01. This.
02. It’s like the tele gods have been listening – Cold Feet revival (Madame Bibi alerted me and then two days later, it was announced it would be coming to Australia) AND a Heathers TV series.
03. Saw MTC’s Disgraced last week – thought-provoking stuff. Brought to mind a book that I read years ago but still think about – The Submission by Amy Waldman.
04. A little rumour that there’s to be an Australian book blogger symposium…?
05. The Man Booker 2016 shortlist – have only read Eileen (repulsive and I loved it) but Hot Milk on my wishlist.
06. Having a quiet day because had a late* night at Po’ Boy Quarter/ Huey Long’s. Highlight: Alligator Cheesecake served with a Moonshine, Tobacco & Pistachio cocktail.
07. Lionel Shriver went from the Melbourne Writers Festival to the Brisbane Writers Festival where it seems she created quite the furore (and it made the New York Times).
08. I am totally in love with this nail polish colour but hate the fact that it’s matte. #firstworldproblem but even a glossy top coat doesn’t lift it….
09. You know I love sparkly boots, right? These.
10. I don’t craft but may be forced to take up cross stitch to do this little number (spotted by my friend Sam).
*nothing to do with cocktails named Corpse Reviver, Lil Sue and Hurricane or the whiskey Sazeracs we finished the night with. Nothing. At. All.
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Hahaha, that cross stitch is awesome! 😀
And if I get tired of stitching, I’ll just leave off the ‘please’! 😉
😀 even better!
Thanks to the link to the NYT article. If you are interested, there’s this one too: https://argumentativeoldgit.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/lionel-shriver-on-identity/
Me, I’m keeping out of it!
(There will be those who say that I can only afford that luxury because I’m ‘privileged’ but it’s actually because I’m thinking about the issues in my own way and in my own time).
It’s really ramped up to a new level of crazy. I simply can’t believe the BWF hired her thinking she’d do as she was told! There’s a great article about it in The Australian today by Caroline Overington which I thought hit the nail on the head.
Sheesh, the Oz drives me mad… why don’t they put stuff about books in the Review (which is the only bit I read)? We get it delivered but it’s still paywalled online so I can’t read it till I find what The Spouse has done with the other sections…
Heathers the TV series – I cannot wait!
Any cocktail called Corpse Reviver probably means you need to write off the next day…
Yes, I was a little ‘tired’ the next day and may/may not have needed a nana-nap in the afternoon…
If you liked Eileen, I think you’ll probably like Hot Milk – I was impressed with both!
I loved Swimming Home (I know many didn’t) so fairly confident I’ll enjoy Hot Milk (although HATE the title… the thought of hot milk actually makes me gag!).
Yes, I think the ickiness of the title is part of the book’s general effect – clever but a bit uncomfortable!
Muriel’s Wedding was fun…but a musical? Not feeling it. lol.
Love that nail color, too, but I like my nails to be glossy.
I love cross-stitched things, especially that particular one…lol.
Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog. Enjoy!
Muriel’s Wedding as a musical could be great or really bad – eg. Mama Mia the musical was good fun but I LOATHED the movie version with Meryl Steep.
Ooh I like that colour of nail polish! I can be okay with matte but it really depends on the colour…I miss wearing dark nail polish (on my hands, at least; I haven’t really used any since starting work).
I guess you can’t really wear nail polish nursing?? I tend to wear dark colours in winter – navy blue, cobalt and grey and bright pastels in summer – coral, mint, and yellow. Either way, I reckon I’ve worn nail polish every day for the last 25 years!
Muriel the musical? I hadn’t heard about that. A friend of mine was a psychologist who worked with young people and often prescribed that movie for her clients!
Like the idea of Heathers the TV series, I hope they don’t stuff it up!
And I haven’t read ANY of the books on the Booker shortlist (or longlist!).
1- Amazing.
4 – Where did you hear this rumour?
5 – I’m incredibly disappointed ‘The North Water’ didn’t make the shortlist. I’m going to reread it to console myself.
8 – Matte metallic sounds like it should be an oxymoron, but I can kind of get how it works.
9 – Better take out a loan.
Love the cross stitch kit!!
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