I pre-ordered the actual book along with the iBook version a week ago and finally the day has arrived when it is available to read. This will be my first book in a long time to read that wasn’t a historical romance and one that is 656 pages long!
I am looking into purchasing the Kindle version to place it on my Kindle as well, the reason I got the iBooks version is because well “It’s STEVE JOBS! HOW CAN I NOT PURCHASE IT ON THE BLOODY iBOOK STORE!”
Will be reviewing it later on this week hopefully if I get a chance to actually sit down and read more of it! So far I can’t help but hear his voice while reading the book and getting goosebumps along the way. He truly changed the world for us!
Thanks Steve for everything really! Especially for feeding my iObsession!
I miss reading the historical romances that I seem to be collecting like candy! Every trip to the US I purchase 6 or more books of novels I love and I keep them on the back burner until I find time to read but it’s been a while, I don’t recall reading in the past 2 years or more.. I remember last year I read 2 novels but that was it. Back in the day I used to be able to read at least 50 novels a year or more depending on how much I loved the story.
I remember during my college days I read all of Julie Garwood’s historical romance novels in a month or so, it was something I loved to do hehe but in a way reading from the same author back to back is the worst thing ever because you notice that a novel is written based on a calculation hehe I always predicted when the marriage would take place or when they would realize they fell in love with each other.
2 days ago I picked up a novel, “How to Marry a Duke” by Vicky Dreiling, it was her debut novel and ever since I haven’t been able to keep the novel away. The first few pages had me smiling the whole way throughout the book until I got to the parts that made me cry but then it was back to laughter and happy thoughts. I finished the novel today and miss it already but luckily I am starting now on the sequel to the novel “How to Seduce a Scoundrel” in which I get to revisit the main characters of the first part. I can’t wait!
I blame reading blogs and watching TV Shows as well as work for this neglect.
So this is the first time in a really long time that I get invited to a social event and I kinda missed out on the others since I found out that it can be fun not to mention being able to run into some friends from twitter or the blog world it was awesome!
I was invited by a few days ago to the book signing of her book “Yawmyat Wa7da Q8ya Dathra” and being an avid reader of the series on her blog and being the one to literally get the very first copy ever and to get it signed from her before everyone else did I had to go and show my support! And I will go to another one if there is as well simply because I love her book and love what she has done to herself! She took a thing she created and made it into an actual book.. Enshalla next it becomes a TV Show! The day of the event I promised her that I would live-tweet the event as best as I could via Instagram and Twitter and that is what I ended up doing. (I feel bad though I didn’t get awesome pictures as I was shooting them with my iPhone4 :()
I arrived there a little bit after 7 and they had not yet begun I was happy, grabbed a seat close to the front, waved and smiled to Danderma (in a way I saw her relax to see another familiar face in the audience, not to mention I kept giving her thumbs up’s hehe cheering her on!) :P Once I sat down I also realized that I knew one other writer up on the stage! I knew Laila Al Gharabally, the author of the children’s book “Al Hadeya” she’s also a fellow bloggerette and I was happy to be there as well to support her!
Up on the panel I saw the authors: Mohammad Al Kanderi, author of “Virginia 999″; Ali Moumen, author of “A Column called: The World We Live In”; Hamad Al Zamami, author of “Tarateel”; Nada Sheshtar (Danderma), author of “The Chronicles of Dathra; a Dowdy Girl from Kuwait (Yawmyat Wa7da Q8ya Dathra”; Laila Al Gharabally, author of “Al Hadeya”; Bashayer Chraq, author of “Shabah Al Mathi”; and Abrar Malek, author of “Mama Aneesa: Al Insana”. They were introduced one by one and given a chance to speak about their respective books! It was awesome to hear from them and see what went on in their heads to create these lovely pieces of art.
