Consumption 11

This is a monthly series, published near the end of the month summarizing what I found, ate, watched, googled, and felt this month. New categories added from time to time.

Books Added to My TBR (e.g., books I just learned about that I’m excited to read… maybe)

• The Pinnacle (Abir Mukherjee)
• Sublimation (Isabel Kim)
• Offseason (Avigayl Sharp)
• Shrink Solves Murder (Philippa Perry)
• The Artful Anna Harris (Tracy Maton)
• Chosen Family (Madeleine Gray)
• Three Bags Full (Leonie Swann)
• All Grown Up (Daisy Buchanan)
• Death on the Royal Yacht (S.J. Bennett)
• Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Jane Fallon)
• A Neighbour’s Guide to Murder (Louise Candlish)
• The Night Stairs (Erin Kelly)
• Look What You Made Me Do (John Lanchester)
• The Parkwood Murders (Chris Chibnall)
• Time to Burn (Ellery Lloyd)
• The Body in the Bath (Ragnar Jonasson)
• Murder at World’s End (Ross Montgomery)
• The Opposite of Murder (Sophie Hannah)
• A Plot to Die For (Ardal O’Hanlon)
• The Distinctly Competent District Councillor (Jonas Jonasson)
• Such a Nice Girl (Andrea Mara)
• The Pie & Mash Detective Agency (J. D. Brinkworth)
• Getting Away with Murder (Shari Lapena)
• The Accidental Rewrite (Milly Johnson)
• Whistler (Ann Patchett)
• Murder by Memory (Olivia Waite)
• Bad Words (Rioghnach Robinson)
• The Exes (Leodora Darlington)
• Very Slowly All At Once (Lauren Schott)
• A Good Person (Kirsten King)

Notable Meals (new recipes, old favorites, and restaurant items we ate this month)

• Appetizers for dinner. We always do this on New Years. It’s a very brown meal, but so delicious and zero work.
• Vegetarian Canadian split pea soup with pumpernickel bread.
• Vegetarian BLTs with half sour pickles on the side.
• Thai noodle salad with peanut-lime dressing.

Television, Movies, and Music (watching and listening)

• Amazing finale to The Traitors UK, Season 4. Having people play for charity vs. their own personal gain made the whole game more enjoyable. The only bummer was that the US streaming removed the charities they were playing for. That was the whole point! I believe they aired the charities in the UK because you can see lists and discussion about it online. Zero clue why they edited that out of the US stream.
• We finished Pluribus. Wonderfully weird. I can’t wait to see where it goes in Season 2.
• I rewatched All of You with the ChickieNob. The writing and acting were even better on the second viewing.
• We started the US Traitors (season 3) but could not get into it. We switched to the NZ Traitors and liked it a lot more — especially how it ended. Though the group never felt as cohesive as the ones in the UK Traitors, which was odd because many of them knew each other outside of the show.
• We watched the new season of Man on the Inside. It was sweet.
• We LOVED Last One Laughing UK. They lock 10 comedians in a room for 6 hours, and they have to make each other laugh without smiling or laughing themselves. It was super amusing to watch. We have not found another version that we’ve enjoyed as much.

Added To My Ongoing Mix Tape

• Nothing added this month

Tabs I Left Open (things I Googled and left up on the screen)

• The words to the childhood chant “See See My Playmate.”
• Loop Quiet earplugs (considering purchasing)

Micro-Joys

• Teaching the twins how to make salmon in the oven using my freezer to plate recipe.
• Adding dried blueberries to my Special K. Little chewy bursts of joy.

Mood

• Really sad that winter break is over. And worried about the future.

What about you? Let me know what you’re eating, seeing, listening to, googling, feeling this month.