Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
Since I started reading the Sherlock Holmes stories, I thought it would be fitting to read more about the man who wrote the stories (no, not Dr Watson). Since I don’t believe the conspiracy theory that Holmes and Watson actually exist, it’s time to read about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Man Who Would be… Read More Book Review: The Man Who Would Be Sherlock by Christopher Sandford
You would think that since this is such a thin book, I would finish reading it ASAP but it has taken me a few months to get to this! I carried with me to Malaysia, out of Malaysia, and through the new year before I picked it up. It’s even weirder when you think about… Read More Book Review: The Celtic Twilight by W.B. Yeats
Recently, the idea of intertextuality popped back into my mind and led to a few thoughts (and this post): If you look at dictionary.com, intertextuality is defined as: the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; the way that similar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other If I’m understanding this correctly,… Read More Discussion Post: What does Intertextuality mean for Book Reviews?
It took me two tries before I could finish LOTR, and it took two attempts before I really got into this book – rather fitting, don’t you think? Ents, Elves, and Eriador focuses on the environmental vision of J.R.R. Tolkien, which is another way of saying that the authors read LOTR and associated works, Leaf… Read More Book Review: Ents, Elves, and Eriador by Matthew Dickerson and Jonathan Evans
I have finally read another Golden Age mystery by a writer that’s new to me! And the more I read of these lesser-known works (like Mitchell, for instance), the more I think that it was a pity that these authors are not more widely read. Flowers for the Judge starts with the detective being called… Read More Book Review: Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham
I recently checked my “Tea Book” tag and I realised that I have 35 posts in this tag! Even if you assume that some books have two posts (which is pretty rare), it still implies that I read a lot of tea books. So I thought it would be fun to do a post about… Read More Which Tea Book Should You Read?
The lovely Jamie (Lonelygirlbookclub on Instagram) was doing a book swap and I jumped at the chance to try something new. Since I mentioned to her that I wanted to try more SingLit, she sent me Corridors by Alfian Sa’at (and one other book). To be honest, I was pretty scared to read this because… Read More SEA Reading Challenge: Corridor by Alfian Sa’at
Since I had an overall positive experience with The Gambler, I thought it was best to move on to more Dostoyevsky works before I lose steam. This book contains two novellas – Notes from Underground and The Double, and they were both interesting reading experiences. Notes from Underground has a protagonist that gives me strong… Read More Book Review: Notes from Underground and The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I really enjoyed Shadow on the Crown, the first in the Emma of Normandy trilogy, so when I was offered a review copy of The Steel Beneath the Silk, I jumped at it. I even reread Shadow on the Crown to make sure everything was fresh in my head (it didn’t hurt that the British… Read More ARC Book Review: The Steel Beneath the Silk by Patricia Bracewell
Anthony Horowitz… where have I heard that name before? Oh yeah, I used to read a lot of Alex Rider. It was a bit of a surprise to me when a few years ago, I started hearing Anthony Horowitz’s name in a non-Alex Rider context. And it was a bigger surprise a few weeks ago… Read More Rereading: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz