What to Read this Weekend? Check Out My Gorgeous Friend Ambreen's Choices ...

...And here we are again, it's the weekend. Can't wait to sit back and relax after a very packed week. Honestly, the days seem to be zooming in incredible speed and I can't believe this weekend marks the end of the first month of 2015! It seems only yesterday I sat writing my 'new year resolutions' and 29 days later? Well, February is still technically a month at the beginning of the year isn't it? So what's the rush I'm thinking! It's always better to take it slow and come up with a solid plan and that's what I'm doing. Seriously! ;)

'Where oh where does the time fly?' was and continues to be a very regurgitated question by many a senior, i.e old, members of my family. Before I got to the age I am at now, my younger siblings, cousins and I would always roll our eyes when we heard this and file such a question, among many others, under 'Things Old People Say & Never Will We'. Lately, more often than is to my liking, I catch myself saying things that I vowed I'd never let pass my lips. I have also come to the horrifying conclusion that soon 'Mr. Fabulous Junior' will be filing my words under the same title or even creating one which reads like 'Old-yet-in-denial of her age & thus embarrassing things my mother says & I shall never say'. However, as I get wiser (one can only hope), I shall embrace my idiosyncrasies  and whenever Junior complains I shall inwardly be 'mwahaha-ing' knowing he will one day be in my place.

Anyway, this week has been great in catching up with friends that I don't normally get a chance to properly sit down with for a chat because of their busy lives. But my gorgeous friend Ambreen and I met at 'Nathalie's Cafe' in Abu Dhabi and had a beautiful chat over Pasta and Chicken bake (me) and a Chicken Quesadilla (Ambreen). The chat led to books (of course) and here are two that she really enjoyed and highly recommends. Enjoy the weekend & see you on Sunday!

Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found 
by Cheryl Strayed

In Ambreen's words: 'The real-life story of Cheryl Strayed's journey, a woman who decided to walk the great outdoors for over 1000 miles (from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State) after her mum died of cancer and she consciously destroyed everything good in her life'.

'Capital'
by John Lancaster

In Ambreen's words: 'This book by John Lancaster is about an affluent but ordinary street in London and the happenings within all the houses. Amusing, true and effortless to read'.