Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
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
We’re almost one-third of the way through! Today was a fairly good reading day because I decided to bake bread and basically just read while the bread was baking. I find bread to be rather tricky, so I’m glad that this one went well! It’s actually pretty easy to make and I can see myself… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 9
Hello friends! So on my theoretical ‘I’d like to reread this in March’ list, I have Of Bees and Mist, but I’ve just not been feeling it so instead of starting that book, I have decided to reread… The Famous Five Volume 2! I really like this 3-volume series because they use the same illustrations… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 8
I have an impression that this isn’t my first Adam Dalgliesh novel ever, but it’s definitely my first in a long time. Since I enjoyed The Mistletoe Murder, I wanted to read a full-length mystery starring Dalgliesh. I didn’t expect it to be quite this long (its 594 pages for my edition!) but I ended… Read More Book Review: Devices and Desires by P.D James
Hi friends! I am back! Remember how I talked about that article that was giving me stress? Well, I not only finished it, I finished it early enough that it has now been published on the Japan Rail Cafe blog! It’s all about Sayama tea and the Tocha game and if you’re interested in Japanese… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 7
I’ve been hearing a lot about this book but because of the subject matter, I’ve always been a bit scared to read it. And then it was picked as my book’s club next book. My Dark Vanessa is the story of Vanessa, from Vanessa’s point of view. Her life at thirty-two isn’t great – she’s… Read More Book Review: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell