Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
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)
I’m not sure how but I’ve finished The Age of Innocence in two days rather than the planned three (in my mind, it was a longer book). So I’m here to talk about it – be warned there will be spoilers. First, Newland Archer. He remains whiny for the rest of the book and is… Read More June ’23 Rereading: Day 27 – The Age of Innocence (II)
It’s the start of a new week and it’s actually the last week of this project. I’m a bit sad to be ending it because there’s more I want to reread and I know I won’t do much of that once I go back rereading “new” books, but I am also excited to go back… Read More June ’23 Rereading: Day 26 – The Age of Innocence (Part 1)
We go back to one of Britain’s most fascinating dynasties (or perhaps one that has been talked a lot of in recent times, what with Henry VIII’s wives and his daughters) to look at their private lives. For some reason, I thought that The Private Lives of the Tudors would be a book about the… Read More Book Review: The Private Lives of the Tudors by Tracy Borman