I chanced upon this book in the library and was immediately intrigued because the supernatural is not something I associate with Agatha Christie. And if you tell me both Poirot and Miss Marple are in a few of these stories, then of course I have to read this! The Last Séance is a collection of… Read More Book Review: The Last Séance by Agatha Christie
Today, I listened to an episode of Cautionary Tales titled “The Online Date That’s Too Good to be True” (listen and find show notes here). I initially thought this was going to be an episode on the dangers of online dating, but it turned out to be an episode on chatbots and what it means… Read More Do you Speak Like a Chatbot?
This is another one of those books where I’m not sure how I heard of it, but have absolutely no regrets putting it on my TBR list! In The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane, Emmy, the daughter of a prestigious parenting guru, is sent to Wellsworth, a boarding school in England so that her mother… Read More Book Review: The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel
I’m lucky that baking mixes can last a long time because I bought this in June and only got around to making it now! If you remember, I tried Primark’s cookie mix a while back… to disastrous results. So I was a little bit worried about Hema’s cake kit and my own baking skills; I’ve… Read More Trying Hema’s Cake Kit (I failed)
My boyfriend got this book for me for my birthday, which means that I got to read something I probably wouldn’t have picked up otherwise. While this was no Hamnet, it did provide a lot of food for thought. Interior Chinatown shows what happens when you try to define your identity through its relationship with… Read More Book Review: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
It’s Saturday! And I have to end the rereading week here because I’m going out for dinner tomorrow (and have a pretty full day anyway) so I probably won’t have time to read much. Today was also a busy day, so I chose something short to reread: This is The Girl with the Green Ear,… Read More 2022 Rereading Week: Day 6 (The End)
Guess what? I finished another book today! So while I’m not making any progress on my actual non-reread books, I am at least finding more time than usual to read. And You, Too, is the third and longest work in Endo’s book Foreign Studies. I was initially optimistic that I would enjoy the story and… Read More 2022 Rereading Week: Day 5
So… things regarding where I was going to work did not go as planned today. The result is that I had a bit more time to read than I expected today, so I managed to finish An English Murder as planned! I definitely enjoyed this reread very much. The humour is gentle but constant and… Read More 2022 Rereading Week: Day 4
I’m circling back to Five Children and It after having read The Phoenix and the Carpet, which is the second book in this series. Like the second book, Five Children and It is a fun, charming read, though unfortunately there are a few outdated chapters that show it’s a product of its time. Five Children… Read More Book Review: Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
I normally have afternoon tea with one of two sets of friends. This time, however, I decided to call everyone together and the four of us went for the Orchard Trail Afternoon Tea at Hilton Singapore’s Ginger.Lily lounge. Service Review I don’t normally talk about the service at afternoon tea because it’s not that important… Read More Ginger.Lily Afternoon Tea @ Hilton Singapore
