What do your clothes say about you? Do you even think that your clothes can say something? While I’m admittedly not a fashionista, I was intrigued by Dress Code, which had this promising subtitle: “unlocking fashion from new look to millenial pink.” Divided into four parts, Dress Code covers: The first part of the book,… Read More Book Review: Dress Code by Véronique Hyland
“Domestic preoccupation is not a sign of the death of love; it is what we start to get involved with when love has succeeded brilliantly.” Someone on bookstagram recommended this as one of her favourite books from the School of Life. Since I enjoyed How to be Bored, I decided that I had to read… Read More Book Review: The Sorrows of Love by The School of Life
A while back, the In Our Time podcast made an episode on Li Bai and Du Fu, two very famous Chinese poets. One of the guests was Tian Yuan Tan, whose accent sounded rather familiar – and then it hit me, he was from Singapore! So I looked up his work and saw a book… Read More Book Review: 1616 – Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu’s China edited by Tian Yuan Tan, Paul Edmonson, and Shih Pe Wang
I heard about this book from Rosamunde_Reads on Instagram and as someone who generally enjoys English history, I thought I would enjoy this book! Mantel Pieces is basically a collection of essays – mostly book reviews but with at least one memoir piece – written by Hilary Mantel for the London Review of Books. Most… Read More Book Review: Mantel Pieces by Hilary Mantel
I’ve been meaning to read something by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Notes on Grief sounded very interesting. Well, this short book (well, it’s more like an essay) has made me want to read more of her work! “I finally understand why people get tattoos of those they have lost. The need to proclaim not merely… Read More Book Review: Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“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
I’ve had this book on my TBR list for almost a year, ever since I saw Norwich Linguist’s review of it. And even though I enjoyed Confronting the Classics by Beard, I held off reading this because the topic just hit too close to home. Women and Power is a collection of two lectures given… Read More Book Review: Women and Power by Mary Beard
I’ve heard of Mary Beard for quite a few years, and have always intended to read her books, but as you know, my TBR list is long and I haven’t quite gotten around to all of them. But when I saw a copy of Confronting the Classics at an extremely reasonable price, I decided that… Read More Book Review: Confronting the Classics by Mary Beard
I’ve read The Screwtape Letters a long time ago, so I was pretty surprised to find out that there’s a (very short) sequel: Screwtape Proposes a Toast. Of course, I bought this. Screwtape Proposes a Toast is a collection of essays by C.S. Lewis, put together by him shortly before its death. It opens with… Read More Book Review: Screwtape Proposes a Toast by C.S. Lewis
Finding a copy of Trick Mirror in the library is like finding a needle in a haystack. Each library has a copy but that copy seems to be perpetually borrowed and I wasn’t willing to pay to reserve a copy. So when I found out that my local library had a copy available, I decided… Read More Book Review: Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino