Blogmas Day- 8 : Weekend Watching and Reading Plans.

Hello!

And Happy Friday!!!

I had a chilled out day today. I started a new book on my Kindle called Yakshini by Neil D'Silva, it's a horror novel about a 13 year old girl living in a village in Maharashtra who is growing up too soon and showing signs of being something other than just an ordinary girl. I am only 30% in and I am quite enjoying it.

I am hoping to finish this book by this weekend. I am so far breezing through it.

How pulp fiction-esque is this cover?

It reminds me of the many books in this genre I saw at the Wheeler Book Stall at railway stations as a kid. I secretly always wanted to pick up one of these books but I think they were well out of my age group back then.

I am also a little bit in The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden, this book is a darling mix of Russian fairy tales and folklore and myths. It has very deep winter vibes and is perfect for this season.

I hopefully, want to read a fair bit of this book as well.

When it comes to my watching plans I do have a few movies I've been meaning to watch for a while, on the top of that list is It.

I have quite a history with this movie.

I saw the mini-series when I was 8 yrs old. The movie started with it's iconic first scene and I thought it was a children's film! Boy was I wrong!

But I kept on watching it and was scared out of my mind.

I am terrified of it till date.

But I am no longer 8 and it's high time I get over my silly fear and watch the movie.

This weekend will be it.

I am going to watch this movie and not be terrified.

Another thing on my watching list is Mindhunter. This show has garnered some amazing reviews and a whole lot of buzz. It's about the formation of BAU/ Profilers in the FBI and how they started by interviewing various serial killers. It's supposed to be very good. I've seen only the first episode so far and I quite liked it. Having had studied Psychology and having an avid interest in profiling this show seems just the thing for me. Hopefully, I get to binge watch it this weekend.

Other plans for this weekend include//

Putting up my Christmas Tree.

Making Gajar ka halwa.

Making Malpua.

Going through my book journal and making my Top 10 Books of the Year list.

I hope all of you have a fantastic weekend too!

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