The Sunday Post 31: It's Monday, What are you reading? 31

 

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The week that was ...

Monday was a public holiday here, so no work for me (yay). I had a very lazy day and just watched TV and did some stitching. Wednesday I had off because I wasn't feeling well, so no quiz this week for me. :( But the team came second so that was good.

Friday was dress-up day at work for Hallowe'en. I couldn't wear the dress I had intended as it's a summer dress and Friday was absolutely freezing, despite the fact it's Spring here. There were even snow flurries. So I just dressed in my plainest clothes and parted my hair on the side. I also stuck up a bunch of photos of James Caan in the movie around my desk. So. Low effort.

Others went all out, and dig much better jobs than I did.

Friday night spawn slept over at a friend's place, so I watched the last episode of Our Flag Means Death, and I had finally started season 3 of Picard, so I finished that as well. Yesterday I went to visit a friend who had ankle surgery the week before to take her some books and have coffee.

Then, as always, I went to my other friend's for our usual Saturday night.

Today there was a kind of craft fair happening so I went to that with another friend. I didn't buy anything - because I don't have any money - but it was fun wandering around and looking at all of the stalls.

Finishing Picard must have made me nostalgic, because I've started watching The Next Generation from the beginning. And everyone is so YOUNG! S

Spawn wanted to go to the library to return some books, so we did that as well. And now here we are.

I'm still reading Ninth House, and A Long Petal to the Sea. I've also started the Agatha Christie biography by Lucy Worsley, and today I read The Crow graphic novel that a workmate loaned me a few weeks ago, so I can finally return it. (I am not a good person to lend books to.)

Anyway. How's your week? What are you reading?

The Sunday Post 30; It's Monday! What are you reading? 30

 

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I really need to stop being lazy and start doing more posts. 

Um. Anyway.

My week was all right. Work again happened despite my feelings about it.

We came fourth at quiz on Wednesday - we were well out of the running but it was a fun night.

On Friday night I parked up and watched some TV and did some stitching. Son of Mine was at a friend's for a sleepover/birthday party, so it was a quiet evening.

On Saturday I set out on a couple of side quests - I had to get Lily's thyroid medication, and I went to the library. I also visited what felt like every single secondhand store trying to find a copy of Misery that I can take to work on Friday. Had I managed that, I was going to get people to sign it and tell them I was their Number One Fan. I did find it at the library, so shall just have to settle for creeping people out without asking for their autographs. The costume doesn't really adhere very strictly to what Annie Wilkes wears in the movie. And, also, it's not the middle of winter here. So I'm just mining my own wardrobe and going as Dowdy but Insane Middle-Aged Annie Wilkes. Should work.

I went to my friend's as usual last night. We've run out of reality TV for the moment, so we started watching Vigil, a British murder drama set on a submarine. Pretty good so far.

I also got some stitching done this afternoon while I watched a couple of movies - Escape Room on Netflix (which I wish I hadn't), and The Talented Mr Ripley, which I remember watching years ago. It's still pretty good. I also watched Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves last Sunday. I don't play D&D but it was a fun watch.

I finished Picard, the prequel novel to the series, and thought it was all right. I also finished Latest Readings by Clive James, so I could pass it on to my friend as it's her birthday today, and she loves Clive James. I decided to retire River God in the meantime, as I keep looking for reasons not to pick it up.

So for now I'm reading A Long Petal of the Sea, by Isabel Allende, which is set during the Spanish Civil War. It's very good, but it's very ... you know those books? Where it's a really really good read, but  you can't say you're enjoying it exactly, because of the subject matter? That's what this is.

I also started Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. I haven't read any of her other books, but a workmate raved about this one, so figured I'd give it a go.

How about you? How's your week? What are you reading?

The Sunday Post 29; It's Monday! What are you reading? 29

 

The Sunday Post - a chance for bloggers to have a catch-up - is hosted by Kimberly, here: https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/ and It's Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Kathryn, here: https://thebookdate.wordpress.com/

Let's see. Last week ...

Work was a thing that definitely happened, against my most ardent wishes. 

We came second at quiz, which is definitely better than fourth.

Our election was last night, so I voted yesterday morning (I don't want to talk about the results, ugh) and afterwards myself, Son of Mine (Doctor Who reference there) and a friend went to the library. We then repaired to a pub for some democracy fries as a reward for exercising our civil rights. 

I drove about for a bit after dropping the passengers off at their respective abodes (mine, in the case of Son of Mine, obviously) as I'm trying to find a secondhand copy of Misery. Work has decided we all need to dress up for Hallowe'en and I'm going to go as Annie Wilkes. Mostly because I can source that from my own wardrobe. But I want a copy of the book. I do have one but it's in an omnibus with two other Stephen King novels.

I went to my friend's as usual, and we're run out of reality TV for now, so we're starting on the backlog of dramas (mostly British) that she's recorded. We watched The Ex-Wife, which was pretty good. 

Today we went to a craft show and I managed to not buy anything, so I'm proud of myself for that. 

Every so often with what I'm reading my brain decides that - for whatever reason - it's not working for me. So it proved to be the case with both The Persians and The City of Last Chances. So I returned them to the library. Nothing against the books themselves, they just weren't right for me at the time. I did finish Hallowe'en Party, though. 

I'm still reading River God, and something that I do when books aren't working is I'll either read an old favourite, or I'll read Star Trek novels. I got Picard by Una McCormack out of the library, which is a prequel to the series. So far it's pretty good.

A while back I happened upon a book on the library's withdrawn shelf by Clive James called Latest Readings. When he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he shifted his massive library to Cambridge, and determined to spend what time he had left reading. Latest Readings came out of that. I need to finish it so I can pass it on to my friend, who is a very big Clive James fan. 

I also somehow started A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende.

Anyway. How about you? How's your week? What are  you reading?

The Sunday Post 28; It's Monday! What are you reading? 28

 

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My week was much the same. Work, etc.  Spawn was on school holidays (back tomorrow) and J also took the 2 weeks of the holidays off, so I've been the only one working.

J goes back to work tonight so we'll go back to "normal."

We came 4th - by ONE POINT at quiz on Wednesday which is always a somewhat bitter pill for me as I tend to be competitive. I know it happens, I just don't like it.

J took my car in to a different place for a second opinion on what work needed done, and their quote was a solid $1500 less than the first place for the warrant of fitness. I had been considering whether it was even worth keeping it, but a friend insisted we get a second opinion. So it's just a couple of tyres and the brake pads that need replacing. 

I didn't do very much at all yesterday, although I went to my friend's as usual. We've run out of reality TV for a while so we're diving in to the backlog of British crime dramas that we seem to have stacked up.

Spawn and I went to the library today as he'd asked to go, and I left without borrowing any books. I mean, I still have about 10 or so out of the library, but leaving with none is very unusal.

I've done some stitching as well this weekend and watched a couple of movies - Now You See Me and Now You See Me 2 which were fun. I also finally finished season 3 of Only Murders in the Building, which I really enjoy, and I watched the first 3 episodes of season 2 of Our Flag Means Death.

I finished Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six and ... eh. It was okay, but for a thriller I felt the author pulled a lot of punches where she could have followed through. I'm still reading The Persians albeit very slowly.

I also started The City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky and I decided to re-read Hallowe'en Party as well.

How about you? How's your week? What are you reading?