I love getting book recommendations, so when an email from Santiago arrived recommending a couple of books – A Song for Nagasaki among them – I knew that I had to check them out. The library had A Song for Nagasaki so I borrowed it as one of my year-end reads. A Song for Nagasaki… Read More A Song for Nagasaki by Paul Glynn
It’s Christmas Eve and I’m finally writing my Lupicia Christmas tea post. Unfortunately, while I’m in time for Christmas, this was the 2017 Tea Bag set, which means that I’m a year late for this. But better late then never! (Also, I couldn’t get a hold of the 2018 set because Lupicia no longer operates… Read More Lupicia’s Winter Petit Can Tea Bag Set （冬 プチ缶ティーバッグセット）
For some reason or the other, I ended up with two types of those baking box mixes. Since this is the weekend before Christmas, I thought it was a good time for some Christmas baking! This is what I made! The thumbprint cookie mix was bought… because I’m extremely bad at self-restraint in a Marks… Read More Christmas Bakes
As Christmas approaches, I find that I want to read something cosy, like the Fairacre series by Miss Read. The next book in the series is Book 4 – Miss Clare Remembers – but for some reason, the library only has the copy where it’s bundled together with Book 8 – Emily Davis. Miss Clare… Read More Miss Clare Remembers & Emily Davis by Miss Read
I was super excited about this book the moment I heard about it – books about books are always fun, plus this is about teen fiction! While I haven’t read as much as the author, I’ve read my fair share of Judy Blume, Sweet Valley High, and even Sweet Valley Kids. Paperback Crush takes us… Read More Paperback Crush by Gabrielle Moss
When I heard about Kittea’s Christmas teas, I knew that I had to try them. So as soon as they arrived at teapasar @ Nomadx, I bought one tin of each flavour. We had the Dayre Tea ParTEA the next day, so I brought them along for everyone to try as well. The teas came in two… Read More Kittea’s Christmas Teas
I stumbled across this in Book Depository and decided to borrow it to see if I wanted to buy my own. Now that I’ve read it, I definitely want my own copy. Victorian Fairy Tales is a collection of tales by Victorian authors. It starts with two traditional fairy tales – Rumpel-Stilts-kin and The Princess… Read More Victorian Fairy Tales edited by Michael Newton
I don’t normally do self-promo stuff here because it’s not my style, but I’m having a year-end promo! I moved to KDP Select this year, since I wasn’t putting in the effort to make it wide, and thought that Christmas would be the perfect time to give stuff away. So I’m giving The Nutcracker King… Read More Christmas Promo (17th to 19th December)
Now that this is my main ‘online’ home, I feel like rambling about how things have gone now and then (looks like it’s about once a week for now). I have been so stressed with work recently, which is a source of guilt for me because I do enjoy my job and it feels weird… Read More Sunday Rambles: Thoughts on Work
I’m starting a new project! A while back, I answered a call for people interested in learning about Chinese culture and went for a couple of lectures. After the course finished, we were asked to sign up for projects that we’re interested in and I chose The Tale of Genji. I’m planning to look into… Read More The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu translated and abridged by Edward G. Seidensticker
