I’m back with a short review to tell you to buy Gwelf: Into the Hinterlands! If you remember, I really adored the original Gwelf: The Survival Guide for its detailed worldbuilding that made the pictures come to life. The only downside of the original book was that it was all world-building and no story. But… Read More Book Review: Gwelf – Into the Hinterlands by Larry MacDougall
Since I have been reading books that look at culture more broadly (and through a lot of examples of modern art), I thought it might be time to reread How to do Nothing. As it turns out: yes, the book felt a lot easier to read this time, no doubt helped by the difficulty level… Read More Rereading: How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell
I have to say that when it comes to Singlit, I definitely am enjoying the older works more. And not just the older works – the stories written by the first generation of Singapore politicians. I previously wrote about reading S. Rajaratnam’s short stories and this time, I managed to read a collection of ghost… Read More Book Review: A Mosque in the Jungle by Othman Wok
I’ve not really done a SingLib post in a while because I’ve been borrowing most of my books from Libby (and also I only go to the same few libraries) but our Central Library has finally finished its renovation! In case you forgot, I talked about this library before in the third installment of this… Read More Singlib #6: the NEW Central Public Library
I have seen the first book of the Emily Wilde series, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Fairies EVERYWHERE on the blogosphere and probably on bookstagram as well. And because I’ve always been interested in folklore and fairies, the book caught my eye. But also because I’m not generally a romance person, I’ve also procrastinated on reading… Read More Book Review: The Emily Wilde Books (Book #1 & #2) by Heather Fawcett
Hello friends! I can’t say that I’m definitely going back to the monthly reviews but since it’s my first month back at the blog (time has gone by quickly and also it feels like I never left), I thought I’d do a small rambling recap. So I chose a good time to come back to… Read More April 2024 in Review
It’s been a bit too long since I last read an Inspector Gamache series – I think I read the previous book in the series in 2021 and one of the earlier books in 2022. But this is a series that I’ve followed for so long that I immediately borrowed All The Devils Are Here… Read More Book Review: All The Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
I generally avoid very hyped books because I’m afraid that my expectations won’t match my reading experience, but I saw so many lovely reviews about this book AND it’s Japanese literature which I love so I figured I would give it a go. Unfortunately, I really do think it’s overhyped. Before the Coffee Get’s Cold… Read More Book Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
I thought it might be interesting to note down something new I did recently. When it comes to book reviews, my way of reviewing has always been pretty standard: read the book → review the book. Sometimes, it’s read the book while taking notes → review the book while taking notes. Regardless, book reviewing has… Read More My exercise in ‘Slow Reviewing’
What has Amazon done to the novel? An easy answer (at least for those of us who have followed self-publishing circles) might be to bring up the “tsunami of crap” argument that was really popular in first half of the 2010s. But with Hugh Howey’s Wool, E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey, and much more,… Read More Book Review: Everything and Less – The Novel in the Age of Amazon by Mark McGurl
