Although I’ve not picked up a Temperance Brennan mystery in five years (thanks Goodreads for keeping track), I have recently rewatched the TV show Bones. When a friend mentioned that Kathy Reichs was a Canadian author and that she enjoyed the books, I decided to try another Temperance Brennan mystery. I may have skipped a… Read More Book Review: A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs
“Personal stories are about moving from place to place, and these places can be internal as well as out there in the world.” This is the first book that has made the jump from Pinterest to my TBR and finally to actually being read and if books could receive congratulations, I’d give it one. I… Read More Book Review: Field Notes from the Edge by Paul Evans
Yesterday, one of my classmates dropped a link in our WhatsApp group about this weekend being designated European Heritage Days (Journées Européennes du Patrimoine). Basically, there are a few special small exhibitions and tours happening all over Nice, and I assume the rest of Europe. Although my French is currently only good enough to sometimes… Read More European Heritage Days + Nice’s Festival of Books
This is, perhaps unsurprisingly, another book that was part of my MBA’s summer reading list and the last one that I’ll be reviewing (for now? Who knows). I don’t think I’ve read a lot of management books, so this is perhaps the most ‘traditional’ business book that I read. The Hard Thing About Doing Hard… Read More Book Review: The Hard Thing About Doing Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
After almost three months, I’m finally back with a tea review! It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to open a new packet of tea so I had very high hopes for this one. The Taiwan Four Season ‘Red Pearl’ Oolong from What Cha was a mystery tea that I ordered last year… Read More Tea Review: Taiwan Four Season ‘Red Pearl’ Oolong from What Cha
This is probably the longest book from the MBA reading list that I’ve read, but it’s also a book that I’ve heard a lot of good things about. So let’s dive into the review! Thinking Fast and Slow is a very long book about how we think. To make things easier, Kahneman refers to our… Read More Book Review: Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
I’m not sure if you’re sick of the France posts (because you know, this is still technically a book and tea blog), but my MBA cohort and I recently went on a team-building trip to Île Saint-Honorat, an island just off Cannes, and I really wanted to document my experience for the future. île Saint-Honorat… Read More Team Building Trip to Île Saint-Honorat
It’s been some time since my post on the different types of kimono but I really wanted to write a follow-up post to further explore the variations in kimono. Since I covered the different levels of formality kimonos can have in the first post, I thought I’d focus a bit more on how kimonos come… Read More Reading in Japanese: Kimono Fabric, Seasons, and the Obi
I can’t write a post on new teacups without talking about the teas that I’ve been drinking! I’ve actually got some teas on the way (it’s a pre-order from Rare Tea Company) but I thought I’d talk about the teas that I brought. In the teabag category, we have a selection of teas from Karel… Read More Teas I Brought to France
The last time I read a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (it was Fooled by Randomness, if you were wondering), it was because a teacher recommended it. This time, I read Skin in the Game because it was on my MBA’s summer reading list. I don’t know about you, but I sense a pattern forming.… Read More Book Review: Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
