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
I’m always on the look-out for fantasy based on non-Western cultures and mythologies, so I was really intrigued by City of Brass. Set in 18th century Cairo, City of Brass follows Nahri, a con-woman who accidentally summons Dara, a warrior djinn and realises that she may not be as human as she thought. Well, I… Read More Book Review: The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
It’s time for another tea review! It’s another black tea because I didn’t plan what to drink and realised that I had 3 black teas, 1 oolong, and 1 green, so it’s been black tea for the last 2 weeks. Let’s jump right into it. Here’s how Renegade Tea describes this tea: This is a… Read More Tea Review: Berry Breeze by Renegade Tea
This is where I admit that due to my unmanageable TBR list, I have lost track of how I first came to hear about this book. But, I remember why I read it – I really like to read books about writing! Someone told me that Reflections was good and despite me not finishing Howl’s… Read More Book Review: Reflections – On the Magic of Writing by Diana Wynne Jones
I was looking at Longreads when I came across this post titled: “Reading Doesn’t Have to Mean Keeping Your Books Forever“. As someone with issues getting rid of books, this title intrigued me. The article, however, was more of an introduction to Freya Howarth’s long-form article: “How to Nurture a Personal Article“. The first part,… Read More Discussion Post: How Curated is Your Personal Library?
A while back, I bought a box of teabags from Zealong tea. I’ve been wanting to try this brand for a while because I’ve never tried any tea from New Zealand, but since I only had one teabag for each type of tea, I wasn’t sure how I should review it. Well, in the end,… Read More Quick Tea Reviews: Zealong Tea (Part 1)
As much as I enjoyed The Corset, this was not a binge-able book. Also, I need to be able to vaguely talk about the ending; I won’t give concrete spoilers but if you’re determined not to know anything, please click away now! The Corset is a novel set in Victorian England, centred around the question… Read More Book Review: The Corset by Laura Purcell
