Hey people
I know the fall just started, but now it is already winter. I mean as much a winter as this desert Dubai would get to. Of course it is gonna get colder as it goes, and I can’t say enough how much I love this pleasant winter, instead of the harsh summer that is usual around here.
What I read this week:
This week was a slow in terms of reading for me. I have not even finished Young Jane Young, which I started last Sunday. Well, life happened.
What I watched this week:
And I watched the Handmaid’s tale season 2. The series goes beyond the book and continues the story of Offred and Gilead. While I liked it, I am not sure it is for the faint hearted. It was depressing as much as it kept me intrigued.
I finally finished watching the Heist season 2, the Spanish and the ending was so satisfactory. How many times do we see a perfect heist? Sigh.
On the blog
Here is a quick recap of the week’s posts, in case you missed them.
The week started with Sunday Musings #22: One about the world’s largest book sale.
I posted mini review shots It is all about family and friendships on Monday.
The Wednesday came with a discussion post on my weird bookish reading habits.
I shared the book covers that weirded me out, on Friday.
On other news, I wrote a guest post on Clo’s Book Dragons 247 on things about blogging I wish I had known little earlier.
Around the blogosphere
I didn’t do much of blog hopping this week, but here are some of the best ones I came across this week.
- I love this book personality tag post from Simant at Flipping Thru The Pages. I was an ESTP the last time I checked, but you will have to wait for my answers.
- Are you struggling to juggle between life and blogging? Check out Clo and Merv’s post @ Book Dragons 247 this week.
- I love Margaret Atwood and I recently found she is celebrating her birthday this month from Consumed by Ink, as they host the Atwood reading month.
- Check out Shanatala’s post on her blog Shanaya Tales about accepting paid book reviews which totally resonated to me.
- You all know, I love morally gray characters. And the Orangutan Librarian’s post on Why can’t characters just be evil was just perfect.
I will be linking today’s post with Caffeinated reviewer’s Sunday post Meme.
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Let us talk
Let us talk about your week. What are your plans? Did you find a favorite post that you want to share with us?
Great wrap-up post, thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.
Glad you like it.
Very entertaining wrap-up 🙂 Clicked a whole bunch and I also really liked your posts this week!
I am glad you like them.
Handmaid’s Tale is a sad book and a reminder that politicians are bad to women sometimes.
And it is a perfect book for the current scenario, don’t you think?
one more Sunday musings post from you and i am still thinking about joining in.. enjoyed the wrap up and the original posts too
It is really a fun thing to do. You should join in.
Great wrap up post!
Glad you like it!
I read The Handmaid’s Tale but haven’t seen greys show.
You should give it a try when you have a chance.
I want to get into The Handmaid’s Tale (I love the book) but I need to escape through TV. I watched some of the first season and liked it but was too depressed and overwhelmed my real life for more of the same. 🤣
I totally understand why you may feel so, it is a depressing show.
I always enjoy your musings
I am glad you like them.
Great summary. I had a bad blogging week in the later part of last week.
I hope you will make it up this week.
I still have The Handsmaid Tale on my book shelf (I bought it last December! oops)
You need to read it !!
I don’t think I could stomach Handmaid’s Tale, but I do get the gist of it by what people say about it.
Yes it is very intense but kept me glued until the end.
Excellent posts you have got there! I read ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ a year and a half back and quite enjoyed the story. I haven’t watched any episode of the series but am definitely interested in seeing the portrayal of Gilead! I would much rather have a book sequel first before watching the second season.
I don’t think there is gonna be sequel to the book from Atwood.
I fell behind in The Hand Maid’s show. Need to get back to that. We finally had a bit of fall weather here. The sun heats up fast but the nights are nice and cool. I enjoy no humidity too!
I hate humidity too. It makes the summer unbearable around here.
I have not seen or read the Handmaiden’s Tale. I want to just haven’t gotten to it yet. Have a great week!
Mary #SundayRoundup #43!
Have a good week you too!
I love covers and that was a great post. I am so not ready for winter, though we rarely get snow or ice here in Florida, it has been known to happen.
And I can’t wait for the full fledged winter, even though we don’t get snow here either.
I really enjoyed your posts this week! Those covers are truly WTF! Haha. Have a great week!
Thanks a lot!
I haven’t yet watched The Handmaids Tale – nor read the book. But I hope to squeeze it in my schedule. It’s Winter already in Dubai? It’s still Autumn where in live (until December, at least), but I can already feel the winter cold.
Happy readings! 😉
We don’t have much of a fall season here, but I love the intermittent season between the harsh summer and cooler winter.
I haven’t watched the Handmaids tale. It’s one of those that I want to watch to see what the fuss is about but it’s not on my netflix or prime so I’ll be waiting a while longer!
I didn’t do much reading this week either. I spent most of it moving… Hopefully this week will be better!
I streamed it on Hulu and it was so worth it. I usually wait for Netflix to get most of those series.
You’ve posted some awesome stuff! Clicked on both posts xD
I am glad you approve!
Glad it’s cooling off for you! It’s definitely getting cooler here too! And I still need to catch up on Handmaid’s season 2. I started the first episode but I got sidetracked… now I have to start up again. 🙂
It was so depressing, so pace yourself, pal.
Haha! I will! I thought S1 was bad, but people tell me S2 is pretty depressing too!
S1 was okay with me, but S2 will definitely dampen your spirits.
I also had a slow reading week, I did get in a couple audiobooks. I’ll be looking for your thoughts about Young Jane Young, I was tempted to pick it up. Enjoy your Winter weather and have a lovely week.
I am so getting for the winter already.