Monday, July 26, 2021

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.



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

19 comments:

  1. Oh, The Jam Queens sounds wonderful! Thank you for sharing!

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    1. It was really good. I need to read more from that author

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  2. I really enjoyed the Jam Queens. I got on my computer to look at the train journey and the sleeping apartments etc. Would be a great trip... when Covid is over!

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    1. My mum did that trip a couple of years ago. We went to Uluru this year so it bought back memories for me.

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  3. I need to catch up on the Murderbot series. And same here with the Olympics- I often play it in the background while I d other things.

    Penguin Town looks great! Sorry to hear about the lockdowns and cancelations though. That's a bummer...

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    1. Penguin Town is highly recommended Greg!

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  4. I am sorry you are under lockdown again. I keep praying this whole COVID thing will go away.

    Working from home can be challenging. It took me a while to get into my groove, and I still fail at times.

    Hope you have a better week.

    https://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/2021/07/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-and_26.html

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    1. It would be nice if it went away wouldn't it Cheryl.

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  5. Oh, I like the sound of the Jam Queens. I know what you mean about travel ... we have a trip planned in the fall, but made sure we could get COVID cancellation refunds.

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    1. We haven't managed to get all our money back but we haven't lost it all either!

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  6. Leverage is an excellent show, and I enjoyed the reboot too.
    My daughter has postponed her contiki trip to Greece 3 times but has finally decide to just cancel it this time. Thankfully she got back most of the thousands she had out laid.
    I hope some of your restrictions are lessened this week. Ours need to be harsher if we are ever going to get out from under Delta.

    Wishing you a great reading week

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    1. We ended up converting our Europe flights into Good Guys vouchers, ,which works out as it will enable us to buy new fridge and TV for the new house.

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  7. The Jam Queens looks delicious! I have Last Letter from Your Lover on my queue, so I think I will check it out! Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.

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    1. It was a pleasant way to spend a Friday night.

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  8. The Jam Queens looks really good. I hope you have a great week!

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  9. Isn't Rogue Protocol great? I hate it that it's so impossible to make travel plans. As we all did, I hoped it would be better by now.

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    1. We definitely all thought it would be better by now Jeanne!

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  10. Jam Queens looks yummy!
    So sorry about Hamilton. I have seen it twice and really enjoyed it. I hope you can exchange your tickets.
    I am also enjoying the Olympics, especially the swimming where the US, GB, and Australia are doing well. Katie Ledecky's father was in my class in college so I have cheered for her for many years.

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