Navaratri And A Better Weather: Sunday Musings #58

The weather is finally getting better and the summer is finally receding. With the heat and humidity are slowly falling back, I am getting back to my routine, of sorts. 

So today marks the first day of Navaratri or Dussehera, a 9 day Hindu festival. We usually arrange dolls made of clay and wood, which have been usually passed on in the family for generations. Well, another thing that I will be missing out on, staying away in a different country.

What I read this week

I read two books last  week and I FINALLY GOT OVER MY READING SLUMP. So that is a good news I guess.

  • Vices/Virtues by Beatrice De Soprontu
  • The Bookish life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

I am currently reading What you did by Claire McGowan. I have heard mixed reviews about this one, so I am holding my judgement until I finish it.

What I watched this week

I am slowly catching up with all the series that I had missed during my holidays. 

  • Stranger things Season 3 – What? How did it end so soon? Okay I didn’t love it, but it wasn’t bad either. It was better than season 2, I guess.
  • Cable Girls Season 4 – I liked that a main character returned but it wasn’t as good as the last season. 

I watched Crawl during the weekend and enjoyed watching it, surprisingly. 

And did anyone actually like “In the shadow of the moon” on Netflix? I loved the premise but the film as a whole was a big meh for me. 

On my blog

In case you had missed any of my posts from last week, here is a quick recap

Indie Guest Post: Tips To Writing Characters In Poverty by  Beatrice De Soprontu

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Sunday Musings #57: Back from the break; Maybe?

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I will be linking today’s post with Caffeinated reviewer’s Sunday post Meme

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Let us chat

So what was your week like? What are you reading currently? Let us talk. 

17 Comments

  1. Amanda

    Great post! Glad you got over your reading slump!

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  2. Kathy West

    Looks like you had a good week!

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  3. Katiria Rodriguez

    Great post I’m glad that you are getting out of your reading slump. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.

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  4. vidya

    ST3 – hmm, I watched it in bits and pieces as my kids watched it and I was not as impressed too..
    Navratri is easily my favorite festival – because of the dolls (even more than Diwali inspite of all the sweets that come with that one and my huge sweet tooth) so I know how you must be feeling not being able to celebrate it fully.. thankfully, for me, being in the bay area in California, I can still celebrate it and my kids now want to make sure we keep the golu every year..

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  5. DJ Sakata

    Find your joy, sweet pea!

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  6. Caffeinated Fae

    I’m glad you’re out of your reading slump!

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  7. Whispering Stories

    Looks like you had a great week, I haven’t watched the second series of Stranger Things never mind the third.

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  8. Yari

    I’m still not even done with the second season of stranger things. Kind of got bored of it . Love the first season though

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  9. Tasha

    I am pleased that you are over your reading slump and have had a good reading week despite missing out on Navaratri. I am behind with watching Stranger Things. It is something I watch with my daughter and she has a lot going on. (I may have to watch it on my own. )

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  10. Flora

    I’m sorry that you’re going to miss being home for Navaratri or Dussehera, are you able to do a little something to celebrate where you are?

    I hope you enjoy the rest of your week.

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    • Gayathri

      Yes I am doing it in a very small way. But am not happy with it.

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  11. Sam@wlabb

    Sorry you are missing the festival. It sounds wonderful! I hope you ended up enjoying Nina Hill, because I adored it. I will be keeping an eye out for your review.

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  12. Greg

    I felt the same way about Stranger Things 3. Didn’t entirely love it but still nice to have it back. 🙂

    Sorry you’re missing being able to celebrate Navaratri at home! that would be hard I would think.

    Hope your week is nice.

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    • Gayathri

      Glad am not the only one not loving ST 3. Thank you.

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  13. Laura Thomas

    Nice selection of books. And the festival sounds exciting. Hope you have fun! It’s still summer here. 90s and we’re in a drought. The grass crunches when I walk on it. At least it isn’t growing so now mowing. LOL

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  14. Jackie

    I haven’t heard of ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’ but Stranger Things was good imo. Have you seen ‘Unbelievable’? It’s about a girl who is raped but the police officers don’t believe her story and they mentally and emotionally abuse and mind ‘rape’ her as well. It’s tough but I binged watched both seasons because I wanted to find out what happens to the girl. I was satisfied. It was recommended. Are you able to read ‘It’ with me? Just curious. No obligation to.

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