The nights are starting to come a little faster, and I want
to know where summer went! Somehow three months of beach, parties, and family trips
flew by while I was checking Netflix (or so it seems.) Still, there are a lot
of things I love about fall: apple cider, pumpkin everything, and another
football season.
I’m also looking forward to the fall movie season. It’s no
secret I’m a big Tom Hiddleston fan, and he has two big flicks coming out this
autumn. I’m not a huge horror flick person, but Crimson Peak looks amazing.
Naturally Tom in high collars and frock coats has a lot to do with that.
So the first way to prepare for fall is to start reading a
few scary books. This will accomplish two things at once: get me in the Halloween mood and prepare me for Crimson Peak. Maybe if I survive N0S4A2 by Joe Hill and
Darker Places by Shaun Allan, I can sit through the movie without spilling my
popcorn too much.
I wrote about Red Rising before. I was a bit underwhelmed by
the novel, but I’m really looking forward to The Martian. I love engineering
and a gritty survival tale – it’s why Apollo 13 is one of my favorites.
Obviously the way to get excited for this film is to read the novel. I’m in the
middle of it now, and the details of day-to-day life for an astronaut left
behind on Mars (how to get water, food, and oxygen as well as a message back to
Earth) is fascinating.
Watching the new Bond film is a tradition in my family. The
Daniel Craig Bond’verse is one of my favorites, although I’ve enjoyed them all.
So I can’t wait to catch Spectre, the new film. A confession: I’ve never been a
fan of the books, though – the originals are filled with period-typical
misogyny. So I’ll look for my thriller elsewhere, and what better than the new
continuation of the Stieg Larsson books? The Girl in the Spider’s Web got a
great write-up on Kirkus, the reviewer saying “Larsson fans won’t be
disappointed.”
Of course there are a lot of other fall necessities. Comfy
sweaters, honeycrisp apples, and warm duvets will make the chilly months
cosier. Probably I won’t do a stellar decorating job on my front stoop with hay
bales and scarecrows again – I fully expect my fall scheme will the
same as last year.
I doubt I’ll make a ton of pies or learn how to create my
own pumpkin spice.
However, a few movie nights and lots of great books will
make this fall a wonderful season.
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