(I was going to make a pun on the word ‘tragedy’ but couldn’t think of anything funny. Which works because this post is definitely not funny, especially to tea lovers) Thanks to some serendipitous reconnection with friends, I was rifling through my tea cabinet, trying to find teas that I could give to them. One… Read More Tea Tragedy
As you might have guessed, this is a book I borrowed in preparation for the upcoming family trip. I haven’t been to Scotland before and it’s not a country I know a lot about so I thought I’d start by reading about their national dress. Scottish Tartan and Highland Dress is a pretty tiny book… Read More Scottish Tartan and Highland Dress by Fiona MacDonald
It’s probably not a secret that I love eBooks – in fact, in 2018, almost half the books I read were ebooks. But I realised that I haven’t really talked about how or why I fell in love with ebooks, so here’s my experience and thoughts on the matter. First, my credentials & history as… Read More How I Fell In Love with eBooks
This was a Christmas read that I put off reading for the past three months because… I didn’t want to finish it (and hence couldn’t start it). It’s a silly reason, but I guess I really enjoy the anticipation of having an unread book on a topic I love in the house. Empire of Tea… Read More Empire of Tea by Markman Ellis, Richard Coulton, and Matthew Mauger
I found this while browsing through the travel guides at the library and it sounded like a unique way to get to know the Lake District. The whole premise is that the writer and his son spend nine days cycling around the Lake District. It’s not a place that’s new to them, but it’s a… Read More A Lake District Grand Tour by Mike Carden
After trying my first raw puer, I felt like having some ripe puer. I generally only have it at restaurants, and we have one cake that we got in Zhuhai lying around somewhere. But for convenience sake, and because I’m still not over the novelty of ball puer, I took some of the ripe ball… Read More Ripe Puer Balls from 云元谷
Today’s post was supposed to be about how I fell in love with ebooks, but that post is 0% complete and instead, I’m compelled to write this. I’ve never thought that my mental health journey was going to be smooth. Right now, I’m in one of the low periods, where negative thoughts take over and… Read More When Mental Health Care Makes You Tired
I really enjoyed The Invisible Library, the first book of this series, but for some reason, I put off reading The Masked City until now. Of course, I’m asking myself “why” because this was a really fun read. The Masked City takes place sometime after The Invisible Library. Irene is now Librarian-in-Residence of an alternate… Read More The Masked City
A/N: I was listening to the Dark Histories podcast on Bridget Cleary and wondered what it would have been like to be Bridget during this time. But I’ve also been reading The Tale of Genji, so when I started writing, the idea of the hannya (jealousy demon) and what things must have been like for… Read More [Short Story] Hannya
I’ve always said that the reason of the SEA Reading Challenge was to find more mystery, fantasy, and other genre books set in SEA and by SEA authors. So when I heard about Dangerous Island, I knew that it fit the bill, even if I was a bit older than the target audience. Dangerous Island… Read More Dangerous Island by Maranna Chan
