Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
It’s time for tea (books)! The first of the three that I plan to read is A Social History of Tea by Jane Pettigrew and Bruce Richardson! So far, I’ve read up to the 17th and 18th centuries. I’m going to be pausing my reading of The Tale of Tea for the time being because… Read More Daily Reading: 20th May//A Social History of Tea (Part 1)
Joining in the tradition of “Jane Eyre-inspired books that I liked more than the original text” (scandalous, I know) is My Plain Jane, the second in the The Lady Janies series. This got on my radar when The Orangutan Librarian did a fun review of the book and then got kicked to the top of… Read More Book Review: My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton
I have no idea why I didn’t think of Jacqueline Wilson when I started this rereading project because I realised that I’ve reread both The Illustrated Mum and Lola Rose many times over the years. In fact, I love Lola Rose so much that I own two editions of the book – the English and… Read More Daily Reading: 19th May//Lola Rose
I’ve been wanting to reread my books about tea but I needed a palate cleanser after Brave Story. So I ended up reading The Illustrated Mum (I’ve been meaning to read the Sarah Dessen novels I own but I haven’t been feeling it) and it actually has a lot of similarities to Brave Story. Well,… Read More Daily Reading: 18th May//The Illustrated Mum
I’ve mentioned it before, but the work-from-home thing has really gotten into full swing now that the factory is up (and I have work to do) which means that… I’m pretty tired. So I took a break from the daily blogging on Friday and yesterday. I wanted to take a complete weekend break from the… Read More Daily Reading: 17th May//A Short Break
Finding a copy of Trick Mirror in the library is like finding a needle in a haystack. Each library has a copy but that copy seems to be perpetually borrowed and I wasn’t willing to pay to reserve a copy. So when I found out that my local library had a copy available, I decided… Read More Book Review: Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
I managed to read about a hundred more pages of Brave Story today, so I’m now into the Vision part of the series. Vision is basically something that Wataru thought up and because he likes video games, it’s really like an RPG. Although I remember enjoying the adventure the first time I read Brave Story,… Read More Daily Reading: 14th May//How Zelda is Enhancing my Reading Experience
Today, I started Brave Story which I have been half eagerly anticipating and half dreading. The anticipating stuff is obvious – I remember really enjoying this when I read it and I just finished The Gate of Sorrows (review… will be posted soon) and I loved that too. The dread part, though, is another matter.… Read More Daily Reading: 13th May//The Bad Beginning in Brave Story
I took the unprecedented step of borrowing a Discworld novel recently. I normally buy them because they are great for re-reads, but I was craving something new and funny and hadn’t had the time to go to the bookshop (the nearby library has a lot more books too). In The Truth, Ankh Morpork has finally… Read More Book Review: The Truth by Terry Pratchett
Contrary to my expectations, I managed to finish The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear today! It’s a brick of a book (just over 700 pages) so I was planning to devote the week to it but the book was really just too fun and I flew through it. Also, I started this rereading with… Read More Daily Reading: 12th May//Reading Fast and Slow