This Week....

I'm reading...

I haven't done as much reading as I would like this week, but I did get a fair chunk of The Goldminer's Sister by Allison Stuart while I was at the hairdresser on Saturday. It comes out in a couple of days so I should probably get cracking on it. This book is set in the same town as The Postmistress and features some of the same characters, but I don't think you would necessarily call it a sequel, if that makes sense. I will say that I was quite surprised by the events very early in the book.

I can't decide if this next paragraph in the I'm Watching paragraph, or here as an audio book because there was video involved but I was listening while I was working so I am going to count it as listening to it, like an audiobook.

During this week, I have been watching/listening to the famous Kiwi movie director Taika Waititi reading Roald Dahl's book James and the Giant Peach. He is so good to listen to, but along the way he has recruited some of his famous friends, and as he admits some people who he doesn't really know, to help bring the story to life. Amongst the people who make appearances there are actors, and musicians, and other famous people! And the great thing is that you can tell that they all enjoyed the experience to! So much fun. Highlights include Meryl Streep's turn as one of James' aunts, Cate Blanchett,  and many more. Every episode is an absolute delight and such a joy to listen to!

Do yourself a favour and check out the first episode here.

I'm watching...
I mentioned The Casketeers a couple of weeks ago. We spent our Friday night binge watching quite a few episodes, but really my weekend was about one thing.....

I have been eager to see this musical for ages now. We were just a few weeks early or late when we were in the US. In theory, it is coming to Sydney next year, and my name is down on the waiting list already. Hello long weekend in Sydney! But....who knows if that will actually happen next year now. I was therefore super excited when it was announced that it is being streamed.

We invited a couple of friends around for dinner and then we settled back into the comfy couch and watched the show, and I loved it. We aren't necessarily as familiar with all the background but it didn't take long to get into the story.

Highly recommended! And I will be watching again, more than once I am sure.

In life

We are now at the point where we can call our bathroom  renovation done! It took a bit longer to do than we would have liked because one of our special orders took a lot longer to come in than it should have done, but overall it wasn't too stressful. Luckily we had our ensuite bathroom still because I couldn't have imagined going without a bathroom at all for that long. So here's the before:

And after

I think I will be posting more about our renovations in the next couple of weeks.

Posts from the last week

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books in 2020
Joint Review:  The Silk House by Katye Nunn
Reading Reflections: June 2020
Alphabet 2020: Paris in July launch
Review: The House on Boundary Street by Tea Cooper
It's Friday
Weekend Cooking: Sausage Rolls

Six Degrees of Separation

I've linked this post to It's Monday, what are you reading? as hosted by Book Date