Shortly after they were done a Q&A session was started in which members of the audience asked some questions to the authors, there weren’t many questions just 3 and the best one was the last in which a member of the audience asked why the authors didn’t breach any boundaries and talk about things such as religion, politics, etc. The authors responded but the best response was from Danderma in which she mentioned “The day I enter a book store in Kuwait and purchase a Salman Rushdi book “Satanic Verses” and am able to read it in the comforts of my home, is the day we breach the boundaries in Kuwait, otherwise I am content without that breach” that resulted in grabbing an applause from the audience and personally I agreed with every word and syllable in that answer!
The book signing began (I wished it would’ve been more organized: i.e. I wished that there were separate tables with the authors sitting on each separate one and a stack of their books right next to them, it would definitely beat the waiting time you get and the long line in front of one author and not the other). To tell you the truth, Danderma had the longest line by the time I left and the other authors weren’t that crowded (it might also be because Danderma’s book was a brand new one and I have heard that some authors had previous Book Signings hence not a lot of people came for them, or something like that).
All in all it was a lovely event, nicely laid out with a good enough timing (however leaving Shuwaikh at that time of the night was a NIGHTMARE!) and I’d like to thank 52 Degrees the chance to let our lovely authors come all in one place to share their books with us.
I’d also like to say that I met a lovely set of twitter friends and blogger friends for the first time and some for the millionth time :D I met Chirp, Edge from Edge of Imagination, Noodzie, Zabooo6a, Ali M, and I guess some others but for the life of me I can’t remember the names.
P.S. Tareq Al Ali was there and sitting in the row behind me that was awesome! :P I also think I saw Talal Al Yaqout when I came in!
For more awesome coverage of the event be sure to check out these posts: I wish that I’d have met some of them but alas it wasn’t meant to be this time. They have even more awesome pictures than I did and well check them out:
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The day has finally arrived, I am no longer waiting on fire for the book signing because you are now cordially invited to book otherwise known by its English title “The Chronicles of Dathra, a Dowdy Girl from Kuwait” and you will get a chance to meet the person behind the hilarious series!
It’s going to be a big event with several other authors signing their books, Media coverage, and so much more! Let’s support our friend and colleague in this time and show up! I know I’m going for sure!
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Yesterday I got the very first copy of I might’ve been the 2nd to order it but probably the first to pick it up since I am here in the States and let me tell you this it felt amazing! The cover felt awesome nice and shiny and clean! The pages were amazing inside so soft to touch and just heaven!
I loved the dedication, not to mention how it was laid out (however my pet peeve was that there were no page numbers on each page) otherwise it was awesome! I’ve already read the story but I’ll re-read it again to sort of get a glimpse of how it’s been!
To order your copy !
I am way behind in my reviews and shout outs and everything else but when I heard about this I had to write about it. I seriously do! I am a major fan of ‘s writing and I’ve been obsessed with reading her “” stories the best thing however is that she published them all in 1 book! Well right now it’s at Volume 1 and there will be a Volume 2 coming soon! I can’t wait to have it all in one book it’ll be like our own personal “Girls of Riyadh” book! I can’t wait to read more from our beloved author not to mention to see her shoot up on the best seller’s list!
You can get the book from [] and an eBook version will be coming soon as an iBook and an Amazon Kindle version.
To I say congrats babes! You’ve done it, you’re awesome and wishing you all the best in the upcoming future!
P.S. I ordered mine the second I read the email which was almost 5 minutes afterwards and I’ll be getting it before I leave the US so yaaay!
I think that writing things down that you want to do is the key to doing them. Seriously, yesterday morning I was in the office and playing around with my new iPhone 4 and well testing out some new apps I downloaded, one of which is called “Tomorrow-To Do” or something of that sort, it looks like a moleskine book in which you can write a to-do list. So I listed the following items:
- Start Reading
- Organize and Catalog Books
- Organize Closet
- Write iPhone4 Unboxing Post
Out of that list I was able to do only 2 items and the reason why I didn’t complete it was the fact that I started organizing my closet and thinning it out at 9:30 while at the same time Sister #4 was busy cataloging my books, once I had done one part of my closet I started on placing the books on the shelf and well let’s just say that I did not finish work until 1:30AM! But the end result was beautiful and let’s just say that my bookshelf wasn’t able to hold all my books and therefore Sister #4 took custody of some.
