The Intrepid Reader and Baker: This Week....

I'm reading

We are well and truly back into the swing of things in terms of being back at work (not that I took a break), reading and blogging!

Last week I finished a couple of books.

The first was the super fun Everyone on this Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson. This is the second book in the Ernest Cunningham series. I already have the third book in the series out from the library.

Another library book I read this week was Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Hirada, who is a successful Japanese author. I really enjoyed this one and look forward to reading more from her once the English translation is released.

I have started reading Soyangri Book Kitchen by Kim Jee Hye who is a Korean author. So far this one is cute!

I have a couple of other books on the go which I have started and not made much progress on. I am hoping to at least finish my audiobook this week. We'll see.

I'm watching

Last year I listened to an audiobook called The Man Who Pays the Rent by Dame Judi Dench. I had also previously watched an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? where she could trace her family line to members of the Danish Royal Court. This week I watched a show called Shakespeare, My Family and Me where she was looking for evidence that maybe her ancestor could possibly have met Shakespeare when the Danish court visited England. It was very interesting!

I also watched the recently released movie adaptation of The People You Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. I thought it was a very watchable rom-com. I laughed out loud at some points, and rolled my eyes at others!

Life

It is summer in Australia but our weather has been a bit all over the place. Last week we had a few very, very hot days! I was glad that I was just able to stay at home. Unfortunately, that means it is also bushfire weather and there were several burning over the last few days. They are fortunately a fair way from me, but there have been lives and homes lost. The biggest impact for me was when I did open the back door, all I could smell was smoke. It is always eerie and brings back bad memories of really bad fire days we have had in the past.

Last week, it was our meetaversary. Apparently we can't call it an anniversary now that we have a wedding anniversary as well. It was 9 years ago that we first met, so we went out to dinner at the Meat and Wine Company. It was a delicious meal.

Have you ever seen the two movies about The Fisherman's Friends? They are really nice, feel good films about a group of fisherman who were discovered singing sea shanties at their village harbour and have gone on to have successful music careers. We went to see them on Saturday night, and it was so much fun! My favourite parts were when they sang without any musical accompaniment - oh the harmonies! - but really the rest of the songs were just sung with an accordion and some guitars. It was a really fun night!