I can’t remember how this book got on the radar but I’m sure the combination of fantasy and books had a big part to do with it. And when I was browsing at the library recently, I came across book two in the series, which reminded me that I had never read book one! So… Read More Book Review: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
I watched the latest of the Poirot movies starring Kenneth Branagh and I have to say, this was my favourite one! While I enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express, I thought it had a bit too much backstory that was not really canon (or was that the second movie?). Death on the Nile, on the… Read More A Haunting in Venice – The Best Adaptation is No Adaptation
I am back! And very tired from my trip – I’m hoping to be able to make one or two posts about it within the month but for now, please enjoy a book review. It is very hard for me to resist a book about books. Especially a book by various writers on books and… Read More Book Review: Shelf Life by Alex Johnson
And so we come to the fourth book in the Dark is Rising sequence. The first two books were a little uneven in tone – a more childish Blyton-esque fantasy and a more darker, sombre one, but by The Grey King, the series has found its stride and has become even more exciting. Not that… Read More Book Review: The Grey King by Susan Cooper
I found this book from the Articles of Interest series on American Ivy/Preppy style and immediately borrowed it because it sounds very cool. And I was pleased to find that while this book also talks about a lot of the events that the podcast does, it also goes into detail on subcultures not mentioned in… Read More Book Review: Ametora by W. David Marx
I’ve actually been making good progress with my Lupicia tea samples – probably because I’ve started drinking it in the office and forgetting about the photos. So here’s the first ever text-only review of 4 Lupicia teas. Jiyugaoka Earl Grey:This was described as an Earl Grey with yuzu. I thought I could smell the yuzu… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #6
I was scrolling through my TBR list when I came across Rootbound. Since I re-read Rewilding fairly recently, Rootbound’s subtitle: “rewilding a life” appealed to me and I decided to give it a go. Despite its subtitle, Rootbound isn’t about rewilding one’s life in the sense of letting nature take over. Instead, this is a… Read More Book Review: Rootbound by Alice Vincent
I had a few expiring miles recently and instead of letting them go to waste, I decided to convert them into tea! There weren’t too many tea choices so I ended up getting Fortnum & Mason’s Sparkling Tea. It’s a blend of white, green, and black teas and comes with this impressive description: The latest… Read More Tea Review: Fortnum & Mason’s Sparkling Tea
I’ve finally read this book! My friend who lent it to me has been raving about it for a while, and since I know nothing about footbinding, I was interested in learning more. Cinderella’s Sisters is a “revisionist history of footbinding”. The author, Dorothy Ko, applies the term “revisionist” to her history because she doesn’t… Read More Book Review: Cinderella’s Sisters by Dorothy Ko
I’ve given up counting books in the Chrestomanci series because clearly my library and other sources number them differently but I’m sure that The Lives of Christopher Chant is not one of the books I’ve read yet. If you’re familiar with the “current” Chrestomanci who appears in Charmed Life (the first book in the series),… Read More Book Review: The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
