I don’t know why, but I’ve been seeing Kristin Hannah pop up a fair bit on bookstagram, which made me want to reread her books. Happily, I found out that I own Winter Garden, and happily dove into this. Winter Garden is the story of Meredith, Nina, and their distant mother. After their father, who… Read More Rereading: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Can you guess what this bag is? (If you said “rubbish”, it’s not technically wrong) So last week, I was a little panicked because I wanted to open some new teas, but I realised that I still had a lot of opened teas. In a perfect world, I would finish one tea before opening another… Read More One Week Sip-Down
I heard about this book about Instagram from a bookstagram account on Instagram (no surprise there) and of course, my interest was piqued. No Filter is a business memoir, charting the rise of Instagram and its complicated relationship with its users. If you’re looking to find out: What feedback Ariana Grande gave Instagram when she… Read More Book Review: No Filter by Sarah Frier
I don’t know if learning from online courses can be considered a hobby, but if it is, then… I think this has developed into a hobby (if you can call this a hobby). It started with me signing up for free MOOCs, and ended with me actually having bought several courses! Why are they so… Read More Why I Love Online Courses + How to Decide if a Course is Worth Buying
I was reminded that At the Sign of the Sugared Plum was on my TBR list (thanks for the review, Orangutan Librarian!) when I reread At The House of the Magician. I’m actually pretty thankful I forgot about this last year because I’m not sure if I would be able to read about the black… Read More Book Review: At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper
It’s fitting that I read And Then There Were None a few weeks before I read The Decagon House Murders, because the latter pays homage to the former, and it was fun to have echoes of the original story in my head while reading it. The Decagon House Murders takes place in two locations –… Read More Book Review: The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
I distinctly remember hearing about this book from one or two of the blogs I follow, but I can’t find your post so thank you to anyone who has recommended this book earlier in the year! I’m a big fan of mysteries and I’m always looking for more translated works, so this book appealed to… Read More Book Review: The Silence of the White City by Eva Garcia Saenz
After hearing so many good things about AB Endacott from Abi of Pellinor, I was beyond thrilled to be able to read Deliverance of the Blessed! The ebooks are, unfortunately, only available on Amazon for now, but Endacott very generously sent me an ebook to read (I was asking if she was planning to make… Read More Book Review: Deliverance of the Blessed by AB Endacott
I’m back with another review of a tea from Satemwa Tea, and then I think I’ll be going back to Japanese tea (and whatever is in the second month of my Tea Crane subscription because I have not touched that). First Impressions The Thyolo Moto Guava OP1 is a black tea smoked with guava leaves,… Read More Tea Review: Thyolo Moto (Guava OP1) by Satemwa Tea Estate
Have you ever started a book because you thought it was one thing and it turned out to be another? This is what happened to me with The Bone Fire and to be honest, I’m not sure what I feel about this. I thought that The Bone Fire was a fantasy that starts in a… Read More Book Review: The Bone Fire by György Dragomán
