Theresa Smith Writes posted: " May Life: This weekend I'm attending my first session at a writer's festival. Writers By the Sea is a biennial festival in Yeppoon and I missed the last one due to a migraine. M and I have tickets to the Saturday evening event, with M" Theresa Smith Writes
This weekend I'm attending my first session at a writer's festival. Writers By the Sea is a biennial festival in Yeppoon and I missed the last one due to a migraine. M and I have tickets to the Saturday evening event, with Michael Robotham and Chris Hammer, also featuring a slam poet who will perform three pieces. I'm very excited and am currently reading Scrublands by Chris Hammer ahead of the event so that I have at least read one book by one of the authors. Having an event on your doorstep when you live in a regional city is not to be overlooked, so even though I'm not a fan of either of these author's per se, I am a fan of supporting the arts and the more people who attend events such as this, the more we will see them continue.
What I've been watching:
There is some good TV streaming at the moment. The series finale to Firefly Lane was excellent, an inevitable tear jerker. Katherine Heigl gives such a brilliant performance throughout, I'm such a fan of hers and loved seeing her back on the small screen. Somewhere along the way I neglected to watch Little Miss Sunshine. So glad that's been rectified, what a film! Book to screen adaptations are always a must watch for me. M and I are currently watching The Messenger. His memory of the book is fresher than mine as he only read it last year and I read it much longer ago than that. I am really enjoying it and with only two episodes left to watch, I'm filled with anticipation about how it's all going to play out. The Great is a favourite of mine and never fails to disappoint, this newest season is shaping up to be just as entertaining as the previous seasons. I've just started watching Ten Pound Poms and Totally Completely Fine, both on Stan. The social history in Ten Pound Poms is definitely my sort of thing and Totally Completely Fine has the special blend of Aussie angst, humour, and drama that I like.
What I've been reading:
Six books this month, down three from last month. Three of these were review titles and three were from my Kobo to-be-read shelf. With the exception of Exiles, all were four and five star reads. Quality continues to win out over quantity for me. My book of the month recommendation out of these six is The Secret Book of Flora Lea. It was sublime, such a wonderfully immersive story, an engrossing historical mystery and heartbreaking family drama, all washed over with a bookish hue. Second place goes to The Albatross, a terrific Australian debut.
Before I go...
Wouldn't you love to just sink into this and read the day away?
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