I first heard about The Lies of the Ajungo when Lashaan reviewed it over at his blog and the novella sounded so good (plus it’s available on Libby) that I borrowed it immediately! It also helps that it’s a short read so it was easy to fit into my reading time. There is no water… Read More Book Review: The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
I borrowed this because it was recommended in the Booklist magazine as being a mystery centered around a podcast, and also because I remember enjoying Nicci French’s Freida Klein series (which I need to continue and finish). Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? is, like the title says, about the disappearance of Charlotte Salter, who never… Read More Book Review: Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? by Nicci French
I am very late to this book because it has been hyped as THE book on inequality and poverty in Singapore and in general, I’m afraid of reading books that are too hyped. But my recent devotional series has been focused on inequality and injustice, and that prompted me to start learning more about inequality… Read More Book Review: This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn
Hey friends, I’m writing this a bit early because I’ll be headed off for a trip soon and I won’t get back till sometime in October, and given my energy levels nowadays, I probably won’t have a blogpost up until mid-to-late October (though I will likely make a few substack posts as I blog from… Read More Not a September ’24 in Review post
In my previous tea post, I talked about the San-Cha Darjeeling tea that I had bought on my trip to India (all the way back in July). But after writing it, I realised that I still had a few packets of the Darjeeling tea by Chayurveda – this was part of a box of various… Read More Comparing Teabag vs Loose Leaf Darjeeling (that I bought in an airport)
Some time last year, I did a bit of a binge read on the Influencer Industry (and I rounded up my thoughts in this post) so when I saw The Influencer Industry, I couldn’t resist picking it up. While a bit more academic than the other influencer-focused books that I read, The Influencer Industry provided… Read More Book Review: The Influencer Industry by Emily Hund
Picture this, I’m at Delhi International Airport, extremely tired because I didn’t realise that weddings in India last till 3am and I booked a 8am flight (we went straight from wedding venue to hotel just to pick up our bags and to the airport). There’s only one more flight home and in my sleep-deprived mind,… Read More Tea Review: Darjeeling Chardonnay by San-Cha
I was at the library when I came across The Big Four and thought “hold on, an Hercule Poirot mystery that I’ve never read?”. I’m used to not having read Miss Marple, given that I focused on the Poirot mysteries when I was younger, so it was a shock to see a Poirot book that… Read More Book Review: The Big Four by Agatha Christie
Hello friends! We’re now in September, which means that it’s going to be quite hectic from here up till the end of the year because I’ll be going overseas to attend two weddings. But that’s the future and this post is for the past so let’s look back at August. August in Books August was… Read More August 2024 in Review
Yesterday, I talked a bit about finding out that some of my childhood rhymes had overseas roots and the surprise that it was. Today, I’d like to share some more rhymes; these should be more local, and I’ve categorised them according to when they were heard/shared. The original rhymes are presented with the English translation… Read More Singapore Folklore #2: A Collection of Schoolyard Rhymes
