Lockdown is still going which means there's plenty of time to read, listen to
podcasts and music, and watch your favourite shows. Below you'll find some of
my
current reads, what I've been watching with the Hubby and what music or podcasts I've been
listening to.
Reading
My reading rate has increased a lot since lockdown began. Usually it'll take
me a while to get through one book but just lately I'm getting through books
in a matter of weeks. Last time I shared my reads with you I had just finished
The Talented Mr Ripley
and had started
Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay. Well I have now finished Elevator Pitch, a great read by the way, and have
started Artemis - another book by Andy Weir who wrote
The Martian.
Artemis is not a sequel to The Martian, but it has a space theme to it. I'm
about 30% through the book and I'm enjoying it so far, there are twists and
turns that I liked and the main character is a woman, which I also liked. When
I'm finished you'll find a review on the blog and until then all I can say is
it's a good read.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Joseph Addison
Listening
With my youngest son being in my room most of the time it's difficult to get
in the right mindset when it comes to writing. I spend my mornings
concentrating on the blog, and the afternoons are dedicated to the novel - the
only thing about that is if my youngest is feeling chatty I don't get a lot of
writing done. That's where instrumental music comes in. Movie soundtracks or
instrumental versions of music I like do a great job of getting me to
concentrate on the writing and not being distracted by the lyrics of the song.
I
love listening to
jazz music to get me in the mood for writing and the harmonious blend of
orchestral music is relaxing and helps me concentrate.
When I don't mind having lyrics in songs I listen to different things but
lately we've been enjoying listening to Frozen 2 soundtrack - you really must
listen if you get the chance, the bonus tracks are brilliant!
Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.
Leonard Bernstein
Watching
Since last time we've started and finished Season 15 of Grey's Anatomy, which
means we're as up to date as we can get until we are able to buy Season 16. As
it's on NOW TV with Sky we're not allowed to buy it in the UK yet - very
annoying - we would've bought it straight away if it was possible and I get
annoyed when I know it would be if it weren't for some exclusivity deal
between the network and Sky. If we lived in America we'd be able to buy it -
Grrr.
So, as we weren't able to get Season 16 of Grey's Anatomy we moved on to the
spin off series, Private Practice. There are 6 seasons of this and it should
keep us going for a while. Private Practice follows the character of Addison
Shepherd as she moves to LA and joins a private practice with her best friend
from school. It's a great show.
We like to have more than one thing we're watching and so while we were
watching Season 15 of Grey's Anatomy we also watched Season 2 of After Life on
Netflix. Starring Ricky Gervais the show follows a character who lost his wife
to cancer and shows how he manages through life without her. I never liked
Ricky Gervais much after The Office UK, I hated the character of David Brent
and it put me off watching Ricky in anything else. After Life though is a
brilliant show, it's moving, to the point, yet also funny. It's very
real and makes you think, which I love. I'd highly recommend you
watch if you haven't already.
We also started Season 4 of Better Call Saul, we're big fans of Breaking Bad
and when the spin off began we had to watch. Better Call Saul is a lot slower
than Breaking Bad but we continue to watch. I do think we'll end up not
watching more seasons if the series doesn't get more interesting though -
which is a shame.
Out and about you get to see nature's beauty.
Our rate of watching things has dropped lately because we've been going out
for walks regularly. We used to dedicate our entire evenings to watching our
favourite shows, but now we go for a long walk and then watch shows. It means
we're spending at least an hour and a half less watching TV, which has got to
be a good thing, right? So like I say, our rate of getting through the shows
has decreased. Either way though - I'll let you know if and when we find
something new we like!
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