Look at me writing and posting this on the first of the month! I think that’s a mini-achievement in and of itself, given how I can procrastinate on non-work-related matters. I don’t really have much of a preamble this month so let’s dive into the bookish side of things. July in Books July turned out… Read More July in Review
It brought a smile to my face to see that the blurb of the book ended with “this is a rare and joyful book” while the first line of the preface was “Now that I look back, I see that I have written with some anger.” Those are such different emotions that I wonder how… Read More Book Review: The Running Hare by John Lewis Stempel
There’s no good reason why I bought this book, except that I’ve bought and enjoyed a book about the history of neighbours in England and the word “Cream Teas” is in the title. This amusingly named book is a fascinating exploration into the topic of the Britsh on holiday – both domestically and abroad. Divided… Read More Book Review: Cream Teas, Traffic Jams and Sunburn by Brian Viner
I haven’t written a mid-year podcast update in a while (I completely skipped it for 2022, if I remember correctly) but reading the Six Stories series has reminded me that it’s time to do a mid-Year podcast update so that I won’t have too much to write and feel overwhelmed at the end of the… Read More (Somewhat a) Mid-Year Podcast Update – Short Podcast Series I’ve finished so far in 2023
So I read Hydra and WOW, I think this is even better than Six Stories, which I already loved. It’s taking me a lot not to just binge the whole series because there’s something in them that is just perfect for my current reading mood. Hydra follows the “case” of Arla Macleod, who murdered her… Read More Book Review: Hydra by Matt Wesolowski
If anyone remembers my tea haul post from about two weeks back, well… I have tea reviews from that haul for you! Also, the second part of my tea haul came so I get to talk about lots and lots of tea today! More Tea Incoming You know, when I initially bought the teas, I… Read More Quick Tea Reviews: 5 Chinese Teas + Another Tea Haul!
I think I found this book after rereading Rabbits and looking for more stories from podcasts. Or maybe stories like podcasts (especially since I really enjoyed Sadie!). I can’t remember where I heard of Six Stories but it sounded fascinating so I decided to try the first book. Spoiler: I was hooked! Six Stories is… Read More Book Review: Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski
I was writing a review for a mystery novel and suddenly had a question that I wanted to ask everyone: do you (or how often do you) talk about spoilers in books and in what way? While I am generally okay with spoilers and sometimes quite desperately want to discuss something that would be a… Read More Discussion Post: How do you talk about spoilers?
Here is another book club book doing what it’s supposed to do: introduce me to new books that I’ve not read and should try reading, as well as giving us an opportunity to eat somewhere new (in this case, Turkish cuisine, though Greek cuisine could also work here). The Island of Missing Trees is both… Read More Book Review: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
In my quest to read more books about tea, I stumbled across this one called Tea and Tourism. It’s published in 2007, so it’s a bit dated, but I hadn’t really heard of tea being paired with tourism as a concept and I wanted to find out more about it. With contributions from multiple researchers,… Read More Book Review: Tea and Tourism edited by Lee Jolliffe
