What I'm reading and what I've watched — pulled from Goodreads and IMDb. I use the IMDb watchlist backwards — it's a record of what I've already seen.
Updated weekly · Mondays
118
books read · since 2021
631
films logged · since 2020
3
open right now
On the side table
Currently reading.
Three open at once — the Saunders in the mornings, the other two wherever the week puts them. Tap a spine.
Picked up Jun 2026
The School of Life: An Emotional Education
The School of Life
A curriculum for the things school skipped — self-knowledge, calm, how to be slightly less baffled by your own behaviour.
Picked up Jun 2026
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Jia Tolentino
Nine essays on self-delusion — the internet, optimisation, the stories we tell about ourselves. Tolentino keeps catching herself in the act, which is the point.
Picked up Apr 2026 · a chapter a morning
Vigil
George Saunders
Saunders writes the way I want to think when I'm tired — patient, generous, willing to look at the same small thing twice.
Five stars · handed to friends
Books I press on people.
Books I've physically given away, or texted someone to buy. R. K. Narayan dominates this row — that isn't an accident. Tap a cover for why.
The projection room
Films I'd defend at dinner.
The 10/10 list is short on purpose — the films I'd rewatch on a flight, on a Sunday, on a hard day. Tap a title to put it on the screen.
Now showing
Perfect Days
Wim Wenders · 2023 · Japan Rated 10
Hirayama cleans Tokyo's toilets, listens to cassettes, photographs trees. A film about how small attention compounds.
10Perfect DaysWenders · 2023defend at dinner
10Wild TalesSzifron · 2014defend at dinner
10Forrest GumpZemeckis · 1994defend at dinner
10Once Upon a Time… in HollywoodTarantino · 2019defend at dinner
9The Shawshank RedemptionDarabont · 1994nine
9The IrishmanScorsese · 2019nine
9ParasiteBong · 2019nine
8Ford v FerrariMangold · 2019eight
Latest additions · refreshed Mondays
Recently logged.
The rolling edge — the last few things off the pile and off the screen. This block updates itself each week.
Books · last read
Capitalism: A Ghost StoryArundhati Roy—
Shoe DogPhil Knight★★★★★
Mother Mary Comes to MeArundhati Roy★★★★
Films · last watched
Perfect DaysWim Wenders · 202310 / 10
Wild TalesDamián Szifron · 201410 / 10
The Shawshank RedemptionFrank Darabont · 19949 / 10
