I'm reading....
I am not really sure how it happened but I have joined a lot of bookclub type groups on Facebook. On one of them there has been one book mentioned quite a few times that caught my attention. I can't remember if it was a reading choice or something butafter seeing it mentioned over and over I decided to read it myself. Who says peer pressure ends when you are a grown up? And what is that book? The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel. She is an author I have heard of before, but I haven't read her before. So far, I am very much enjoying the book and I can definitely see myself reading more of her books...after I have finished this one of course.
I am about half way through listening to The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley, but I do have a few drives to work coming up so I should be able to make a bit of a dent in it over the next couple of weeks.
I'm watching....
I started watching The Watch last week, mainly because nothing else caught my attention, and I am pretty sure it wasn't worth the effort. It is supposed to be an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Watch books, which are part of the Discworld series, but it's missing something, maybe the humour or the heart or something.
I think this week we might start WandaVision and see how that goes. I have also got episodes of Us, Discovery of Watches and an Australian show called The End to get to too.
Is anyone watching anything good at the moment?
Life....
I was home alone over the weekend. My husband had to drive up to Queensland with his son and so in theory I had the house to myself. That is the longest we have been apart since he moved in, so I had to try very hard not to mope too much.
On Saturday night I joined some friends at a free Melbourny Symphony Orchestra event. It was reallly interesting. A couple of years ago there would have been about 12000 people at this event, all sitting on blankets in the park, crowded together. Of course,in this new world we had to watch in a COVID safe way, so we all had a pod seated a maximum of 6 people, you could order food from food trucks that you then went and picked up at a nominated time. It was all very efficient and very civilised, and a perfect way to spend a very balmy summer night.
I also managed to track down my first uoouoo. What is a uoouoo you ask? They are a series of painted sculptures that are scattered around the city to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Royal Children's Hospital. I do intend to find at least some more over the coming few weeks.
I like it when a new book sweeps in an takes over what had been planned. I haven't looked for book groups on Facebook. I probably should. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteit's a nice surprise when it is good too!
DeleteWow! That's encouraging to hear about the outdoor concert! Love the sculpture photo and looking forward to seeing more! (I won't cheat and start googling!) I've been seeing the Kristin Harmel book mentioned a lot, also, but haven't picked it up yet.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed it Laurie C!
DeleteI love those sculpture series. We've done fish, bead dogs and streetcars in the New Orleans area.
ReplyDeleteWe've done baby elephants here before RAnn. I also saw hippos in South Africa and Keeper of the Plain's ones in Wichita in Kansas.
DeletePeer pressure by adults is very real. Luckily the book kind usually isn't harmful and often has positive results. The Winemaker's Wife sounds good and I am glad you are enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteI hope you like WandaVision if you give it a try. I personally think it's gotten better and better with each episode. The downside is having to wait for each new episode. I'm not used to doing that anymore. LOL
I am glad you were able to attend the Melbourny Symphony Orchestra event. It sounds very nice. Thank you for sharing the photos of the sculptures!
I hope you have a great week, Marg!
I am pretty sure we will enjoy Wandavision when we get to it.
DeleteI think at one point I used to belong to 4 or 5 in person book groups. Nuts. Then again, I've signed up for a lot of reading challenges this year.. hmmm... Loved the sculpture! We're watching The Tunnel which came out several years ago I believe but I like it. Hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI belong to the groups but don't actually seem to read anything with them Iliana!
DeleteThe concert sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely way to spend as summer evening Greg!
DeleteI watched Season 2 of Discovery of Witches this past week which I didn’t think was as compelling as the first, and Traces set in Scotland, which I really liked. Also Firefly Lane which I also liked except I wasn’t expecting it to not finish. Right now I’m watching The Great British Sewing Bee on Britbox.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a great reading week
We've started watchign season 2 of Discovery of Witches. I have held off watching Firefly Lane as I have heard very mixed reviews of it.
DeleteI've been hearing a lot about Harmel's THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES. I have it out from the library right now, but I haven't gotten to it yet. THE WINEMAKER'S WIFE also sounds like a good one.
ReplyDeleteI love that uoouoo. So colorful and fun!
I will definitely read The Book of Lost Names now Susan
DeleteGoing to a sympony would be a real trat. Sounds like such fun.
ReplyDeleteI've been seeing alot of bog posts about the Winemaker's Wife as well and I guess I will eventually get a copy from the library. Why do our library holds all come in at once?! Working through a few titles now.
It is a truth universally known that library book holds will always come in at the same time Tina!
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