Matthew Beckett Reviews

I am going to continue my round up blogs for 2022 with the films and TV that I watched last year, now like most people I can watch a lot more than I can read, normally getting through twenty to thirty films (we watch a lot with the children) a month whereas the most books I read in a month last year was three. Therefore I have decided to briefly review my top fifteen to make this a lot shorter, I also decided to only choose things I hadn't watched before to make it a bit more varied.  Keep in mind that this is when I watched them even if they came out earlier, we often wait to get things on DVD as we have far too many things that we want to watch. Without further adieu then let's get into it. 1. Marvel Phase 4 - 4.3/5 (average) First up is everything Marvel has released of Phase 4 from WandaVision to Thor: Love and Thunder as we consumed it all last year, so this will be a big one. I have been a massive fan of Marvel since I was a child, I have early memories of watching the 90...

It's been a while since I wrote a blog post so I have decided to do a summary of all the books that I read in 2022.  I managed to get through 24 books last year, which is the most by a lot since becoming a father just over four years ago. This is because I have actually been making time to read, primarily before bed (which has helped my sleep too) as there are less opportunities during the day with two children and a house to look after. In 2021 I decided to change my reading system to mix things up a bit, but also get through some of the books that have been sitting on my shelf for a few years, so I continued that system in 2022 and will do so again this year. The system is as follows, read a new book (acquired in the last twelve months), next an older book, then re-read a book that I have enjoyed in the past (I started re-reading the Harry Potter series in 2021 so I was continuing not just starting on the fourth book!). I then repeated this throughout the year and it made choosin...