BOOKS AND GOOFY

I often like to spend my travelling time reading. Luckily I catch trains as reading on buses make me queasy! Here I'm reading  All the Light We Cannot See  by Anthony Doerr. This is a bit of a hefty book  to carry around (the large paperback version). But I am liking it so far. I am also a fan of teas and this is a nifty tea infuser. His name is Fred :). The tea I'm drinking is T2's Green Rose. It's a nice flowery green tea. I'm also a huge fan of  The Good Wife  and like to keep up to date with the episodes I've missed. Alicia kicks butt!

I ended last week with some  Ben & Jerry's  ice cream at one of their Open Air Cinemas. We didn't manage a superb viewing spot on the hill but our little section was still great. We saw  Big Hero 6 , which I had heard was really good from many people (including my 5 year old nephew). To be honest, I wasn't expecting too much, especially after seeing the ads for it. But can I just say that was totally PROVEN WRONG. This movie was absolutely fantastic - for all kids BIG and small. There were many great morales to take away in addition to cuteness overload and some action for all the kids in us. LOVED it! I also finished  Annihilation  by Jeff VanderMeer. I hope to write my thoughts in due time. This I read as part of the  Sword and Laser  February 2015 book pick.

Ok ok ok... I've done a little sneaky thing and changed  my Reading week in pictures  to Week in pictures . I wanted to be able to sneak in some non-reading pictures and it was a difficult to do so under the Reading week in pictures  umbrella :) I bought some new specs! I bought 2 pairs actually. This is the more casual  pair. The other ones I would wear more for work when I don't feel like wearing my contacts. I love these. They aren't normally what I'd choose but I just loved them when I tried them on. Here I am watching Ingrid on YouTube. I love listening to her in general so check her channel out if you're interested. This was the second half of Sunday's breakfast - some blueberry yoghurt, coffee and Leo & Sarah on iPad Today . I like listening to iPad Today to discover new apps, hear about what's happening in the iPad/Apple world and, most of all, I just love listening to these two. And what about the reading? Yes, I'm ma...

Just started reading the Sword & Laser  February book of the month, Annihilation  by Jeff VanderMeer. I borrowed the book from my local library because I wasn't sure if I'd like it enough to want to own a copy. This picture is pretty bad as I was reading in bed and was too lazy to get up to take a proper one. I loved this paragraph from this page: "The effect of this cannot be understood without being there. The beauty of it cannot be understood, either, and when you see beauty in desolation it changes something inside you. Desolation tries to colonize you." I haven't gone far yet so I'm not sure if I like it yet.

What to do on a long weekend? Catch up on some reading! Still yet to make a dent in my reading challenge for 2015... better get on it. What's for brekkie? Muesli, yoghurt and blueberries. And of course, can't go wrong with Earl Grey tea.

This week, I started reading The Sparrow  by Mary Doria Russell, as part of The Sword and Laser January 2015 book pick. I'm enjoying it so far. Not quite what I was expecting for a sci-fi novel so am pleasantly surprised.

On the currently reading list,  All the Light We Cannot See  by Anthony Doerr. I'm liking this so far. An easy book to read with 2 main characters. Book blurb on Goodreads is  here .

Another instalment of Reading week in pictures . I was so entranced by The Night Circus  by Erin Morgentsern that I didn't take any pictures :( This is A Hundred Foot Journey  - continuing the journey through the iPad. Michelle Phan's recently published Make Up . I also managed to fit in an excellent production of Wicked , the musical. It was fantastic - definitely a recommend! It wasn't what I was expecting. And a beautiful rendition of The Nutcraker  by the Australian Ballet.

My reading week in pictures. Currently reading The Hundred Foot Journey  on the Kindle and A Storm of Swords I: Steel and Snow  in physical copy. Loving both at the moment. The Hundred Foot Journey Goofy and A Storm of Swords