As a tea lover, the increase in homegrown tea brands in the recent years is a cause for joy. I’d like to share the joy with you, so in the first of a multi-part series (final number yet to be determined because I find new brands all the time), I’ll be introducing a few local… Read More 3 Singapore Tea Brands I Love (Part 1)
I’ve got to admit, I was drawn to the cover of the book when I first saw it in the library. The synopsis sealed the deal because it sounded like historical fantasy. And while Rotherweird wasn’t quite like what I thought it was, I really enjoyed this. Rotherweird is a town within England that isn’t… Read More Book Review: Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott
Fashionopolis, as you might expect, was eye-opening. Apart from talking about my book to everyone around me (probably annoying my taobao-loving friends and family), I also did a mini-reading binge and found these three books to be very helpful. Fashionopolis: Read this for an introduction to the ethical and ecological problems facing fashion Published just… Read More 3 Books to Change the Way You See Fashion
I’ve wanted to read Annie Dillard for a few years but I’ve always been unable to find a physical copy. Luckily, I was recently inspired to look for her in Overdrive and I realised that the NLB has added a few of her books! I immediately borrowed Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which I hear is… Read More Book Review: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Today’s tea is special. When my Hong Kong mama and my mum came back from settling Yeye’s affairs, they had a few small gifts for each of us. For me, they gave me a small tea set and some tea. The tea is a Da Hong Pao but to be honest, it could be a… Read More Drinking Yeye's Tea
It should be pretty obvious that I like fairytales and folklore. So when I heard about this book on Netgalley, I was immediately intrigued. It’s supposed to be a comprehensive resource on all things about the Good People and it definitely delivers. Organised alphabetically (duh!), A New Dictionary of Fairies covers subjects like Elf-Shot and… Read More Book Review: A New Dictionary of Fairies by Morgan Daimler
I never thought that I would have a third round of this but here we are. After my last post, the idea of comparing the cold brew versions of the teas stuck in my mind until finally, I couldn’t ignore the idea any longer. This was the easiest round to prepare because all I needed… Read More Trying 3 Japanese Green Tea Cultivars (Round 3)
I kind of went into this book knowing that it was going to change the way I was thinking about clothes and I was right. I heard about Fashionopolis from the Dressed Podcast interview (which was great, except for an advert for Fabletics that felt out of place) and knew that this was going to… Read More Book Review: Fashionopolis by Dana Thomas
One thing that I’ve discovered (and am really enjoying) about bookstagram are the challenges! There was the Wodehouse one which I missed, the 2019 Agatha Christie one which I also missed, and this 2020 Agatha Christie one which I am determined to participate in as much as possible! It’s a book a month, which I… Read More Book Review: Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
Rereading Silence at the start of the year reminded me that there are a lot of books by Endo that I haven’t read. There’s quite a lot there hasn’t been translated, but I found a copy of The Final Martyrs in the library and decided to make that my first Endo Short Story read (I… Read More Book Review: The Final Martyrs by Endo Shusaku
