Fiction

Verity by Colleen Hoover
Chapters 1–3

Not usually my kind of thing, but something inspired me to buy this... only I can't remember what because it was so long ago now. Quite possibly that it's supposed to have an incredible twist — according to its own blurb, at least. It's largely Romance-y so far (even if the very first thing to happen is someone being brutally killed by a car!), so we'll see.

Video Games

Inertial Drift
As I said, I may have finished 'story mode' (with one character, anyway — I wonder how different the others are...), but there's still a load of options and unlockables. If I had one criticism, it's that the game could be a bit more guided about what I could/should do next.

Monument Valley II
New 'story' (it barely qualifies as such, but sure, technically there's something), same gameplay... which is fine, because the first one was hardly an epic that exhausted the concept.

You Suck at Parking
Got this in a mystery bundle — I never would've chosen to buy, but thought I'd give it a go. Played for 16 minutes and had kind of had enough. Maybe I'll get an itch to try it again. Maybe I never, ever will.

TV

Leverage: Redemption
1x13 The Hurricane Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
9x92 Champions Week 2: Tuesday
9x93 Champions Week 2: Wednesday
9x94 Champions Week 2: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Videos

Beyond the Light
Episode 1 Gameplay
Episode 2 Cast & Characters
Episode 3 Story

Quite looking forward to the new James Bond game, so finally caught up with this series of behind-the-scenes promo videos. Not sure if the game will run on my Steam Deck so don't know when I'll actually play it, but someday...!

TV

How I Met Your Mother
1x22 Come On [season finale; 2nd watch]

Richard Osman's House of Games
9x90 Champions Week 1: Friday
9x91 Champions Week 2: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
7x18 The Good, The Bad, and The Oscar [season finale]

TV

How I Met Your Mother
1x21 Milk [2nd watch]

Richard Osman's House of Games
9x87 Champions Week 1: Tuesday
9x88 Champions Week 1: Wednesday
9x89 Champions Week 1: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
7x16 The Return
7x17 Mutiny and the Bounty

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle

TV

How I Met Your Mother
1x20 Best Prom Ever [2nd watch]

Richard Osman's House of Games
9x84 Redemption Week 2: Thursday
9x85 Redemption Week 2: Friday
9x86 Champions Week 1: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
7x14 Mad About Murder
7x15 A Deadly Secret

Films

Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
[#14 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Tabletop Games

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game
Really should get round to buying the Two Towers game they released...

this week on 100Films.co.uk

For the first time this year (well, unless you count December 2025's posts being in January), both parts of a 100Films.co.uk monthly review have arrived in the same week!

As always, it begins with a general overview of the month...





...and concludes with my "failures"...





More next Sunday? Stranger things happen at sea...

TV

How I Met Your Mother
1x19 Mary the Paralegal [2nd watch]

Richard Osman's House of Games
9x80 Redemption Week 1: Friday
9x81 Redemption Week 2: Monday
9x82 Redemption Week 2: Tuesday
9x83 Redemption Week 2: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
7x12 April Fools
7x13 Three Billboards

Films

Breakout (1959)
[#13 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Collection Count

Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.

I expected a bunch of preorders to turn up today, but I guess yesterday's Bank Holiday has delayed them. Next week, then — along with the preorders for the week after, I'd hope. It won't be anything like a record-breaker, but it could be my biggest week since... um, a couple of weeks ago.

Number of titles in collection: 3,676 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 965 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,711 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 518 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 8,825 [up 1]
Number of films: 4,726 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 487 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,134 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,293 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

How I Met Your Mother
1x17 Life Among the Gorillas [2nd watch]
1x18 Nothing Good Happens After 2 AM [2nd watch]

Richard Osman's House of Games
9x77 Redemption Week 1: Tuesday
9x78 Redemption Week 1: Wednesday
9x79 Redemption Week 1: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
7x10 Chaos Agent
7x11 Speed