“Chalika, who was old enough to have a shadow of memory, could recall the time when the house was filled with sounds.” First line of The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth I can’t recall how I found out about The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth, but I know I was excited (and a little bit… Read More Book Review: The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha
The alternate title of this book should be “All truth with malice in it”, since it seems to be a refrain for many of the characters. In A Better Man, Gamache is feeling the effects of his actions in Kingdom of the Blind. He’s accepted a demotion to the post of Chief Inspector, a position… Read More Book Review: A Better Man by Louise Penny
I had a really good time rereading Just Listen so I decided to reread The Truth About Forever, which is the first Dessen book that I read and probably my favourite book of hers to date. Why? Because the first chapter brings me to the verge of tears every time I read it. The Truth… Read More Rereading: The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Since I had a bit of time before I went to the library, I decided to reread another book – Making Money by Terry Pratchett. It’s one of the Discworld Ankh Morpork books, but it stars the ex-conman Moist von Lipwig (instead of being part of the Watch series). At the start of Making Money,… Read More Rereading: Making Money by Terry Pratchett
Warren recommended this book to me and in his recommendation, said the book was “very disquieting”, which for me means that I’ll have to read it sooner or later. I first heard of the Elisa Lam case through the elevator game (The Ghost in My Machine did an excellent write up of the history of… Read More Book Review: Gone at Midnight by Jake Anderson
Since there’s some time before I start my MBA, my school sent over an optional reading list. And although the list is optional, you all know that I like to read so I was eagerly scanned through the list and decided to start by reading Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. Option B… Read More Book Review: Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
The Doll Maker was recommended to me by a friend who enjoys serial-killer mysteries/thrillers and because we both enjoyed Liv Constantine’s The Wife Stalker, I ended up really enjoying this! The Doll Maker starts with two murders: one of a young boy caught up in a possible drug-dealing case, the other of a woman who… Read More Book Review: The Doll Maker by Mary Burton
My sister recently moved back from the UK so I took the opportunity to ask her to help me bring back a black tea blend that I loved when I visited Stratford-upon-Avon. Looking at my original review, I called the tea “very bright, with an almost berry-ish aftertaste”, and since I brought a packet home,… Read More Tea Thoughts: Tea Reviews & Changing Tastes
So I’ve come to a little TBR drought, as I’ve not been going to the library, but instead of checking out more ebooks, I thought it would be nice to just reread some books that I have! I really loved Sarah Dessen when I was younger, so I decided to reread Just Listen. Just Listen… Read More Rereading: Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book, though I can’t remember from who or what were the good things, so I was really excited to dive into this book. Because of my rather bad memory, I dove into this with a positive impression but completely no expectations about how things would go.… Read More Book Review: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
