This week...

I'm reading

This week I finished listening to Stanley Tucci's new book What I Ate in One Year (and related thoughts) which I reviewed here. I think started and finished Toshikazu Kawaguchi's latest book in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series which is called Before We Forget Kindness. Whilst I still really love the stories, I am finding myself noticing when the rules related to the time travel element of the book are getting a bit fluid. I also notice that my coffee (or tea as the case may be) seems to get cold much more slowly than the coffee does in the book.

I am currently debating whether to do a short-ish easy listening romance as my next audiobook, or if I should commit to a meatier, longer audiobook now that I have more time on my hands. Not sure. I think I am leaning towards the latter but I will need to make a decision soon. 

I also finished reading The Bookshop at the Cornish Cove by Kim  Nash. I then started reading A Little Place in Prague by Julie Caplin. I have reviews due for both of these later this week.

We had our read on a theme book club meeting on Saturday and here are just some of the books that people read for our theme of Going Back.

I'm watching


We watched a movie this weekend called The Great Escaper. It stars Michael Caine as a WWII soldier who escapes from his nursing home to go back to France for the 70th anniversary of D Day. It was a lovely movie. It was apparently Michael Caine's last role and it was also Glenda Jackson's final role before she died. It is actually based on a true story.

It turns out that Pierce Brosnan made a movie inspired by the same story, although it is a different story other than those key facts. We saw that this movie was also available on streaming so we watched this one too. This movie was called The Last Rifleman. This was good in a different way. If I had to pick just one it would be The Great Escaper but they were both worth watching.

Here's the trailer for The Great Escaper

Life


Last week I went to an author event featuring Australian chef Annie Smithers and baker Nadine Ingram. It was such a fun night. They talked about their shared philosophies around food, about knowing their limits and more. I resisted the urge to buy their books, particularly Nadine's but I have just borrowed her first book from the library.

I went with my friend who is also in the book club with me. Ever since we have been doing this book club, I had suggested doing food related books but no one was ever interested so I had given up. This week my friend had the brilliant idea that we should do food or cooking for the next theme!!! At least I know that I have dozens of books that I can read that fit this prompt already on my Kindle!

I mentioned last week that I had some changes in my world. I have left my job, and my intention is to spend a couple of months not doing much at all until the new year when I will start looking for my next role. The idea is that I will read, bake, watch TV series and go to the movies, go for walks, do all those things that I never have time for like going to doctors. That's the plan at least. So far, after one week, I am coping surprisingly well really. I am very fortunate to be in a position to be able to do this and to have my lovely husband's full support.


Max


I'm a little bit worried about Maxxie boy. He just doesn't seem like himself, and his face is very, very thin. We took him to the vet on Friday so we are just waiting to hear what is going on.

Posts from the last week


Top Ten Tuesday: October Reads

Blog Tour: In Italy For Love

Weekend Cooking: What I Ate in One Year (and Other Related Thoughts) by Stanley Tucci

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