Younger-me loved this book and current-me can totally see why – this is a poignantly written story about growing up, wrapped up in the fantasy and dark reality of fairytales (although a part of me wonders how I even found this book at such a young age!). The Book of Lost Things starts with David… Read More Rereading: The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Echo North has been on my TBR list for so long that I can no longer remember how it came onto my radar. But I can definitely remember why I put it on the list – I’m a sucker for fairytale retellings and Echo North retellings not one, but two fairytales! Scarred by a white… Read More Book Review: Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
You would think that since this is such a thin book, I would finish reading it ASAP but it has taken me a few months to get to this! I carried with me to Malaysia, out of Malaysia, and through the new year before I picked it up. It’s even weirder when you think about… Read More Book Review: The Celtic Twilight by W.B. Yeats
In summer the sun slants across the garden, but the drawing-room smells of rose and of potpourri and is always cool. In the drawing-room you do not forget about the sea. From Chapter 1 of The People of the Sea by David Thomson This book was not written recently and it shows (in a good… Read More Book Review: The People of the Sea by David Thomson
This was one of the books where I borrowed it and then let it sit. If it didn’t have a deadline to return it, it may have never have gotten read because when I have high hopes for the book (and from the cover and description I definitely did), sometimes I don’t dare to start… Read More Book Review: Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer
Hi friends! It’s going to be a bit of a different post today because I’ll be talking about the Ever After High trilogy by Shanon Hale! And mostly this might just be me fangirling over the books – you have been warned. If you haven’t heard of Ever After High, it’s a series that started… Read More Not Just for Kids: Why You Should Read Ever After High if You Love Fairytales
My love for folklore should be pretty well-established by now, so I don’t think you’ll be surprised to know that I made a trip to Library@Orchard just to find a copy of Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopiedias of Toriyama Sekien. As with An Introduction to Yokai Culture, I found this by searching “yokai” in the… Read More Book Review: Japandemonium Illustrated by Toriyama Sekien, translated by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt
You may or may not remember that last year, I backed and received Forgotten Yorkshire Folk and Fairy Tales compiled by Andrew Walsh. I really enjoyed reading the tales, most of which were new to me, so when I saw that Andrew had another collection of forgotten tales out, this time focused on Lancashire, I… Read More Kickstarter Book Review: Forgotten Lancashire Folk and Fairy Tales by Andrew Walsh
I just love it when my Kickstarter books come with a lot of swag! Apart from the beautifully illustrated and full-colour book, my Kickstarter package included washi tapes, a map of the creatures featured in this book, patches, a pin, stickers, prints, and postcards! Cryptids, Creatures & Creatures is a lovely book that features over… Read More Kickstarter Book Review: Cryptids, Creatures & Critters by Rachel Quinney
I found this book by typing in “yokai” in the NLB’s search bar, because I can’t keep track of all the books coming out and I need my folklore fix. While this is not your standard collection of folktales or an introduction to Yokai in the style of Yokai Attack, I absolutely adored this slightly… Read More Book Review: An Introduction to Yokai Culture by Komatsu Kazuhiko