Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
This is a long overdue continuation of me reading the Anne of Green Gables series. I suppose I have some issues continuing books after huge events (or just before) because the sheer excitement and anticipation backfires and makes me too nervous to read the book. In Anne’s House of Dreams, Anne and Gilbert finally get… Read More Book Review: Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
I heard about this book when Sara Tasker interviewed the author, Nir Eyal, for her podcast Hashtag Authentic. The podcast introduced the idea of timeboxing, which was an idea that I immediately wanted to try. So I decided to read the book as well, to see what else I could learn. Indistractible is broken into… Read More Book Review: Indistractible by Nir Eyal
I have something really exciting today – a giveaway!! I’ve been working on something new as a newsletter signup present and finally finished version one. It’s PDF of book and tea pairings featuring some of my favourite books and teas. I’ve got ten pairings in this first version and I will be adding more to… Read More Newsletter & Instagram Giveaway!
I heard great things about The Nine Tailors from The Golden Age of Murder so I had to borrow it. While I enjoyed the book, it felt very familiar, as though I had read it before. So I went to Goodreads and… I’ve read this seven years ago! This is shaping up to be the… Read More Book Review: The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
I first heard about the Raven’s Mark series when the Orangutan Librarian reviewed Crowfall, the third in the series. It sounded amazing and I immediately made a mental note to borrow the first book someday. Well, the someday is here (and sooner than some other book I have on my TBR list) and you know… Read More Book Review: Blackwing by Ed McDonald
“In the kingdom of the blind, Amelia recited to herself as she trudged along— —the one-eyed man is king, Gamache read.” Kingdom of the Blind, Louise Penny Ever since How the Light Gets In, I’ve been waiting for the Inspector Gamache series to finish. But Louise Penny has always managed to write another great book… Read More Book Review: Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
After a happy time doing January in Japan on bookstagram, I was pretty eager to continue with February in France. Since I’m pretty unfamiliar with the genre, I had a pretty fun time looking for books. I ended up focusing on mysteries because that’s a genre I love and it felt more accessible, eventually borrowing… Read More Book Review: Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas
Wodehouse is fast becoming a comfort read, along with Miss Read’s series of books. But while I read Miss Read for the charm of old-time rural England, Wodehouse appeals for the sense of humour that suffuses his works. Joy in the Morning has Bertie Wooster endeavouring to evade marriage (again) and the wrath of his… Read More Book Review: Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse
Pretty much everyone around me who reads has raved about Billion Dollar Whale online. But it’s popular status also means that it’s been hard to grab a copy in the library (or perhaps I’m just lucky). So when I saw the ecopy in Overdrive, I decided to download it and woah, this is basically Crazy… Read More Book Review: Billion Dollar Whale by Tom Wright & Bradley Hope
I first heard about The Night Parade when Wendy at Literary Feline reviewed it … in 2016. Yes, this has been on my TBR list for four years! But it’s about Obon and Japanese culture so I was definitely going to read it sooner or later. In The Night Parade, Saki is dragged from her… Read More Book Review: The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary