Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
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
Thanks to book blogging and bookstagram, my TBR list is at almost unmanageable levels right now. It’s so easy to just miss out on a few books, but thanks to Wyrd and Wonder, I realised that I had a Japanese fantasy waiting to be borrowed and read! The Beast Player contains the first two books… Read More Book Review: The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
As I hit the two-thirds mark of The Tale of Genji, I realised that some of the characters here were echoing things that I saw on the Internet (especially about entitled people/dating) and for the first time, understood why The Tale of Genji has stood the test of time. Before this, I was just generally… Read More 3 Things in The Tale of Genji that still exist (infuriatingly)
Last year, I read Prosperity Without Growth by Tim Jackson, a book that felt like a very timely read. And although it’s been about a year since then, we’re still in an economic slowdown and the idea that we need to rethink our definitions of prosperity remains relevant. So when I was offered a review… Read More Book Review: Post Growth by Tim Jackson
I managed to read another book by a Golden Age Mystery author I’ve not read before! Honestly, I’m amazed that I didn’t look into this time period earlier, given that I was such a fan of Agatha Christie when I was younger. I’m not sure why I thought she was the only mystery writer worth… Read More Book Review: The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin