Overwhelmed is one of those books that I came across by accident. I was visiting the new library@haborfront when I saw this being displayed. I’ve been feeling tired lately and the thought that it might because of I’m overwhelmed rather than being in a depressive state was a nice one (jury’s still out on which… Read More Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte
Happy Lunar New Year everyone! Hope you had a great festive season with family and plenty of feasting! I’ve been very happily eating lots of steamboat and catching up with extended members of the family (and spending some time reading and drinking tea, of course) I loved The Bear and the Nightingale and I thought… Read More The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
I heard about this book from The Orangutan Librarian’s Monthly Monkey Mini Review, and it intrigued me enough that I hunted down a copy. And I have got to say, this book broke my heart so many times. I made the mistake of reading it in the mrt and I ended up tearing up for most… Read More A List of Cages by Robin Roe
This is one of my favourite posts to write because I get to look through on all the books that I’ve read the past year! I’ll be dividing the post into three categories: an overview of this year’s reading (this is new for the blog, but I’ve always done it on Dayre so I’m bringing… Read More 2018 in Books
I’ve been hearing fantastic things about this book for ages now, so I finally read it. I took pretty much the whole week to read (it’s actually pretty long), but I LOVED it and it feels like such a good book to welcome the Christmas season with. The Once and Future King is a retelling… Read More The Once and Future King by T.H. White
I’ve been looking for the paperback version of this book in the library, but after a few failed attempts, I caved and borrowed the hardback (I’m one of those weirdos who prefer the paperback versions because they are a lot more convenient). And you know what? I didn’t even notice that this was an unwieldy… Read More How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
I heard about this book when Wendy from Literary Feline posted about it. I love faerie stories and I’m pretty fond of historical fiction too, so this book grabbed my attention right away. When I found out that it was available from the library, I knew I was going to read it. Midnight Never Come… Read More Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan