Everything to do with books! Mostly book reviews, but occasionally, I have the non-review bookish post too.
I requested for this book from NetGalley because the idea of language being a marker of identity was fascinating. That said, despite reading the blurb, I didn’t actually realise the title was a pun until after I finished the book. If you’re a bit quicker than me, you’ll realise that Figures of Speech is about… Read More Figures of Speech by Tim Cassedy
I heard about this book from The Indicator since it was one of their recommended ‘beach reads’ (because economics can be fun!). It sounded pretty interesting, so I found a library copy and started reading it. Divided into seven sections, the book covers fifty different inventions that Harford feels shaped our modern economy. As he… Read More Fifty Inventions that Shaped the Modern Economy by Tim Harford
After reading an abridged copy of The Tale of Genji (the unabridged, library copy is proving rather elusive), I decided to read more about Heian Japan, in the hopes of knowing more about the world and hence being able to appreciate the unabridged novel more when I finally find it. The World of the Shining… Read More The World of the Shining Prince by Ivan Morris
This is one of my favourite posts to write because I get to look through on all the books that I’ve read the past year! I’ll be dividing the post into three categories: an overview of this year’s reading (this is new for the blog, but I’ve always done it on Dayre so I’m bringing… Read More 2018 in Books
I love getting book recommendations, so when an email from Santiago arrived recommending a couple of books – A Song for Nagasaki among them – I knew that I had to check them out. The library had A Song for Nagasaki so I borrowed it as one of my year-end reads. A Song for Nagasaki… Read More A Song for Nagasaki by Paul Glynn
As Christmas approaches, I find that I want to read something cosy, like the Fairacre series by Miss Read. The next book in the series is Book 4 – Miss Clare Remembers – but for some reason, the library only has the copy where it’s bundled together with Book 8 – Emily Davis. Miss Clare… Read More Miss Clare Remembers & Emily Davis by Miss Read
I was super excited about this book the moment I heard about it – books about books are always fun, plus this is about teen fiction! While I haven’t read as much as the author, I’ve read my fair share of Judy Blume, Sweet Valley High, and even Sweet Valley Kids. Paperback Crush takes us… Read More Paperback Crush by Gabrielle Moss
I stumbled across this in Book Depository and decided to borrow it to see if I wanted to buy my own. Now that I’ve read it, I definitely want my own copy. Victorian Fairy Tales is a collection of tales by Victorian authors. It starts with two traditional fairy tales – Rumpel-Stilts-kin and The Princess… Read More Victorian Fairy Tales edited by Michael Newton
I’m starting a new project! A while back, I answered a call for people interested in learning about Chinese culture and went for a couple of lectures. After the course finished, we were asked to sign up for projects that we’re interested in and I chose The Tale of Genji. I’m planning to look into… Read More The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu translated and abridged by Edward G. Seidensticker
We tend to think of Fake News as lies, but do you know that it can be deadly? In India, several people have died due to fake news spread by WhatsApp, leading Time to call the phenomenon a ‘deadly fake news crisis’. In Mexico, fake news has led to similarly deadly violence while the African… Read More Weaponised Lies by Daniel J. Levitin