I’ve had Invisible Women on my TBR list ever since I saw Briana’s review of the book at Pages Unbound, but I’ve postponed reading it for the longest time because I just knew I was going to be angry while reading and I was right. After reading chapter one while waiting for a bus, I… Read More Book Review: Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
“In her essay, the woman searches for her identity and her soul. Crossing the bridge of words, she dispels anxieties and cultivates her intellect to reach the spiritual realm of her heart.” The “Grand” Realm Versus the “True” realm by Zhang Kangkang After reading Women & Power by Mary Beard, I wanted to read something… Read More Book Review: Once Iron Girls edited by Hui Wu
If you’ve ever been tired of social media, it shouldn’t be hard for you to feel that we’re not connecting with each other. In You’re Not Listening, Murphy attributes this to a decline in listening. Because we’re not listening, we’re not connecting with one another, leading to more shouting on our parts because we want… Read More Book Review: You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
A friend gave me a copy of this book of short stories and radio plays by one of the founding fathers of modern Singapore, S. Rajaratnam and honestly I am shocked that I never knew we had such a literary talent in Singapore! I knew of Rajaratnam as one of the key members of our… Read More Book Review: The Short Stories and Radio Plays of S. Rajaratnam
So I’ve read my second Anthony Berkeley book (this time under his pen-name) and wow, he is proving to be one of the most innovative Golden Age Mystery writers that I’ve read! Trial and Error was about a man trying to prove himself guilty, and Before the Fact is a thriller from the perspective of… Read More Book Review: Before the Fact by Francis Iles [Spoilers]
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
This is my second Detective Kaga book (I previously read Malice) and I think this is what’s going to turn me into a Higashino Keigo fangirl! I mean, I loved the Galileo series, but more for the TV adaptation than the books. Newcomer is a murder mystery – a woman has been found dead in… Read More Book Review: Newcomer by Higashino Keigo
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
I’m writing this review in an emotional post-book high but hopefully what I lack in coherence, I make up in enthusiasm because this is probably the best thriller that I’ll have read this year. I first heard about The Wife Stalker from Girl About the Yard, who named it one of her Top 3 Books… Read More Book Review: The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine
“So I believe in heart’s oaths. They are the ones we should live by – for what life is worth living, with a stifled heart? None, that I know of.” One of my friends recommended Corrag to me and wow, this was beautiful! I picked up the book because it’s about the Glencoe Massacre, which… Read More Book Review: Corrag by Susan Fletcher