Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
Aeons ago, while I was still taking piano lessons, I used to borrow books from my piano teacher. One of those books was Skulduggery Pleasant, but because it’s been ages, I’ve more or less forgotten what it’s all about. However, Abi of Pellinor has been rereading and reviewing the Skulduggery Pleasant series and her review… Read More Book Review: Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
“In her essay, the woman searches for her identity and her soul. Crossing the bridge of words, she dispels anxieties and cultivates her intellect to reach the spiritual realm of her heart.” The “Grand” Realm Versus the “True” realm by Zhang Kangkang After reading Women & Power by Mary Beard, I wanted to read something… Read More Book Review: Once Iron Girls edited by Hui Wu
Every time I go on a long-distance flight, I like to buy a book at the airport so that I can try to retain memories through the book. So A Map of Days will be my “moving to Nice” book and I hope I remember the first few days of Nice (and how I basically… Read More Book Review: A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
Although I’ve not picked up a Temperance Brennan mystery in five years (thanks Goodreads for keeping track), I have recently rewatched the TV show Bones. When a friend mentioned that Kathy Reichs was a Canadian author and that she enjoyed the books, I decided to try another Temperance Brennan mystery. I may have skipped a… Read More Book Review: A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs
“Personal stories are about moving from place to place, and these places can be internal as well as out there in the world.” This is the first book that has made the jump from Pinterest to my TBR and finally to actually being read and if books could receive congratulations, I’d give it one. I… Read More Book Review: Field Notes from the Edge by Paul Evans
This is, perhaps unsurprisingly, another book that was part of my MBA’s summer reading list and the last one that I’ll be reviewing (for now? Who knows). I don’t think I’ve read a lot of management books, so this is perhaps the most ‘traditional’ business book that I read. The Hard Thing About Doing Hard… Read More Book Review: The Hard Thing About Doing Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
This is probably the longest book from the MBA reading list that I’ve read, but it’s also a book that I’ve heard a lot of good things about. So let’s dive into the review! Thinking Fast and Slow is a very long book about how we think. To make things easier, Kahneman refers to our… Read More Book Review: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
It’s been some time since my post on the different types of kimono but I really wanted to write a follow-up post to further explore the variations in kimono. Since I covered the different levels of formality kimonos can have in the first post, I thought I’d focus a bit more on how kimonos come… Read More Reading in Japanese: Kimono Fabric, Seasons, and the Obi
The last time I read a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (it was Fooled by Randomness, if you were wondering), it was because a teacher recommended it. This time, I read Skin in the Game because it was on my MBA’s summer reading list. I don’t know about you, but I sense a pattern forming.… Read More Book Review: Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I’m pretty sure I heard about The Project by one of you wonderful book bloggers, but I’ve forgotten who. But I do remember why I picked this up – firstly, it’s by Courtney Summers and I really enjoyed Sadie, another book by her. Secondly, The Project is about a cult and honestly, there’s something about… Read More Book Review: The Project by Courtney Summers