Hello, hello!
We are having a super cold, super rainy weekend here in North Bengal. It is just the perfect kind of weather to curl up in bed with a book or watch a good show or movie! So, I wanted to share some reading and viewing recommendations that you can indulge in this weekend.
Let's get right to it, shall we?
Reading Recommendation
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont: My sister and I are reading this delightful book, which delves into that famous 11-day period in 1926 when Agatha Christie went missing. The story is told from the perspective of Agatha Christie's husband's mistress and provides an interesting (fictionalised) look into the going-ons in the lives of the Christies in the days leading to and during her disappearance.
OTT Recommendations
The Gilded Age is the latest HBOmax show that, luckily for us, is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. Based in New York at the peak of the gilded age (late 1800s), the show deals with the clash between Old Money and New Money.
The Russells are a very wealthy New Money family that has just moved to the Upper East Side. The Van Rhijn's are Old Money and live across the road from the Russells. Mrs. Russell is an ambitious woman, who wants in with the Old Money families, who are equally determined to keep them out. Very Downton Abbey in its treatment, this two-episode old show is something you could try this weekend if you enjoy historical drama shows.
The Tinder Swindler is as far removed from The Gilded Age as the South Pole is from the North Pole! It is a documentary (streaming on Netflix) about a con artist by the name of Simon Levive, who has conned multiple women across multiple countries of hundreds of thousands of dollars!
We are halfway through and are rolling our eyes and shaking our heads as the story unfolds. Worth a watch!
How I Met Your Father is, obviously, a sequel (but not really) to the iconic (but ruined by its catastrophic ending!) show How I Met Your Mother. It tells the story of Sophie, who is telling her son, in 2050, the story of how she met her father and about her life in 2022 New York with an oddball group of friends.
It is not as good as the original, but is still fun. Give it a shot! HIMYF is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
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