Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
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
Although I enjoyed Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel, I haven’t actually read any of Daphne du Maurier’s short stories. Until now, that is. The blurb for The Doll describes it as “short fiction in which she explored the images, themes, and concerns that informed her later work” so I was cautiously excited about what the… Read More The Doll by Daphne du Maurier
Alison Weir is a name that has popped up several times when looking for recommendations of popular British history books. I thought that she wrote mainly biographies and added Anne Boleyn to see if I liked her style, so imagine my surprise when I realised that this was historical fiction. Subtitled: A King’s Obsession, this… Read More Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir
I heard about this book quite a bit when it came out but I tend to avoid books during their hype (I’ll probably be reading Harry Potter soon and I guess I’ll continue Game of Thrones when the series is done). When I saw this book in the library, I figured that most of the… Read More Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton
I was listening to the podcast Cults by Parcast when I realised that their episode on the Symbionese Liberation Army covered one of the books that’s been on my Overdrive TBR list for a couple of years – American Heiress. After so much time, I can’t remember who introduced the book to me, but I’m… Read More American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin
I was going through my Overdrive TBR when in the six or seventh page, I stumbled across this. I’m still very into reading about how the internet and social media affects us so I checked this book out immediately. Also, I guess my habit of adding books to my TBR list and then waiting for… Read More Irresistible by Adam Alter
I know this is far below the age-range of books I normally read, but I have a huge soft spot for Enid Blyton (given that she’s one of the main reasons I love reading so much) and when I saw this collection of three books with stories I haven’t read, I just couldn’t resist. These… Read More The Secret of the Lost Necklace by Enid Blyton