumayo French Cafe. Georges Brassens - Je MSuis Fait Tout Petit 207 La Femme - Elle ne taime pas 208 Benighted - Versipellis 209 Fantomas -  Page 24 [19 Frames] 210 Abigail - Je Taime 211 Bill wyman - je suis un rockstar 212 Françoise Hardy - Comment te dire adieu 213 Burgundian court (middle XIV) - Tourdion 214 Carnivale en Coal - Entrez le carnaval 215 Melissa Auf Der Maur -  Taste You (French Version) 216 Death In June -  C'est Un Rêve 217 Chris Cornell - Cant Change Me (French Version) 218 Cortex - Troupeau bleu 219 Eddie Vartan - Tatoo Strip Tease    ** 220 Iggy Pop - Je Sais Que Tu Sais 221 Les Darlings  - Le Tourbillon 222 King Diamond - The Trees Have Eyes 223 Joni Mitchell - In France They Kiss On Main Street 224 Lovage - Pit Stop (take me home) (/w Mike Patton) 225 Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face 226 Mick Harvey - Intoxicated Man 227 Vulcain - Rock 'n Roll Secours 228 Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly    - To France 229 Serge Gainsbourg - Overseas Telegram 230 Fantomas - Page 25 [34 Frames] 231 Ponctuation - La re´alite´ me suffit 232 Gloria - You had it all     ** 233 The Adicts - Viva La Revolution 234 Ataraxie - Dread the Villains 235 The Stranglers - La Folie 236 weird al yankovic - Genius in France 237 Secret Chiefs 3 - La Chanson de Jacky 238 Sonic Youth - French Tickler 239 The Reels    - La Mer 240 Fabienne DelSol -  Vilaines Filles Mauvais Garcons 241 camera silens    - pour la gloire 242 Charles de Goal - exposition 243 City of Lost Children & Angelo Badalamenti - Lexecution (The City of Lost Children OST) 244 Blondie - Sunday Girl 245 Fairport Convention - Si tu dois partir 246 Fantomas -  Page 26 [7 Frames] 247 Hippie Hippie Hourrah -  Jacques Dutronc 248 Mars Red Sky - Strong Reflection 249 Rita Mitsouko - Cest comme ça 250 Mike Patton, Jean-Claude Vannier Chansons D'Amour 251 The Faces - Ooh La La 252 The Algorithm - Trojans 253 Magma - Da Zeuhl wortz Mekanik 254 Fantomas -  Page 27 [15 Frames] 255 Iggy Pop - La Javanaise 256 Brigitte Bardot - Ne Me Laisse Pas L'Aimer 257 Corpus Delicti - Saraband 258 Frank Zappa - In France 259 Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains - La Ve´rite´ 260 Year Of No Light - L'angoisse du veilleur de nuit d'autoroute les soirs d'alarme à accident 261 Pere Ubu - Non-alignment Pact 262 Georgia Satellites - Mon Cheri 263 The Limiñanas - Prisunic 264 Martin Dupont - Inside Out 265 Sanseverino - Mal ô Mains 266 Andre Poppe - La Polka Du Roi 267 The Fixx - Cameras In Paris 268 Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - The Renegade Son 269 Asterix - Intro 270 Michel Magne - Tamouré 271 Maurice Jarre - The Paris Waltz 272 Celeste -  Les mains brisées comme leurs souvenirs 273 Fantomas -  Page 28 [20 Frames] 274 Fabienne DelSol -  Le Roi Des Fourmis 275 Gary McFarland/Gabor Szaro - Simpatico    ** 276 Blue Oyster Cult - Les Invisibles 277 Refused - Françafrique 278 Iggy Pop - Les Feuilles Mortes 279 Fabulous Trobadors - Toulouse est sarrazine 280 Loudblast - Manifesto   ** 281 Drei Oklok - Les petits vauriens 282 Sektemtum  - Aut Caesar Aut Nihil 283 Les Discrets - Virée Nocturne 284 La Femme - Sphynx 285 Elend - Le Dévoreur 286 Daft Punk  - Around the world    ** 287 KUKL with Bjork - France (A Mutual Thrill) 288 Fantomas -  Page 29 [39 Frames] 289 Charlotte Leslie - Les Filles CEst Fait (Pour Faire LAmour) 290 Kreator - Under The Guillotine 291 ABBA - Voulez-Vous 292 Agathe ou Christie - Laume 293 Anna Karina - Rollergirl 294 Diamanda Galás -  Sono L'Antichristo 295 Blondie - French Kissin in the USA 296 Pere Ubu - Final Solution 297 Alber Jupiter - Fangs [We Are Just Floating in Space] 298 La Fraction - Aussi Long Sera Le Chemin 299 Nightmare - Prowler in the Night 300 SERGE GAINSBOURG - Aéroplanes 301 Ravel - Arithmétique 302 Temple Of Baal - Dead Cult 303 Volkor X - This Means War 304 Iggy Pop - Les Passantes 305 Fantomas - Page 12 [31 Frames] 306 Anorexia Nervosa  - Codex Veritas 307 Gojira - The heaviest matter of the universe 308 Prince - Raspberry Beret 309 Les Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baila 310 Igorrr - Camel Dancefloor 311 the Conchords  -  Foux Da Fa Fa 312 Jef Gilson - Enfin    *** 313 Burzum -  The Portal 314 Misanthrope - Visionnaire 315 April March - Laisse Tomber les Filles 316 The Stranglers - Goodbye Toulouse 317 Magma - De Futura 318 NIGHT - Déliant ses Lacets 319 Jean-Luc Ponty - Sunday Walk   ** 320 Perez Prado - Paris 321 Vosegus - Honore les Dieux 322 Les demoiselles de Rochefort - Le pont transbordeur 323 Vladimir Cosma Pebbles and Bubbles 324 Edith Piaf - Sous le ciel de Paris 325 Schizo - Schizo (And the Little Girl) 326 La Toya Jackson, Moulin Rouge Cast - A Paris Les Femmes Ressemblent A Des Fleu 327 Departure Chandelier  - Forever Faithful to the Emperor 328 The Liminanas - Migas 2000 329 Adam And The Ants -  Young Parisians 330 Asmodée - Black Drop Journey 331 Les joyaux de la