“Journalists, as they say, write the first draft of history, and the first draft is the only one that most of the public remembers, not the more nuanced, better-informed one that comes after the dust has cleared.” This was one of the books that the library featured in Libby when I opened the app, and… Read More Book Review: The Revolution That Wasn’t by Spencer Jakab
This is the last book that I bought at the church bazaar, and unsurprisingly, I’m regretting not getting more! But a friend did loan me two of her books, so I still have those and a lot of ebooks to read. I remember reading and really enjoying The Shadow of the Wind (Goodreads Review), so… Read More Book Review: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Recently, I was drinking a rather inscrutable tea (i.e. a tea where I don’t get the notes I’m supposed to get) and that got me reflecting a little on my tea journey. As you can probably tell from my tea reviews, I don’t get the most exciting things from my tea tasting sessions, but I… Read More Tea 101: 3 Tips To Improve Your Tea Tasting Abilities
I should really consider just picking up the next Skulduggery Pleasant book whenever I feel like I’m not reading enough because the books are so fun that I somehow find time to read them (as soon as I start. If it’s just on my bookshelf, it can sit for a while. Funny how spare time… Read More Book Review: The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy
Today is the last day of Menton’s Lemon Festival, so of course, I only managed to visit yesterday, just before it ended. The lemon festival is pretty famous around this area and I definitely visited to be able to say that I visited. What the Lemon Festival was like The Lemon Festival has 5 main… Read More Visiting Menton’s Lemon Festival
So I impulsively borrowed this for the train ride home from Bordeaux but it turned out to have an unexpected connection to the city! Turns out that the trial (or trials) at the Center in this book were held there. The Bettencourt Affair is about Liliane Schueller Bettencourt, the daughter of the founder of L’Oreal;… Read More Book Review: The Bettencourt Affair by Tom Sancton
I find that thriller/mysteries are great for train rides because they are fairly quick to read and entertaining. Taken has been on my TBR list for quite a while and since I had a long train ride back to Nice, I thought this was a good book to kill time with! Taken starts with an… Read More Book Review: #Taken by Tony Parsons
Just before 2021 ended, I saw this post on Instagram from Hachimanjyu (more about the farm here) on a new tea that they were bringing out: Basically, they had a lot of tea flowers blooming this year, so they decided to blend them and make a limited edition flower black tea! I’ve never tried a… Read More Tea Review: 花こうちゃ (Flower Black Tea) by Hachimanjyu
I’m pretty sure that I’ve read this a long time ago, but this was before I started writing down my reviews so I have absolutely no recollection of what I thought about this the first time I read it. And honestly, this felt like a new-to-me book which I loved so much. The third book… Read More Book Review: The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny
Now that I’ve covered the two main things I wanted to talk about for my Bordeaux Trip (the visit to St Emilion and the Wine museums), it’s time to try to cover everything most in this one post. I was only in Bordeaux for two full days, so here’s everything else I did and all… Read More The Bordeaux City Pass + Food Recommendations
