Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
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
Younger me thought this was an amazing book and older me was a bit scared that my memories were wrong, which is why I didn’t read this book for years (apart from the fact it’s extremely yellowed, another sign of age, this book is not in my Goodreads catalogue, so I don’t even know when… Read More Rereading: Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan
I love the weekends because I get to read a lot more! I baked some cookies today and managed to finish a book while waiting for all the batches to bake and cool. And then I finished one after I got home and realised I didn’t have that much to do. Today, I read: I,… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 13
I’ve just finished a meeting, so you can guess how much reading time I’ve had. In light of that, I decided to reread something short – At The House of the Magician by Mary Hooper. I’ve also just realised that I reread this book last year, and that I still have not read At The… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 12
It has been surprisingly difficult to get ahold of Berkeley’s mysteries, since the library only has the Chinese translations and I couldn’t really find his books in stores. Until I stumbled across Trial and Error in BookXcess (that wonderful remaindered book website) and promptly got a copy. One of the novelists during the Golden Age… Read More Book Review: Trial and Error by Anthony Berkeley
So, I didn’t manage to read that much yesterday, but it’s okay because my meeting tonight got pushed back so I have a lot more reading time! Since Tuesday, I have managed to: Start on Of Bees and Mist, the book that I’ve been wanting to reread for years but never got round to it.… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 11