In June, I managed to meet one of my AC friends – a really fun meeting, even accounting for the fact that we had to catch up on about 8 years of news in two hours. And during the meeting, he recommended me two books. One of them was Soul Mountain. To be honest, if… Read More Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
I remember hearing about this book from somewhere, but I forgot to note it down so sorry if you’ve reviewed this recently and I forgot to mention that I found the book from your review! (I should probably start following everyone on Goodreads too because it makes it so much easier to see if someone… Read More The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Reading Adventure on the High Teas reminded me that I’ve had Dark Entries on my reading list for quite some time and that it was high time I got to it. I’m not quite sure how I came across the book, but I suspect the praise by Neil Gaiman on the cover played a part… Read More Dark Entries by Robert Aickman
I chanced upon this in the library, but the minute I saw that this book influenced none other than Jane Austen, I knew that I was going to read it. According to Jane Austen for Dummies (which is actually really informative), the three novels of France Burney “brought the comedy of manners – in which… Read More Evelina by Frances Burney
I’m finally back in the Fairacre series, and as usual, I wonder what kept me away for so long (probably the fact that this series is only found at the regional library branches). Over the Gate is about the stories told by various Fairacre residents to Miss Read as she goes about her job as… Read More Over The Gate by Miss Read
Although I’m trying to read more Marple, I normally don’t read the non-Poirot mysteries because I generally don’t enjoy them (case in point: Tommy and Tuppence). But, I heard that The Seven Dials Mystery is good and an unconventional Christie, which convinced me to give it a go. The Seven Dials Mystery starts with a… Read More The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
I found this book from The Orangutan Librarian when she did a mini review. It immediately intrigued me, given that I really like IKEA (despite me being easily frightened). When she recommended it again, I knew that it was just a matter of time before I picked it up. Since I’ve been having long commutes recently… Read More Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
This book has been everywhere, including the front page of the NLB Overdrive page. So I caved in, borrowed the book, and finished it in one day. Warning: I will mark spoiler-ish passages with [SPOILER] because there are parts at the end of the book that I want to talk about. If you want a… Read More Where You’d Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
I am so excited that this book is out!! This is one of the books that I found on WriteOn and I fell in love with it immediately and offered to help out with the Chinese translations (which isn’t a huge contribution but still!!). Since then, WriteOn has closed down and The Ghost has been… Read More The Ghost: Hyperlia Saga Level 1 by Hits
I really enjoyed The Invisible Library, the first book of this series, but for some reason, I put off reading The Masked City until now. Of course, I’m asking myself “why” because this was a really fun read. The Masked City takes place sometime after The Invisible Library. Irene is now Librarian-in-Residence of an alternate… Read More The Masked City