Updated 21/7/2024 So you’ve read all of Jane Austen’s novels… now what? Among the Janeites reminded me of just how active the Jane Austen fandom is, so I thought it would be fun to put together an Austen-focused book recommendation post! I’ll be linking to my full reviews of the books and otherwise stated, these… Read More Get Your Austen Fix: Books Related to Jane Austen
Despite the fact that I’m a huge fan of Japanese tea, I’ve only attended a tea once, as part of my finishing school course. With the brashness of youth, I agreed to be the 正客 (main guest) and with a lot of prompting from the teachers and guest lecturers, somehow made it through the ceremony.… Read More Book Review: Every Day a Good Day by Noriko Morishita
I heard about Every Heart a Doorway when Sam from The Book in Hand wrote a post about 7 atmospheric books to read and I thought it sounded really good! It took a little while, but I finally got around to reading this. Every Heart a Doorway is a novella about children who have fallen… Read More Book Review: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
This has been sitting in my Overdrive TBR list for quite some time, but a recent episode on Dark Histories on this very topic spurred me to finally borrow it. If you’ve listened to the episode, there’s a lot of information overlap, but if you haven’t, The Lost City of Z is an entertaining introduction… Read More Book Review: The Lost City of Z by David Grann
If you’ve ever been tired of social media, it shouldn’t be hard for you to feel that we’re not connecting with each other. In You’re Not Listening, Murphy attributes this to a decline in listening. Because we’re not listening, we’re not connecting with one another, leading to more shouting on our parts because we want… Read More Book Review: You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
So this was a strange little book. Not only did I not know who recommended it to me (I know I’ve seen it around but it’s not in my TBR list so I have no clue), I’m not even sure how I found the book because I thought all the library books I got this… Read More Book Review: The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
How much hold does the mind have over the body? What is the impact of culture on our physical health? In The Sleeping Beauties, Dr. Suzanne O’Sullivan looks at several different types of ‘mystery illness’, where people fall ill with no medical explanation, some which occur in groups and some which are individual cases to… Read More Book Review: The Sleeping Beauties by Suzanne O’Sullivan
I requested this book because the description sounded good, but it seems like I’m out of the loop because almost all my Christian friends have heard of the instagram account: preachersnsneakers. But if you’re like me, Preachers n Sneakers is an account that points out when famous pastors wear very expensive clothes, because there’s something… Read More Book Review: Preachers n Sneakers by Ben Kirby
Hello friends! I am very slowly going through my tea stash, but I was inspired by one of the #TeaTogetherTuesday prompts to write this post (which is out of sync with everyone… oops!). If you’re new to tea, then the first and most important thing I think you should learn is: the right temperature you… Read More Tea 101: The Most Important Thing to Learn About Tea is Temperature
I can’t remember who recommended this book but I know why I read it – because it’s a collection of short stories from the Golden Age of Mystery! You should know by now that I’m always keen to read more authors from this period of time and I thought a collection of short stories would… Read More Book Review: Bodies from the Library edited by Tony Medawar
