As my title foreshadows, I have no excuses. I have been busy today and so I haven’t really had time to come up with a post. Actually that’s not entirely true. I wrote a poem right after I took a big spoonful of cough syrup. I’m genuinely scared I won’t be able to write well once my cough goes away. Anyway, I wrote a poem but I am saving that for next Wednesday. As most of you that have been following my blog know, Wednesday is poetry day.
I know I said no excuses but I have an excuse. I woke up in the morning and as I was browsing through WordPress I found this book review/post. The review is for a book called The Housemaid. As soon as I read the synopsis I knew I had to read it. So instead of spending my free time creating a post for today, I bought the Kindle version and spent a chunk of my afternoon reading it. And all I can say is OH MY GOD!
Once I started reading the book I just could not put it down. It was even better than I thought it would be. I plan on writing a full review for it soon. If you have not read this book, you need to. Like seriously, don’t even finish reading this post. Just read the book! So yeah, I spent most of my afternoon reading and finished the book.
How has your day been? What have you been up to? Let me know in the comments or simply stop by and say hi!
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It’s always fun getting a new read!
Yes, always!
Hope you feel better soon
Thank you so much.
You are welcome
Writing interrupted/delayed by reading is a pretty familiar scenario for me. I’m sure relaxing your brain will help with your writing – if not, cough syrup! Which I find a bit funny 😁
Yes, it does happen to the best of us. Haha cough syrup my only companion these days 😂
Hi
Hey
I will check out this book.
I just saw that it’s not available in paperback in India. I generally prefer reading books that way.
Thank you for sharing this.
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Don’t worry for not sharing what you were intended to, the main thing is you have showed up and shared something. Also,
for some reason, I believe you are enjoying this cough syrup of yours 🤪
Take good care, recover well.
I think if you go to Amazon India you can get it. The link is to Amazon Canada. It’s ₹939 Indian Rupee which is about $11.50 USD. Yeah, I don’t know why Amazon doesn’t have a central link for everything but everything is the same except for the country code, so it’s amazon.in for India, amazon.fr for France etc. UK is tricky because it’s amazon.co.uk
Anyway, I think it’s here:
https://www.amazon.in/Housemaid-Freida-McFadden/dp/1538742578
Thanks
My pleasure and haha yes I am very much enjoying the cough syrup 😂
😛 take care
Your writing will continue even without the syrup, dont worry! 🤗 I’ll have to check out that book too.
Haha thank you and you absolutely should it’s fantastic!
Feel better soon! Writing with a cough is tough and body needs time to recover.
Your enthusiasm for the book has me intrigued.
Have a great weekend!
Thank you so much and it’s the best fiction book I’ve read all year. Thanks and have a great weekend too!
Sometimes, what you need is a good distraction. It’s hard to do anything with a nagging cough.
Yes, that did make me feel a lot better.
That’s good 👍
Get well soon!!!
Thanks!
Wow, she sees everything as a housemaid. How intriguing. And thanks for sharing. Curiously, this Pittsburgh writer doesn’t have a follow button or something similar. However I bookmarked your page, which can always lead me when I come back for more.
It’s the best fiction book I have read all year. I would so recommend it, you’ll like much more than Roth lol. The author is much kinder to women.
I’ve been hanging pictures, a shelf, and other little pretties that I’ve unpacked. Moving is such hard work! All this and having some sort of cold/flu. Yikes! I have to get my storage unit emptied this month so we’re kind of rushing to get it all put away. There is just too much! I am donating so much more than I thought I ever would, but there is a freedom in less stuff!
Oh that’s lovely. Yes, sometimes less stuff is actually a good thing. Good luck with the unpacking!
Reading books is always a fulfilling experience, and we must spare some time to read books daily. Books not only entertain us but also enlighten us.
Will be waiting for your full review of the book, once you have read it.
Yes, absolutely. I’m done reading the book and will be posting the review later in the week,
Good to know that. I’ll be waiting for the review.
Hellooo! How are you feeling now?
I’m better, thanks!
Looking forward to your review.
Thank you so much.
