#AmReading + #AmWatching + #AmListening - Media Shares And #Reviews 04-06-20

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
~Francis Bacon

Welcome to this week's weekly media shares and reviews post!

*Disclaimer: no matter what's being reviewed, all opinions in this post are entirely my own, and I reserve the right to have them, regardless of who may or may not share them. Feel free to express your own in the comments, but please respect my right - and the rights of other commenters - to have opinions that might differ from yours, and to express those opinions too.

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OK. Let's see what I've been reading, watching, and listening to, and which song I'm going to share this week, shall we? After all, that's the point of this post, and why you're here today, right?

• Reading:

This week I read - well, technically finished reading, since I started it last week - one book: the seventh "Outlander" book. So, here's my book review.

An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book follows more than just the stories of the two couples I've grown to care about, and I have to admit to wishing it would just move on to the parts with my favourite characters in them at first, because I just wanted to know what was happening with them. By the time I was about a third of the way through the book though, I was a lot more interested in the fates of the other characters, and really starting to enjoy their chapters and scenes too. I feel like a lot was left unresolved at the end of this book as well though, so wasn't overly happy about that. Those things combined are the only reason I don't give this book the full five stars, since the slower pace while we learn about all the medical stuff, etc - which seems to be an issue for a lot of people - didn't bother me, because I find those kinds of details interesting enough not to get bored. Spending so little time with either Jamie and Claire or Roger and Briana, however, did bother me at first, and having so much unresolved at the end certainly did - and still does.

• Watching:

This week I watched the old animated "Beauty And The Beast" movie - just because it happened to be on Sky Cinema Disney when I needed to do something in the living room, and it's a good movie - and also watched some more episodes of "Game Of Thrones" (I'm currently on season 6, if you're interested).

• Listening:

This week I've been listening to a variety of music again, including some videos recently uploaded by artists I subscribe to on YouTube.  One of those was the song I'm sharing today, which is "When Life Is Good Again" by Dolly Parton.