When I saw the Lost Yorkshire Fairytales project on Kickstarter, I knew that I had to back it. I really enjoy folk tales, fairy tales, and mythology, and I haven’t read much (if any) from Yorkshire. So to fill the gap in my knowledge, I decided to pledge enough for the finished book and the… Read More Forgotten Yorkshire Folk and Fairytales by Andrew Walsh
I heard about this from Jane over at the Greenish Bookshelves and I love Pride and Prejudice so I headed down to the library for this the first chance I had. This is a Pride and Prejudice retelling, diverging from the book at Darcy’s original proposal. Instead, the story looks at what might have happened… Read More Unequal Affection by Lara S. Ormiston
During work this week, someone casually mentioned that there were a lot more varieties of Tie Guanyin than he imagined. Since I’ve only heard of Tie Guanyin as the tea that comes from the Tie Guanyin cultivar, I was surprised and we ended up looking into what a Tie Guanyin is (perks of working with… Read More Tea 101: What is Tie Guanyin?
I borrowed this on a whim but it turned out to be surprisingly technical and something that I wished I had in university. Subtitled: what physics, meteorology, and the natural sciences can teach us about economics, Forecast is about the weaknesses of current modern economic thinking and how we might be able to overcome them… Read More Forecast by Mark Buchanan
After writing that review of Practically Perfect in Every Way, I decided to revisit my old post on Singaporeans and Nonfiction. This post was originally posted on Dayre on 16 Jan 2017 and it has been edited and updated with 2018 information. On Saturday, I saw this article in The Straits Times. I have so… Read More Singaporeans and Nonfiction
This has been in my TBR list for so long that I’ve forgotten where I first heard of it. I’m actually kind of regretting that because I would really like to give my thanks to the person who introduced to this really fun paranormal Holmes-esque adventure. Jackaby opens with Abigail Rooks arriving in New England.… Read More Jackaby by William Ritter
Even though I’ve only read a few works of Russian literature (mostly the most well-known of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky’s novels), I thought The Possessed sounded interesting and that I might learn a little about Russian literature. What I didn’t expect was to be so entertained throughout this account of Batuman’s gradute years studying Russian literature.… Read More The Possessed by Elif Batuman
Today, I went for counselling. Five words, but they were hard to put into action, even after writing about how I was feeling defeated despite practising mental healthcare. I had this bull-headed idea that because I had “finished” counselling last year, I shouldn’t need more. Which, of course, is a ridiculous statement – if I… Read More Mental Health Update (aka Get More Help If You Need It)
This book intrigued me the moment I saw it. I’m not a huge self-help fan, but I have defended the genre before (link to Dayre post, although I might have to republish that here since Dayre is going to be gated soon). So I was interested in seeing what this book, where someone actually tries… Read More Practically Perfect in Every Way by Jennifer Niesslein
I got this book while attending a course on the teacher as a mentor for my Church’s Sunday School. The speaker there made a good point that kids nowadays can get any information they want from the internet; what they really need is to have someone they trust who can guide them. In this way,… Read More Spiritual Mentoring by Keith R. Anderson & Randy D. Reese
