I’ve been wanting to reread my books about tea but I needed a palate cleanser after Brave Story. So I ended up reading The Illustrated Mum (I’ve been meaning to read the Sarah Dessen novels I own but I haven’t been feeling it) and it actually has a lot of similarities to Brave Story. Well,… Read More Daily Reading: 18th May//The Illustrated Mum
I was at a bit of a loss as to what to read after I finished all the Jane Austens I had at home. At first, I thought of reading Death Came to Pemberley but I gave up after a few pages – not because the book was bad (I enjoyed it the first time… Read More Daily Reading: 10th May//Some Historical Fiction
Brianna and Krysta at Pages Unbound have brought back their Friday Classic Remarks and since I’ve been rereading old favourites, this week’s question spoke to me: What classic did you love when you were younger—and you still love now? It’s a good thing that the prompt doesn’t limit you to one book! I don’t think… Read More Classic Remarks: What classic did you love when you were younger—and you still love now?
May the Fourth be with all of you~ I actually had a lot more work than I expected to do today, but because I managed to read A Little Princess after writing yesterday’s post, and Little Lord Fauntleroy and Pollyanna aren’t too long, I actually have three books to talk about! Three books in which… Read More Daily Reading: 4th May//Good Children
I finished the Secret Island yesterday, so I continued on and finished the next three books in the series: The Secret of Spiggy Holes, The Secret Mountain, and The Secret of Killimooin. Prince Paul, the fifth member of the party, is introduced in The Secret of Spiggy Holes, and thanks to him, the kids are… Read More Daily Reading: 2nd May//More Enid Blyton + Cranachan
It’s May and we’re in for another month of circuit breaker/lockdown measures in Singapore. Coincidentally, I finished the last of the library books that I borrowed before the circuit breaker started last week. I did think about checking out new books from Overdrive, but I remembered a C.S. Lewis quote that I read recently: “Clearly… Read More May is the Month of Rereading (And the return of amateur blogging??)
One nice thing about bookstagram is that I get to know the Singapore bookish community! The Super Secret Book was one of the first few accounts that I found and I’ve been admiring the cute art that they post ever since. When I heard that The Super Secret book was out in ebook, I had… Read More Book Review: The Super Secret Book by Tian En
I first heard about The Night Parade when Wendy at Literary Feline reviewed it … in 2016. Yes, this has been on my TBR list for four years! But it’s about Obon and Japanese culture so I was definitely going to read it sooner or later. In The Night Parade, Saki is dragged from her… Read More Book Review: The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary
I finally managed to get a copy of the second book in the Mysterious Benedict Society (thanks to a student) and it was just as fun as I expected! The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey starts with a reunion – Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance are preparing for an exciting and safe adventure… Read More Book Review: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
This was a surprisingly deep read. I borrowed this book thinking that it was going to be about murders and haunted dollhouses (which it is), but I didn’t expect the touching depiction of life with a mentally challenged sister that was also inside. In The Dollhouse Murders, Amy temporarily moves to her Aunt Clare’s home… Read More The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright