Sunday Post (On A Monday?) | 18/09/2022 | Books & Babble

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This was my manager's last week at work, her last day was Friday. We had a lovely party with lots of pizza and presents! Very bittersweet but I'm so happy for her to move on to her next adventure.

This does mean we're now down a staff member and therefore we're probably going to be stretched tight a bit over the next few weeks whilst we look for someone new.

Yesterday though was my nephew's 3rd birthday! We had a really fun garden party with lots of food, lots of goes on the bouncy castle and a surprise visit from Spiderman (my little brother dressed up as him and my nephew was completely in awe!). My sister even made his birthday cake and it looked amazing!

Today, I went to an antiques fair with my brother and my dad and found a super cute jewelled owl pin for my sister's birthday and then later on we went to watch See How They Run.

I finished three books this week! The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente was a whimsical tale that was extremely Alice in Wonderland-esque with lots of odd characters and riddles in there. I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would cause at times it was just too much.

I also finished House of Fiction by Phyllis Richardson (which took me an age to get through), a non-fiction that explores literary houses and the real life houses that the authors drew inspiration from. I sped through The Garden of Lost Secrets by A.M. Howell yesterday morning and thought it was a fast-paced historical mystery for middle grade readers, the mystery felt a little too low stakes for me at times but still a fun read.

I'm currently reading:

★ Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus which is interesting just not one I'm reaching for very much.

★ The Secret in the Tower by Andrew Beattie, another historical middle grade that draws on the mystery surrounding the Princes in the Tower, super fun and very close to finishing.

★ I've just started The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder which is so fun already and I'm loving the treasure hunting aspect of it.

I did go and watch See How They Run today, a really classic whodunnit surrounding the Agatha Christie play The Mousetrap and starring Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell. I thought it was really well done, I didn't guess the murderer and it was surprisingly funny! I loved all the 50's costumes as well!

I haven't made much progress with either ER or SurrealEstate, only watching bits here and there and not fully finishing the episode. I'm too busy at the minute!

Whilst I haven't been watching the actual series, I have loved listening to the soundtrack of season 3 of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. It's taking me back to my original Disney Channel days - SO much nostalgia. I especially love the cover of What Do You Know About Love from the Frozen musical.