Book Chat - 3/30/2023

 I zipped right through a book!

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

It’s the third book I’ve read by this author, and I think I will probably end up reading all her books. The novel is about how the abandoned children of a music legend grow up. It was good.

MK out.

Movie Monday - 3/27/2023

It is now that time of year, post Oscars, that I try to catch up on all the other movies I’ve wanted to watch.

Supernova, staring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci, is a heartbreaking story. The longtime partners are on a trip visiting old friends and places before one of them succumbs to dementia. It was good.

Olivia Colman, Michael Ward and Tom Brooke star in Empire of Light. The story is set in the 1980s in a small English town by the sea. It centers on the staff of a movie theater that has seen better days. Colin Firth has a supporting role. He played an unlikeable character and I can’t decide if I liked him in the role. The movie was very good.

I also rewatched Ruby in Paradise - an old movie (1993), in which a younger Ashley Judd starred. I liked it then, and I still like it.

Series to Stream:

Daisy Jones and The Six - Prime

Shrinking - Apple+

MK out.

Start Something Sunday - 3/26/2023

I need to spend time in the sewing studio. I have many projects planned, and some have even been started. One in particular is the sewing machine cover. It’s stalled because I need to find some coordinating bias tape, or find some fabric to make some. Oy!

A few weeks ago, I bought more fabric for two quilts I am planning:

Today, I cut some fabric to start making one of them, because I don’t have enough projects waiting for attention around here:

Have a great Sunday!

MK out.

FO Friday - 3/24/2023

No more sneak peeking. Here’s the thing I recently finished:

The pattern I used is Easy Going by Finicky Creations. The yarn is Madelinetosh Tosh Sock in Mandala. The pattern is a fun and quick knit. 

MK out. 

Book Chat - 3/23/2023

I’ve only read one book since we’ve been home from NZ. It took a while to read this book. It’s a little longer than most of the books I read, but that’s not the main reason. Since we’ve been home, I’ve had projects that needed reorientation before I could proceed. There has also been the new series on Prime - the one adapted from the book Daisy Jones & The Six. Oh-em-gee! It’s really good! 

Great Circle by Maggie Shipman

The story features two timelines - the life of a female pilot and the making of a film about her life story. I loved it!

Til next time.

MK out.

Movie Monday - 3/20/2023

I have two films about which I’d like to comment.

Lena Olin, Gabriel Byrne and Claire Danes star in Polish Wedding. It’s an old one, from 1993, but I had wanted to see it for a while. It’s a bit of a madcap comedy about a Polish American family living in Detroit. It was alright.

The Swimmers is about two Syrian sisters who were being trained to swim for the Olympics, but were forced to leave their country because of the civil war. It is based on a true story and it depicts the struggles they faced on their quest to reach Germany. The acting was phenomenal. I loved it!

And, that’s it.

MK out.

Start Something Sunday - 3/19/2023

Since I finished something the other day, I’m celebrating by starting something new today!

Can you guess what it will be?

MK out.