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This afternoon I watched Jodorowsky's Dune, a documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's doomed film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. It was a huge project, involving several high profile artists such as Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles and Pink Floyd. I think the film wouldn't be that good, because they were focused on hiring celebrities instead of actors, and Jodorowsky seemed to want everything in such a scale that I believe it couldn't possibly be achieved. However, the concept art is gorgeous; I'm particularly fond of Chris Foss's spaceships, but Jean Giraud and H.R. Giger's drawings were really cool as well. I would gladly buy the artbook, if there were one available.

A heatwave in India has claimed at least 300 lives so far, with the temperatures above 40ºC. Rivers, lakes and dams have dried up in some areas, several crops and livestock were decimated and at least 330 million indians don't have access to enough water for their daily needs. It's predicted the worst is yet to come, as according to a meteorological officer May is usually the hottest month and there's still a whole summer to endure. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/30/daytime-cooking-ban-in-india-as-heatwave-claims-300-lives

I live in a small southern town in the United States. I'm visiting a nice lady, a neighbour of mine, on a hot summer afternoon. My brother and his/our friend started playing alone and pulling me away, so I get to see the cakes she makes us first; but I have to call them before eating my share.

I tried to think of mothers in books I read, but scrolling through the small list I couldn't remember anyone significant except Mrs. Ramsay, from To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. The story was written mostly from her point of view. From what I can recall, she was a kind and considerate woman, whose posture balanced her husband's partial absence and distraction demanded by his academic writing; I believe one of her thoughts expressed in the book was how she had to relinquish any professional or intellectual endeavour in order to provide to her family's chemistry.

I finished Selected Stories, a collection of selected writings by Alice Munro. It's more specific than Dear Life about some events, descriptions and dialogue, and it also seemed to me that the stories weren't diverse. I should give her work a rest, I think I emphasize it often. I'm currently reading and enjoying To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the writing is eloquent and the characters are interesting.

I'm looking for an upgrade as well. I currently have a Samsung Galaxy Ace since 2012, but it has been a nuisance from the start. I've seen some reviews, mainly from the Youtube channels Marques Brownlee and Mobile Tech Review, and from what I gathered Samsung phones use a modified version of Android with errors and bugs that a stock Android phone doesn't have. My suggestion is that you could look into the Nexus brand if you're looking for an Android, or you could get an iPhone. For cheaper alternatives, you could look into these: Xiaomi mi 4i, Motorola Moto G, Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3, Asus Zenphone 2, OnePlus One.

I think modern ideas should be avoided as much as possible in any past setting, unless the author wishes otherwise. While it may seem this would slightly harm the growth of a progressive mindset, the truth is those who are against something new have reasons to doubt or even fear such a change. If books were truthful to the laws and costumes of the years they depict, both sides of the debate would have a better grasp of how there were arguments contrary to their own lifestyle and costumes that seemed reasonable then, and even might seem reasonable today. Furthermore, we would pay attention to the fallacies repeated both then and now for discussions of different matters. When our beliefs and prejudices aren't challenged, we become desensitised to judge and evaluate the contents to which we're exposed. We should be able to understand how life was in that particular time and for that to happen it's required that we receive a proper representation of the laws and costumes, as well as characters that were educated by the social constructs in those days.

Estelle Balet, world champion in freeride snowboard, died today in an avalanche. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/19/snowboarding-champion-estelle-balet-killed-avalanche

I'm intimidated by books depicting a specific mentality of scarceness and misery which I have experienced mostly with latin american authors. This has led me to leave some books unfinished, and I currently avoid literature from Africa and South America. I think there's an underlying effect, in that my school teachers liked those books to the extent we often had to read excerpts in class or the integral versions as an extracurricular activity. From those I completed, I'll name The Postman by Antonio Skármeta and The Pearl by John Steinbeck.

The book with a "hard" topic I remember reading is If This Is a Man, a memoir by Primo Levi about his imprisonment in Auschwitz.

I began watching "Wolf Hall", finished the first two episodes. I think Mark Rylance has been superb so far.

I read the wikipedia page about the author before reading the book, try to learn about his life and locate when the book was written and published. I also google the book's setting, but I leave the meanings to myself.

I remember doing it with "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and with other books as well, I'd grow bored of reading whilst I wanted to know the ending. I don't consider a book read if I skipped some pages, like I don't consider a film watched if I skipped some scenes. I haven't done it with books, but with some series and films I read the whole plot on wikipedia when I'm unsure it's worth watching.

I'd go with Wuthering Heights, it's also the only book by the Brönte sisters I've read so far. I'd like to add Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, for a lighter read.

I really fell for it. I watched some videos deconstructing him, because I thought you'd have a good reason I didn't grasp.

I assume they are, because portuguese is a major native language[1]; a lot of people wouldn't read those books otherwise. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers#Nationalencyklopedin

We learn portuguese at first, and then english and french. The secondary school continues with portuguese and english, and spanish is the following most popular. In most schools it's hard to learn any other language, because the options are limited to the teachers available and to the students who opted for it. I had two classes dedicated to portuguese and they shared much of the content. The way languages are teached is also rather poor, in my experience the contents never seemed to evolve in difficulty or relevance. It's then to no surprise that Portugal has the lowest ranking of foreign language aptitude in western Europe, tied with the UK.[1] I started reading books in english because I wanted to improve my abilities. It was difficult at first, but with training and persistence I was able to do it. Everything I have read in the last few years for recreation was in english, because I want to read more from foreign authors. I also prefer the language and I have to practice it somehow. But there are some books I couldn't finish, like Hamlet, because I had to continuously search what the words and expressions meant. My backlog in portuguese literature is already considerable, despite missing a couple of classics, so I think I should read only from what's out there in order to keep a broad perspective. I'd like to read in german and french, but I should learn the languages first. [1] - https://jakubmarian.com/average-number-of-languages-spoken-by-the-eu-population/

Is it a controversial topic? In the series "The World at War" they say it was because a yugoslavian revolution force aroused by the UK forced Hitler to suspend the invasion in order to supress them.

I wear my pyjamas inside all the time, but that's because I only leave the house once or twice per day. During winter and colder days I wear a robe.

Yesterday I watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens with my cousin and an uncle. It's a nice film, I almost didn't recognise C-3PO because of the red arm.

For lunch we had roasted goat and potatoes with white rice.

I can't answer your questions, but isn't Paperwhite more suitable for reading than Fire?

I watched a documentary about Singapore last year, it seemed they have a demanding and well structured school system and now here they finish first for test scores. But Finland is the only country interfering in a top 5 dominated by southeastern Asia. I wonder how hard it is for some first world countries to improve their performance by adapting to its own reality what's done by the best.