I’m always happy to read books about tea, and finding free books about tea makes me even happier. A Bowl for a Coin by William Wayne Farris is a commodity history of tea in Japan, an angle of Japanese tea history that I’ve not really seen outside my Japanese tea instructor textbook (and even then,… Read More Tea Book Review: A Bowl for a Coin by William Wayne Farris
After my positive experience with Tall Order, I decided to continue reading Singaporean memoirs and autobiographies, choosing Son of Singapore as the second book I’d read. While I hadn’t heard of this autobiography before, it has excellent reviews online and more importantly, is from the voice of an ordinary Singaporean, not a politician or one… Read More Book Review: Son of Singapore by Tan Kok Seng
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll probably have figured out that I’m back in the office now. And as it turns out, I left one packet of opened sencha in the tea drawer before I left! The tea definitely isn’t bad but it’s been six months (in my defence, I thought I’d be away… Read More I made my own Hojicha
I have been waiting eight years for this book and it has been so worth the wait. Rewind to 2012 – the year where I was applying for university scholarships and trying to finish as many books in my school library before I graduated. Sometime during the year, I participated in a blog tour for… Read More Book Review: The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani
This is kind of random, but a question just popped into my head: When do you link to other blogs/accounts on social media? We are probably all blogging so that we can take part in a community. Same goes for when you post about books on Instagram/Twitter/other Social Networking Sites. For me, I get lots… Read More Discussion Post: When do you link to other blogs/accounts?
Thank you Em from A Geeky Jock for constantly talking about Jackaby because that kept it on the top of my TBR list, which meant that I managed to read book two only one and a half years after I read book one. As with the first book, Beastly Bones is an extremely fun read… Read More Book Review: Beastly Bones by William Ritter
Whew what a long name for a tea! I’ve gotta say, though, I also like long descriptive names because I have a much better understanding about what they’re supposed to taste like. Anyway, this is one of the two teas I brought into Malaysia with me (I’m hoping to make a dent in the tea… Read More Tea Review: Darjeeling Rohini 2020 Second Flush ‘Honey’ Oolong Tea by What Cha
The Inspector Maigret mysteries were recommended me by my friend, Warren, and since I intend to read at least a few books in the series, I decided to start with the first. Pietr the Latvian was a strange novel. It starts with Inspector Maigret getting word that a notorious conman, the titular Pietr, has been… Read More Book Review: Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon
You might have heard of modern day tea competitions like the Global Tea Championships, Australian Tea Masters, or perhaps Great Taste Awards (okay that may be stretching it), where either teas or tea professionals are judged. But do you know that tea competitions have a very long history? I’ve been reading about the competitions in… Read More UniversiTEA: The History of Tea Competitions
I must be in a thriller mood* because I’ve finished another one – Perfect Little Children (also known as Haven’t They Grown) by Sophie Hannah. Perfect Little Children has a premise that grabbed me immediately: Unable to resist her curiosity, Beth takes a detour to her ex-best friend, Flora’s, house. It’s been twelve years since… Read More Book Review: Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah
