Reading
I had mentioned Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling) last month and now I’m more than halfway through. It’s a good one. This is the fourth book in the Cormoran Strike series and I’ve been really into it since the first book, The Cuckoo’s Calling.
It’s a long one, 647 pages, which doesn’t quite make it Order of the Phoenix length (my favorite Potter book, by the way) but its getting up there. I’m moving through it quickly though, which I have with all the books in the series. There’s something about the characters that makes everything really interesting, no matter what kind of scene it is. I’m not the fastest of readers so for me to be this far along in a book this big is saying something.
Watching
A couple of things here. I’ve been watching a number of animated shows on Netflix recently, and I’m not generally a big animation watcher. But She-Ra and The Princesses of Power, Carmen Sandiego and Disenchantment have all caught my attention and have been thoroughly enjoyable. As a plus, they are all half hour (or thereabouts) shows. As much as I love a good, complex hour long drama, sometimes I just want something shorter and lighter.
Also, I’ve started the second season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime), which I very much enjoyed the first season of. I’ve got to say that the first episode of season two didn’t totally grab me, but I am definitely in for the duration of season 2. I’m thinking things will pick up.
Listening
After browsing through some audiobooks in my library app, I borrowed The Stranger In The Woods by Michael Finkel. The subtitle is “The Extraordinary Story Of The Last True Hermit”, which pretty much sums up the book. I’m a third of the way in and it’s a great, and interesting story. I particularly like audiobooks for nonfiction and I’m finding myself going through this one pretty fast.
Being someone who likes solitude herself, I was attracted to this story of a man who lived in the Maine woods for 27 years (I think). Although that’s way too much solitude for me, its fascinating to think of someone who lived completely by himself, totally off the grid. There’s a fantasy there, although very few of us would actually want to bring that fantasy to life.
Amanda Linehan is the author of North, about a young woman on the run from her past, the law and an old adversary out to get her. Her newest release is Bored To Death: A Vampire Thriller, about a 300-year-old vampire trying to restore the balance between life and death. She has published five novels. Get a free short story every month when you sign up for her newsletter.
Ooh – I always love these posts. I’ve noted down a couple of those Netflix shows, I’ll check to see if they’re available on UK Netflix. Thanks!