By the time this post is published, we will all be back home, but right this moment, as I type this up, we are enjoying our last day at Daufuskie, a secluded island near Hilton Head, SC and Savannah, GA. We were lucky to score a cottage (without having to break the bank) with front-row access to the beach, something that has always been on my bucket list and that I was thrilled to cross off. This week has been very refreshing and just what I needed - a getaway, a break from it all, a retreat with family with no thoughts of work, to-do lists, and chores getting in the way. The island sure runs on its own time. The streetlights aren't turned ON at night to avoid attracting turtles too far from their ideal nesting place. There's the alligator crossing time at night when they go from pond to pond visiting friends (and hence tourists are advised to stay home when it's dark). There are very few cars - instead the preferred mode of transportation is via golf carts, which can go o
I spent a fairly good amount of time mostly reading this weekend. There were the usual chores, some furniture window-shopping and quite a bit of office work to do, but I did get halfway through two books as well.
I've also finished a few more stories from Quarantine by Rahul Mehta and so far, I like the book. The sexual orientation of the characters is really only a minor mention in some stories, whereas in others, it is a big deal. I was eager to read this book because homosexuality is a very touchy topic in India, and even that's putting it very mildly. While this book is mostly from the perspective of immigrants, it's still something.
This week, I have a few reviews I want to belt out - I have one half written and another one to write.
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I didn't get as much reading done this past weekend as I thought I would (didn't know about this readathon) but I managed to finish two books today. YAY
Yay for finishing two books today! There's one more readathon going on right now (Bout of Books) - you could try joining that one.