Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
I saw this in the Heathrow bookstore, but since I was running low on pounds, I decided to just note it down and read it later. Well, it’s later and I’ve read the book. The Stranger Diaries is a crime novel set in the English countryside. Clare Cassidy lives a fairly uneventful life as a… Read More The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
Because I’ve started writing about the libraries I frequent, I’ve started wondering about some of the changes that I’ve seen – for example, why are the information desks gone? The Remaking of Singapore’s Public Libraries provides an answer to that, and many other, questions as it tells the “story of how “Singapore’s public libraries have… Read More SingLib: The Remaking of Singapore’s Public Libraries by Hong Xingyi
I heard about this book from Tim Harford’s blog and was immediately intrigued because… I like rest but I also like creativity. And now that I’ve got a bit more time thanks to the fact that I’m lowering my handphone use, I’m also looking to see if there any changes I can make to have… Read More Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
When I saw this book, I thought the author’s names looked familiar. As it turns out, I actually read another book by them – The Story of Tea – last year. I’ve definitely learnt a lot since then, so I decided to read this and see if my opinions on their opinions of tea would… Read More The Tea Enthusiast’s Handbook by Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss
While I’m fairly familiar with the term Asperger’s syndrome, I don’t actually know anything about the history behind it. So I was a bit shocked when I saw the cover of this book and found out that the origin of this diagnosis has its roots in Nazi Vienna. The term “Asperger Syndrome” was popularised by… Read More Asperger’s Children by Edith Sheffer
After reading The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, I was pretty excited to continue the rest of the series. The only thing was that I read the first book – The Mysterious Benedict Society – six years ago and only remembered that I really enjoyed the book (present me tsks at past me). So it… Read More The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
I’ve been sitting on this post for at least a month, which is weird because the Central Public Library is one of the libraries that I visit at least a couple of times a year. I definitely don’t go there as much as I do to Clementi Public Library or Jurong Regional Library, but I… Read More SingLib #3: Central Public Library
The alternative title for this was “Reading slow does not mean reading better”, but I don’t have anything against ‘slow readers’ (how do you even categorise reading speeds anyway?) and I thought that the title above was a bit more unwieldy but accurate. The inspiration for this post came from this BookRiot post titled “Why… Read More Your Reading Speed is NOT Related to Your Reading Quality
This is another one of the books that’s been on the TBR list for some time. While it’s not related to the overuse of social media, I thought it would be interesting to read about how social media is being used as “weapons”. LikeWar argues that social media is being used by various groups to… Read More LikeWar by P.W. Singer
It took me some time but I’ve finally read the third book in the Invisible Library series. Sadly, I wasn’t as impressed as I was with the first two books, which means that I’m at a bit of a crossroads as to whether I want to continue the series. The Burning Page takes place right… Read More The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman