Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
The annoying thing about one book having two different titles is that you’ll end up misunderstanding how many library copies there are. I searched for this book under “Darling Rose Gold” and thought that there weren’t many copies available, but then I searched by author name and found it in the library I was visiting!… Read More Book Review: The Recovery of Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
Hi friends! Sad news – I am officially supposed to be drinking less tea. I don’t know how it’s going to look like (I’m apparently allowed to have up to have 1 cup of coffee’s worth of a tea a day) but I’m hoping I can get back to my regular caffeine consumption levels soon.… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 23
Hi friends! The weekend is over and I’m somewhat relieved but also somewhat nervous about the week ahead. I’m almost done packing the tea bags to send to the participants (if you are in Singapore, it’s not too late to sign up) and I manged to get a little reading. So over the past two… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 22
Younger-me loved this book and current-me can totally see why – this is a poignantly written story about growing up, wrapped up in the fantasy and dark reality of fairytales (although a part of me wonders how I even found this book at such a young age!). The Book of Lost Things starts with David… Read More Rereading: The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Hi friends! I am done with today’s seminar and managed to get a decent bit of reading in! So let’s dive into it. First, I finished another chapter of The Tale of Genji, and what a doozy it was. This is the chapter entitled Aoi and it contains: the climax of Genji’s affair with the… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 20
Selah at A Bibliophile Style continues to host the Year with Christie readalongs on Instagram! This year, the frequency of the book discussions have dropped to quarterly, which works for me because I forgot about this until two or three weeks before the discussion (which is taking place today). The Murder at the Vicarage is… Read More Book Review: The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
I just finished a one-night family staycation (picture is taken during that time!) and now I’m feeling slightly more ready to tackle the busyness of the next ten plus days! This weekend, I’ll have the one workshop to attend and another one to translate for, so fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly. I have some… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 19
Echo North has been on my TBR list for so long that I can no longer remember how it came onto my radar. But I can definitely remember why I put it on the list – I’m a sucker for fairytale retellings and Echo North retellings not one, but two fairytales! Scarred by a white… Read More Book Review: Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
I first heard about this book in mid-2020, when Lila from Hardcover Haven talked about it for her Black and Bookish tag. I’ve never read a North African-inspired fantasy, so I was immediately intrigued and put it on my TBR list. A River of Royal Blood is the story of Evalina, a princess of Myre.… Read More Book Review: A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy
Hi friends! I hope you had a good start to the week! I haven’t been reading all that much, but I have managed to finish: Totto-Chan by Kuroyanagi Tetsuko – This is one of my childhood favourites! Although I generally enjoyed school, I really wanted to go to either Whyteleafe or Tomoe. While this is… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 16