I’ve been sick with a cold all week long. I thought I could ward it off with a lot of tea and an early bedtime last Sunday, but to no avail. It got me anyway, and I’ve had a stuffy nose and a cough ever since then. While cold medication exists, it does make me feel a little loopy.
So I’ve been tired, coughing, and trying to do my job with half a voice while being just a little out of it thanks to cold medicine. It’s been a great week.
This cold also brought my three-week reading spree to an abrupt halt. Sure, I’m still reading a little every day, but I haven’t finished a single book and I’ve been extra moody when it comes to what I want to read. So now I’m in the midst of four different books. *sighs*
I hate having a cold.
At least I’m enjoying the books.
Last week’s posts include a few reviews of books I enjoyed and my first Top Five Friday, a series that may or not become weekly depending on what I can think of/have time to write.
- Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
- The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano
- A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
- Top Five Friday: Top Five Favorite Soundtracks
While I was being a fidgety mood reader this week, I downloaded several books via the Hoopla app. One of them was my Goodreads Monday pick, Beyond the Red Mountains by Greg Johnson. I made it all the way through the prologue before declaring it a DNF title. The writing was terrible! How did this guy get published? And how did he get a sequel published??
My current reads include:
- Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
- The Dragons of Nova by Elise Kova (audiobook)
- My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues by Pamela Paul
- Longbourn by Jo Baker
I’ve also been binge-listening to the podcast Wolf 359. The plot’s twists and turns have been keeping me on the edge of my seat. Once I finish this one, I’m going to have to track down another fiction podcast. I may be hooked on the genre now! The only problem I have is that iTunes simply will not stream the episodes from oldest to newest. It wants to go from newest to oldest, no matter how I have it set. Stupid iTunes.
And in crocheting news, I got a yarn bowl! I bought a beautiful, two-tone wooden bowl from KnitPicks and started using it last night. No more fishing balls of yarn out from under the couch, or having to worry if the cat is going to pounce on my project!
Traveling in Books 
Hope your feeling better? I’m loving the series Victoria, and I’ve read other daisy Goodwin so I might give that a try…..I’m reading that new thriller the woman in the window. I don’t want to like it, but it is gripping…..
I’m definitely feeling better today. I’ve spent the day reading and crocheting, so that’s helped. 🙂 I’ve heard a about The Woman in the Window. Is it good, other than being gripping?
That’s exactly it…it’s not really good, but it’s gripping. You do get sucked into the story
Hm… I might pass on it, then. I’m not that into thrillers..
I usually read one a year, and I wasn’t going to read it, I was going to get the immortalists, but I just got sucked in. Turns out it was the perfect book for my mood today….it was rainy, my daughter and I had lunch at this cute little French cafe (killer hot chocolate served in beautiful tea cups) and I was being a bit lazy…..
Well, if it’s the perfect book for your day, then I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Every now and then….but I don’t thin’ it will become a habit….
Ugh, we have both been under and need to catch up soon! Work has been bad too. So I am behind on everything. Hoping you are 100% better by now? I still have Wolf bookmarked to listen to.
I’m mostly better. I have a lingering cough that I’ll probably be dealing with for another week or two.
Lots of raw honey maybe? Always helps me and we use it for the kiddos most often instead of cough syrup. Of course they are both old enough that it is safe to give them honey 😉
If the cough started in my throat, it’d probably help, but it’s just lingering congestion in my lungs. I just need to stay hydrated and put up with it ’til it goes away.
Yeah, that definitely takes a bit longer to clear up. Hope it passes soon 💙