Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
I wouldn’t describe myself as a numbers person, but my brother is and when we saw this book, we decided that it was too interesting to pass up. Are Numbers Real? is a book that looks into the history behind the math. The first six chapters focus on the history of math – how would… Read More Are Numbers Real? by Brian Clegg
I saw and borrowed this book based solely on its title. And surprisingly (or am I the one only surprised?), the book turned out to be a more serious than I expected. But first, what is a bullshit job? The book defines it as: “a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary,… Read More Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
This was a book that my counsellor recommended in a previous session and I finally managed to get my hands on it! The Asshole Survival Guide is a book that details four types of ways you can deal with the assholes who are making your life miserable. First, the book starts by defining the situation.… Read More The Asshole Survival Guide by Robert I. Sutton
I saw this book tag over at The Hobbleit and it sounded so fun that I decided to just jump in. So here’s my first ever (un-tagged) book tag: 1. You have 20,000 books on your TBR. How in the world do you decide what to read next? I actually have a similar problem and… Read More Reader Problems Book Tag
Looking through my past reviews of the Inspector Gamache series (the ones I have written – I have a large chunk missing that I will reread someday), I realised that there was a book in the series that I actually rated four stars. Which is surprising to me now, because every new book I read… Read More The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
It has belatedly occurred to me that as a Singaporean, I have access to J*STOR via the national library. Which is a great way for me to read up on The Tale of Genji without actually having to leave the house. So here are a few papers that I’ve read and what I’ve learnt: The… Read More What I’ve learned from papers about The Tale of Genji
Last year, I read about Bletchley Park and found out about a whole new side to WWII that I never even knew about. This year, I found this book, about the secret American code-breaking operation, and realised that Bletchley Park is just half of the story. Like the title says, Code Girls is about the… Read More Code Girls by Liza Mundy
So lately, I’ve been pretty pleased at myself for being able to stop a book if I didn’t really like it (my current reading model is “life’s too short to waste it on books I don’t like). Which makes Playing Dead a bit of an outlier; there’s plenty of things in the book I don’t… Read More Playing Dead by Julia Heaberlin
I have been loving the discussions about libraries at Pages Unbound and wanted to do something to celebrate the libraries we have here in Singapore. So I thought I’d do a series of posts about some of the libraries I frequent and love. Growing up, I kind of took the library for granted. I visited… Read More SingLib #1: Jurong Regional Library
I couldn’t resist picking this up when I found this in the library (found it while looking for The Inheritor’s Poison). Murder by the Book is not only about the murder of Lord William Russel, which is more complicated than the trial might suggest, but also looks at one of the most popular books of… Read More Murder by the Book by Claire Harman