Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
It has been some time since I talked about Studio Ghibli, so it’s time to remind everyone that Studio Ghibli makes amazing films by talking about Mixing Work with Pleasure, Toshio Suzuki’s account of his time spent at Studio Ghibli as a producer and company president. If you want to see some of his calligraphy,… Read More Book Review: Mixing Work with Pleasure by Toshio Suzuki
I picked up this book mostly because I had a suspicion I would be caught in a very, very bad traffic jam and I wanted something to kill the time (I was right but I didn’t have as much opportunity to read). What I didn’t expect was that this book would be captivating and so… Read More Book Review: The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Four friends, a safari, and long-held secrets – the premise of The Wild Girls hooked me immediately and after some time on my TBR list, I finally read it. The Wild Girls has estranged friends Grace (isolated from unmentioned past events), Alice (financial issues + abusive boyfriends), and Hannah (mother who has complicated feelings towards… Read More Book Review: The Wild Girls by Phoebe Morgan
I read the Dark is Rising sequence way back when I was in school, but reading Re-Enchanted made me want to re-read this series (especially since I remember liking it). So I borrowed a copy of this from the library and settled in for a rollicking ride. In Over Sea, Under Stone, Simon, Jane, and… Read More Book Review: Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
“Pitying people isn’t a kindness. It makes them supine. And those who seek it don’t deserve respect.” After almost two years, I am back to the DCI Barnaby mysteries! I read The Killings at Badger’s Drift in mid-2021, and since I recently watched an episode of Midsomer Murders (albeit in incognito as my BBC player… Read More Book Review: Death of a Hollow Man by Caroline Graham
This is going to be a short review because it’s mostly an art book. I considered just putting it on Goodreads to track my stats but it’s so cute I would still like to share it with you (sidenote: I don’t like this mindset I have that short reviews aren’t worth posting for posterity here… Read More Book Review: A Teacup Collection by Molly Hatch
I have been following Joanna Penn for a while as her podcast on being a self-published author is one of the biggest podcasts within the subgenre. When I heard she was holding a Kickstarter for a new book – one themed around travel – I was instantly intrigued. And it didn’t hurt that the Kickstarter… Read More Kickstarter Book Review: Pilgrimage by J.F. Penn
There are his & hers cups, his & hers sinks, and now… his & hers books! I can’t remember when I got these, but I was looking through my books and realised that I have these two! The Lost Art of Being a Lady and The Lost Art of Being a Gentleman are two very… Read More Two Book Reviews: The Lost Art of Being a Lady/Gentleman
With the subtitle: “A journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales”, it was inevitable that I would pick this up. I found out about this book from an excerpt on Travel Writing World, so I was very intrigued about the combination between fairy tale history and travel writing. Spoiler alert: This book was heavier… Read More Book Review: The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber
So, I’m sure I’ve read this book before (especially once I started actually reading the book – it’s all familiar and I’ve either read it before or had a scarily accurate dream about the story). But because I can’t find any review of the book on this blog or on Goodreads, the completionist in me… Read More Book Review: The Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Barnhill