I found this book from Lisa Huang’s blog and it sounded so good that when I found out my local library had a copy, I immediately went out and borrowed it! An Enchantment of Ravens is the story of Isobel and Rook. Isobel is a master portrait artist, the best there is for her Craft.… Read More An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
I found this book while reading a review for Tea in China by James Benn, and it sounded pretty interesting so I hunted down a copy to read! Subtitled: The invention of the Individual, The Rise of Tea Culture argues that ancient Chinese people used tea culture as a way to fashion themselves as a… Read More The Rise of Tea Culture in China by Bret Hinsch
This was one of the books that I temporarily forgot the title of. However, a visit to the school library helped me to find the book (I actually found it by going to the shelf where I thought it was from and looking through all the titles). While I didn’t have the time to read… Read More The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
I’ve been enjoying the Kat Holloway series so much that when I heard there was a prequel, I went out and bought the short story collection. Murder Most Historical is a collection of three mysteries: 1. A Soupçon of Poison This is the Kat Holloway prequel and the one that I was most excited to… Read More Murder Most Historical by Ashley Gardner
I’m very sure that I requested for this book because it was supposed to be a twist on the usual murder mystery. Well, it definitely was different. In The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Aiden wakes up every day in the body of a different person. He also has to relieve each day, watching… Read More The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Today has been a dreary kind of day, ending in a light drizzle. I hope that the people celebrating Deepavali/Diwali aren’t inconvenienced by it. For me, I woke up with a really bad cough and I’ve been sniffling the whole day. Luckily, today is a public holiday – can’t think how I’d get through work!… Read More Studio Ghibli Teas + Watch!!
I don’t know how she does it, but each book in the Fairacre series remains as charming as ever, while adding a layer of complexity to the story. Storm in the Village, the third book in the series, has the whole village of Fairacre grappling with the news that a new estate may be built… Read More Storm in the Village by Miss Read
I baked yesterday! And I noticed something interesting: in the past half year of work, I’ve baked 3 times, made non-baking sweet treats twice, and cooked a couple more times. This means my cooking is roughly the same as when I was in uni, doing stress baking (in fact, I was talking to a friend… Read More Strawberry & Raspberry Shortbread (Scones??)
I’m not sure how I got this, but as I was going through my tea cabinet, I found a packet of black tea from Nabeshima Meicha (なべしま銘茶). Since the only other Japanese black tea I’ve tried is Ureshino black tea, I was pretty excited to try this! About 飛騨紅茶 (Hida Black Tea) Since the back of… Read More Hida Black Tea (Second Flush) by Nabeshima Meicha｜飛騨紅茶（セカンドフラッシュ）
It’s been about a year since I moved back to Singapore. I say “about” because I remember it being early Nov but I don’t remember the exact date (I’m bad at dates; for example, I once got two out of three of my sibling’s birthdays wrong. And yes, they have not let me live that… Read More On Imposter Syndrome for Missing Japan