princesse - Le petit garçon 332 Melvins -  Joan Of Arc 333 H Bomb - Coup De Metal 334 Malicorne - L'écolier assassin 335 Donald Byrd - Parisian Thoroughfare 336 Thin Lizzy - Parisienne Walkways 337 Miles Davis / Art Blakey & The MEssengers - Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud  ** 338 Monarch - A Look At TomorrowMass Death and Destruction 339 Georges Brassens  -   Les copains d´abord 340 EARTHA KITT - UNDER THE BRIDGES OF PARIS 341 Blaspheme - Vivre libre 342 KaS Product - Sober 343 Mike Patton - Jean Claude Vannier -  Corpse Flower 344 Tony Allen - On Fire 345 Funerarium - Prayer For The Dead 346 SVART CROWN - Thermageddon 347 Alan Stivell - Tri Martolod 348 Les Misérables - Le bagne, pitié pitié (French) 349 The Great Old Ones - The Omniscient 350 Henry Mancini - Bateau Mouche 351 Style Counci l - Down In The Seine 352 Begin Says - Arbeit 353 Husker Du - Eiffel Tower High 354 Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely 355 Cécilia - Chocolat 356 Cradle of Filth - The Death of Love 357 ZARAH LEANDER - CABARET PARIS 358 David Bowie -  Speed of Life 359 Celine Gillain - Fight or Flight 360 Kosmos - Revelations Le Voyage 361 Bernard Parmegiani - Pop Eclectic 362 Dominique Laurent, Pinok Et Matho - L'Appel de la Terre 363 Pharoah Sanders - Love Is Here 364 SLIFT - UMMON 365 HANGMAN'S CHAIR - CUT UP KIDS 366 Les Baxter - The Clown On The Eiffel Tower 367 Throane - Plus Une Main A Mordre 368 John Zorn - Bateau Ivre 369 Mezzanotte - Midnight 370 GONG  - You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever 371 Klone - Breach 372 Les Calamités -  Toutes les nuits 373 John Cale - Paris 1919 374 Alcest - Là Où Naissent Les Couleurs Nouvelles 375 Heldon - MVC II 376 Aluk Todolo - V 377 Moving Gelatine Plates - Funny Doll 378 Alesia Cosmos  -  H-Co 379 Caravelli - Metamorphose Demientelle 380 Martial Solal joue Michel Magne - Organique 381 Cerrone - The Real World The Collector 382 The Nathan Davis Quintet -  The Hip Walk 383 Fantomas -  Page 30 [2 Frames] 384 Monsieur Goraguer - Sexy Dracula (Instrumental) 385 Orquesta De Las Nubes - El Orden Del Azar 386 Francoise Hardy - Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles 387 Pierre Eliane - Isadora Duncan (A Quoi Tu Penses Quand Tu Danses) 388 Rémy Couvez - Rêve de Voyage 389 Rush - Bastille Day 390 Doris Laïze - For Ever 391 Mr Bungle - Carousel 392 Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk in Paris   ** 393 VUUR - Reunite! - Paris 394 Guy Lafitte - Jambo!   ** 395 Prince - kiss 396 My Dying Bride - De Sade Soliliquoy 397 Francisco Semprun & Michel Christodoulides - Ebullition 398 Hacride - Act Of God 399 Jane Birkin - Lolita Go Home 400 The Doors  - End of the Night 401 Bernard Estardy - Cha tatch ka (La Formule du Baron) 402 Ennio Morricone - Peur sur la Ville OST 403 SOGGY - Waiting for the War 404 Birds in a Row - I don't dance 405 Miles Davis - Sur l'autoroute (BOF Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) 406 Michel Legrand -  Legrand Jazz   ** 407 Anna - Rien rien j'disais ça comme ça 408 VOUS AUTRES - Onde 409 Les Marquisis - Shape the Wheel (feat. Rémy Kapriélan) 410 Iron Maiden - The Longest Day 411 Satan - Toutes Ces Horreurs 412 Jean-Pierre Decerf - Light Flight 413 Delicatessen OST Carlos D'Alessio - Tika Tika Walk 414 Richard Pinhas - Rhizosphere Sequent 415 Hexvessel - Dues to the Dolmen 416 Guy Skornik - Lile de Paques 417 Crown - Illumination 418 Ferat 80 - La Bilan 419 TERRITOIRE- sourd 420 Year of no light - Tocsin 421 Klone -  The Dreamer's Hideaway 422 Christophe - Les Mots Blues 423 IGORR - Cheval 424 Me Solar - Qui seme le rent recoltele 425 Pierre Eliane - Ou Que Tu Ailles 426 Lalo Schiffrin - Marquis de Sade    ** 427 Les compagnons de la chanson - Bleu, les jours heureux 428 Georges Brassens - La Parapluie   ** 429 Albert Marcœur - Appalderie   ** 430 Cenotaphe - Entre quatre cierges de cire et de sang   ** 431 Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene, Pt. 2   ** 432 Heldon -  Ouais, marchais, mieux qu'en 68   433 Daft Punk - Get Lucky    ** 434 End of Data - Sarah 435 Musique Expérimentale - Volumes 436 Deathspell Omega - Synarchy of moleten bones 437 Serge Gainsbourg - L'hôtel particulier (BOF "Melody Nelson") 438 Magma- Kobaïa 439 Jo Moutet & Strawberrie's Pot - "...comme un pot de fraises 440 Nino Nardini · Roger Roger - Jungle Obsession ** 441 Richard Pinhas - Paris: Beautiful May 442 François Bayle - Jeîta pt.2 443 Deluge - Soufre 444 Trust - Certitude, Solitude 445 Sortilège - La Hargne Des Tordus 446 Macabre - The Black Knight 447 Red Noise - Caka Slow / Vertebrate Twist ** 448 Eider Stellaire - Tetra   ** 449 Gojira - Born for one thing    ** 450 Jean-Claude Vannier - Chasser La Bête Noire 451 Celtic Frost - Into crypt of rays 452 Hexvessel - Journey to Carnac   ** 453 Kraftwerk - Tour de France (Etape 3) 454 IGORR - Au Revoir 455 Megadeth -  A Tout le Monde 666 The Pink Panther Theme - Reprise

