Hi friends! It’s another craft course review today! So a bit about how I write – my first drafts are what Anne Lamott would call “shitty first draft” because I’m a discovery writer. I’ve read some books on plotting, I’ve tried that, but it doesn’t work. I need to put everything down in the first… Read More Course Review: How to Revise Your Book by Self Publishing Formula
Happy Fantasy Friday! I’ve been super excited about today’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt, which is: “Fantasy in Translation”. Obviously, this calls for a list of my favourite translated fantasy works. I’ll link to my full review where possible, but a few of these are from my childhood/before this blog so there are no reviews. They’ve… Read More Wyrd & Wonder: 5 Translated Fantasy Books You Need to Read
It’s time for me to review the second aged sencha that I’ve got from The Tea Crane! I was going to say that I don’t think I’ve tried this cultivar, but thanks to this blog, I found out that I have tried it once – at a cafe. Looking at the notes from that time,… Read More Tea Review: Aged Saemidori Spring Sencha by The Tea Crane
I’ve finally read the third book in the Jackaby series! Thanks, Em, for always reminding me about this series and Wyrd & Wonder for giving me the final push to put it at the top of the TBR. So if you’re unfamiliar with the Jackaby, it’s a humorous fantasy series centered around the eccentric detective… Read More Book Review: Ghostly Echoes by William Ritter
It’s shincha time! But because I have exercised great restraint and not placed an order for shincha (I just found 3 unopened packs of Lupicia tea in my cabinet so I probably should not be buying tea yet), what I have to drink are these senchas from 2017. They were part of The Tea Crane’s… Read More Tea Review: Aged Yabukita Spring Harvest Sencha by The Tea Crane
Thanks to book blogging and bookstagram, my TBR list is at almost unmanageable levels right now. It’s so easy to just miss out on a few books, but thanks to Wyrd and Wonder, I realised that I had a Japanese fantasy waiting to be borrowed and read! The Beast Player contains the first two books… Read More Book Review: The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
As I hit the two-thirds mark of The Tale of Genji, I realised that some of the characters here were echoing things that I saw on the Internet (especially about entitled people/dating) and for the first time, understood why The Tale of Genji has stood the test of time. Before this, I was just generally… Read More 3 Things in The Tale of Genji that still exist (infuriatingly)
Last year, I read Prosperity Without Growth by Tim Jackson, a book that felt like a very timely read. And although it’s been about a year since then, we’re still in an economic slowdown and the idea that we need to rethink our definitions of prosperity remains relevant. So when I was offered a review… Read More Book Review: Post Growth by Tim Jackson
I managed to read another book by a Golden Age Mystery author I’ve not read before! Honestly, I’m amazed that I didn’t look into this time period earlier, given that I was such a fan of Agatha Christie when I was younger. I’m not sure why I thought she was the only mystery writer worth… Read More Book Review: The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin
So this review is so late that the product is no longer available (rendering the review useless) but I’m writing this in the hope that Bird & Blend Tea Co. will bring back their Tea 101 box. And also because I really, really want to talk about it. Last year, I made a pretty big… Read More I Tried Bird & Blend Tea Co.’s Tea 101 Box
