Reading on a Rainy Day

Look at me making reading plans here, when I'm reading at a snail pace. Hilarious! Still, the act of making plans does make me want to read more, even if that feeling lasts only a few days. February review This was my least read February in years. My first half of a year are usually reading-heavy. But life got in the way very early this time. Below is what I planned to read in February and what I did read. Lots of abandons, which I'm not surprised by. The Song of Achilles  by Madeline Miller -  read . it took me a while to finish this book, but I loved reading every minute of it. Highly recommend! The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin - reading Presence by Amy Cuddy - abandoned . I had plans to read this book but I didn't get to it. I still plan to read it but maybe later. Half of a Yellow Sun  by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - abandoned . This was a spillover from January. I know I want to read this book one day, but I need to get off my scifi/fantasy kick first. Deadpool Class...

This month sure went by quickly. Around us I just want to take a moment and share just how distressed I am reading about the war in Ukraine. I know that feeling is nothing compared to the terror that the people in Ukraine are going through. To think that a nation can choose to attack another, just because they believe the latter is not legit. I have no words. I pray that it ends soon but I also know I will be incensed if Putin walks free after all this. Meanwhile, nearby in Texas, we have the governor opining that gender affirming care is child abuse.  I don't know if I mentioned this on the blog but a few months ago, my city had passed an ordinance criminalizing abortion. (Thankfully all the proponents of that law got booted out within a month (in last year's elections) and the new council promptly removed that ordinance. Nation or persons choosing to believe that another nation or person are not legit. This is what comes out of this. Just how long does one have to fight for t...

Published : 2015   ||    Format : ebook   ||    Location : A different Earth One line summary : When the world is ending, what is more important - survival or revenge? If you are Essun, your answer may be revenge, but in her search for it, she has to figure out how to survive as well. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆   Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind. Thoughts : I must have had this book on my Kindle ever since it was released. There was a lot of hype then and although I always enjoy epic fantasy series, I don’t read them often enough due to having to wait for the next book (in the case of ongoing series) or not being sure if the series is for me (even though I know I don't need to read the rest of the series, it still feels like a commitment). This quarter, one of my online book clubs is reading N.K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth Trilogy . I decided it was finally time to read the books.  First of all, trigger warnings - there is a lot ...

Woot, I have no idea where the week went. Life and Work I had several work situations pop up this week and that severely derailed my routines this week. We had to support releases to one of our customers in Singapore this week which made for extremely long days and nights. It was exhausting. I feel for those who had to do this multiple days and are working through the weekend as well. After five busy days, I ended up lounging around on Saturday feeling aimless but also not wanting to be in front of the computer for any reason. We got some crazy amount of snow last week. It started off as icy precipitation, due to which schools were called off and everyone was encouraged to stay home. Snow came much later which caused one more day to be called off. The kids had a ton of fun playing in the snow. It was too cold but it was fun as well. It's Who Dey, SunDey! Well well well to those who follow, it's Super bowl tonight. This is one term you haven't heard me use on this blog befor...

And just like that, we are into February. January review I got some reading done in January but it wasn't as much as I wanted to. Most of the first half went into reading There There , which I hoped was a quick read but turned out to be a book I could only read a few pages at a time. By the time I finished it, I was in real danger of being in a slump, but thankfully I gave The Fifth Season a few pages - that one pulled me in from the beginning and never let go. I'm still in the book hangover and cannot wait to read the sequel. This is what I planned to read in January: There There by Tommy Orange - read The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin - read The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - currently reading Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Deadpool Classic Vol. 2, 3, 4 Other books read: Are We There Yet? by Nina Laden Frozen Olaf's Night Before Christmas The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard Saga issue 55 by Brian Vaug...

Hello fellow readers and bloggers! Sorry I'm late getting the post up this week. Life Since the last three days, my husband and I have been down with the sniffles, congestion, and occasionally fever as well. My husband took a test and thankfully it was negative. It doesn't make it feel any more bearable though - I spent much of yesterday sleeping - but today it looks like I'm on the bend. I just hope the kids don't catch it too. Not much of significance this week. The husband and I have been talking about investing in real estate for a while. We had been looking at properties for weeks and had put in offers for couple of them this past week. One of them didn't pan out but the other did. So we are pretty excited about starting this new chapter. Shopping for an investment property is such a complete different ballgame from buying a  house. For starters, it doesn't help to visualize living in the property simply because my needs could be different from those of a t...