Can anyone guess how many books I’ve got?
Yes I am calling you ladies out there because I know how most of you have gotten addicted to the latest craze in blogging…
Love Stories written by bloggers that identify with things you all know and love!
No seriously, I am first calling Um-Mit3ib since she was the one who got me started on all of the other stories, I was happiliy engaged with Confessions of a Love Struck Flana when all of a sudden I found out that there were others out there, and now I am finding more new stories to read, so I thought, and this is what I need the help in…
What if we consolidated all those stories into one site, you know like a “Safat” but for the girls only, those who love to read those stories and who await the latest installment so anxiously you can actually hear the refresh clicks in every house. So what do you girls say? Do you think it’s a great idea? I already have the space for it, I just need to know what else is out there, I am currently following almost 12 blogs I think there is more but I’m not sure.
So tell me what do you think :)
Remember that day, when I said that I found heaven in a library! I promised to put up some pictures but didn’t get around to editting them much. Hence why I am posting them separately today. It was the day that I went with my sister so she could take her exam, while I waited I looked around and low and behold I found an entire section dedicated to the types of books I read (or in Marzouq’s words “the books you read!”) LOL Hehehe seriously I fell in love.
My Favorite Place In Cleveland!
It was a nice cozy place where I spent an hour and half or even more without feeling the time. It truly was an experience. If only our public libraries were like this. Unfortunately they aren’t even close. Hell, our hospitals aren’t even close to Cleveland Clinic’s lowest standards. Anyways here you go, enjoy!
The view from outside the library.
The wall dedicated to me, and MY BOOKS!
The couches were insanely comfortable.
My View From Where I Was Sitting. So Serene.
A Close Up Of The Decor Inside. Beautiful isn't it?
The view from outside the library, the yellow Beetle was awesome.
Oh my god I just realized that it’s October! And that we are nearing the end of the year! Can you believe it! I mean seriously just yesterday we were welcoming the year 2007 and now we’re ending it! 2 months left until we finish 2007 and move onto 2008! Less than 2 months until I turn 24 :shock:! 2 Months until I complete one year at my current job and I think this was an accomplishment! Since I was driven nuts by lots of aspects of it! 2 Months until I shift into a different department! Wow just wow!
Time sure does fly by doesn’t it? My days are getting shorter, but I just started reading to rekindle my love of reading and just because I love a good romance story. And remember how I mentioned that I’m not a morning person. Well I have been fighting with myself daily I swear it’s an ongoing battle to get to work! Really I mean it! For example, every morning I wake up and I think to myself, I need today as a day off, and I convince myself that I’m going to take it off but then eventually I get up and dress and get ready for work postponing that day of relaxation to some other date. Problem is I am worried if I take a day off now then I won’t be able to take my month off later on when I want to head out to the States. Then I think to myself, our Eid Holiday is coming up soon so I shouldn’t really take more time off, I will relax then.
Did you guys know that some companies are giving their employees a gift for the last 10 days of Ramadan in which they get to go to work from 10am to 1:30pm? I mean 3 hours and a half of a work day! That’s just simply heaven! I want that! Sad thing is that people go out more than they should in those last 10 days of Ramadan, and whine more then. Oh listen to me whine I think I want to go back to bed and finish that novel of mine that I’m reading.
P.S. I’m in love with technology! I just can’t help but love it so much seriously I do!
P.P.S. It’s also Breast Awareness Month so just spread the word and help promote her awareness! Which reminds me Desperate Housewives was a tough episode but great comeback! Promising Season!
a 28 year old Kuwaiti Gadget Freak who is obsessively in love with Apple Products so much that she probably has everything made by Apple. Currently she's being a lazy bum and putting off writing and everything else but when she does this is her space where she likes to vent and release everything, so welcome to it.
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