I studied To Kill a Mockingbird when I was in secondary school and unsurprisingly, I really enjoyed the book, since it was a stirring portrayal of how we can choose to act against racism even when we’re living in a deeply racist society. When Go Set A Watchman came out, I followed enough of the… Read More Book Review: Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee [Spoilers]
I have a big, tea-related talk on Saturday so I really, really wanted to have a tea-related post this week. I’ve been drinking sencha made from the hokumei cultivar, so I thought it was the perfect tea to look into! What is the Hokumei Cultivar? The hokumei cultivar was developed in Saitama prefecture by combining… Read More Tea 101: The Hokumei Cultivar
Hi friends! I’m super excited to share with you a new project! I’ve been part of the hanfugirls group for a while (you may remember the posts in my World of Genji series) and we’ve recently decided to write a book, so of course I had to share about it here! The title of the… Read More New Project & Collaboration: the Hanfugirl Book
I read A LOT of Enid Blyton when I was a kid, and I definitely meant to capitalise A LOT. Enid Blyton was the reason I: Wanted to go to boarding school Wanted to live on an island/lie on heather (this stopped when I realised I only like nature from a distance) Wanted to eat… Read More Book Review: The Real Enid Blyton by Nadia Cohen
I heard about this book on Bookstagram and since I’m always on the lookout for non-literary fiction SingLit, this sounded like something I would enjoy! Fear of the Guest stars pretty much all the local ghosts in Singapore, including a few that I hadn’t heard of! There is Lady Pontianak, the marble children, and even… Read More Book Review: Fear of the Guest by Yihan Sim
A while back, I wrote a post on cottagecore books – while this isn’t the traditional cottagecore book, it is a heartwarming book set in a small village in a forest and because of that, I think it qualifies as one. Thanks Juliet, for sending me a copy of this book, it’s beautifully translated and… Read More Book Review: Kamusari Tales Told at Night by Shion Miura
It has been almost a year since I last read something by Candace Robb, which is a pity because this book reminded me how much I enjoy her historical mysteries. I used to think that her Kate Clifford books are my favourite, but this second book in the Owen Archer series makes me want to… Read More Book Review: The Lady Chapel by Candace Robb
This has been on my TBR list for years, mostly because I think I was supposed to have won a copy of it but never got the book and thus never bothered to go find a copy. But I was craving for a fantasy novel and this was available in Libby so I guess I… Read More Book Review: The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann
I got a box of Clipper teas around the end of last year and I’m actually finishing the box right now, so I thought it would be fun to just write quick reviews of each tea! I remember liking Clipper teas when I first started getting into teas, so I thought this would be a… Read More Quick Tea Reviews: A Fabulous Selection Infusions & Thés Bio by Clipper Teas
It’s always gratifying to see your country in a book, especially since Singapore is so small! But it also makes sense that in a book about how English as a language is changing, Singlish (Singapore English) appears as a case study (although, sadly, Abley missed the chance to talk about Phua Chu Kang, a local… Read More Book Review: The Prodigal Tongue by Mark Abley
