This Week I.....

I'm Reading...

I haven't done one of these posts for a while because, well, I didn't even finish a book for a month until last week. How bad is that? Work is still/always crazy, crazy busy which give me time to basically eat dinner and then go to bed. I don't know whether working from home is a lifesaver because it enables me to do the extra hours easily or if I am working the extra hours because I am working from home. Maybe a bit of both. I did take a long weekend this week because I needed a break, no matter how small.

I did finish The Jam Queens by Josephine Moon last week. I had been trying to listen to it but wasn't making a lot of progress so ended up borrowing it from the library. Turns out you need to return library books so other people can read them, so all of a sudden I was getting overdue notices so I thought I better finally read it. And I enjoyed it a lot.

I am currently reading Rogue Protocol, the third Murderbot book by Martha Wells. I need to get reading as I have at least half a dozen books I want to read next. 

I'm watching....

We have actually watched quite a lot recently. We seem to be watching more than reading, because when you are watching you can do other things. For example, as I type this, I have the Olympics on.

This weekend I have binge watched both seasons of  Never Have I Ever. What a great show! I don't know that I am the target audience, but I laughed out loud and I cried (a lot) as we watched Devi navigate high school, friendships, grief, the challenges of being a young Indian woman with the familial and cultural challenges she faces.  John McEnroe as the narrator is an inspired choice. I can't wait for the next series.

We also watching  Last Letter from Your Lover, based on the book by Jojo Moyes, which was a good way to spend Friday night.

We also started watching an older series called Leverage which is a clever heist style show. There are five series of that and then a reboot, so I think that might keep us entertained for a while.

The other show that we binge watched yesterday was Penguin Town which is also on Netflix. Comedian Patton Oswald is the narrator and he brings the story of the penguins which take over Simon's Town,  a suburb of Cape Town in South Africa. It's by turns funny, sad, uplifting. Oh, and the scenery in that part of South Africa is stunning!  Bought back memories of my time in Cape Town a few years.

Life

As I mentioned we have been in lockdown again here for a couple of weeks, so once again all our plans have changed. We had really nice plans over the last couple of weeks, and then this coming weekend we were supposed to be going to Sydney to see Hamilton, which isn't going to happen. We have pretty much decided it's not worth planning anything in advance because we have had to cancel four trips so far. We have another trip planned in September, so we will anticipate that one with everything crossed that it doesn't get cancelled.

Posts from last week

Music A-Z: I

Paris in July: Visiting Shakespeare and Co

Weekend Cooking: Easy Skillet French-Style Chicken

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