Ataraxia

  Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is one of the major books of the present, even if it is not yet clear how it will stand the test of time, indeed, I was checking its ranking on The Greatest Books of All Time site, and it has fallen four places, from 6915 th , where it was last time, when I posted my first take on this Science fiction blockbuster, it has more than one million three hundred thousand ratings on Goodreads, and it has been adapted for the big screen, where it is the number one success of the year, at least in box office terms…indeed, the reason why I put in a few more lines on the subject is that I watched the movie last night, with Hannah, my daughter – you find thousands of notes on films from The New York Times’ 1,000 Best Movies Ever Made and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html   7 out of 10   Project Hail Mary https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/04/project-hail-mary-by-andy-weir-is-...

  Journey Into Fear by Eric Ambler is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read – the author has two other books there, I have reviewed Epitaph for a Spy and The Mask of Dimitrios and thousands of other magnum opera from the aforementioned list, The Greatest Books of All Time and other pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where my macaws are the main attraction     8 out of 10   I have read and enjoyed Epitaph for a Spy https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/11/epitaph-for-spy-by-eric-ambler-is.html by Eric Ambler, which is also included on the list of 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, indeed, with Journey Into Fear I have come to the end of the triathlon, no more Ambler among the 1,000 You Must Read left for me   This was a good novel, fortunately, the audiobook version has an excellent reader, and he kept me on board, I tend to miss when it comes into that form – my ma...

  Tropic Thunder by Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller, directed by the latter, it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, for Robert Downey Jr., at the Golden Globes, both Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise were nominated for the same thing, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – there are thousands of notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists waiting for you on my blog (and they will be waiting for ever, without success, I just realized) https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel   8 out of 10   This is a crazy, good, original comedy, a bit over the top at times (or for most of the duration) but in many parts, quite funny, even Tom Cruise https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/09/eyes-wide-shut-by-stanley-kubrick.html has abandoned Ethan Hunt and has an unusual performance, as a fat bold tycoon…   Incidentally, I...

  Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant by Anthony Powell is the fifth volume of the chef d’oeuvre A Dance To The Music of Time, one of The Modern Library’s Top 100 Novels, and part of the 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read compilation, it sits at 339 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site, and more importantly for this obscure corner, it is one of my Top 50 Favorites – you have thousands of reviews of magnum opera from the aforementioned and other sites waiting for you on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel if you prefer   10 out of 10   A Dance to The Music of Time https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-acceptance-world-by-anthony-powell.html is spectacular when read for the second time, but I just realized it will be blissful when taken on for the third, sometime in the next few years, and since I prophesize here, why not speak of the fourth round…   One of the fabulous aspects is ho...

  Life With Father by Howard Lindsay was the 1948 Nominee for The Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for William Powell, he was nominated for another three Academy Awards and other trophies, it is also one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – you find thousands of notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other pages, together with reviews of magnum opera from The GOAT and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel   9 out of 10   Life With Father is a very good comedy, I am not sure if it would make it on my Top 1,000 Features, but then it might, one thousand productions seems like a big number – in those years, I have only seen 801 from The NYT 1,000, although there are more than 5k notes on films from other sites on my blogs and YouTube channel   A Voyage Round My Father https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-voyage-round-my-father-by-john.html comes to m...

  Erotic Tales by Alberto Moravia, the outstanding author of the chef d’oeuvre Contempt aka Disprezzo, translated as Ghost at Noon, which sits at 48 on Le Monde’s Top 100 books of The Century, it is also one of the 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, The Greatest Books of All Time’s   algorithm has it lower than I even deign to put here…nevertheless, it is one of my Top 100 Favorites – you have thousands of reviews of magnum opera from the aforementioned and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where my macaws are of more interest   8 out of 10   Contempt https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/contempt-by-alberto-moravia.html is a magnum opus, and if we are to compare that with Erotic Tales, then the latter would be dismissed, indeed, it is conceivably wrong to come to it with too high expectations, because one would be disappointed, and then there is   Daniel Kahnem...