I finished two books today: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and The Painted Garden by Noel Streatfeild. I was initially going to read The Secret Garden and A Little Princess today, but I remembered that The Painted Garden is about a movie adaptation of The Secret Garden and thought it would go well… Read More Daily Reading: 3rd May//Two Gardens
I finished the Secret Island yesterday, so I continued on and finished the next three books in the series: The Secret of Spiggy Holes, The Secret Mountain, and The Secret of Killimooin. Prince Paul, the fifth member of the party, is introduced in The Secret of Spiggy Holes, and thanks to him, the kids are… Read More Daily Reading: 2nd May//More Enid Blyton + Cranachan
I normally spread my Fairacre reads out a little because I want them to last, but it’s the period for comforting reads like this series. Expect one more review of these books coming up soon! At the start of The Fairacre Festival, the village of has been struck by a huge storm, causing major damage… Read More Book Review: The Fairacre Festival by Miss Read
It’s May and we’re in for another month of circuit breaker/lockdown measures in Singapore. Coincidentally, I finished the last of the library books that I borrowed before the circuit breaker started last week. I did think about checking out new books from Overdrive, but I remembered a C.S. Lewis quote that I read recently: “Clearly… Read More May is the Month of Rereading (And the return of amateur blogging??)
In my head, I know that I should be reviewing the last two ‘new teas’ that I bought recently, but I’ve just not been in the right headspace to sit with a tea. Instead, I’ve been drawn to a cocktail recipe from The Book of Afternoon Tea that involves Earl Grey. Here’s the thing about… Read More This may be my favourite way of drinking Earl Grey
After I picked up Malice and realised that there’s still a lot of Higashino Keigo books that I haven’t read, I decided to try and find a few more books. I managed to pick up this copy of Salvation of a Saint in the library, which is great because it’s a Detective Galileo novel and… Read More Book Review: Salvation of a Saint by Higashino Keigo
One unexpected effect of the CORVID-19 pandemic was that it completely scuttled my plans of going to Japan in May and viewing part of the shincha season. However, the lovely folks at NPO法人 埼玉農業おうえんしたい (NPO Agriculture Support Team in Saitama) have provided me with some of the latest information. What is Sayama Tea(狭山茶)? Located in the… Read More What is Sayama Tea? (Shincha Season in Sayama)
I hope everyone’s been doing okay obeying the circuit breaker/quarantine/shelter-in-place/movement control orders! It’s pretty amazing how many names can be given to the instruction “don’t leave your house.” While I have been reading (and have quite a few book review drafts waiting to be posted), I find that the most calming things I can do… Read More Mental Health Monday #5: Calming Hobbies
“My name’s Kazumi Ishioka. I’m a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they’re almost an addiction.” I’ve had this book on the Overdrive wishlist for the longest time ever, but only got around to it now. And I regret my wait so much because this is an amazing (if slightly disturbing) mystery. I actually had… Read More Book Review: The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Shimada Soji
I can’t remember where I heard of this book but I’ve had my eye on it for some time because it’s all about food from my childhood! I was basically that kid who read under the table and apart from Singaporean stories like Bookworm Club and Mr Midnight, I also read a lot of books… Read More Stay At Home Bakes #3: Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer by Jane Brocket
