Currently reading:
- The Phantom of the Opera: Gaston Leroux
- Under the Eagle, Simon Scarrow
- The Age of the Picts; Doctor W. Cummins
- Mistborn: The Well of Ascension; Brandon Sanderson
- Paksenarrion; Elizabeth Moon
- Les Misérables; Victor Hugo
- The Godfather; Mario Puzo
- A Dance with Dragons; George R. R. Martin
Music:
I listen to A LOT of music and I love to explore, just as I
love to explore in culture in general. If I haven't mention First
Viennese School in the Classical-part, it doesn't mean that I hate
Mozart or anything, just so you know! This should be a "very brief
list..."
- Metal: Månegarm, Moonsorrow, Summoning,
Enslaved, Vogelfrey, Yggdrasil, Ensiferum, Eluveite, Arkan,
Distorted, ColdWorld, Lustre, Drudkh, Burzum, Summoning, Slayer,
Blind Guardian, Kamelot, Edguy, Avantasia, Ayreon...
- Folk: Wardruna, Tartanic, Hedningarna, Faun, 16
Horsepower, Jordi Savall, The Dubliners, The Chieftans, Flogging
Molly.
- Soundtracks: You'd be overwhelmed, I love too
many soundtracks and film composers.
- Classical: Medieval (both profane and sacral
music!), renaissance, baroque, romanticism, impressionism, Ensemble
Braccio, Jordi Savall, Vitamin String Quartet. (Surely, I
prefer certain classical music from certain countries/by certain
composers, but you'll be falling asleep or something if I'd mention
it all.)
- Musicals: Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables,
Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar, De Tre Musketörerna.
- Electro: Detektivbyrån, Imogen Heap,
College.
- Rock: The Cranberries, Dolores O’Riordan, Hel,
BlueÖysterCult, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Doors...
- Other: Mogwai, Enya, Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can
Dance, Die Antwoord.
Movies:
Life of Pi Rise of the Guardians Der Tunnel Jean de Florette La
Gloire de Mon Père Hamlet (1996) The Godfather The Godfather II
Howard’s End Alien Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain District 9
Drive The Fountain Gladiator Das Leben der Anderen Lawrence of
Arabia Spartacus Ben Hur
TV-series:
Firefly Defiance Vikings Mr Selfridge The Paradise Ripper Streeet
Les Revenants Boardwalk Empire Downton Abbey North and South Mary
Bryant The Crimson Petal and White Daniel Deronda Le Comte de Monte
Cristo Mildred Pierce Homeland The Borgias Les Misérables (2000)
The Tudors This is England ’86 & ’88 True Blood I, Claudius V
Game of Thrones The Kennedys The Pillars of the Earth The Sopranos
Grey’s Anatomy Hell on Wheels Deadwood Matador American Horror
Story
Authors:
Franz Kafka William Shakespeare Edgar Allan Poe Oscar Wilde Victor
Hugo Alexandre Dumas Lewis Carroll Charles Dickens Lev Tolstoj
Charlotte Brontë J. R. R. Tolkien C. S. Lewis Salman Rushdie Ira
Levin George R. R. Martin Conn Iggulden Mario Puzo Ken Follett
Katharine Kerr Elizabeth Moon Marion Zimmer Bradley J. K. Rowling
Wilbur Smith Robin Hobb Anne Rice
Games:
Currently playing DA for the second time.
Dragon Age: Origins + Awakening (plus all the DLCs) Dragon
Age 2 Guild Wars 2 LotR: War in the North (meh)
Assassin's Creed 1-2 Portal 2 Mass Effect
Rome Total War Warcraft III Age of Empires II
Age of Mythology etc...
