I pretty much forgot about January in Japan for the first half of the month (probably because I never continue past January in Japan) but I did want to read at least one Japanese novel so I borrowed There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Job. It’s also a rather seasonally appropriate read, because job… Read More Book Review: There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura
So, I was going to start this post by talking about how long it’s been since I posted about my trip to Basel and the London Tea Co, but I checked that post and apparently I did not write anything about tea in there. I’m not sure what past me was thinking, but I probably… Read More Visit to London Tea Co. + 2 Tisane Reviews
I’ve had this book on my TBR for quite some time, possibly because I really enjoyed his other book, The Devil in the White City (my Goodreads review); possibly because it’s got a link to Mrs McGinty’s Dead (my Goodreads review). Or maybe because of both these reasons. Thunderstruck is the tale of two men:… Read More Book Review: Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
While we’re still in January, I’d like to share a quick recap of my trip to Paris at the start of the year! I was there for my school’s Hackathon, but really, I had a few different goals for the trip. I wanted to: Go to Paris Disneyland Visit Lupicia and Mariage Freres Eat tonkotsu… Read More A Quick Recap of my Paris Trip
I don’t know if two authors count as the start of a trend, but I find that when it comes to comic series, the first few books aren’t necessarily the best. It’s like that for the first few Discworld books (one of the reasons why I’m not a huge Rincewind fan) and I find that… Read More Book Review: Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
If you’ve been following this blog for the past two years or so, you’ve probably heard me mention Infused by Henrietta Lovell as a tea book I really enjoy (I’ve also recommended it to quite a few people offline as well). So today, I’m really excited to bring you the SustainabiliTEA profile of Rare Tea… Read More SustainabiliTEA: Rare Tea Company
I first heard about The Tudors in Love when Sarah Gristwood went on the Medievalist podcast. The book intrigued me, so I decided to check it out! As you can guess from the title, The Tudors in Love is about love and the Tudors. To be specific, it’s about how the concept of courtly love… Read More Book Review: The Tudors in Love by Sarah Gristwood
Hi friends! I wasn’t really planning to buy any fukubukuro (lucky bags) this year because I’m not living in Japan anymore, but I was talking to my friends about Karel Capek at the end of last year and one thing led to another and we ended up getting one of the fukubukuro to share! (I… Read More What’s in Karel Capek’s 2022 Fukubukuro?
I’ve always enjoyed Jane Eyre retellings (even more than the original, for some reason) so when Wendy at Musings of a Bookish Kitty reviewed this, I was intrigued. I was reminded of the book when Wendy did a roundup of all the first lines of books that she read in 2021 and since I wanted… Read More Book Review: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
My boyfriend came over during the last week of the year (hence my rush to finish writing all the end-of-year posts) and while I don’t want to give myself pressure to blog about the places we visited at the start of the year and the new school semester, I really want to share about the… Read More Everything I did with the French Riviera Pass
