The Best Of | Nov 2019 | Geek Queen

Jenny Marsden --December 2, 2019

Things I've found and loved | Nov 2019

Watching: TED Talk - 4 words to ask your doctor. 

An interesting talk about the relationship between you and your doctor and why some doctors will sometimes prescribe treatments and/or surgery and why.

Let me know what you think.

Also Watching:  Mr Robot

I'm only three episodes in but I'm LOVING this series staring Remi Malik. Of course I keep expecting him to bust out Bohemian Rhapsody, but it's techy and ingenious and is right up my ally. 

Learning:  NOTHING!


Oh the horror!

Nothing on the course front this month. I'm so busy with the horrible "before Christmas" deadlines that I just don't have the time or the mental function to be learning anything new this month. I have a full Google course booked for the first week I'm back from Samoa so I'm confident enough to abandon my monthly learning schedule until then. 

Reading: The Fallen

I spasmed my back a few weeks ago and since its been about 18 months since I last did it, I was determined to do all the right things and recover as fast as I could. Consequently I spent about 3 days lying in bed reading (and sleeping when the valium kicked in) so I did read a few books this month. 

I've loved the Amos Decker novels by David Baldacci and The Fallen was no exception. They are crime novels where the lead character is an FBI consultant who is an ex footballer. He had a horrific injury in his playing days that left him with  some special talents. 

I do feel that these books are best read in the series order. They don't have to be but I feel like the groundwork for Amos personality is laid very firmly in the first book and if you slot in with book 3 that might not be completely clear. 

Get it via Booktopia

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