Consumption 13

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 Infamous Gilberts (Angela Tomaski)
• This Story Might Save Your Life (Tiffany Crum)
• Murder Like Clockwork (Nicola Whyte)
• Big Nobody (Alex Kadis)
• Nonesuch (Francis Spufford)
• We Chase Shadows (Richard Osman)
• How To Kill a Crime Writer (Sarah Lotz)
• The Library After Dark (Ande Pliego)
• Good People (Patmeena Sabit)
• A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Murder (M. K. Oliver)
• Cleaner (Jess Shannon)
• A Bad, Bad Place (Frances Crawford)
• The Quantity Theory of Morality (Will Self)
• Last Seen (Lucy Clarke)
• Boring Asian Female (Canwen Xu)
• The Tainted Cup (Robert Jackson Bennett)
• Dead and Breakfast (Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor)
• Based on a True Story (Sarah Vaughan)
• One Last Thing (Katy Birchall)
• I’m Sorry You Feel That Way (Rebecca Wait)
• Ungodly Rich (Katharine McGee)
• Death Writ Large (Susie Dent)
• No Hard Feelings (Genevieve Novak)
• A Fatal Legacy (Charlotte Vassell)

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

• Phở chay: Made my own (though bought fried tofu from H-mart)
• Vegetarian ramen: Made my own. I think I like it better than our ramen place.
• Creamy walnut and basil pesto pasta.
• Pesto pizza with sliced tomatoes.

Television, Movies, and Music (watching and listening)

• I am excited to start Would I Lie to You (thank you, Mali). We’re waiting for the kids to come home.
• We finished the US Traitors season 4. We never enjoy it as much as the UK Traitors, but we liked more contestants in this one (e.g., Tara Lapinsky and Johnny Weir). And speaking of which, we are in the middle of UK Traitors season 4. Love it.
• Travel Man. This is our new favourite show. Richard Ayoade is so funny, and you get to see a new city every half hour. He’s on the first 9 seasons, so we still have plenty to go.
• We just started How To Get to Heaven From Belfast. We’re only a few episodes in, but it’s quite good.

Added To My Ongoing Mix Tape

• “Temptation” New Order
• “Iceblink Luck” Cocteau Twins
• “Strangers” Ed Harcourt
• “The Passenger” Iggy Pop
• “Alright” (Supergrass)
• “Pump It” (Black Eyed Peas)
• “Love Is Like a Butterfly” (Dolly Parton)
• “Everybody Wants To Rule the World” (Tears for Fears)

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

• An announcement for the new BBC1 show with Claudia Winkleman
• Unreal Deli’s website
• A google search for the life span of a kinkajou
• The menu for Doghaus
• The website for Hicks & Healey, England’s oldest whiskey company, which is only 22 years old
• Rocket Dog shoes. I saw a woman wearing the rainbow sneakers, and I loved them.

Micro-Joys

• In Series 1, Episode 2 of Travel Man, Richard Ayoade and Adam Hills try a tripe soup, which was sheep’s stomach in milk, and they declare the experience “too Turkish.” We’ve been using the phrase to mark a step beyond our comfort zone.
• Suddenly remembering a mnemonic from elementary school for spelling Halloween, and then finding it on YouTube!
• We saw the BSO perform the most incredible “Bolero” by Ravel. That percussionist keeping a steady beat for 15 straight minutes without a break, and then being part of 1,800+ people walking out elated.

Mood

• Riding the wave of endings and beginnings.

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