Joining in the tradition of “Jane Eyre-inspired books that I liked more than the original text” (scandalous, I know) is My Plain Jane, the second in the The Lady Janies series. This got on my radar when The Orangutan Librarian did a fun review of the book and then got kicked to the top of… Read More Book Review: My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton
I took the unprecedented step of borrowing a Discworld novel recently. I normally buy them because they are great for re-reads, but I was craving something new and funny and hadn’t had the time to go to the bookshop (the nearby library has a lot more books too). In The Truth, Ankh Morpork has finally… Read More Book Review: The Truth by Terry Pratchett
Wodehouse is fast becoming a comfort read, along with Miss Read’s series of books. But while I read Miss Read for the charm of old-time rural England, Wodehouse appeals for the sense of humour that suffuses his works. Joy in the Morning has Bertie Wooster endeavouring to evade marriage (again) and the wrath of his… Read More Book Review: Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse
In a new series entitled “Bookstagram Made Me Read It”, I read The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse! To backtrack in time a little, I stumbled across a copy of Jeeves in the Yule-tide Spirit in the library last November. At the same time, I found the Four Weeks of Wodehouse challenge on Instagram. I… Read More The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
I normally wait a while between series (although not too long) because I have too many books on my TBR list but I enjoyed Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit so much that I borrowed The Code of the Wooster straight away. In The Code of the Woosters, Bertie reluctantly goes into the lion’s den to… Read More The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
Last year, my dad started celebrating Christmas in November when he realised that Panetone was available for sale and started snapping them up. This year, I’m ‘starting Christmas’ (used verrrrry loosely) even earlier this year with my first Christmas read: Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit. I’m not sure why I picked this up, given that… Read More Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit by P.G. Wodehouse
This book came highly recommended by The Orangutan Librarian and after reading it, I totally see why. My Lady Jane is such a delightful take on Jane Grey, Queen of England for nine days, spinning it into a humorous and magical story. I was actually a little bit worried that I didn’t know enough about… Read More My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
A little while back, my brother introduced me to the Odd1sOut’s videos. Partly because he wanted me to buy him this book for his Christmas present. Since I ended up enjoying the videos too, I borrowed the book from him when I was done. The Odd1sOut’s book is a collection of comic essays he wrote.… Read More The Odd 1s Out by James Rallison