Today’s wordle word is: POSSE. 6 attemps, didn’t get it š You can play wordle here:
Author: Shabana Mukhtar
Pakistani Dramas and I | Life During Our āTime Apartā
So we’ve talked about the breakup. Now, what did I do when I wasnāt watching Pakistani dramas? Did I give up YouTube altogether? Of course not ā donāt be silly. After losing a loved one, my mind had this constant background noise I didnāt quite know how to silence. I needed something to fill the…
Book Review | Snow Place Like Home | Laura Pavlov
Snow Place Like Home After a devastating breakup, a sunny veterinarian goes home to the mountains to lick her woundsāand savor a holiday snackāin this heartfelt story from Laura Pavlov, author of the Blushing series. At her brotherās wedding, Goldie Jacobs brushes shoulders with Ace Bonetti, his childhood best friend turned Hollywood hotshot. Ace…
Reading Pile | January 2026
Intro Every month, I try to post a roundup of everything I wrote/read/watched that month. This year, I’m starting another series to post about planned reads and actual reads. Kinda like office, y’know, setup goals for the year and then year-end assessment of where I was. Just trying to be more disciplines, is all. (And…
Wordle 1659 | SITAR
Today’s wordle word is: SITAR. 5 attemps. Need to get better. You can play wordle here:
Random Rambling | Amazon Categories
Hereās a random rambling for today, because… why not? I was innocently browsing through Amazonās Short Stories category the other day ā not for research, not for literary enlightenment, but for something far more noble. I was trying to bulk-up my Goodreads 2026 Reading Challenge. (P.S I’ve planned to read 30 books this year. I…
Friday Frenzies | First of 2026
TGIF! Frenzy is absolutely justified, right? It’s Friday, the last working day. I have the weekend, followed by two days PTO. I’m super stoked. This week was crazy. Even though many team members were on vacation, my life wasn’t easy as I was supposed to finish an epic. With age, I’m becoming more forgetful about…
Pakistani Dramas and I | The Breakup Phase
I donāt hate Pakistani dramas ā if anything, itās quite the opposite. Iāve watched them for over a decade, discussed them, dissected them, and reviewed more of them than I can count. Theyāve been a familiar comfort, a habit, a cultural constant. But over the past couple of years, Iāve slowly been cutting down my…
Wordle 1658 | PROOF
Today’s wordle word is: PROOF. 5 attemps, but no mistakes this time. Yayy me! You can play wordle here:
Thursday Thrills | Party to Banti Hai
This week was crazy. This year was crazier. Maybe, someday, when I have the time and patience, I’ll write all about it (I have notes, y’know) but not today, not for a foreseeable future. The Invitation So, I was racing against time to finish things, last day and all (for the deliverable, nothing to do…