It’s not that I’m looking for feel-good books for the Christmas season, but this I bumped up The Blessed Child in the TBR stack because: 1) it’s a physical book and 2) I wanted to read it before I finished all the teas in the Quaintly & Co. Tea and Book Box. And also because… Read More Book Review: The Blessed Child by Rosie Goodwin
It’s time for me to start on one of the teas that I’ve been looking forward to the most in my What Cha Haul – the Georgian teas! I’ve been eyeing the teas from Renegade Tea but the shipping cost has been a pretty big deterrent. So when I realised that I could try two… Read More Tea Review: Georgia Davit’s ‘Phoenix’ Black Tea from What Cha
This is another one of my BookXcess books and I got it mainly because the idea of a history of neighbours sounded intriguing, even if it was about the idea of neighbours in England. Cheek By Jowl is a history of neighbourhoods and the idea of “neighbours” from thirteenth century to present day England. It… Read More Book Review: Cheek by Jowl by Emily Cockayne
I love Discworld and I’ve read Snuff so it was impossible for me not to buy a copy of The World of Poo when I saw it. After all, how can I pass up a chance to find the book that makes Young Sam laugh and which Vimes finds educational? To be honest, I don’t… Read More Book Review: The World of Poo by Felicity Beedle and Terry Pratchett
Advent has started, which means that I’m going to go all-out when it comes to tea! Not that I’ve been holding back, but it’s nice to have a reason to go a little over the top. So this week, I’ll be going through the Bird & Blend Matcha Advent + sharing the one tea that… Read More Tea’s The Season: Advent Matcha + 2020 Sipdown
One of my online friends, Jennifer, wrote a book! And she very kindly sent me a copy because shipping is expensive, so obviously I had to bump it up the TBR list. And totally no regrets because I have not read an Epic Story* in a while. The Long Guest is set post-Tower of Babel,… Read More Book Review: The Long Guest by Jennifer Mugrage
And we’re back with another review of the What-Cha haul! This time, the tea is a Korean tea, which is one of the countries I don’t know much about. For reference, the only other straight tea from Korea that I’ve tried is the Volcanic Rock Tea by O’Sulloc, so I was super excited to find… Read More Tea Review: Korean Dong Cheon Daejak Semi-Wild Green Tea from What Cha
Despite the fact that I bought the book (the word “Jane Austen” was in the title, it’s inevitable), I approached it with some trepidation. I love Austen but I’m not sure how she fits into an advice column – and what if the author attempts to mimic Austen’s style? Thankfully, the book doesn’t go so… Read More Book Review: Jane Austen’s Guide to Modern Life Dilemmas by Rebecca Smith
In early September, I decided to buy a one-off Tea & Book box from Quaintly & Co., because Instagram marketing totally works on me. I’ve never subscribed to a book or tea box before because shipping tends to be really expensive, but £4.99 for shipping sounded okay if it was just once so I used… Read More Trying Quaintly’s Tea & Book Box
This is another one of my impulse BookXcess buys, but unlike some of the others (which were purchased because it hit the price+cover+blurb sweet spot), I wanted to buy Squirrel Meets World because: a) it was written by Shannon Hale, and b) I recalled Krysta from Pages Unbound talking about why you should read Squirrel… Read More Book Review: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl – Squirrel Meets World by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale
