Monday, March 16, 2020

This week...

I'm reading

I mentioned last week that I was reading Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran and Conspiracy of Lies by Kathryn Gauci. I finished the first of those and will have a review up over the weekend (shocking I know!) and I am still going with the latter.

I did start listening to The Rise of the Magicks by Nora Roberts this week. This is the third book in the The Chronicles of the One trilogy. The trigger for this book is that there is a virus that sweeps into the world, decimating the population of the world. The Doom, the virus, is much much deadlier than we are seeing in real life, but still.

I also picked up When it All Went to Custard by Danielle Hawkins this week from the library. I have read the first couple of chapters because it was the only book I had with me when we were waiting for our dinner the other night. So far I am enjoying it!

I'm watching

Not much other than the news really. We are still continuing with our series that I have mentioned before. I need to make an effort to find some new things to watch. Any one have any must watch recommendations?

Life

If I thought last weekend was quiet this weekend was even quieter. We did have plans to go to see Robbie Williams in concert but that was cancelled. We have had several events that we had coming up over the next few weeks that have been cancelled.

My husband's son came down for the weekend, so it was good to see him. I guess that makes him my stepson but I don't think of it like that yet!).

The rest of our time is basically being preoccupied with what happens if scenarios, mostly around our holiday. We are supposed to be going to Europe at the end of this month but I think it is 99.95% likely that isn't going to happen now and so we need to start cancelling things with the hope that we get some of our money back. Once things have calmed down a bit we will then be able to make decisions about where and when we do go.

One of the disappointing aspects of cancelling is that I have actually been pretty organised and had quite a few blog posts written and scheduled for the period that we were away. Some of them will still get posted after being edited, but the others may never see light of day now!

I have seen Robbie Williams live before and it was a great show. It's one of those shows where you stand up and dance the whole show! I thought I would share a video below to remind myself of what we didn't get to see.




Posts from the last week


The History of the Future
Weekend Cooking: Eat Well for Less
Library Loot

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

18 comments:

  1. I’ve found all of Danielle Hawkins books to be delightful.
    I imagine the virus is going to put a crimp in everyone’s travel plans for a while, I hope you can get refunds.

    Wishing you a great reading week and good health

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    1. I'm enjoying the Hawkins book for sure Shelleyrae

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  2. I'm sorry to hear about your holiday and about the Robbie Williams show being cancelled.

    I hope you enjoy your books. Stay well!

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    1. Thanks Chrissie. I don't believe that I am alone in this!

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  3. Most things are being cancelled here too. Fortunately I didn't have travel plans and hope you are able to recover the costs of yours. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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    1. We are getting some but I don't think all of the costs Kathy.

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  4. Perfect timing with your book read...

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  5. I've been really interested in picking up that series by Nora Roberts! I just moved it a little higher on my TBR. - Hannah @ Back Shelf Books

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    1. I really enjoyed the first book...the second was good too but the first was the pick.

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  6. Sorry about the cancelations and the Europe trip! That is hard especially when you're really looking forward to something like that. This virus is awful the way it's affecting everything. Stay safe and well- hope your week is a good one!

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    1. Oh well. There'll be another chance I'm sure.

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  7. So many things have changed and been canceled. It's weird because it's difficult to predict what things will be like in a month. We're doing okay on social distancing.

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    1. The only thing I'm predicting is that this is going to change the way a lot of us work going forward Beth.

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  8. I was scheduled to home office this week before the pandemic but that looks like it is going to progress to three weeks. Thank for sharing the video. Stay healthy! (We tried watching Hunters last night. Got through two episodes. Not sure we'll finish it... So, no help here...)

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    1. We did our first work from home day today. It's a bit different for me Debra

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  9. One of these days I will return to Nora Roberts. It's been a while...

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  10. I am picking and choosing which books to read by her Alice

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