I’ve had this book on my TBR list so long that I’ve forgotten where I heard about this book! But the title intrigued me every time I saw it, and I kept meaning to get to this book… so I finally have! I Killed Zoe Spanos starts with a confession – Anna confessing to killing… Read More Book Review: I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
Earlier this year, I talked a bit about all the things you could do with the French Riviera Pass. Well, I’m back to talk more about it because when my mum and my friend came over, we decided to get a 48hour pass and we ended up doing more things! Eze The bus from Nice… Read More More Things I did with the French Riviera Pass (+48 Hour Itinerary!)
I found this book at a Church yard sale and of course, I had to buy it. It’s only 1 euro and you can never know too much about Jane Austen! This biography of Jane Austen is a rather slim volume that tells her story by focusing on her relationships and how that might have… Read More Book Review: Jane Austen by Carol Shields
F I N A L L Y!!! I have been waiting for A Darkness At The Door ever since I read The Theft of Sunlight slightly more than a year and a half ago. And once again, I was not disappointed. Since this is book 2 of the duology, there will be spoilers for The… Read More Book Review: A Darkness At The Door by Intisar Khanani
Hello tea friends!! I’m finally at a stage where I can slowly open up new packets of tea to enjoy! These two teas were actually teas that I bought during my trip to San Francisco (I’ve got more that need to be reviewed too!). Aged Earl Grey Tea I actually found Numi Tea after I… Read More Quick Tea Reviews: 2 Numi Teas (Aged Earl Grey and Jasmine Green)
“Instead of looking different in how we treated women, Christians looked just like everyone else.” With the news of how the Southern Baptist Convention failed victims of abuse in order to protect male leaders in the Church coming so soon after news of how John MacArthur shamed and excommunicated a woman who refused to take… Read More Book Review: The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr
I always love a good historical mystery and with such a fun name, how could I not request a review copy of A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons? There are, sadly, not as many parties as you would expect in this book. But there is a lot of poison. When Saffron Everleigh attends a… Read More Book Review: A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari
It’s funny that I went to America and ended up buying a book about England, but it is what it is. I am always fascinated by myths and legends and thought that this book was going to be a history of how magic was treated throughout English history, and I was sort of right. The… Read More Book Review: The Book of English Magic by Philip Carr-Gomm & Richard Heygate
Hello friends!! Guess who is almost at the end of her MBA? It feels like time has just flown past – I was just getting used to France and here I am back in Singapore again! I will be spending this week finishing up my thesis and then re-starting my work, so I think that… Read More What’s Up?
I heard about this book from Rosamunde_Reads on Instagram and as someone who generally enjoys English history, I thought I would enjoy this book! Mantel Pieces is basically a collection of essays – mostly book reviews but with at least one memoir piece – written by Hilary Mantel for the London Review of Books. Most… Read More Book Review: Mantel Pieces by Hilary Mantel
