Hello everyone and a blessed Sunday to you all. I hope this post finds you all well. A pretty wet week has passed and now its time to reflect back on what we’ve been reading, watching and doing over that time:
This week, has been a good reading week for me! First, I finished an updated version of the Christian classic, More Than A Carpenter by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell, for my church’s book club’s recent Zoom meeting. I have also made good progress into my backburner read of The Favourite: Sarah, 
Duchess of Marlborough by Ophelia Field, a fascinating history of the life of this controversial favourite of Queen Anne.
Then I recently, I started reading the award-winning, historical-fiction, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, about the dramatic rise of Henry VIII’s right-hand man, Thomas Cromwell; my first choice for my 10 Books of Summer Reading Challenge. While in my Holy Bible reading, I have continued working my way through 2 Kings in the Old Testament, as well as dipping in and out of Joshua, Luke and the Psalms, as part of my church’s Morning Prayer livestreams.
While on the screen, I finished the current series of the quirky, spy thriller, Killing Eve, on the BBC iPlayer; I also continued working my way through the 
back-catalogue of Jamie Oliver’s Jamie: Keep Cooking and Carry On, on All4; and I started the fifth season of the supernatural drama, True Blood, on Now TV.
Unusually, no new films to share with you this week, however over the last couple of weeks, I have been working my way back through the Twilight Saga films, now they’re all available on Now TV. So far I have re-watched Twilight (2008), New Moon (2009) and Eclipse (2010). They have be fun, easy watches for my tired mind.
As for work, I was physically in work for one day and the other four I worked from home, which looks set to become a bit of a routine now I have seen the rota for the coming weeks. When working at home, I have been emailing my 
class; cracking on with the leavers books I am making and I finished my online training course. With the wet weather, I have spent more of my free time inside: reading, watching TV, jogging (a little), cooking, prayer journaling and a little baking, too!
While here on the blog, I have taken part in the weekly memes, WWW Wednesday; shared my sign-up post for Cathy’s 10 Books of Summer Reading 2020; my monthly round-up post: What I Read In May 2020 and my review for the children’s classic, The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
Now that’s all folks! I look forward to catching up with you all next Sunday. Where ever you are in the world, I hope you and your loved ones are well: staying healthy and happy. God bless and bye for now! 🙏
Now over to you: I’d love to hear what you have been reading? Have you watched anything good? And how have you been spending your time in isolation?
I have linked this post into the weekly meme, The Sunday Post hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer.
You had a good week and that box of baked goodies looks delicious.
Lynn 😀
I did and they were, thank you Lynn 🤗 This week I made Ginger Biscuits 😋
I’ve wanted to read Wolf Hall for years, but I keep putting it off because it’s so huge. Good luck with it. I hope you have a great week!
Yeah Aj, I know EXACTLY what you mean: my copy of Wolf Hall has been on my TBR shelf for too many years!! And thank you, I am hoping reading first will mean I can use all that enthusiasm I have for starting a new challenge to power me through it! 😅
Sounds like a pleasantly normal week 😉 My work is officially done (I work at a school, so I could have been called in up until today), and the kids are done with online learning for the school year after this Friday. Hope you have a great week!
Haha Becki, it was a pleasantly, almost normal week in the new sort of normal we live in, which was quite nice! 😊 Oh wow, all done with work/school? Have you broke up for the summer break then? We’ve still got a month to go! 😅
You’ve certainly picked a chunkster to kick off your Books of Summer challenge, but I’m sure you will find it very rewarding when you get into it, I certainly did. Is the Favorite quite a big book too? You’ve had it on the backburner for a while now. I had mixed feelings about the film last year, but I might get to the book eventually.
Haha Alyson, I certainly did pick a chunkster to kick off my summer reading – I sort of purposely did that to take advantage of the early enthusiasm you get at the start of a new challenge, which should hopefully power me through it! 😅 And yes, The Favourite is a big book! However it is very different from the film, being a serious, in-depth history of the actions, opinions and politics of Sarah Churchill, so you enjoy it more.
