I picked up this book because it’s said to be one of Tey’s best works, and all you really need to know is that there are imposters and people who resemble horses* in it. Named after its protagonist, Brat Farrar is the story of how Brat comes to become Patrick Ashby, the heir to the… Read More Book Review: Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
Continuing on with my review of the teas from my What Cha Haul (link leads to unboxing video), today’s tea is a pretty unusual tea from Sri Lanka! I can’t lie – I bought this tea because the shape of the leaves were so unusual! They’ve been twisted into mini rods and I was wondering… Read More Tea Review: Ceylon Idulgashinna ‘Blue Nettle’ Oolong Tea from What Cha
My love for folklore should be pretty well-established by now, so I don’t think you’ll be surprised to know that I made a trip to Library@Orchard just to find a copy of Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopiedias of Toriyama Sekien. As with An Introduction to Yokai Culture, I found this by searching “yokai” in the… Read More Book Review: Japandemonium Illustrated by Toriyama Sekien, translated by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt
Inspired by Briana and Kysta’s series of posts about libraries over at Pages Unbound, I thought it would be helpful to share some tips for fellow Singaporean bookworms to get the most out of their NLB membership. I mean, I’ve been buying A Lot of books (capital letters intended) but the only reason I haven’t… Read More #SingLib: 3 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your NLB Membership
I blogged about how just being part of the online bookish community comes with a fear of whether you’re reading books for the hype or for interest, and a few people pointed out that we can get really good book recommendations from the bookish community. Well, this is one book that I read because of… Read More Book Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
I found The Wife Stalker to be an amazing thriller, so I looked up the author and I realised that I’ve been hearing about The Last Mrs Parrish as well. Since I had such a good reading experience with The Wife Stalker, I immediately placed a hold on The Last Mrs Parrish. The Last Mrs… Read More Book Review: The Last Mrs Parrish by Liv Constantine
This book was recommended to me by one of my friends, who messaged me after she saw my review of The Wife Stalker (I honestly love conversations that are sparked by books!). To give you my opinions ahead of time, Don’t Tell Teacher is a nail-biting and fast-paced story with twists that pack a punch!… Read More Book Review: Don’t Tell Teacher by Suzy K. Quinn
In his review of the Malawi Bvumbwe Peony White Tea, Northern Teaist suggested that it might be interesting to compare the Malawi Bvumbwe Peony White Tea with a Chinese counterpart. I actually have some Baimudan (aka the Peony White Tea) from Fujian after the last Book & Brew’s tea tasting session, so I decided to… Read More Tea Test: Malawi vs Fujian Peony White Tea
I’ve been wanting to read more about Mr Quin and Mr Satterthwaite ever since I read The Harlequin Tea Party earlier this year. Unusually for me, it only took three months for me to pick up The Mysterious Mr Quin, a collection of short stories, loosely ordered in chronological order, about the first few times… Read More Book Review: The Mysterious Mr Quin by Agatha Christie
As you might have been able to tell, I’m a big fan of Making Public Declarations in order to hold myself accountable for things that I want to do. In that vein, here’s a list of books that are on my TBR list (some have been there for far too long) that I am determined… Read More Series I would Like to Read More Of (A Reminder to Myself)
