I first heard about this book in mid-2020, when Lila from Hardcover Haven talked about it for her Black and Bookish tag. I’ve never read a North African-inspired fantasy, so I was immediately intrigued and put it on my TBR list. A River of Royal Blood is the story of Evalina, a princess of Myre.… Read More Book Review: A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy
Hi friends! I hope you had a good start to the week! I haven’t been reading all that much, but I have managed to finish: Totto-Chan by Kuroyanagi Tetsuko – This is one of my childhood favourites! Although I generally enjoyed school, I really wanted to go to either Whyteleafe or Tomoe. While this is… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 16
This is the second of the three wakoucha that I’m planning to drink and compare (while I ignore an unopened box of tea) and it’s actually the one that intrigued me the most! This tea is made from the same cultivar as the amazingly floral Yame Organic Benifuki Wakoucha that I recently drank and loved,… Read More Tea Review: Benifuki Aged Wakoucha by The Tea Crane
Younger me thought this was an amazing book and older me was a bit scared that my memories were wrong, which is why I didn’t read this book for years (apart from the fact it’s extremely yellowed, another sign of age, this book is not in my Goodreads catalogue, so I don’t even know when… Read More Rereading: Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan
I love the weekends because I get to read a lot more! I baked some cookies today and managed to finish a book while waiting for all the batches to bake and cool. And then I finished one after I got home and realised I didn’t have that much to do. Today, I read: I,… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 13
I’ve just finished a meeting, so you can guess how much reading time I’ve had. In light of that, I decided to reread something short – At The House of the Magician by Mary Hooper. I’ve also just realised that I reread this book last year, and that I still have not read At The… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 12
It has been surprisingly difficult to get ahold of Berkeley’s mysteries, since the library only has the Chinese translations and I couldn’t really find his books in stores. Until I stumbled across Trial and Error in BookXcess (that wonderful remaindered book website) and promptly got a copy. One of the novelists during the Golden Age… Read More Book Review: Trial and Error by Anthony Berkeley
So, I didn’t manage to read that much yesterday, but it’s okay because my meeting tonight got pushed back so I have a lot more reading time! Since Tuesday, I have managed to: Start on Of Bees and Mist, the book that I’ve been wanting to reread for years but never got round to it.… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 11
I’m finally at my last packet of Bird & Blent Tea blends! If I’m not wrong, once I’m done with this (and Honeycomb Cookie Doh – I’ve really not touched it since I reviewed it), I only have the Tea 101 box that’s not been opened. Here’s the description from the packet: Get bobbing for… Read More Tea Review: Apple Cider Bobbing by Bird and Blend Tea Co
We’re almost one-third of the way through! Today was a fairly good reading day because I decided to bake bread and basically just read while the bread was baking. I find bread to be rather tricky, so I’m glad that this one went well! It’s actually pretty easy to make and I can see myself… Read More March Rereading Madness: Day 9
