Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
Woohoo my second ever book tag! I was a bit hesitant to start this because I’m still stuck on the one to recommend a blog for every letter of my blog name (sorry, Brittany) but I decided to bite the bullet. To be honest, I can’t find a book for every prompt, so I’m just… Read More The Women’s History Book Tag
This is actually my cousin’s book but I borrowed it during his housewarming party last month. Yes, I am the person who takes things away during a housewarming (but with every intention of bringing it back!). Jerusalem is a sweeping biography of the city, starting from the reign of King David and ending in the… Read More Book Review: Jerusalem, The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Miss Read leaves her precious village of Fairacre for Greece! Further Afield indeed! The summer holidays were meant to be relaxing, but unfortunately for Miss Read, she starts by breaking her arm! Just as she’s getting better, Amy hears that her husband wants a divorce – so that he can be with his mistress. To… Read More Book Review: Further Afield by Miss Read
It has taken me half a year but I am finally over my feelings towards Nemesis (a Miss Marple mystery). It helped that I read C.S. Lewis on why he reads – experience different views of life, not just views that I agree with. I’m glad that I gave Miss Marple another chance because apart… Read More Not That Cosy: A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
One nice thing about bookstagram is that I get to know the Singapore bookish community! The Super Secret Book was one of the first few accounts that I found and I’ve been admiring the cute art that they post ever since. When I heard that The Super Secret book was out in ebook, I had… Read More Book Review: The Super Secret Book by Tian En
This is one of the Kickstarter projects I backed last year when I was a little bit too obsessed with Kickstarter in general (I still check the site but I’m probably more interested in vintage teacups right now). Their Darkest Materials appealed to me because I’ve tried knitting and sewing but never really considered the… Read More Kickstarter Book Review: Their Darkest Materials by Penelope Hemingway
I really like reading about nature (experiencing it is another matter) so when I saw this book on NetGalley, I really wanted to read it. Unfortunately for Birder on Berry Lane, I read it after I had read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (the reviews are far apart because I didn’t want to post this so… Read More Book Review: Birder on Berry Lane by Robert Tougias
If you look at the cover, you’ll know the reason why I picked up this book. The synopsis pretty much sealed the deal – it promised to explain the history of why we’ve fallen in love with murder. To That End, Murder by Candlelight focuses on not one but five murder cases: The Radlett Murder… Read More Book Review: Murder by Candlelight by Michael Knox Beran
There isn’t a good reason for me to be shocked by the fact that butter has a book dedicated to it, given that I have multiple books dedicated to tea and that is also a food product, but I was surprised and very intrigued. I grew up eating margarine on toast but in the past… Read More Book Review: Butter by Elaine Khosrova
I cannot say that I’m studying Heian Japan without reading as many of its most important works as possible, even if it is poetry. The Tales of Ise is a collection of 125 narrative-poems consisting of a short narrative + poem(s), all loosely based on the life of Narihara, the model lover. While I might… Read More Book Review: The Tales of Ise translated by Peter MacMillian