[dillydedalus]

what i read in january

too many books....

the unwomanly face of war, svetlana alexievich (tr. from russian) oral history of soviet women who served in ww2 (whether as soldiers, pilots, field nurses, laundresses etc, plus partisans) - interesting and harrowing, but honestly (& this just comes with the format i guess but it still made the book less enjoyable for me) pretty repetitive. 3/5

my sister, the serial killer, oyinkan braithwaite dark & snappy novel about beautiful ayoola, who has a habit of killing all her boyfriends, and her resentful but protective older sister korede, who always ends up cleaning up after her - until ayoola starts dating the man korede is in love with. not suuuper substantial, but an entertaining, twisty read with some hidden depths and great dark humour (ayoola about her trip w/ a boyfriend: ‘it was fine.... except he died’). 3.5/5

the private memoirs & confessions of a justified sinner, james hogg (uni) fucking wild ride of a book about (and mostly narrated by) a young calvinist radical who believes that, like, since he is one of the elect of God and his place in heaven is guaranteed no matter what he does, he might as well DO SOME MURDER!!! it’s fun, the theology is absurd, and one of the main characters (our young calvinist’s shapeshifting friend) is probably the devil! 4/5

friday black, nana kwame adjei-brenya collection of mostly speculative/dystopian short stories, some of which work very well, some of which don’t really. the stories based on racism in america are mostly very good, satirically heightening current issues to absurd levels while still feeling true. some others are not as good, including one where a man talks to the ghosts of the fetuses his girlfriend just aborted (like. bad.) the last story, a post-nuclear-apocalypse groundhog day type thing, is brilliant and i almost wish he’d turned into a novel/novella instead. 3.5/5

