I can’t remember where I first heard about this book, but I was drawn to the premise of two girls disappearing and what happens after. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting such an unconventional (and for the mystery-lover in me, somewhat unsatisfying) tale, but this was an intriguing work that kept me reading till the… Read More Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
I normally don’t like tours when travelling, but while googling places to visit in the Isle of Skye, I realised that I had absolutely no idea what to prioritise and whether we could even drive around. Since the rest of our trip was planned and booked by us, we decided to just get a tour… Read More Tour Review: 3 Day Tour of the Isle of Skye and the Highlands by Heart of Scotland Tours
My recent read of Soul Mountain got me thinking: what is the value of reading difficult books? But before I even begin thinking about the value of difficult books, I had to ask: What is a difficult book? The way I see it, difficult books can fall into three categories: Emotionally difficult to read: these… Read More What is the Value of Reading Difficult Books?
Confession: I borrowed this book solely for the title. I wasn’t quite sure what it was about (something historical?) but I like tea so I figured I would like this. When I started reading, I realised this was about the Russian and British royal families and was a lot heavier than I expected. The Imperial… Read More The Imperial Tea Party by Frances Welch
Before I wrote my review of Twinings’ Cold Infuse, I hesitated for a while. I started off reviewing the teas I owned – which were mostly flavoured teas – and have been slowing moving to straight teas as I learn to appreciate the nuances and differences between them. Right now, I think it’s about 50-50… Read More In Defence of Flavoured Teas
Since I had a pretty good experience with Lord Peter Wimsey with Whose Body?, better than my first Lord Wimsey book, I decided to borrow another Lord Peter Wimsey mystery. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is the fourth book in the series where a question of inheritance soon turns into a question of murder.… Read More The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
This is another one of the teas I got at Twining’s shop at the Strand. Unlike the Golden Rose Hearts, this was something that my sister and I planned to get – we’ve tried this before and we liked it. Strictly speaking, this isn’t tea but these tisanes are pretty fun and easy to reach… Read More Tea Review: 2 Twinings’ Cold Infuse Flavours
I cannot remember how I found this book, which is sad because I LOVED THIS. It is amazing and it tackles the sensitive topic of race and a difficult time in Malaysia’s history with great skill and empathy. The Weight of Our Sky is set during the 13 May 1969 racial riots. Melati and her… Read More The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
It is perhaps a testament to how books can hype up a trip that when I saw the listing for 87 Micklegate, I knew that I had found our accommodations for our time in York. I had been reading The Service of the Dead by Candace Robb and was in a pretty medieval York state… Read More Staying in a Medieval House: My Review of 87 Micklegate, York
I was going to give this a nicer name like “The Tragedy of Pot and other tales of Woe” but I remembered that I only cooked two things this week so that would be inaccurate. And the second tale isn’t actually sad. The Tragedy of Pot Once upon a time, there was a pot. Pot… Read More The Tragedy of Pot and One Other Tale of Woe
