Blog ≫ 2020 ≫ I bought some new lights
I bought some lights, on a whim. I was looking for a replacement for the old colour changing led strip. It was remote controlled but not smart internet controlled, so I wanted something that was. I had the originals on the balcony and in the boys room. I briefly thought about Hue lights but they're £150, then I saw this recommended, at only £151! Worth taking a chance on at that price. They were really easy to set up, they work with the google home, so I can assign them to the room and then say "turn the boys lights red" etc. It just works. I would definitely buy more of these, but I saw the price jumped up from £15 to £25 so have to do it carefully. Oh also this is the first month of short pay but with full mortgage payment, so I've noticed that. Next month I should be back to full pay again...
Anyway lights recommended search for Govee2.
Aha these are the lights for the balcony3, when I'm feeling flush. Oh hey I have birthday money, so I am feeling flush really! How do I get actual cash money into amazon though..? Already spent some of my birthday money on a new razor4.
Oh also I have my redundancy consultation in half an hour!
Finished The Jackson Brodie book, Case Histories5 and loved it. Unnecessarily sad in places I thought, but very very very good. I've started the second one, it's set in Edinburgh during the festival and liking it already.
| Author | Book | Thoughts |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Rankin | Westwind2 | Dated thriller, shame. |
| Ian Rankin | Doors Open2 | Really good crime caper in Edinburgh but with no Rebus. |
| Suzanne Collins | The Hunger Games2 | Borrowed from the children, very good. |
| Suzanne Collins | Catching Fire2 | Hunger Games part 2, read this even quicker, a bit darker. |
| Suzanne Collins | Mockingjay2 | Hunger Games part 3, joyless and grim. Very 2020... |
| Karen McManus | One Of Us Is Lying6 | Another one liberated from the children's bookshelf. A Breakfast Club whodunnit, dying to be a film, not at all suitable for a ten year old... |
| Robin Paige | Death at Glamis Castle7 | Edwardian era mystery written by Americans. I read one of these before. Quite atmospheric, though a little twee. Sort of romance / crime. Written in accents, with plenty of "of the time" attitudes. |
| Jed Rubenfield | The Interpretation of Murder8 | A charity shop find, one you always see, have had it kicking around a long time. Historical crime fiction again set in New York 1909, featuring Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Great, but complicated and fairly unlikely! |
| Muriel Spark | Loitering With Intent9 | Branching out a little this time, it's not even a crime. |
| Julie Wassmer | Murder on the Pilgrims Way10 | Going back to the familiar now. Fairly gentle and local crime. Forgot I had this one from when we met the author in Waterstones. Mostly predictable and cosy but I did not get the actual end murderer correct. |
| Reginald Hill | Blood Sympathy11 | Even more familiar, have read this before, but keen to revisit this crime series. Very enjoyable. |
| Robert Webb | Come Again12 | Time travel action rom-com, not very good, feels like two unrelated stories in one with no resolution. |
| Reginald Hill | Born Guilty13 | Joe Sixsmith again, hoping I enjoy all of this series as much as the first one. Dated and a little complicated but lots of fun. |
| William Golding | Lord Of The Flies14 | Like I'm doing GCSE English! I had not read this before but we had it in the house. |
| George Orwell | The Road To Wigan Pier15 | Might be a bit bleak but again I already had this one in the house as part of a George Orwell box set. I took a break from this to read my new books. |
| Bill Bryson | Shakespeare16 | Something else we had in, a short read but brilliant. We know almost nothing about Shakespeare. |
| Kate Atkinson | Case Histories5 | Birthday present, have seen these Jackson Brodie stories on TV and liked it a lot. This story is awesome but horribly sad in parts. I think sometimes murder can be sad though. |
| Kate Atkinson | One Good Turn17 | Another birthday one, Jackson Brodie book two, set in Edinburgh. Loving it so far. |
| Country | cases | deaths |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 4705889 | 156775 |
| Brazil | 2666298 | 92568 |
| UK | 303181 | 46119 |
| Mexico | 416179 | 46000 |
| India | 1697054 | 36551 |
| Italy | 247537 | 35141 |
| France | 187919 | 30265 |
| Spain | 335602 | 28445 |
| Peru | 414735 | 19217 |
| Iran | 304204 | 16766 |
Coronavirus weekly death graph for USA + Brazil + UK + India + Italy + France
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