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I am so glad this week has come to an end because I wasn’t feeling productive at all and I want a restart or a new beginning. That is what this Sunday is all about.
To be fair, I had so many things to do this week and I ended up not doing anything at all. Does anyone else feel this way – a minute ago everything seemed good and then nothing, not a drastic slump, no high or low but just a lull? I hope that ended with last week and I am back to the charming ol’ self!
Remember I keep talking about the Emirates Lit Fest 2019 and how I am gonna be volunteering there? I attended the Volunteer Manager briefing session this week and I loved meeting old and new friends.
Guess what, many of them were book lovers like us and we discussed about the authors who were attending the event and books we loved (obviously!). I can’t wait to go to the event (happening between March 1st to 9th).
What I read:
I finished reading the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde for the Penguin Classics challenge 2019 and I loved it.
Do you believe when they say ‘a good book finds you at the right time‘? I am not sure if I would have appreciated it as much had I read this any time earlier.
Do you believe when they say 'a good book finds you at the right time'? I am not sure if I would have appreciated it as much had I read these books any time earlier. Share on XI also read ‘The man in the brown suit’ by Agatha Christie, for my ‘Classics and Christie’ Club.
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What I watched:
I finally ended my 3 months sabbatical from the television and Netflix this week! Yes people I had not watched any Netflix for about 90 days and I survived.
And I wanted to commemorate the end of this ban by watching a movie that I had been wanting to watch for a long time – Ralph breaks the internet.
And I ADORED IT! I loved how Disney trolled itself about its princesses.
On my blog:
Remember I was telling you how my week wasn’t productive? Well I posted only twice this week.
Sunday Musings #34: The One Where I Ramble About Everything That Ever Happened Aka #JanuaryWrapUp
Review Shots: Middle Eastern Tales For Children
Around the blogosphere
One thing I am happy about this week is that I blog hopped a bit and I almost visited everyone’s blog this week. So here are my favorite picks of the week.
- I loved this post by Krysta on increasing the funding for library.
- Shruti answers what to do when a publisher archives an approved title on Netgalley her blog This is Lit.
- I found this informative list on all the international book fair in 2019 from KotoBee.
- May from Forever and Everly made an awesome post on the efforts of bloggers and how they deserve all the appreciation they get and more
- Looking for a guide for Edelweiss? Kaleena from Reader Voracious has got you covered with this great post.
- Attention all indie authors: What is your take on Kindle select? Darius talks about to Kindle Select or not on his blog.
I will be linking today’s post with Caffeinated reviewer’s Sunday post Meme.
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Let us chat
So how has your week been? What did you read? Do you ever face these plateaus and how do you get over them? Let us talk.
It’s been forever since I read Dorian Gray. I love all your ramblings and sharing!
Love your rambling posts – they are the most fun
I want to write more of them too.
I think sometimes I work on a big task and if I haven’t broken it into smaller ones, it just feels like it takes forever or that I am not getting anything accomplished.
Hope all the great books find you this week!
That sounds exactly like me!
I still haven’t seen the first Ralph!!
Noo.. you gotta watch it ASAP.
Hopefully we both have more productive weeks this week!
I hope you did!
I absolutely loved Ralph Wrecks the Internet! And the princess part was one of my favorites! I hope you can get out of your slump and be productive this week.
I am glad we share the same interest in movies as well.
Yeah, I get that all the time, Gayathri. One day everything’s going well, and then I suddenly lose all motivation, for no apparent reason. Hope that Sunday was a good “reset” day for you and that this week is better 🙂
I was so grateful for the Sunday. And things are kinda okay now!
The Fest sounds wonderful. I love a lively gathering of people chatting about books and authors. I have been bad about blogging ahead and writing those reviews. Planned on doing it this weekend. Instead I got lost in some more books. LOL
Getting lost in books seems like a great excuse for slacking on blogging.
I have always thought about volunteering for BEA/BookCon, but I never do. I hope the festival is amazing! I read Dorian Gray as a teen, and I liked it as well.
Yay to liking Dorian Gray. And I hope the fest is amazing too!
Awesome selections, I have seen These books before, and I always say I’m going to read Agatha Christie.
You should give her books a try.
I wanna watch the new Ralph movie! I remember liking the old one 🙂
Oh this one sooo much better. I loved it even more than the first one, and I didn’t think it was possible.
The Emirates Lit Fest sounds great, Gayathri. People to chat about books and authors with, plus preparing a literary event – totally something I would do, too.
I have had a case of big procrastination myself these past couple of weeks… I just don’t feel like doing all the things I have to do. And it’s really hard!! Hopefully, we’ll both do better next week.
Have a wonderful week ahead and happy reading 🙂
I totally understand that procrastination phase, cuz I am definitely there.
The Emirates Lit Fest sounds fun. And ooh Agatha Christie. I’m reading a 1930’s murder mystery now from the British Crime Classics series and I’d like to read more christie as well.
Hope you have a great week!
The one I read was published in 1924 so you should give it a try!