It’s the mid-19th century and London is a city. Almost miraculously, a group of people have organised themselves into a class of scavengers, taking on the responsibility of most modern sanitation departments and thus helping two million people get rid of their waste. However, this effort does have some cracks and not all waste is… Read More Book Review: The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Because I was working Singapore Tea Festival last year, I didn’t really have a lot of time to slowly ponder and shop for tea. All my purchases were rushed and as a result, I completely forgot what this was: The only thing I remembered about this was that it’s from Arinobu tea. I was pretty… Read More A MysTEAry II
There was an abundance of Agatha Christie books at the library and since the choice was overwhelming, I decided to get a collection of short stories (rather than a collection of novels). Plus, I love tea so the word “tea set” appealed immensely to me. The Harlequin Tea Set is a collection of nine short… Read More Book Review: The Harlequin Tea Set by Agatha Christie
This is the last of my tea haul from the Rare Tea Company! I was pretty excited for this one because I love a good black tea and because in my head I was envisioning something like Kinnettles Gold, which I love. First Impressions The leaves are long and thin, with a nice malty scent.… Read More Tea Review: Malawi Huntington Hand Rolled Black Tea by Rare Tea Company
At long last, I’ve managed to find and read a copy of Blood Heir! I’ve been wanting to read this ever since I heard about the kerfuffle on Book Twitter but was also kind of daunted because what if it doesn’t live up to expectations? But overall, this was an intense debut that left me… Read More Book Review: Blood Heir by Amelie Wen Zhao
Woohoo my second ever book tag! I was a bit hesitant to start this because I’m still stuck on the one to recommend a blog for every letter of my blog name (sorry, Brittany) but I decided to bite the bullet. To be honest, I can’t find a book for every prompt, so I’m just… Read More The Women’s History Book Tag
Singapore has entered a circuit-breaker phase, which essentially means that we are in a soft lock-down. With this, we’ve joined many people around the world who are in lockdowns or social distancing measures of varying degrees. All these measures, while absolutely necessary to flatten the curve, will have huge impacts. Apart from the impact on… Read More Small Businesses You Can Support (Financially and Otherwise)
This is actually my cousin’s book but I borrowed it during his housewarming party last month. Yes, I am the person who takes things away during a housewarming (but with every intention of bringing it back!). Jerusalem is a sweeping biography of the city, starting from the reign of King David and ending in the… Read More Book Review: Jerusalem, The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Now that I’ve finished the two puers that recently came into my hands, let’s go back to the Satemwa Tea Estate teas that I bought from the Rare Tea Company. This is one that I was super excited about, since fellow tea bloggers like Northern Teaist and It’s More Than Tea wrote very glowing posts… Read More Tea Review: Malawi White Antlers from Rare Tea Company
Miss Read leaves her precious village of Fairacre for Greece! Further Afield indeed! The summer holidays were meant to be relaxing, but unfortunately for Miss Read, she starts by breaking her arm! Just as she’s getting better, Amy hears that her husband wants a divorce – so that he can be with his mistress. To… Read More Book Review: Further Afield by Miss Read
