Noura Khalid ✨ نورا خالد

✨Meet the Bookstagrammer✨ 💬: Share with me something about you 🩷 where you’re from, what books started your reading journey, favourite authors, anything! I can’t remember the last time I did this so let’s start from the top! •My name is Noura and I started my bookstagram account in 2015 (on and off) •The books that started my reading journey were The Hunger Games, Divergent, and the Shadowhunter series. •I used to have a favourite genre but after expanding my reading the past few years I now pretty much read everything 🙈 •I was born in Saudi Arabia and now live in Dubai. •I started a bookish business recently @inkedchapters.ae where I illustrate stickers and bookmarks. •I love starting new hobbies! Some of my favourites are reading, Illustrating, embroidery, and photography. •Two countries I’d love to one day visit: Japan and Ireland.

Romanticizing a random Wednesday 🎀💌🤍 💬: What have you been loving recently? ✨ Continuing my The Vampire Diaries rewatch with a cup of tea and my kindle close at hand ✨ Todays shower & care essentials ✨ Books, books, and more books ✨ My current read which I’m loving so much ✨ My recent favourite makeup products ✨ Tried a new yummy salad ✨ Ich lerne heute Deutsch 🇩🇪

What my night looks like 📖✨ I started reading A Novel Love Story last night and so far I love it so much 😍 💬: What are you reading this week?

Say hello to my latest collection 🤭🩷 💬: Which of these do you like the most? I finally got the bookmarks for my latest Harry Potter collection printed! I illustrated all of these. Each one took between 2 to 4 hours. As much work as it was they turned out even better than I had expected 🥹 I’ll be selling these soon! I have more collections coming so keep an eye out 👀 If you’d like to support a small business follow my shop account @@inkedchapters.ae

Time to reveal the cover of The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne 😍 I read her book Such Lovely Skin earlier this year and it was SO good! I know this one will be too. She had me at Midsommar 🤭 SYNOPSIS: So what if Sadie hears talking dead animals? It’s just PTSD from that time at 7th grade summer camp when she hid under the bed and watched as cultists murdered her best friends. Now, Sadie’s a physical therapy assistant, a powerlifter, and a perfectly normal 29-year-old (sans the occasional chat with roadkill.) She’s even going camping again. It’ll be totally fine, as long as the cult doesn’t come back for her… Tatiana Schlote-Bonne’s dark, humorous style shines in her dual-timeline adult debut for fans of Midsommar and Grady Hendrix. The Mean Ones is an adult horror novel and will be released September 30th 2025.

A random book layout featuring my new camera 🥰📷 💬: See anything you’ve read or want to read?

According to my @fable account romance is my most read genre this year 🤭🩷 featuring my bookmark which you can find @inkedchapters.ae 💬: Do you have any romance recs for me?

What are we reading this weekend? 📖 💛 I started Conversations with Friends yesterday. About 30 pages in so still early to say how I feel about it. 💙 Listening to the audiobook of Hamnet for when I’m in the car or doing chores. 💚 And lastly I’m reading an arc of Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney. Almost 50% through and I don’t know what I think yet 🙈 I’ll either love or hate this and I guess we’ll see which one it’ll be.

New book haul 🥰📚 💬: Have you read any of these? What’s the last book(s) you bought?

My current read/listen 📖✨ This is so atmospheric and very descriptive. I’m not 100% sure how I feel about it just yet but I guess we’ll see. 💬: Have you read Hamnet? If not, what are you reading this week?

💬: How do you feel about Normal People/ Sally Rooney’s writing? Finished my reread last night. I wanted to see how I’d feel about the book the second time around, and I feel like it left so much room for reflection. I felt things deeper somehow, and that’s something I didn’t think was possible. I know this book probably isn’t for everyone, but it remains one of my favourites. I don’t think a book has ever left me so much to unpack. The more I think about it the more I start to unravel. The characters can sometimes be unlikable, imperfect, vulnerable, and real and that’s what I appreciate the most about Sally Rooney’s books.

A short but fun reel about the SIBF ‘24 guided tour! This was from the Sharjah book fair which unfortunately I couldn’t go to but the team did and they had the time of their lives. DM me or comment if you’re in the UAE and interested in joining our community club to stay updated on future events and activities 😊