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
As I make my way through my TBR list, I’m finding books that I’ve completely forgotten about and come as a delightful surprise to read. Miss Buncle’s Book is one of them. Barbara Buncle is in desperate straits. Her dividends have decreased to the point where they really aren’t enough and she has to think… Read More Miss Buncle’s Book
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 don’t know how she does it, but each book in the Fairacre series remains as charming as ever, while adding a layer of complexity to the story. Storm in the Village, the third book in the series, has the whole village of Fairacre grappling with the news that a new estate may be built… Read More Storm in the Village by Miss Read
It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that the person planning a trip turns into a tyrant within twenty-four hours. Ok, perhaps tyrant is an overstatement, but I definitely went overboard with a twenty-six page (and counting!) itinerary. Part of the itinerary included reading recommendations and they are growing every single day. So far, the books… Read More Books I’m Reading Before Going to England
I was intending to ration these stories and read them slowly, but I read the first one, realised that I remembered it, read the second one, awoke another memory, and then ended up finishing the book in one sitting. And you know what? This was a fantastic trip down memory lane that scratched a book… Read More The Girl with the Green Ear by Margaret Mahy