#DashingThruDecember Day 31: #Silver

#DashingThruDecember Day 30: These books and the tv adaptation feel like #XmasRomance #ChristmasRomance

#DashingThruDecember Day 29: My sister-in-law‘s husband is wonderful with #Decorate-ing their place for our baby gay‘s 24th birthday two days ago. Posting in advance since will be traveling soon. 😍🤩

#DashingThruDecember Day 28: A powerful wordless recently-released #Picturebook that I just borrowed via Libby. Review is forthcoming.

#DashingThruDecember Day 27: #Remembering all the books I have ever read is impossible, indeed - but they make up who I am as Emerson noted.

#DashingThruDecember Day 26: Mary Oliver‘s books, particularly this one, are my #FaveXmasBk(s) #FaveChristmasBook - filled with light, beauty, and blessings. Posting in advance as I may be out of commission in the coming days especially as we head back home to the Emirates on the 27th.

#DashingThruDecember Day 25: The #Red book is the one I need to get to early next year, that‘s for sure. I wish to find all the other titles in this list, too! The #Red book is the only one I own. 😍

#DashingThruDecember Day 24: This Dubai Chocolate pizzookie qualifies as giant #Cookies too (of sorts). Paired with a Dubai chocolate espresso martini. It‘s like our two homes (Bay Area and Dubai) collided today! 🍸

#DashingThruDecember Day 23: #Bells

#DashingThruDecember Day 22: This #Nutcracker board book is a delight. This dance primer is not only a celebration of classic ballet, it also highlights the many colours, the diversity of dance and its infinite variations. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-j34

#DashingThruDecember Day 21: I made personalized hand #craft-ed notes marked with cutesie stickers on the 40 books I bought to be given away to family and friends this Christmas - I feel like a book deity dispensing book blessings. ✨🌟🌙 Note on the left is for the tagged book, “The Arrival.” It was our baby gay‘s 24th birthday on the 21st so I am posting late. Here‘s my review of tagged book: https://wp.me/pDlzr-1ne

#DashingThruDecember Day 20: In this illustrated version of e. e. Cummings‘ poem, two siblings celebrate the joy of #WhiteChristmas. My fave lines from the poem:

“put up your little arms
and i‘ll give them all to you to hold
every finger shall have its ring
and there won‘t be a single place dark or unhappy”

My feature here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-4ST

#DashingThruDecember Day 19: #Snowball

#DashingThruDecember Day 18: Lots of #Wreath above our heads while on the Happy Place on Earth November of last year. 😍

#DashingThruDecember Day 17: Find out what happens when #StNick retires in this hilarious picturebook. My review is forthcoming. 🤞🏽 Maybe in time for Christmas 2026, lols.

#DashingThruDecember Day 16: These books qualify as #HolidayMystery along with several other middle grade mystery novels that Fats reviewed here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-j9O Enjoy!

#DashingThruDecember Day 15: All the pizzookies put together look like #Candy - especially the Dubai chocolate. 🍫

#DashingThruDecember Day 14: As befits the title, the women are indeed adventurers: participating in #sled dog races even when discouraged from doing so (Susan Butcher), circumnavigated the globe even when told that this is not possible (Nellie Bly), touched down on the moon and orbited around the Earth (Valentina Tereshkova) - among others. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-l3J

#DashingThruDecember Day 13: All Christmas #Ornament(s) in place here in my sister in law‘s home in the Bay Area. 🌷

#DashingThruDecember Day 12: My #Wishlist consists of books, naturally.

#DashingThruDecember Day 11: I found my favorite #HolidayCocktail and our #EuropaCollective pick for January here in the Bay Area. Let the winter break begin! Now if only my blasted colds will go away right about now.

#DashingThruDecember Day 10: This #Gold book was my longest read last year (2024). Cannot wait to see my stats for 2025.

#DashingThruDecember Day 9: Old clothes for dinner including #HolidaySweater - my review of the picturebook is forthcoming 🤞🏽📚📚📚🤓

#DashingThruDecember Day 8: I have three versions of Dickens‘ Christmas #Carols featured over at GatheringBooks three years ago - from Classic Arthur Rackham to Steampunk Zdenko Basic. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-aR1

#DashingThruDecember Day 7: #SecretSanta book club style - this was back in Singapore - I do miss my book tribe there. 😘

#DashingThruChristmas Day 6: Loads of #HolidayRecipe in this hilarious book - my review here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-yL - posting in advance as we are doing a road trip to San Diego. 10 hours, baby!

#DashingThruDecember Day 5: The #LightDisplay we witnessed in Versailles last year was phenomenal and definitely a core memory to last a lifetime.

#DashingThruDecember Day 4: Still our family‘s fave #HolidayFilm of all time. Fats‘ review of Van Allsburg‘s classic picturebook here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-aMS

#DashingThruDecember Day 3: #Snowflake - mother and child listening to Snow On The Beach when it first came out.

#DashingThruDecember Day 2: Ice hockey does involve #IceSkating. One of my absolute fave series. Backman is Love. Although full disclosure, I did not particularly like his latest one.

#DashingThruDecember Day 1: This Danish classic is #Green - gifted to me by a lovely PhD student.

#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. 🥰