Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
I had this book on my TBR list for quite a while, so after I talked about it in my post on 7 Fantasy books based on 7 Different Mythologies and when I was at the library, I decided that it was time to bite the bullet and read it! (I have a terrible habit… Read More Book Review: The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh
Friends, I have to admit that I bought this book by accident. I saw the words “Love & Friendship” and “Jane Austen” on the page and thought it referred to her juvenilia Love & Freindship. However, this is actually a tongue-in-cheek version of Lady Susan, based on the movie Love & Friendship which was about… Read More Book Review: Love & Friendship by Whit Stillman
Now that we’re in July, I’ve been able to crack open the other Jane Austen books that I bought before the month of rereading. While I think I’ve at least a copy of Austen’s novels, I didn’t have any of her juvenilia… until now, that is. Apart from Lady Susan, I also bought a copy… Read More Book Review: Sandition & Other Stories by Jane Austen
I thought I’d read this before but since I can’t find any evidence that I have, I waited till July to read Lady Susan even though this cloth-bound version was almost too cute to resist (and also, I was rereading quite a bit of Austen in June)! Lady Susan is part of Austen’s juvenilia, or… Read More Book Review: Lady Susan by Jane Austen
After enjoying the second instalment of the Thursday Murder Club a lot more than I expected, I had pretty high hopes for The Bullet That Missed, which is the third book in the series. The Man Who Died Twice brought us deep into Elizabeth’s world and her dangerous past. In The Bullet That Missed, an… Read More Book Review: The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
I said I wanted to read the second Chrestomanci book and I finally have! One thing I’ve realised (belatedly, and due to not taking in what other people have said about the series) is that none of these books are connected to one another! So now I don’t feel too bad that I read Witch… Read More Book Review: The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
This was another book club pick and I was pretty excited because Now You See Us promised to show Singapore through the eyes of a group of people that are ever present but whom we rarely hear from: the domestic helpers, specifically domestic helpers from Philippines. These are women who have left their homes to… Read More Book Review: Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal
It took a while, but I’ve read the next book in the Freida Klein series. Almost a year ago, I finished Tuesday’s Gone and decided that I was liking the series and wanted to read more. Following the days of the week, Waiting for Wednesday has Freida on the precipice of collapse. Hal Bradshaw has… Read More Book Review: Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci French
When I finished reading The Age of Innocence yesterday, I was a bit worried about what I was going to read next because I had planned on taking longer to read it and finding my next book in Singapore. But luckily for me, my hold on Infused by Henrietta Lovell (which I made earlier this… Read More June ’23 Rereading: Day 28 – Infused (Part 1)
After realising that I’ve not written a review for Mansfield Park, I thought it would be a good idea to combine a post that could be a book review with my attempt to defend Fanny Price. Fanny (unfortunate name aside) has been considered one of Austen’s most controversial characters. Do we like her, or do… Read More An Attempt to Defend Fanny Price (Book: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen)