Hello people, I am writing from the warm Dubai and the weather is still being weird here. We took off to Marjan Islands, in Ras Al Khaimah which is another Emirate (State?) in the UAE to enjoy the short Spring.
For those of you all interested, Marjan Islands is a man made archipelago in the Persian Gulf and is about less than 2 hours drive from where I live. It was just a two nights stay and was fun being in the beach for a change.
But didn’t I say the weather was weird? The sun kept playing hide and seek all through the day and then the rain poured down as we drove back home.
And then IT RAINED FOR TWO WHOLE DAYS! In DUBAI. Yes that literally has never happened in the whole time I have been here.
Anyway here are some pictures from the trip for you all.
What I read this week
I read The Woman in the Window by Finn A.J for our all female book club called the bookworms of UAE.
And I am currently reading the Curious incident of the dog in the night for the Classics N’ Christie club, which I hope to complete tonight, before the end of March.
I guess these buddy reads and club reads keep me on my toes and I don’t waste time deciding what to read next.
On my blog
Here is a quick recap of the last week on my blog
Sunday Musings #41: One About Bookish Apps And K-Drama
Monday review on Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Indie Guest Post: Creating An Author Brand – YOU! (The Economical Way!) by Eden Gruger
Don’t you hate it when you schedule a post and it just won’t get published on time? Well that happened quite a number of times this week for me. My Friday post never got published and I hate that it is still on my draft and is waiting impatiently for its time.
I will be linking today’s post with Caffeinated reviewer’s Sunday post Meme.
Around the blogosphere
Here are some literary links I found during the week:
- What kind of comments do you leave on book reviews? Lashaan from Bookidote lists out them in his post.
- In case you forgot why we bookworms are awesome, take a look at S E White’s post on Books Rock My World.
- I loved this post on supporting underrated books of not so famous authors on bookstagram from Austine from Novel Knight.
- How do you decide on your blog post and do you let the blog stats decide on that? Answer the discussion at Kal’ Reader Voracious.
- How much do the books you read as a child play a part in you being a cynic, optimist or just cautious? Story Sponge takes us through her ordeal.
- Do you think the content in YA literature is too graphic and violent of late? Cristina from Girl In The Pages discusses on the topic.
- I stumbled upon Rashika’s post about content warnings on Xpressoreads and couldn’t agree more.
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Let us chat
How has your week been? And how has the weather been treating you? What are your current reads? Let us talk.
Those pictures just make me desperate for a holiday! Glad the rain didn’t mess up the beach time. 🙂
Very pretty pictures! Looks like fun!
Thank you!
Beautiful pictures! Glad you had a nice trip!
I love the photos from your trip! The weather has been bizarre this year. We are finally in a more normal pattern and have gotten to spring! I’m enjoying it and feeling more energetic with the wonderful weather. Happy reading!
That shot of the islands look like sea creatures 😉
There is a plugin or code you can add to ensure your post launches as scheduled. The Marjan Islands sound amazing. We’ve had rainy vacations at the shore but someone we all have a good time.
The resort looks spectacular! I only live 10 minutes from the beach, but there is nothing fancy about it.
Have a great reading week.
Wow, rain in Dubai, and warm sunshine here in Vienna? Something’s wrong with that picture 🙂
Ooooo the Marjan Islands from above looks so pretty! It sounds like you had fun though, despite the rain.
Here it’ll sometimes be rainy for 3-4 days (that’s when flooding starts, though) or we’ll have 3 different seasons within the span of 12 hours.
Marjan looks amazing. Thanks for sharing the photos of your wonderful trip!
Looks like an awesome place! Love the look of the water. Sigh I need a water vacation. Sorry to hear about the rain though!
I hope you liked Woman in the Window.
Wow, those islands look so cool. I’d love to see them in real life. Except for the rain, your trip sounds fun. I hope you have a great week!
I was drooling over those pictures. The water was such an incredible color. Hope you had an amazing time despite the hiding sun.
It only happened once to me, that my scheduled post was never published, and I still don’t know if it was a bug, or did I forgot to click on the Schedule button.
Anyway, I hope the weather will get netter where you’re at.
Sorry the weather was wonky. I hate when it’s cloudy on beach days. (Not that I got that often anyway lol).
Glad you had a good time regardless. It looks really pretty over there.
I didn’t have any trouble with scheduled posts lately, but I do hate when that happens. I received a test post email notification from your blog, so that worked fyi. 🙂
Great photos! I loved The Woman in the Window.
Enjoy your week, and thanks for visiting my blog.
What a lovely trip! Your photos are gorgeous!
I love Agatha Christie so your Classics n Christie club sounds fun. 🙂
Hahaha it rains nearly all the time in my country! But I guess if you never see the rain it must be shocking. Kind of like us having one sunny month 😉
Thanks for the links! I already ahd read and enjoyed Lashaan’s post. Have a great Sunday!
We have about 5 very hot months, 3 sunny months 2 month of winter and 2 pleasant months usually! AND there is no rainy season at all.
OMG Those pictures are gorgeous! The clouds rolling in over the water just beautiful! Your trip sounds so nice, at least the rain was when you left but I always love a good storm but not when I am away! 🙂
I hope you have a wonderful week, Gayathri! Happy Reading! xx
Beautiful photos. My bosses daughter wants their next trip to be Dubai.
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JoLee
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What beautiful pictures! I’d love to go to Dubai one day! It looks absolutely gorgeous! I need to do some buddy reads! I think it’s be fun!
XD rained for two days in Dubai xD I can’t stop laughing at that. That is a bit unusual, and during the holidays as well xD it’s typical isn’t it…
Here in the summer it will sometimes rain for weeks. Specifically when you go on a vacation xD so I am well familiar with that. But still, in Dubai xD
At least we were driving back when it started raining. So at least the beach trip wasn’t spoiled.