Long Time No See

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I've been a bad blogger, and a worse reader in the last couple of months. Doubt Santa's going to come knocking on my door with a big bag of books, which I'm actually surprisingly relieved about. I've read three books in the last month and a half, including the last Harry Potter book, and I'll blog about all three books in due course. I will start reading ardently again, I promise. I've got some great books on my shelf which are just dying to be read. Yay!

Anyway, so what I have I been up to? Well, I blame work - it's been a tough six-odd months, and I'm glad that things are finally slowing down a bit. But, you know what they say: there's no rest for the wicked, so I'm just going to have to keep rolling with it. I did, however, take two trips: one to Paris, just to get out of London for a weekend. I love Paris, I really do. It's so pretty and charming and exquisite. And then there are creperies, and there's Angelina (you've got to try the hot chocolate there), and there's raclette... heaven!

And then there was that amazing week in Dubai, a city I love to hate, but I had the most fantastic time there. One of my closest friends from university was getting married there, and not only was it the most wonderful wedding, but thanks to some of the people we met and time we had, I've been reflecting on my life a fair bit. Wouldn't it be lovely to sit at the beach, with your feet dug in the sand, talking till the wee hours of the morning about everything under the sun? Or just hanging around with a bunch of friends, old and new, sharing memories of times gone by? Or waking up in the mornings, and heading down to the pool, and then going for a massage? And finally, having the most amazing milkshake which had four scoops of ice-cream! I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

I am sorry for being AWOL, and I will start blogging again right about now. Work's quiet, it's snowy and cold, and I miss the second world I live in - the world of fiction, the world of imagination, the world of books. So I hope that world is ready to welcome me back with open arms, as I figure out which book to grab first. I can't wait.

Hope to see you all around soon. I've missed y'all.

xoxo