It may not come as a surprise to you that I bought this book for the title (and also, the cover is cute). While I may not be a hardcore Janeite, I am a fan of Jane Austen and I find books about her so interesting. Among the Janeites is an exploration of the Jane… Read More Book Review: Among the Janeites by Deborah Yaffe
I got this book for a few reasons: 1) the cover is cool, 2) it’s a true crime unsolved mystery, and 3) the words “The Case Conan Doyle Couldn’t Solve” was printed prominently on the cover. Put all three together and I basically had to read the book. The Mile End Murder covers the murder… Read More Book Review: The Mile End Murder by Sinclair McKay
It’s a good thing that I read The Dire King fairly soon after Ghostly Echoes because The Dire King picks up directly where The Ghostly Echoes left off. Since this is the last book in the series, this review will have spoilers for earlier books, so skip this review if you’ve not read the previous… Read More Book Review: The Dire King by William Ritter
I bought a new Japanese book! Way back when I was living in Japan, I went for lessons with Morita-sensei. As part of my lessons, I bought a book on how to put on kimono correctly but I didn’t have anything more general about kimono. So I figured it was time to get another one… Read More Reading in Japanese: Formal and Casual Kimono
You might think: another book about fairies? Will you ever have enough? The answer is “no”, because even if I just look at fairies in Western countries, there’s so much variety that no one book can completely cover the topic. Plus, I don’t have a pretty book about fairies (though I do have that pretty… Read More Book Review: Faeryland by John Matthews with art by Matt Dangler
I was in the mood for a thriller and Watching You by Lisa Jewell caught my eye! I quite enjoyed her other book, The Family Upstairs, so I was eager to dive into this. Watching You is told from the POV of many different people: Joey/Josephine: who meets one of her neighbours (Tom FitzWilliam) and… Read More Book Review: Watching You by Lisa Jewell
After a long time, I’m back with a Lupicia tea review! I was originally going to review a Lupicia Rooibos Fruit of the Season blend but the rooibos smelled sour in a bad way and since the tea is supposed to be chestnut flavoured, I decided that I was not going to drink that. So… Read More Tea Review: Lemonade by Lupicia
I loved The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf, but because I don’t follow authors or new releases, I didn’t know that she wrote a second book until Em @ A Geeky Jock reviewed it! Obviously, as soon as I heard of The Girl and the Ghost, I put it on my TBR list.… Read More Book Review: The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf
Thanks to the BBC Player, I found out about this murder mystery series called Midsomer Murders. Since I love a good cosy mystery, I really enjoyed the episodes that I watched and wanted to read some of the books that inspired the show! The Killings at Badger’s Drift is the first book in the Detective… Read More Book Review: The Killings at Badger’s Drift by Caroline Graham
So… I haven’t done any library tours in over a year (thanks, pandemic), but I recently went to Harbourfront Library and it is so pretty I had to share. Located in what was Singapore’s largest shopping centre at its time of opening, Library@Harbourfront was opened in 2019 and is the newest public library in Singapore.… Read More SingLib #4: Library@Harbourfront
