Alternative post title: Oh wow I need to buy a copy of this + The Book of Heroes for myself because this is AMAZING I read Brave Stories years ago and really enjoyed it, but as is quite usual for me, never really bothered to check if Miyuki Miyabe wrote anything else. So imagine my… Read More Book Review: The Gate of Sorrows by Miyuki Miyabe
“My name’s Kazumi Ishioka. I’m a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they’re almost an addiction.” I’ve had this book on the Overdrive wishlist for the longest time ever, but only got around to it now. And I regret my wait so much because this is an amazing (if slightly disturbing) mystery. I actually had… Read More Book Review: The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Shimada Soji
I’ve wanted to read Annie Dillard for a few years but I’ve always been unable to find a physical copy. Luckily, I was recently inspired to look for her in Overdrive and I realised that the NLB has added a few of her books! I immediately borrowed Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which I hear is… Read More Book Review: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
I kind of went into this book knowing that it was going to change the way I was thinking about clothes and I was right. I heard about Fashionopolis from the Dressed Podcast interview (which was great, except for an advert for Fabletics that felt out of place) and knew that this was going to… Read More Book Review: Fashionopolis by Dana Thomas
So this was something recommended in the self-help talk at the NLB (I really should sign up for more talks) and since I really enjoyed Digital Minimalism, I decided to read this. Plus, I tend to get a bit reflective around December (or any other trigger, really), and I thought it would be nice to… Read More Deep Work by Cal Newport
I’m always on the lookout for tea-related books and when I saw Nicole’s review of Infused by Henrietta Lovell over at Tea for Me Please, I was intrigued. I’ve read quite a few nonfiction books about tea and its history, but this is the first time that I’ve read about a memoir about a life… Read More Infused by Henrietta Lovell
I cannot remember how I found this book, which is sad because I LOVED THIS. It is amazing and it tackles the sensitive topic of race and a difficult time in Malaysia’s history with great skill and empathy. The Weight of Our Sky is set during the 13 May 1969 racial riots. Melati and her… Read More The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
This was a book that came at the perfect moment. It’s been a tough time for me lately and I needed to hear from someone who has gone through something similar to what I did (although Maggy faces much greater challenges than me). I stumbled across these lines in the first chapter and I knew… Read More How Not to Fall Apart by Maggy Van Eijk
I’m not sure where I heard of this book but I remember why I wanted to read it: Marcelo has a cognitive disorder, which resembles Asperger’s syndrome. Since my brother is on the autism spectrum, I wanted to read more books which had characters that represent him. Marcelo has a pretty comfortable life at the… Read More Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
I heard about this from Jane over at the Greenish Bookshelves and I love Pride and Prejudice so I headed down to the library for this the first chance I had. This is a Pride and Prejudice retelling, diverging from the book at Darcy’s original proposal. Instead, the story looks at what might have happened… Read More Unequal Affection by Lara S. Ormiston