I bought this purely because it was themed around Japan and I have a major soft spot for the country. It turned out to be a pretty novel experience for me because it’s a collection of short stories and some of them are pretty experimental (which is not something I usually read). In this issue,… Read More Book Review: Granta – Japan (Issue 127)
This should be the second last tea in this Renegade Tea sample box! It’s certainly the last oolong, anyway. Here’s what the Renegade Tea Farmers have to say about this tea: “Red Sunrise has an intense orange colour and the aroma of fresh tobacco. This well-oxidized oolong has the flavour combination of sweet fruits and… Read More Tea Review: Red Sunrise by Renegade Tea
It has been a very long while, but I’m finally back to introduce you to another one of the public libraries in Singapore! This one is located on the 3rd level of the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, our “durians” and performing arts centre. Opened in 2022, this library is the second specialised library… Read More SingLib #5: Library@Esplanade
I was talking to my cousin about the difference between milk tea and royal milk tea when I realised that I’ve not written a post on this topic! I thought this would be fairly easy to write, given that I own a book called “Black tea bible” but as it turns out, milk tea isn’t… Read More Tea 101: History of & Types of Milk Tea
I’m continuing with the What Katy Did series since I have the first three books! What Katy Did at School is a direct continuation of What Katy Did, and so will have spoilers for the first book. At the end of What Katy Did, Katy has recovered from her prolonged illness and can finally stand… Read More Book Review: What Katy Did at School by Susan Coolidge
“Domestic preoccupation is not a sign of the death of love; it is what we start to get involved with when love has succeeded brilliantly.” Someone on bookstagram recommended this as one of her favourite books from the School of Life. Since I enjoyed How to be Bored, I decided that I had to read… Read More Book Review: The Sorrows of Love by The School of Life
I can’t quite remember why I bought the Katy trilogy (this is a very common refrain with me, perhaps I should stop expecting to remember where I hear about books) but I expect I heard something about it being a childhood classic and wanted to give it a go! What Katy Did is a children’s… Read More Book Review: What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
We’re now counting down to the last three teas in the Renegade Taster Set! This is the last green tea – Tulip Garden and here’s the tea description from Renegade Tea: Tulip Garden’s recipe got an upgrade last year – we tweaked the process to make it more floral and complex and we think we succeeded… Read More Tea Review: Tulip Garden by Renegade Tea
One downside to mentally planning what you want to write in a review before you’ve written the review is that you may end up forgetting to write the review. Yes, that’s a lot of words to say: I thought this out in my head but have (probably) forgotten things. But we will see if I… Read More Ostensibly a review of Silent Parade by Higashino Keigo but really I’m comparing the book to the movie
Someone from my IRL book club recommended this book (highly recommended this book, in fact) and despite the fact that I haven’t really read Sci-Fi recently, I decided to give it a go. And wow, this is such a beautifully written book! Recursion is a story about the power of memory. One day, something called… Read More Book Review: Recursion by Blake Crouch
