Consumption 18

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 Witches of Cambridge (Alice Hoffman)
• The Good Parts (Evann Normandin)
• The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances (Glenn Dixon)
• Between Yesterday & Tomorrow (Luan Goldie)
• Laura Clark Is Away from Her Desk (Helen Russell)
• The Year of Living Danishly (Helen Russell)
• The Fox of Kensal Green (Richard Tyrrell)
• Time Travel for Beginners (Jaclyn Moriarty)
• Oscar from Elsewhere (Jaclyn Moriarty)
• We (Christelle Dabos)
• Twist (Alice Feeney)
• The Murder Mystery Mystery (J.D. Brinkworth)
• Karro (Jenny Mustard)
• The Brightness (Chad Harbach)
• Fair Ones (Lydia Millet)
• Fallow (Sarah Anderson)
• Helle in Venice (Oskar Jensen)
• Members Only (Emma Rosenblum)

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

• Smitten Kitchen’s cacio e pepe. She claims it’s foolproof, and I completely agree. But the clean-up was bonkers. So… delicious, easy to make, but difficult to clean up.
• I’ve already written about making tiramisu, but it’s worth another mention because it was delicious and easy.
• Vegetarian wonton soup.

Television, Movies, and Music (watching and listening)

• We are four episodes into Unacceptable. It’s a standard comedian panel show where they share unacceptable opinions and try to convince the audience to agree with them. It’s very funny.
• Mali turned us onto Would I Lie To You, another panel show where comedians tell a story and the other team have to decide whether it’s true or a lie. We play along at home, but we’re terrible at it.
• We started the new season of Ted Lasso. It’s a little rough around the edges, but we love being with the cast again. Plus I like that it’s a new team vs. more of the same.

Added To My Ongoing Mix Tape

• “Don’t Look Back in Anger” (Oasis)
• “Somewhere Only We Know” (Keane)
• “Karma Police” (Radiohead)
• “Wishing Well” (Sananda Maitreya)

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

• The words to the “We like to drink with…” chant.
• The Wikipedia page for Myrddin Wyllt, thanks to a book I was reading.
• A simple sugar bun recipe.
• Tom Kerridge meat-free recipes.

Micro-Joys

• This may be the most adult sentence ever, but I felt true joy when the plumber charged us the same amount he estimated the job would be.
• Watching a tiny Atlantic ghost crab for an hour crawl out of his hole, toss some sand, and then race back down to hide.
• Choosing a book at random and having it be the perfect read on the beach.

Mood

• Super sad that the twins are going back to college soon.

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