Warning: unpopular opinion ahead I just decided to DNF Eka Kurniawan’s Man Tiger, a literary novel that I read for the SEA Reading Challenge but stopped because I’m not a fan of literary fiction and I’m currently too tired to have to work at what normally brings me joy. Normally, I’d just continue googling for… Read More What Diversity in Books Mean to Me
I heard about this book from Krysta at Pages Unbound and it sounded really interesting so I hunted down the nearest library copy. As expected, I was not disappointed. The Letter Tor The King starts with Tiuri keeping vigil. This is the last task that he has to do before he becomes a knight. But… Read More The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt
I wouldn’t describe myself as a numbers person, but my brother is and when we saw this book, we decided that it was too interesting to pass up. Are Numbers Real? is a book that looks into the history behind the math. The first six chapters focus on the history of math – how would… Read More Are Numbers Real? by Brian Clegg
Cher and I did our first group tea buy recently! Cher has quite a few suppliers that she gets tea from – what this means is that while her cost of tea per 100g is pretty cheap, the overall amount is pretty high because she has to buy a minimum amount of tea. But since… Read More My First Duck Shit Oolong (+ What is Dancong?)
I saw and borrowed this book based solely on its title. And surprisingly (or am I the one only surprised?), the book turned out to be a more serious than I expected. But first, what is a bullshit job? The book defines it as: “a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary,… Read More Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
This was a book that my counsellor recommended in a previous session and I finally managed to get my hands on it! The Asshole Survival Guide is a book that details four types of ways you can deal with the assholes who are making your life miserable. First, the book starts by defining the situation.… Read More The Asshole Survival Guide by Robert I. Sutton
I saw this book tag over at The Hobbleit and it sounded so fun that I decided to just jump in. So here’s my first ever (un-tagged) book tag: 1. You have 20,000 books on your TBR. How in the world do you decide what to read next? I actually have a similar problem and… Read More Reader Problems Book Tag
Looking through my past reviews of the Inspector Gamache series (the ones I have written – I have a large chunk missing that I will reread someday), I realised that there was a book in the series that I actually rated four stars. Which is surprising to me now, because every new book I read… Read More The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
It has belatedly occurred to me that as a Singaporean, I have access to J*STOR via the national library. Which is a great way for me to read up on The Tale of Genji without actually having to leave the house. So here are a few papers that I’ve read and what I’ve learnt: The… Read More What I’ve learned from papers about The Tale of Genji
Last year, I read about Bletchley Park and found out about a whole new side to WWII that I never even knew about. This year, I found this book, about the secret American code-breaking operation, and realised that Bletchley Park is just half of the story. Like the title says, Code Girls is about the… Read More Code Girls by Liza Mundy
