Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
This book was a large reason why I finally read Jane Eyre – a serial killer satire of Jane Eyre sounded amazing. The peek that Wendy at Literary Feline gave into the book intrigued me and I decided that I had to read it. Jane Steele is a big fan of Jane Eyre. However, she… Read More Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
I’ve had a slight increase in interest in Shakespeare ever since last year when we visited Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe in London. So when I saw this book on Anne Hathaway, I decided to request a copy. As with Shakespeare, we know very few details about Anne Hathaway’s life, which makes it very easy for… Read More Imagining Shakespeare’s Wife by Katherine West Scheil
I’ve been wanting to learn more about Chinese tea, so when I found out that the library had this, I decided to check it out! Chinese Tea is a fairly short introduction to tea and its relation to Chinese culture, with the following chapters: Preface: A quick discussion on the origin and history of tea.… Read More Chinese Tea by Liu Tong
I’ve finally finished Jane Eyre! I am, as usual, embarrassingly behind the times. So a little history about my experience with this book. By the time my two youngest siblings were born, my parents had twigged onto the fact that I liked books and got me one new book for each new sibling (to help… Read More Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Continuing on my quest to read as many tea books as possible, I found The Story of Tea at the library! Written by two tea traders, The Story of Tea claims to be a “cultural history and drinking guide.” The first chapter is called “A Brief History of Tea”, though it’s pretty comprehensive to me.… Read More The Story of Tea by Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss
I first heard about this book from NPR’s article “From Raucous To Ritzy: A Brief History Of Christmas Tea” (would recommend this if you want to know about more about how Christmas tea came about!). The book sounded interesting and since the NLB had it, I decided to borrow it. Unfortunately, I didn’t realise how… Read More A Thirst for Empire by Erika Rappaport
This was probably one of the first histories of tea that I read and the reason I know the difference between low tea and high tea (leading to the realisation that most restaurants in Singapore use the phrase ‘high tea’ wrongly). So obviously I had to revisit this book, if only to refresh my memory.… Read More Tea: The Drink that Changed the World by Laura C. Martin
I found this book while looking for books about tea at the library. Since I don’t know much about Chinese tea, I thought that this would be a pretty interesting book to read. This dual-language (Chinese and English) book talks about: – Longjing (Dragon well) tea– Bi Luo Chun– Mao Feng, and– Ping Shui Ri… Read More 4 World Famous Chinese Green Teas by Jason C. S. Chen
When I was in Japan, I had several brief encounters with the Japanese tea ceremony – sitting with my friends as they practiced before their lesson, attending the new year’s tea ceremony at Tenjin’s chikagai, and a one-off tea ceremony lesson during my finishing course. So when I changed upon Making Tea, Making Japan, I… Read More Making Tea, Making Japan by Kristin Surak
Carrying on my plan to read more about tea, I started on For All the Tea in China, a book that deals with a very specific part of tea’s history: how tea and the knowledge of tea processing left China and made its way into the world. While the subtitle says “how England stole the… Read More For All the Tea in China by Sarah Rose