It’s probably weird to read the first and third books in a series before the second, but that’s how I read the Emma of Normandy series by Patricia Bracewell. Given how much I enjoyed Shadow on the Crown (Book 1) and The Steel Beneath the Silk (Book 3), it will come as no surprise that… Read More Book Review: The Price of Blood by Patricia Bracewell
Hi friends! I recently asked some other internet friends if they had questions about tea and they delivered! Quite a few of those questions were pretty general, so I thought it might be useful if I shared them here as well. About Tea Do all teas come from the same plant? Many, if not all… Read More Tea 101: Frequently Asked Questions about Tea
A friend gave me a copy of this book of short stories and radio plays by one of the founding fathers of modern Singapore, S. Rajaratnam and honestly I am shocked that I never knew we had such a literary talent in Singapore! I knew of Rajaratnam as one of the key members of our… Read More Book Review: The Short Stories and Radio Plays of S. Rajaratnam
Does this look familiar to anyone? If you only found me this year, here’s the history behind this tea: last year, I bought some raw puer (my first time buying!) and found that I quite liked it. If you’re interested, you can find my original review here. Since it’s been about a year and raw… Read More Revisiting the 2009 Dragon Balls of Bulang (Raw Puer)
I’d forgotten about Candace Robb for a bit, but after I read The Cross Legged Knight, I just had to read another one of the Kate Clifford Mysteries, another series by her. A Murdered Peace is the third book in the Kate Clifford series and it deals heavily with characters from the first two books.… Read More Book Review: A Murdered Peace by Candace Robb
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
