April 2020

So, I mean, there wasn’t a lot going on for me this month. I should have been going to the theatre and the cinema, hanging out with my munchkins and celebrating my dad’s birthday. Sadly, the theatre cancelled or postponed all shows until the end of May and lockdown prevented the other frivolities. But you know, stay safe, wash your hands and all that jazz.

What I read this month:

• The Drums of Autumn – Diana Gabaldon (Outlander 4)
  Ebook//Library
  
  
• Jamaica Inn – Daphne Du Maurier
  Audio // Library
  
  
• Eragon – Christopher Paolini 
  Ebook // Library
  (DNF’d)
  
• This Green and Pleasant Land – Ayisha Malik
  Ebook// Netgalley
  
  
• Heroes – Stephen Fry
  Audio // Library
  
  
• The Glass Hotel – Emily St John Mandel
  Ebook// Netgalley
  
  
• The Giver of Stars – Jojo Moyes
  Ebook // Netgalley
  
  
• Circe – Madeline Miller
  Audio// Library
  
  
• Supernova – Marissa Myer (Renegades 3)
  Ebook // Library
  
  
• The Women at Hitler’s Table – Rosella Postorino (translation by Leah Janeczko)
  Ebook// Netgalley
  
  
• The Mars Room – Rachel Kushner
  Paperback // owned
  
  
• The Night Country – Melissa Albert (Hazelwood 2)
  Ebook// Netgalley
  
  
• The Eve Illusion – Giovanna and Tom Fletcher (Eve of Man 2)
  Ebook// Netgalley
  
  
• Fingersmith – Sarah Waters
  Paperback// Owned
  
• Havenfall – Sara Holland
  Ebook // Netgalley
  

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Films I watched this month:

• • Vita & Virginia
    Dir: Chanya Button | Starring Elizabeth Debicki, Gemma Arterton | NowTV 
  • Onward
    Dir: Dan Scalon | Starring: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt | Disney+
  • Wilde
    Dir: Brian Gilbert | Starring: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave | DVD
  • Blinded by the Light
    Dir: Gurinder Chadha | Starring: Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell | AmazonPrime
  • Matilda (rewatch)
    Dir: Danny DeVito | Starring: Danny DeVito, Rhea Pearlman, Mara Wilson | Netflix
  • Life of Brian (rewatch)
    Dir: Terry Jones | Starring: John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle |
    DVD
  • Emma
    Dir: Autumn de Wilde | Starring: Bill Nighy, Anya Taylor Joy, Miranda Hart | AmazonPrime
  • Men in Black: International
    Dir: F Gary Gray | Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Rafe Spall | NowTV
  • The Dead Don’t Die
    Dir: Jim Jarmush | Starring: Bill Murray, Adam Driver | AmazonPrime
  • The Sun is also a Star
    Dir: Ry Russo-Young | Starring: Charles Melton, Yara Shahidi | Netflix
  • Zombieland: Double Tap
    Dir: Ruben Fleischer | Starring: Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin | DVD
  • Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
    Dir: Tony Tilse | Starring: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Rupert Penry-Jones | DVD

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TV I watched this month:

• The Stranger
• Riverdale
• Brooklyn Nine Nine
• Innocence Files
• The Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries
• Mercy to Murder the Cyntoia Brown Story

My favourite Instagram posts this month:

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my government sanctioned daily walk was a little out of this world.

A post shared by leah (@leahisdudish) on Apr 4, 2020 at 9:03am PDT

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spotted a red kite

A post shared by leah (@leahisdudish) on Apr 12, 2020 at 4:34am PDT

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panic on my brain world has gone insane things are starting to get heavy. __ thanks ty and josh for helping me through lockdown

A post shared by leah (@leahisdudish) on Apr 15, 2020 at 9:12am PDT

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is it me or does this look like i’m about to drop an indy pop album called “notes on isolation”

A post shared by leah (@leahisdudish) on Apr 18, 2020 at 4:20am PDT

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✨birthday boy ✨ . ••• . #kylohen #cockatiel #cockatielsofig #cockatielsofinsta #cockatiels #cockatielsofinstagram #albinocockatiel

A post shared by leah (@leahisdudish) on Apr 22, 2020 at 1:54am PDT

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s u n d a y

A post shared by leah (@leahisdudish) on Apr 26, 2020 at 1:49am PDT

What I’ve been listening to this month:

Favourites from this month:

Apps:

• Plantjammer
  Someone mentioned this on Facebook so I thought I’d give it a go. Basically, you tell it what you have in your kitchen and it’ll pull together recipes for you – perfect for people like me who eat the same thing all the time!

Music:

I know we’ve already mentioned what I was listening to this month, but there is new twenty one pilots!!

There was also new Yungblood which I was LOVING.

YouTube:

People making isolation better:

• Andrew Lloyd Webber bringing shows to the internets! I mean, it doesn’t make up for the fact that I didn’t get to see Les Mis but still…