Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
A while back, I wrote a post on cottagecore books – while this isn’t the traditional cottagecore book, it is a heartwarming book set in a small village in a forest and because of that, I think it qualifies as one. Thanks Juliet, for sending me a copy of this book, it’s beautifully translated and… Read More Book Review: Kamusari Tales Told at Night by Shion Miura
It has been almost a year since I last read something by Candace Robb, which is a pity because this book reminded me how much I enjoy her historical mysteries. I used to think that her Kate Clifford books are my favourite, but this second book in the Owen Archer series makes me want to… Read More Book Review: The Lady Chapel by Candace Robb
This has been on my TBR list for years, mostly because I think I was supposed to have won a copy of it but never got the book and thus never bothered to go find a copy. But I was craving for a fantasy novel and this was available in Libby so I guess I… Read More Book Review: The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann
It’s always gratifying to see your country in a book, especially since Singapore is so small! But it also makes sense that in a book about how English as a language is changing, Singlish (Singapore English) appears as a case study (although, sadly, Abley missed the chance to talk about Phua Chu Kang, a local… Read More Book Review: The Prodigal Tongue by Mark Abley
I can’t remember where I first heard about this book and that’s a real pity because I really enjoyed this and would want to message/comment on that person’s post to tell them thank you! And also that the book scared me so much. Also, I started typing out this review and realised that I spoiled… Read More Book Review: The Whisper Man by Alex North [Spoilers]
I’ve had this book on my Overdrive wishlist for a while, but I didn’t really think about reading it until I had to prepare a talk about tea and remembered that a few farms have talked to me about the dangers of monocultural crops, and suddenly, Never Out of Season seemed really relevant. Never Out… Read More Book Review: Never Out of Season by Rob Dunn
I can’t quite remember how I found this book, but it was in my overdrive wishlist and I was looking for a fantasy to read so I decided to pick it. What I found was a French-inspired fantasy full of friendship and learning how to put broken things back together. The Castle Behind Thorns starts… Read More Book Review: The Castle Behind Thorns by Merrie Haskell
I’ve had Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead (can I call it DYPOTBOTD because that is a loooong title) on my TBR list for a while because it seemed to be fairly divisive. I’m pretty sure that I’ve heard both really good and bad things about this book and it made me… Read More Book Review: Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
My week is over and I think it went pretty well! So it’s back to regular programming, I hope. I first heard about this book when Zeezee reviewed it. Since I’ve not read much African and African-American-inspired fantasy and since I also enjoyed the Percy Jackson series, I thought I would enjoy this one. And… Read More Book Review: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
“Journalists, as they say, write the first draft of history, and the first draft is the only one that most of the public remembers, not the more nuanced, better-informed one that comes after the dust has cleared.” This was one of the books that the library featured in Libby when I opened the app, and… Read More Book Review: The Revolution That Wasn’t by Spencer Jakab