Friends, I have to admit that I bought this book by accident. I saw the words “Love & Friendship” and “Jane Austen” on the page and thought it referred to her juvenilia Love & Freindship. However, this is actually a tongue-in-cheek version of Lady Susan, based on the movie Love & Friendship which was about… Read More Book Review: Love & Friendship by Whit Stillman
I must be in some kind of productive phase because I’m here with my second review from the Rare Tea Subscription that I’m sharing with a friend. My expectations are all over the place for this limited edition sencha – they are pretty high because the white tea from the first month was delicious, but… Read More Tea Review: Limited Edition Sencha by Rare Tea Company
Now that we’re in July, I’ve been able to crack open the other Jane Austen books that I bought before the month of rereading. While I think I’ve at least a copy of Austen’s novels, I didn’t have any of her juvenilia… until now, that is. Apart from Lady Susan, I also bought a copy… Read More Book Review: Sandition & Other Stories by Jane Austen
June was an intense work month. So intense that I turned to some retail tea-rapy. While knowing that I probably have more than enough tea for the next couple of months, I could NOT resist picking up quite a bit of Chinese tea (in sample form). Only half of my purchases are here but I… Read More My latest tea purchase
I thought I’d read this before but since I can’t find any evidence that I have, I waited till July to read Lady Susan even though this cloth-bound version was almost too cute to resist (and also, I was rereading quite a bit of Austen in June)! Lady Susan is part of Austen’s juvenilia, or… Read More Book Review: Lady Susan by Jane Austen
After enjoying the second instalment of the Thursday Murder Club a lot more than I expected, I had pretty high hopes for The Bullet That Missed, which is the third book in the series. The Man Who Died Twice brought us deep into Elizabeth’s world and her dangerous past. In The Bullet That Missed, an… Read More Book Review: The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
I said I wanted to read the second Chrestomanci book and I finally have! One thing I’ve realised (belatedly, and due to not taking in what other people have said about the series) is that none of these books are connected to one another! So now I don’t feel too bad that I read Witch… Read More Book Review: The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
Well friends, as it turns out, I quite badly misjudged this tea. This is mostly because my favourite types of white tea are white tea buds because of how sweet (and caffeinated) they are. So the first time I had this with friends, I was not sure what they were raving about – it tasted… Read More Tea Review: First Flush Himalayan White by Rare Tea Company
This was another book club pick and I was pretty excited because Now You See Us promised to show Singapore through the eyes of a group of people that are ever present but whom we rarely hear from: the domestic helpers, specifically domestic helpers from Philippines. These are women who have left their homes to… Read More Book Review: Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Hello friends! I’d like to check if anyone else’s June also passed by in a flash! Because that is what happened to me. Despite plans for a more productive blogging month in June, work ended up being so busy that the only things I managed to write were my June rereading posts. And I was… Read More June in Review
