Hello Lovely readers! 

Happy New Year! May this year bring you loads of success and happiness. Time surely flies. I remember writing down similar post, couple of months ago, now a whole year has passed by and it feels just like yesterday. 

As usual, I have so much to share about my year. It was indeed a happening and eventful year yet again. Good things only, Alhumdulillah. Summing up my year's highlights in this post. 

As another year comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the countless products that have made their way through my daily routine. From skincare staples to makeup must-haves, each empty container tells a story of its own.  I embarked on a journey of mindful consumption and conscious purchasing, aiming to strike a balance between indulgence and restraint. Join me as I delve into the products I've used, loved, and bid farewell to over the past year.

January 2023

As the curtains fall on 2023, it's time to unravel the chapters of a year marked by profound changes, challenges, and moments of triumph. Join me as I navigate through the highs and lows that defined this transformative journey.

Year 2023 recap

As enthusiastic as I was at the start of the year, unfortunately I could not hit my target of completing 10 books in 2022 as well. My read list is shrinking every year and this worries me. Here is a round up of the book I finished last year. 

Books I finished reading in 2022

But something tells her there are invisible threads linking the crimes, and as she investigates further, she starts to see the outlines of a conspiracy so unlikely and on such a vast scale, that it takes her breath away. And that's when they come for her.

This thing of darkness

2. Before she sleeps

In modern, beautiful Green City, the capital of South West Asia, gender selection, war and disease have brought the ratio of men to women to alarmingly low levels. The government uses terror and technology to control its people, and women must take multiple husbands to have children as quickly as possible. Yet there are women who resist, women who live in an underground collective and refuse to be part of the system. Secretly protected by the highest echelons of power, they emerge only at night, to provide to the rich and elite of Green City a type of commodity that nobody can buy: intimacy without sex. As it turns out, not even the most influential men can shield them from discovery and the dangers of ruthless punishment. This dystopian novel from one of Pakistan’s most talented writers is a modern-day parable, The Handmaid’s Tale about women’s lives in repressive Muslim countries everywhere. It takes the patriarchal practices of female seclusion and veiling, gender selection, and control over women’s bodies, amplifies and distorts them in a truly terrifying way to imagine a world of post-religious authoritarianism.

Before she sleeps by Bina Shah

The bhabis of Lahore and other forbidden tales of the city

The quintessential fat girl

It started out as nothing much. A minor payroll fraud at a furniture store in South Wales. No homicide involved, no corpses. Detective Constable Fiona Griffiths fights to get free of the case, but loses. She's tasked with the investigation. She begins her enquiries, only to discover the corpse of a woman who's starved to death. Looks further, and soon realizes that within the first, smaller crime, a vaster one looms: the most audacious theft in history. Fiona’s bosses need a copper willing to go undercover, and they ask Fiona to play the role of a timid payroll clerk so that she can penetrate the criminal gang from within. Fiona will be alone, she’ll be lethally vulnerable – and her fragile grip on ‘Planet Normal’ will be tested as never before ...

The strange death of Fiona Griffiths

6. Possessive Much?

A Wattpad read to kill time. It was a cute read but suitable for young adults. Not my cup of tea anymore.

7. The Bad Guy

My name is Sebastian Lindstrom, and I’m the villain of this story. I’ve decided to lay myself bare. To tell the truth for once in my hollow life, no matter how dark it gets. And I can assure you, it will get so dark that you’ll find yourself feeling around the blackened corners of my mind, seeking a door handle that isn’t there. Don’t mistake this for a confession. I neither seek forgiveness nor would I accept it. My sins are my own. They keep me company. Instead, this is the true tale of how I found her, how I stole her, and how I lost her.

She was a damsel, one who already had her white knight. But every fairy tale has a villain, someone waiting in the wings to rip it all down. A scoundrel who will set the world on fire if that means he gets what he wants. That’s me. I’m the bad guy.

I read somewhere that every phase of life gets difficult than previous phase. This resonates with me so much. Childhood was easier than teenage. Teenage was easier than adulthood. Single life was easier than married life. Married life was easier than parenthood. I am sure parenthood is going to be easier than old age. But such is life and this is what makes it beautiful; challenges and how you stand up to them. My yearly summary allows you to peak into the personal aspect of my life where you get to glimpse the struggles away from the insta worthy life. Here is how my year 2022 went in a nutshell. 

Most of my posts in the past year have been about empties. More than anyone, these posts serve as a journal to record my progress. Progress on how bad it was and how far I have come along. This is a round up post of the products I finished in the past year. 

January 2022 empties

Year 2021 turned out to be quite lazy in terms of reading. Like any other year, it started off at a high note with finishing 3 books in 2 months. After I got Covid, it was a downhill ride. I became pregnant and was easily tired and couldn't bring myself to read. Husband watching television before sleeping is another distraction that stops me from concentrating. Anyhow below is a list of books I finished in year 2021. 

Reading List 2021

 Happy New Year everyone! 

I have been away a long time and its probably the longest break I have taken from my blog. If you follow me on Instagram, you will be knowing that I gave birth a few months back which is what made me take break from blogging and adjust in the new phase of life. I am back finally and would like to get back on track with a summary of my past year. Here is how my 2021 went.