I need to watch Killing Eve, I’ve heard really good things about it. In fact maybe I’ll start that one next? I just recently finished up Into the Night on Netflix.
Hope you have a great new week and some drier weather!
Greg, you really do NEED to watch Killing Eve and definitely start it next! It’s brilliant quirky, thriller fun with a great cast! 🤩
And thank you, although I don’t think we’ll be getting much dry weather: the forecast says thunderstorms this coming weekend! Although I do quite like a good storm now and again⚡
I’m curious about Killing Eve. Sounds like something I’d like. It’s been ages since I watched the Twilight films, but I was sooo addicted to the books at the time. Most of the films were pretty good, too. Enjoy your week, Jessica! 🙂
Thank you, Rachel 😊I highly recommend watching Killing Eve if you can and I too got hooked on the Twilight books and enjoyed the films, although the last book was a slight disappoint for me. Still good, light entertainment though, which is all we need sometimes, isn’t it? 🙂
I’m looking forward to your review of More Than a Carpenter. I also look forward to your future posts about Wolf Hall. I have it tagged in my library app (along with maybe a million other books!) and hope to get to it before too long.
Those thumbprint cookies look tasty! What kind of jam did you use in them?
As I am behind on reviews, I hope I don’t keep you waiting too long for my review of More Than a Carpenter, Kelly! And I just used strawberry jam in my buns 😋
I hope that you are enjoying Wolf Hall – the whole series blew me away, Jessica, though I found the viewpoint too a bit of time to get used to. As for that rain – I can’t quite believe I’m typing this – but I envy you! We had the gale-force winds but hardly any rain – certainly not enough to give the garden a good drink. I hope the coming week is a good one:)
I’m afraid I still haven’t got far into Wolf Hall, SJ, instead I have found myself drawn to reading more of The Favourite, but I have high hopes that I’ll enjoy it when I get into it. Aww haha 😆 I do understand what you mean about the rain though, as my poor lawn was crying out for it and looks a lot better now. I just wish the weather wasn’t so all or nothing! And thank you 😊
Yes – wouldn’t it be nice if we could have the rain in moderation??
I think it’s important at present to read what we feel like – and yes, I’m sure you will find Wolf Hall will grab you – but no one can pretend it is a light read… Marvellous though! Have a great week, Jessica:)
Thank you, SJ! I don’t think we’ll be getting that rain I’d like in moderation anytime soon – Now the weekend forecast is for thunder storms! Although I do quite a like a good storm now and again ⚡As for Wolf Hall, I’ve purposely picked it as my first summer read, hoping that my early enthusiasm for starting a new challenge will power me through it. Here’s hoping! 🤞🙏😅
My advice – for what’s worth – is hang on in there for the first couple of chapters. And after that, I was completely caught up in the story and the slightly odd viewpoint stopped mattering and became a wonderful way of getting right inside the character… Best of luck – I really envy you starting right back the beginning…
Thank you, SJ 😊
I’ve been noticing Killing Eve on my Netflix queue, and because I love the actor Sandra Oh, I”ll be checking that one out.
Thanks for visiting my blog, and enjoy your week!
Thank you and you’re welcome, Laurel-Rain 😊 Sandra Oh is brilliant in Killing Eve, as is Jodie Comer and Fiona Shaw, so I highly recommend you watch it! 🤩
Sounds like a good week Jessica. And that picture shows pretty much the same view I had these last view days. Grey, windy and rainy weather.
I’ve been reading some ARC’s and watched I view episodes of Grey’s Anatomy.
Stay safe and happy reading.
Sorry to hear it has been grey, windy and rainy where you are too, Maureen, at least we both had books and TV to escape into. And thank you! 😊
I have been meaning to stream Killing Eve for a while now. I have to wait for it to be on Netflix or Amazon Prime soon. I hope you are staying safe!
Thank you, Gayathri and I highly recommend you watch Killing Eve when you have chance! 😃