This week....

I'm reading

Well, it's finally happened. Last week was the week where the number of books I either read or started dropped dramatically. I don't see this week being any different as it is going to be very busy the whole week between work and social activities.

So what did I read last week?

I finished reading The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden which I absolutely loved, and I have already requested another of her books from the library. This book was very foodie with some magical realism which is a combination I love to read. 

The other book I read was Jessica Redland's Winter Nights at the Bay Bookshop. I mentioned in my review of Meet Me Under the Northern Lights by Maggie Baggot that Iceland is calling my name and this book just reinforced that. My review Bay Bookshop will be up later this week.

I did attend two author events last week. The first was a drive to the other side of the city to listen to author Christine Newell talk about her memoir Five Seasons in Seoul. It was a very interesting conversation and I can see myself reading this one despite the fact that I don't read a huge amount of non-fiction. It helps that my interest was piqued because we visited Seoul very briefly earlier this year 

The other event I attended on Saturday night was a round table of romance authors. 5pm on a Saturday (yes, I wrote that to the tune of Piano Man) is an odd time to have an author event but it was a large crowd. The authors that were present were Steph Vizard, Jodi McAlister, Katharine Pollack and Michelle Kalus and Ali Berg who are two best friends who write together. It was such a fun conversation where they asked each other questions ranging from how do you know when an idea is viable to what's harder to write - a first kiss or a sex scene. 

I'm watching

Not much other than football because it is the finals series here now. My team, the Adelaide Crows, finished on top of the AFL ladder at the end of the season but lost their first match. Luckily they have a second chance so they will be playing my husband's team this Friday night.

Life


My husband and his kids were all together in one place for the first time in about three years so on Monday I took the day off and we went up to a winery in the Yarra Valley for a nice lunch and then to the Chocolaterie. They were all here for their aunt's wedding. They all then went up to Queensland which is where two of them live. The middle daughter arrives back in Melbourne today to spend a few days with us and then she goes back to London where she currently lives.

Posts from the last week


Top Ten Tuesday: Get a job!
20 Books of Winter wrap up
Blog Tour: Meet Me Under the Northern Lights by Mandy Baggot
Weekend Cooking: In My Kitchen - August, and a recipe for rusks
6 Degrees of Separation: Ghost Cities to A Brief History of Montmoray



I've linked this post to It's Monday, what are you reading? as hosted by Book Date, Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz and the Good Book and a Cup of Tea link up hosted at Boondock Ramblings