I borrowed and read this book around the time the 2023 World Chess Championships were held and felt quite proud to be such a topical reader for once! Even though I’ve never heard of the Lewis chessmen before this book, I was intrigued by the subtitle: “The mystery of the most famous chessmen in the… Read More Book Review: Ivory Vikings by Nancy Marie Brown
Confession: I did not actually know what this book about when I was bought it. I just knew that it was discounted and the cover made it seem rather quirky. I may have missed the part that stated “the story of women in the 1950s”. It was only when I started reading it that I… Read More Book Review: Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes by Virginia Nicholson
I have never followed the Duggars but when I heard about this book where Jinger Vuolo talks about leaving Bill Gothard’s IBLP (Institute for Basic Life Principles), I was intrigued. I have heard about Gothard’s IBLP, his predatory and probably sexually abusive relationships with the “Gothard Girls”, and I hoped that this book would expose… Read More Book Review: Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Vuolo
Sometime in April 2020, I bought some raw puer in the form of balls (hence the name “dragon balls”). This raw puer had already been aged for 11 years, but as someone who doesn’t typically like the astringency raw puer can have, I haven’t been reaching for this, instead opting to let it age. Since… Read More My 2023 Tasting of the 2009 Dragon Balls of Bulang
After reading Stone Blind, I wanted to try another Greek retelling that centered women and so I decided to read Circe. I don’t know if it’s because I can compare it to Stone Blind or what but I loved this book so much! It gave me the best book haze when I finished reading it,… Read More Book Review: Circe by Madeline Miller
Welcome back to another monthly round-up! I’m finding that I’m excited to write these posts because it’s nice to look back and take stock of the month. By the way, as I was going through the published posts, I realised that there are 1670 of them on the blog! That’s pretty insane but also makes… Read More April in Review
When I saw that The Orangutan Librarian wrote a post on The Magic of Rereading Children’s Books, I knew that I was going to love it. If you’ve followed me or if you’ve searched the term “rereading” in my blog, you should know that I’m a huge fan of rereading. I try to set aside… Read More The Case for Rereading Books
I’ve heard of Barbara Pym from reviews over at Pages Unbound, so when I had some time and was looking for a lighter read, I decided to check out A Few Green Leaves as it was available on Libby. I started this book hoping for something like the Fairacre series by Miss Read, and I… Read More Book Review: A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym
After far too long, I am finally back with (I hope) a nice long review of a new tea! I have been holding back on opening any new packets because it’s really not great to have too much tea open and exposed to air but I have finally finished my Miss Ohh Long from Renegade… Read More Tea Review: 蜜香红茶 (Mixiang Hongcha)
Writing my review for She Deserves Better made me realise that I never wrote a review for The Great Sex Rescue – probably because I was too busy talking about it to all the people in Church. So I decided to reread The Great Sex Rescue and write a review. If you’re a Christian (or… Read More Book Review: The Great Sex Rescue by Sheila Gregoire, Rebecca Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky
