After reading Abi of Pellinor’s review of one of the Famous Five parodies, I somehow ended up in a secondhand bookstore in Manchester where I saw a copy of Five Go Parenting. Almost immediately, I knew that this would be one of my souvenirs from the trip, especially since my interest in the series was… Read More Book Review: Five Go Parenting by Bruno Vincent
I don’t know if two authors count as the start of a trend, but I find that when it comes to comic series, the first few books aren’t necessarily the best. It’s like that for the first few Discworld books (one of the reasons why I’m not a huge Rincewind fan) and I find that… Read More Book Review: Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
I was reading this book while riding the bus with my roommate, and after we got off, she said to me: “I could see you laughing.” Which is totally true, but unfortunately, in the process of explaining the book to her, I realised that a lot of the humour gets lost while you explain it,… Read More Book Review: Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Since I had a bit of time before I went to the library, I decided to reread another book – Making Money by Terry Pratchett. It’s one of the Discworld Ankh Morpork books, but it stars the ex-conman Moist von Lipwig (instead of being part of the Watch series). At the start of Making Money,… Read More Rereading: Making Money by Terry Pratchett
Since our previous book club pick was very dark, we decided to go the opposite way for next book and opted for Annabelle Thong, a Singlit Chic-lit. Personally, I was very excited about this book because I prefer genre fiction to literary fiction, and I want to read more Singlit (and books from SEA authors)… Read More SEA Reading Challenge: Annabelle Thong by Imran Hashim
I’ve finally finished another Jeeves and Wooster book, after a longer-than-expected break after the slightly unpleasant read that was Ukridge. I didn’t actually get put off Wodehouse by Ukridge, but my TBR list has been out of control lately and library vists are slightly less frequent now. I mentioned in my review of Ukridge that… Read More Book Review: Jeeves in the Offing by P.G. Wodehouse
If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen me share stories from this hilarious book. Ask the Past is a collection of some of the weirdest (and not so weird) advice found in various books. There’s not much to say about this, but I wanted to share some of my favourite pieces of… Read More Book Review: Ask the Past by Elizabeth P. Archibald
After binge-reading Jane Austen, I needed a completely different book to get over my book hangover so I decided on a fun, quick read: The Obsidian Dagger by Catherine Webb, the second in the Horatio Lyle series. In The Obsidian Dagger, Horatio is compelled to investigate the murder of two people – a Captain with… Read More Rereading: The Obsidian Dagger by Catherine Webb
Looking back at my old blog, I’ve had this book since 2010, which makes it ten years old (and explains the yellowed pages). I don’t think I’ve reread it since then because while I remember enjoying the story, it’s also very long – 703 pages to be exact! Even with illustrations and the occasional large… Read More Rereading: The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
I’ve been wanting to try more Wodehouse that isn’t about Wooster and Jeeves, and since I couldn’t find any Uncle Fred stories, I decided to try reading more about Ukridge. As it turns out, while I enjoyed the Dog College story in Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit, reading a book of stories about Ukridge has… Read More Book Review: Ukridge by P.G. Wodehouse