This got on my radar fairly long ago thanks to a review by The Orangutan Librarian, but I never had the urge to read it till just before my trip to France. Unfortunately, it wasn’t immediately available. Fortunately, it became available while I was still in France The Paris Apartment starts when Jess impulsively makes… Read More Book Review: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Having visited the Cadbury World in Birmingham and Chocolate Story in York, you might think that I’ve had my fill of chocolate museums. Well, my family certainly had their fill but since my boyfriend has never been to a chocolate museum, the two of us decided to visit Choco Story Brussels! To be honest, I… Read More Visiting Choco Story Brussels
After watching A Haunting in Venice, I wanted more Poirot and while going through my library’s collection, I came across Agatha Christie’s Poirot. I’ve heard of the author, Mark Aldridge, on a Christie podcast so I felt fairly confident borrowing this. As indicated by the title, this book follows Poirot through the books as well… Read More Book Review: Agatha Christie’s Poirot by Mark Aldridge
It occurred to me that I never got around to writing about this! So yeah, I know I said next part in the Chinese tea reviews but let me talk about this for a bit. Over the last two or three months (my memory is hazy), I had the good fortune of being asked to… Read More What I Learnt Conducting Two Tea Workshops
It has been a very long while since I read a Genji-related book and I felt the urge to dive into this meaty tome. Subtitled: “Sources from the First Millenium”, Reading the Tale of Genji translates a selection of texts about the Tale of Genji, providing more context for how the tale achieved its present… Read More Book Review: Reading the Tale of Genji edited by Thomas Harper and Haruo Shirane
So… it’s been a while. In my mind, I knew it was time for a post on all the tea samples that I’ve been drinking, but somehow I never got around to it and now I have nine teas to write about! That’s probably a bit too much for one post so I’ll share five… Read More Quick Chinese Tea Reviews #3
This is another book that has been on my TBR for a while, and since I saw a review of a T Kingfisher book recently, I decided to move it up the list! And what a fortunate coincidence it was, because Nettle & Bone stars Marra, who’s thirty, and I read this just after I… Read More Book Review: Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
Dear Nice, The first time I landed at your airport, I was shocked to find out how hot it was. Last week, when I revisited you after more than a year, I was also shocked to feel the lingering summer heat. But that is where the similarities end. The first time the plane touched down… Read More a nice letter
This is another book club pick and one that I was excited about because I love Japanese literature! Adn I love books and this sounds like a good combination of the two. What You Are Looking For Is In The Library is a collection of five stories about people who go to their local community… Read More Book Review: What You Are Looking For Is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama
I bought this book mostly because I was intrigued by the fact that it was “judged best detective novel by Agatha Christie.” I really enjoy Christie’s mysteries so I was eager to see what she considered good. The story starts when Simon stumbles across his brother, Oliver’s, body in his office. You might think this… Read More Book Review: My Brother’s Killer by D.M. Devine