mythologies, roland barthes god, i wish french crit was always as fun as roro ‘kill the author’ barthes making fun of the myths of american evangelicalism and french imperialism. 3/5

moon of the crusted snow, waubgeshig rice set in a northern canadian first nations reservation, where one autumn, electricity, communications etc. fail. when no news (or scheduled deliveries of food etc) come from the south, the community has to figure out how to get everyone through the winter, relying increasingly on traditional survival skills. quiet & reflective twist on the post-apocalypse/social collapse narrative; occasionally the writing is a bit clumsy, but i’d still recommend it. 3.5/5

the haunting of hill house, shirley jackson a psychological haunted house story, more quietly disturbing than downright scary, but i really enjoyed the way the characters interact with each other and the visceral wrongness of hill house. also interested if anyone has done a queer reading bc i def feel like there’s some subtext between eleanor and theodora that plays into the horror (time to check jstor). and i just love jackson’s style of writing. 4/5

tentacle, rita indiana (tr. from spanish, i read the german translation) weirdo dominican queer post-apocalyptic time travel book involving yoruba/voodoo mysticism, time travel via anemone, art collectives, a trans protagonist who is the chosen one, destined to save the ocean, and a mention of einstürzende neubauten (automatic 0.5 point bonus). really cool! there is a lot of sexual & gendered violence so uh. that’s something to be aware of. 3.5/5

the orenda, joseph boyden ugh. so this is a historical novel set in 1600s northern america, centred around the huron/wendat nation and three characters: the wendat warrior bird, a jesuit missionary called christophe who lives among the wendat, and the young iroquois girl snow falls, who is... forcibly adopted?? by bird to replace his murdered family. interesting concept and a promising first third or so, but unfortunately the book is way too long, the characters and their relationships seemed shallow and their development was more Told than Shown to me, and it just never really came together for me. plus, halfway through i found out that boyden has apparently been either greatly exaggerating or completely making up his own native heritage so uh. bad. 1.5/5

nichts was uns passiert, bettina wilpert smart & very precisely observed story about an alleged rape in a lefty/academic social circle. anna claims jonas raped her at a party, while jonas says the sex was consensual. anna eventually goes to the police and as rumours begin to spread, the people around them begin to take sides and try to figure out how to deal with this thing that Does Not Happen To Us (the title) and is definitely not Done by People Like Us. in a smart twist, this is presented as testimonies collected by an unnamed first-person narrator who questions jonas, anna, their friends and family, which i found very effective as a narrative tool, making everything just ambiguous enough. ends on a legalese gutpunch. 4/5

o caledonia, elspeth barker lovely dark book about janet, outcast at school and in her family, always too intense, too earnest, too clumsy, as she grows up first in wartime edinburgh and then in an old house in the scottish highlands, feeling at home only among animals and the wild & harsh & romantic landscape. lyrically written, sometimes morbid and grim (the book opens with janet murdered at 16 y’all), but often funny and bittersweet as well. loved it! 4.5/5

espedair street, iain banks look, this is a novel about a burnt-out rockstar looking back on his rise to fame and wild life, which is like. incredibly unappealing to me from the beginning. tho i gotta give props to banks for managing to make me at all invested in this story with good writing & well-engineered weirdness - so i guess i need to read something from him where the very premise does not make me roll my eyes. 2/5

eiger dreams: ventures among men & mountains, jon krakauer i would never willingly go mountain-climbing but i sure am highkey obsessed with reading about it. this is a collection of short essays about mountain climbing, some about krakauer’s own experiences (trying to climb the eiger nordwand etc), some about special areas of climbing, infamous climbers etc, and krakauer is a good writer & funny dude (don’t smoke weed in your tent while on an expedition lmao). krakauer says in his foreword that “most climbers aren’t in fact deranged, they’re just infected with a particularly virulent strain of the Human Condition”, which is a great sentence, but based on this and into thin air it seems like that’s in fact the same thing! 3.5/5

fool’s errand (the tawny man #1), robin hobb y’all. i missed my silly silly son fitz who is now significantly older than me, and i was immediately captivated even tho the first 200 pages are mostly fitzy’s Hermit Homesteading Routine with Occasional Visitors. i loved that shit. i loved fitz being reluctantly-but-maybe-not-that-reluctantly being caught in court intrigue & schemes again even more. anyway, hobb’s strength as always is amazing characterisation that makes every character immediately seem real & rich and the relationships between those characters, which are nuanced and fraught and painful and wonderful (also when will fitz & the fool kiss JESUS). also it made me cry a lot about nighteyes, so well done there. 4/5

anyway i am now forcing myself to not just abandon all else and just speed thru tawny man but i really really want to so everything else is going quite slowly