I think I have more “no excuses” than you, but I think 10 times 0 is still 0, or something, or maybe such a thing is undefined. I’m supposed to go back into the caves to get advice from Utcoozhoo about writing a conlang. Can’t decide if I should write “in-character.”
This time of year is depressing. Every year our News Media keeps shouting about how it was Black Friday and now Cyber Monday where everything is on sale and there are great bargains, blah, blah, blah. But it makes no difference for me. Every year I see zero sales of my books. Bargains, well, I don’t know what Amazon is doing but from what I can see, they’re putting my old poetry e-book up first on my Author’s page for 99 cents or about a dollar in most currencies. And I went to the German Amazon and they seem to be offering the e-book for free. I bet you that whenever they report the sales next month, it will be zero, and even the free ones will be zero buys. The old e-book is “Greatest Poems of the Early 21st Century: Volume One” ( Kindle Edition). I’m not even sure I can find my paperback version that’s in the closet somewhere — it was about 500 pages and extremely expensive (2014).
I don’t know if I’ve gotten better since I wrote those. The new ones are different. It seems foolish to write anymore new ones. And some of the political ones won’t be topical for long. I need a bigger trash can for the paperback ones.
Yeah a lot of times people buy books that are popular rather than good.
I am so far behind on reading emails – is that an excuse?
Haha no it’s okay to be behind on things sometimes.
Glad you enjoyed a good read! I’ll have to add it to my ever-growing list. 🕊
Thanks and definitely do, it’s a fantastic book!
Oh my, now I’m really curious about this book! Can’t wait to read your review of it!
Thanks and yeah you absolutely need to read it, it’s fantastic!
Glad you found a book you couldn’t put down!
Thanks, I look forward to reading the sequel soon!
There is nothing better than spending the day reading! Loved the post. Hugs, C
Agreed and thank you!
Looking forward to reading your review! I’ve stopped reading novels lately because I find them very addictive. Once I start, I can’t put them down. Now that work is so busy, I need to be careful not to be distracted.
Thank you so much. I’m the same way, I can’t stop reading until the book is done.
I think the whole “no excuses” phrase is overused and cliche. Life doesn’t work the way we want it and it pays dividends to cut yourself some slack. I mean sure you didn’t write that post, but read a really good book! Isn’t this a good thing? I think so.
True, life has its ups and downs and sometimes things don’t work out as planned and that’s okay. Definitely a good thing, the book was great.
How fun to find an exciting read Pooja! nice!! 🥰
Thank you so much! 😊
waiting for ur review writeup get well soon!
Thanks and it’ll be posted this week.
I also have a book I cannot put down at the moment so I understand. Also, that cough syrup is starting to look like an inspiration-giver or something like that 😂
Those books are so disruptive but also the best 😝
I should definitely read that book
📖. Sounds interesting
You should, it’s so good.
Haha. Nothing like a good book. Your post makes me want to go and read it BUT as I know you love horror 😂 I don’t think my poor heart could take it. 🤣
Lol yeah it definitely not a romance novel 😂
The book sounds interesting but it’s so expensive and I don’t like reading ebooks. But anyways I have added it to my TBR. 🙂
Oh I see, yeah maybe you can get it when its on sale or something.
Sounds very interesting. Really good books that are good reads are hard to come by. Waiting for the review. I am quite sure it will be great. Is that a special kind of cough syrup? Get well soon. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week.
Thanks so much. It’s just regular cough syrup but it seems to be giving me super writing powers lol. Have a great week too.
I think I might need some of that. I hope you are feeling better. Have a wonderful week.
Thank you so much. Are you feeling better now?
My body is still a bit weak, but I don’t sleep well. This cough will not leave. Hopefully I will feel better soon.
I hope so too. I have the same issue, my cough just won’t go away.
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That’s interesting. You got a new book? Did you enjoy it so far?
Yes, I actually finished it on the same day because I loved it so much. It’s absolutely fantastic.
WOW! That must be a terrific book!
It was!
Btw, how are you doing now
I’m much better, thanks 😊
Good to know👍🏻
😊
Omg 😆 love the featured image! I know the feeling. Been there, done that. That book is on my “want to read” list on goodreads.
Thank you so much! The books is great, you definitely need to read it 😊