This Week ...

 

I'm reading....

Do you ever get a sense of satisfaction when you read a book that has been out for a while now, lots of people have recommended it and you finally get around to reading it? And you enjoy it! That is me this week having just finished The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang. I know, I know, I can't believe I hadn't read it yet either. I will say I was quite surprised by how  steamy it was. I am not sure why, but I wasn't really expecting that. Now to read the next two books.

I think that my next book is going to be The Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards. I currently have it out from the library and I have just discovered that the return chutes are open, so I will read this one so that I can return it and maybe pick up something new. The return chutes weren't open at all during the last lockdown. Maybe I should try and reborrow a couple of the books I didn't get around to reading last time even though I had them here for months! That's a good  idea!

I'm watching....

The last few weeks on a Friday night we have watched Jack Whitehall's Travels with my Father. Last week we watched the two episodes set in Australia which was fun. Now we wait for the new season to come out, which might be this week I think, and then we will need to find a new Friday night show!

Over the weekend, the movie Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn came on so we sat and watched that. I am not sure why but we watch everything Marvel as it comes out but not nearly as much in the DC Comics world. I really liked the first Wonder Woman movie but haven't yet managed to watch the follow up. This movie definitely counts for RIP XVI

My big plan for this week is to watch all of the available episodes of season 2 of Ted Lasso. In preparation we spent our cold and rainy Sunday rewatching all of season 1. It's such a great show, full of heart, nuance and truths. It's funny....I did a training session a week or so ago on performance management and terminations and the presenter included a Ted Lasso quote as part of his presentation. That must be a sure sign of show making it right?

Life

We were supposed to be going away this week but unfortunately the government says no. Originally I was taking two weeks off but instead we are taking one week and just spending it at home. There are a few things on my to do list. Might start packing up my books and doing a cull along the way. Might do my nails. Have some TV to watch, some blogging to do, some books to read. And I have a few ideas of things to bake although I don't think that we should just eat the whole time we are at home. We'll see!

Music A-Z: O

Vintage Weekend Cooking: The Kitchen Child by Angela Carter

Weekend Cooking: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe

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