Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
So… I haven’t done any library tours in over a year (thanks, pandemic), but I recently went to Harbourfront Library and it is so pretty I had to share. Located in what was Singapore’s largest shopping centre at its time of opening, Library@Harbourfront was opened in 2019 and is the newest public library in Singapore.… Read More SingLib #4: Library@Harbourfront
It’s a two-fer! My bookclub chose The Ice Princess for our next book, and since the library only had a two-in-one version, I decided to read two stories. So, enjoy two reviews in one post. The Ice Princess The first book in the series, The Ice Princess is about the murder of Alex, who was… Read More Book Review: The Ice Princess & The Preacher by Camilla Lackberg
I would like to introduce you to the book you should be reading instead of Memoirs of a Geisha. Because not only is Memoirs of a Geisha incorrect, it was also based on Iwasaki Mineko’s life (just that Arthur Golden mis-represented things by portraying certain events negatively instead of positively, etc etc. You can read… Read More Rereading: Geisha of Gion by Iwasaki Mineko
I recently realised that I had not read the latest Below Stairs series (which, in my head I call the “Kat Holloway” mysteries because it’s easier to remember the protagonist’s name), so when I found a copy of Murder in the East End in the library, I promptly snatched it up! Murder in the East… Read More Book Review: Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley
Hi friends! I’m here to finish Wyrd & Wonder with one last fantasy post – a book review of Gods of Jade and Shadow! I previously read and enjoyed Mexican Gothic, so I was really excited for this one since it includes Mayan myths! God of Jade and Shadow is the tale of Cassiopea and… Read More Book Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
It’s probably weird to read the first and third books in a series before the second, but that’s how I read the Emma of Normandy series by Patricia Bracewell. Given how much I enjoyed Shadow on the Crown (Book 1) and The Steel Beneath the Silk (Book 3), it will come as no surprise that… Read More Book Review: The Price of Blood by Patricia Bracewell
A friend gave me a copy of this book of short stories and radio plays by one of the founding fathers of modern Singapore, S. Rajaratnam and honestly I am shocked that I never knew we had such a literary talent in Singapore! I knew of Rajaratnam as one of the key members of our… Read More Book Review: The Short Stories and Radio Plays of S. Rajaratnam
I’d forgotten about Candace Robb for a bit, but after I read The Cross Legged Knight, I just had to read another one of the Kate Clifford Mysteries, another series by her. A Murdered Peace is the third book in the Kate Clifford series and it deals heavily with characters from the first two books.… Read More Book Review: A Murdered Peace by Candace Robb
Happy Fantasy Friday! I’ve been super excited about today’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt, which is: “Fantasy in Translation”. Obviously, this calls for a list of my favourite translated fantasy works. I’ll link to my full review where possible, but a few of these are from my childhood/before this blog so there are no reviews. They’ve… Read More Wyrd & Wonder: 5 Translated Fantasy Books You Need to Read
I’ve finally read the third book in the Jackaby series! Thanks, Em, for always reminding me about this series and Wyrd & Wonder for giving me the final push to put it at the top of the TBR. So if you’re unfamiliar with the Jackaby, it’s a humorous fantasy series centered around the eccentric detective… Read More Book Review: Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter