Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
I heard about this from Jane over at the Greenish Bookshelves and I love Pride and Prejudice so I headed down to the library for this the first chance I had. This is a Pride and Prejudice retelling, diverging from the book at Darcy’s original proposal. Instead, the story looks at what might have happened… Read More Unequal Affection by Lara S. Ormiston
I borrowed this on a whim but it turned out to be surprisingly technical and something that I wished I had in university. Subtitled: what physics, meteorology, and the natural sciences can teach us about economics, Forecast is about the weaknesses of current modern economic thinking and how we might be able to overcome them… Read More Forecast by Mark Buchanan
After writing that review of Practically Perfect in Every Way, I decided to revisit my old post on Singaporeans and Nonfiction. This post was originally posted on Dayre on 16 Jan 2017 and it has been edited and updated with 2018 information. On Saturday, I saw this article in The Straits Times. I have so… Read More Singaporeans and Nonfiction
This has been in my TBR list for so long that I’ve forgotten where I first heard of it. I’m actually kind of regretting that because I would really like to give my thanks to the person who introduced to this really fun paranormal Holmes-esque adventure. Jackaby opens with Abigail Rooks arriving in New England.… Read More Jackaby by William Ritter
Even though I’ve only read a few works of Russian literature (mostly the most well-known of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky’s novels), I thought The Possessed sounded interesting and that I might learn a little about Russian literature. What I didn’t expect was to be so entertained throughout this account of Batuman’s gradute years studying Russian literature.… Read More The Possessed by Elif Batuman
This book intrigued me the moment I saw it. I’m not a huge self-help fan, but I have defended the genre before (link to Dayre post, although I might have to republish that here since Dayre is going to be gated soon). So I was interested in seeing what this book, where someone actually tries… Read More Practically Perfect in Every Way by Jennifer Niesslein
I got this book while attending a course on the teacher as a mentor for my Church’s Sunday School. The speaker there made a good point that kids nowadays can get any information they want from the internet; what they really need is to have someone they trust who can guide them. In this way,… Read More Spiritual Mentoring by Keith R. Anderson & Randy D. Reese
For a post that’s going to be mainly pictures, this took a long time to be posted. I first saw this book at the Popular Book Fair last year and knew I had to buy it immediately. The premise of the book is simple: quotes from Roald Dahl. Given that Roald Dahl was a huge… Read More How Not to Be a Twit and Other Wisdom from Roald Dahl
Like everyone else, I’ve taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator a couple of times. However, I have noticed that my indicator has changed every time I take it – I’ve always thought that the results depend on my mood at the moment, but reading this has made me realise that my way of thinking is different… Read More The Personality Brokers by Merve Emre
I may have finished The Tale of Genji, but there’s still so much about Heian Japan for me to explore. One of them is The Gossamer Years, the diary of the Heian noblewoman. This woman was connected to both Sei Shonagon (author of The Pillow Book) and Murasaki Shikibu (author of The Tale of Genji)… Read More The Gossamer Years by Michitsuna no Haha, Translated by Edward Seidensticker