First, The Straits Times declared that 2023 is the year of the side hustle. A few days later, ChannelNewsAsia profiled 4 teenagers who used social media to launch their projects (okay, not side hustle but related). And now, I see that the BBC posted an article on the rise of the Gen Z side hustle.… Read More What Happens If Your Side Hustle Isn’t Profitable?
With the subtitle: “A journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales”, it was inevitable that I would pick this up. I found out about this book from an excerpt on Travel Writing World, so I was very intrigued about the combination between fairy tale history and travel writing. Spoiler alert: This book was heavier… Read More Book Review: The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber
Well… it seems like my post category isn’t always accurate because this isn’t a kitchen mishap. No, this is most probably a success! *cue celebratory noises* While I’ve not been on Instagram as much recently, it still managed to work its magic on me as for the first time ever, I was influenced by an… Read More Going for a Royal Icing Cookie Class with Irene Cookie Art & Nanatang
So, I’m sure I’ve read this book before (especially once I started actually reading the book – it’s all familiar and I’ve either read it before or had a scarily accurate dream about the story). But because I can’t find any review of the book on this blog or on Goodreads, the completionist in me… Read More Book Review: The Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Barnhill
I had every intention of reading the second book in the Chrestomanci series next, but after reading Re-Enchanted, I had the urge to just read Witch Week, which has piqued my interest ever since I read Reflections by Diana Wynne Jones. In Witch Week, one of the students in Class 6B is accused of being… Read More Book Review: Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
While I’m trying to finish some sencha before resuming my tea reviews, I thought I’d try writing some fun tea posts! If you have any topic requests, let me know. Today, I wanted to talk about tea-related activities you can do with friends that isn’t just drinking tea while chatting (though I honestly really like… Read More ActiviTEAS to do with Friends
I used to think of myself as a huge fantasy fan, but nowadays, I have accepted that I probably read more mysteries than I do fantasy. That said, I still enjoy a good fantasy and Maria Sachiko Cecire’s book interested me, given its subtitle: The rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century. Re-Enchanted… Read More Book Review: Re-Enchanted by Maria Sachiko Cecire
Hello, what’s this? A month in review? That’s a first for this blog, but since I’ve started tracking what I read (not just when I post), I have been toying with the idea of doing monthly roundups. Also, I enjoy reading other people’s roundups and wanted to try it myself. What I Read in Feb… Read More February In Review
Did you know that “when played according to its written rules, the typical Monopoly game lasts less than ninety minutes“? As someone who stopped playing Monopoly because the game was too long, that fact blew my mind. However, it wasn’t the most interesting fact in this book because the origin of the game Monopoly is… Read More Book Review: The Monopolists by Mary Pilon
It is that time again when I return with pleasure to the world of Kat Holloway. While I don’t actively follow the series (i.e. I don’t actually know when the books are released), I try to get the next book in this series once I know it exists. The sixth book in the Kat Holloway… Read More Book Review: The Secret of Bow Lane by Jennifer Ashley
