Here’s another Wyrd & Wonder post! I wanted to join in the readalong but I didn’t get the book and when I got the book, I read it in one day because it was really fun. That I enjoyed the book was quite interesting too – I have distinct memories of DNF-ing the book the… Read More Book Review: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
What do your clothes say about you? Do you even think that your clothes can say something? While I’m admittedly not a fashionista, I was intrigued by Dress Code, which had this promising subtitle: “unlocking fashion from new look to millenial pink.” Divided into four parts, Dress Code covers: The first part of the book,… Read More Book Review: Dress Code by Véronique Hyland
Hello hello Wyrd & Wonder friends! I have been following the event mostly through other people’s blog posts (and also because I have no ideas/no reading plan/am still waiting for Howl’s Moving Castle) but I could not resist today’s prompt, which was “mythology”. I love love love myths and folklore and fairy tales, so today,… Read More Wyrd & Wonder: 7 Fantasy Books Based on 7 Different Mythologies
I first heard about Giambattista Basile and his work The Tale of Tales while reading The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber. Since I’ve never met a fairy tale I didn’t like, and since I’ve never read anything from The Tale of Tales, I decided to seek out a copy to read. And wow, it’s definitely… Read More Book Review: The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile
Welcome to the fourth, and for now last, installment of the Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews series. I’ve finished all the teas that my friend gave me, so I won’t have more to try until I meet her again. This also means this post is a bit of a bumper post because rather than split it… Read More Lupicia Quick Tea Reviews #4
After reading A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym, I found myself with the sudden urge to read more of the Fairacre series. Luckily, I had a long weekend and I managed to make my way to the library after many months and borrow another book in the Fairacre series. Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre focuses… Read More Book Review: Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre by Miss Read
This review is a bit different from the others because: My mum has been wanting to try The Marmalade Pantry for a while, so when we realised their limited edition Floral Bliss and Scents afternoon tea was available for delivery, we decided to get it delivered! By the way, The Marmalade Pantry fulfils the order… Read More Afternoon Tea Review: The Marmalade Pantry at Home
As I may have mentioned before, I am more willing to take chances on unknown books when it’s cheap. So like with Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes, I bought Jambusters based on its cover (and also its synopsis, which is one more piece of information compared to the former). And the similarities do not stop… Read More Book Review: Jambusters by Julie Summers
I will be frank, I initially had no intention of reading The Man Who Died Twice because while the first book was fun, I had not followed the author and didn’t know the second book was already out, and anyway, I found the ending of the first book rather hard to follow and didn’t fancy… Read More Book Review: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osmand
Hi friends! This is a post that I’ve been wanting to write for quite a while, and even though I don’t think I’ll ever have it done to the level I want (there’s just so much information that I can’t find with my limited resources), this is what I can best do at the moment.… Read More UniversiTEA: Milk Tea & Colonialism in Asia
