Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
I like the original Grimm fairytales, which is to say, I like fairytales that have a bit of darkness to them. So when I heard of Nightbooks, a story where a boy is captured by a witch and forced to tell her a scary story every night, I was intrigued. Plus, it’s Wyrd and Wonder… Read More Book Review: Nightbooks by J.A. White
I haven’t read Quiet but when I heard about the idea behind Bittersweet, I was immediately intrigued. The subtitle of this book is “how sorrow and longing make us whole” and that is not really an idea that I hear about a lot. Most people, even if they are striving for contentment instead of happiness,… Read More Book Review: Bittersweet by Susan Cain
I said that I wanted to read the next Owen Archer book fairly soon, so I did! I have to say, though, The Nun’s Tale is the darkest book from Robb that I read so far! Owen Archer should be at home with his wife, Lucie, as they prepare for the arrival of their first… Read More Book Review: The Nun’s Tale by Candace Robb
I haven’t been keeping up with Wyrd & Wonder AT ALL, but I really wanted to write this post because I love fantasy but tend not to be a fan of romance – there’s too much instalove and love triangles for me! So I thought it would be fun to look for books where romance… Read More Wyrd & Wonder: 5 Fantasy Books Without Romance
After reading Abi of Pellinor’s review of one of the Famous Five parodies, I somehow ended up in a secondhand bookstore in Manchester where I saw a copy of Five Go Parenting. Almost immediately, I knew that this would be one of my souvenirs from the trip, especially since my interest in the series was… Read More Book Review: Five Go Parenting by Bruno Vincent
I’ve not talked about the Singapore libraries in some time because I’ve not been in Singapore, but Krysta’s post on how We Need to Stop Assuming that “Everyone Knows” about the Public Library reminded me about the wonders of Overdrive/Libby! According to a 2020 post by Overdrive, Singapore is one of the top 10 audiobook… Read More 5 eBooks You Can Borrow From The Singapore Library (NLB)
“in the cold light of suspicion, every kindness became a threat; a goodness made sinister.” Sometimes, you don’t realise that you need to read a book to feel. I’m pretty sure I picked up The Furies because it had spent enough time on the TBR list (thanks Orangutan Librarian for bringing this book to my… Read More Book Review: The Furies by Katie Lowe
This is a book that was lost to me for a really long time. The first time I read The Haunting was when I was 14 (almost half my life ago!) and on a school trip to Cambodia. The book belonged to a friend and I never really got the title. For a few years… Read More Book Review: The Haunting by Joan Lowery Nixon
This isn’t really related to the book, but for some reason, I keep getting Kate Morton mixed up with Kate Mosse and that this book is by the same author as Labyrinth (which I thought I had read but apparently not). But anyway, I have learnt my lesson and given how much I enjoyed The… Read More Book Review: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
One downside of having multiple TBR lists in multiple places (so far it’s a Libby wishlist, a google keep note, something resembling a list on Goodreads, and there’s probably a physical list somewhere around the house) is that books tend to languish on the list. I’ve been really focused on reading ebooks since I moved… Read More Book Review: The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu