#ARichLife Day 30: #Satisfied

#ARichLife Day 29: #Humble

#ARichLife Day 28: Lots of #Bread paired with Saramago‘s novel as I was on my way to Lisbon last year. Posting in advance as I will be traveling in two days‘ time.

#ARichLife Day 27: A veritable quesadilla explosion very Chili‘s type of #Feast. Delish paired with Ken Liu‘s newest book. And did I just mention that I will be moderating his session for the Emirates Lit Fest in Dubai this January? Oopsie, big reveal!! Soooo excited!

#ARichLife Day 27: A lobster #Feast - read this as part of our Emirates Lit Fest book club. Author Oyinkan Braithwaite is coming to Dubai for the Emirates Lit Fest in January!

#ARichLife Day 26: #Frost and Starlight. Any ACOTAR fans here? Haven‘t tackled this one yet.

#ARichLife Day 25: #Leaves

#ARichLife Day 23: Deadly #Games in here.

#ARichLife Day 23: #Boots - still one of my fave Mary Oliver poems.

#ARichLife Day 22: #Sweater

#ARichLife Day 21: #Chill of the North Atlantic as portrayed by Ada Limon.

So I have just been asked to moderate Samantha Shannon‘s session for the Emirates Lit Festival in January. I now have to catch up on her chunksters. Anyone who can tell me what I should expect?

#ARichLife Day 20: #Blessings

#ARichLife Day 19: #Family

#ARichLife Day 18: #Tradition

#ARichLife Day 17: #Veggies in this heavenly goat cheese salad with caramelized walnuts and cherry tomatoes.

#ARichLife Day 16: Not just one but three different kinds of #Pie the last time we were in Seattle for Thanksgiving. 🥰

#ARichLife Day 15: #Warmth

#ARichLife Day 14: #Spice among others. 🥰

#ARichLife Day Day 13: A lot of #Homecooking happening in this picturebook across various types of pasta. I am sad though that there is no macaroni, holy macaroni. Here is the link to my feature of this delightfully clever book. https://wp.me/pDlzr-rUz

#ARichLife Day 12: #Affection

#ARichLife Day 11: #Table

#ARichLife Day 10: Cannot wait to read by the #Fireside again as we spend the December holidays in the Bay Area with family.

#ARichLife Day 9: #Bounty - posting in advance as it will be my mother‘s first death anniversary on the 10th of this month, and may take a breather from social media.

#ARichLife Day 8: #Saints with cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory in Abu Dhabi.

#ARichLife Day 7: #Souls

#ARichLife Day 6: #Pumpkin on display in this bookstore at Pike Place Market in Seattle. Cannot remember which one - there are around four or five bookstores at Pike Place - which I absolutely love.

#ARichLife Day 5: #Earthy

#ARichLife Day 4: #Twilight
My fave lines:
When someone you haven‘t seen in ten years
appears at the door,
don‘t start singing him all your new songs.
You will never catch up.

#ARichLife Day 3: #Grateful for the books that made us. Kwaymullina‘s piece is one of my absolute faves in this collection of essays on books that define you. My feature of the book here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-n0g

#ARichLife Day 2: I thought this set up of #Apples in our hotel in Ferrara last year (around March) was clever. Couldn‘t stop looking at it, so I took a photo.

#ARichLife Day 1: #Harvest

#HauntsAndHexes Day 31: #Fog

#HauntsAndHexes Day 30: #Eyeballs

#HauntsAndHexes Day 29: #Whispers

#HauntsAndHexes Day 28: #Devilish

#HauntsAndHexes Day 27: #OrangeCvr #OrangeCover in more ways than one, lols.

#HauntsAndHexes Day 26: This #BlackCvr #BlackCover illustrated version of Kafka‘s Metamorphosis is a rare find while book hunting at Half Price Books in the Bay Area over the summer. Cannot wait to go back in a little over a month‘s time to spend our December holiday in California with family.

#HauntsAndHexes Day 25: I love receiving #treats from friends - this one is from my lovely sister who is now a Chancellor at Kalba University in Sharjah. 🌷

#HauntsAndHexes Day 24: Our college graduate had a #Tarantula - err Spiderman themed birthday cake last year here in the Emirates. Looking forward to spending our baby gay‘s 24th birthday in the Bay Area with family this year. Cannot wait! 🕷️🕸️

#HauntsAndHexes: A positively #chilling adaptation of Atwood‘s classic dystopian novel. I found the graphic novel to be eerie, striking, and effective. It has allowed me to experience the story again in a more visually affecting way, amplifying my horror and indignation. See here on how I featured the original Atwood novel and this adaptation here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-kt1

#HauntsAndHexes Day 22: This picturebook weaves #Spell(s) Of Song And Prayer For Protection. Told in verse, this is a powerful depiction of womanity coming together in quiet song, prayer, and poetry for protection and deliverance. My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-mfI

#HauntsAndHexes Day 21: Quoted from Connelly‘s The #Scarecrow when I featured photos from my visit to the Swarovski‘s Museum – Crystal Dome in Innsbruck, Austria back in 2018 here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-j3n

#HauntsAndHexes Day 20: In this delightfully strange novel, the art of making #potion(s) has been described in such detailed and exquisite fashion. My full review posted in 2011 can be found here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-1yo

#HauntsAndHexes Day 19: this book has been described as an “elegant #nightmare by Audrey Niffeneger. Looking forward to reading it.

#HauntsAndHexes Day 18: #Scream(ing) Staircase is the first book in the Lockwood & Co. series. Jonathan Stroud never fails - exquisite balance between plot and character, depth and British humor at its finest. My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-aEj

#HauntsAndHexes Day 17: #Thriller of sorts - reading this as part of our book club read for the Emirates Literature Festival in 2023. The time travel bit was interesting but then it got tiresome fast enough.

#HauntsAndHexes Day 16: #Blood - reading while on the train from Tours back to Paris last year. Didn‘t finish reading it though, will have to go back to this soon.

#HauntsAndHexes Day 15: #Darkness

#HauntsAndHexes Day 14: Oftentimes, humans are more #terrifying than ghosts or ghouls.