I read this the day I visited Gyeongbokgung palace, formerly the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty. I had a very interesting time listening to the tour guide and I was quite struck by the fact that something I learnt in the tour – that the King is always depicted with certain symbols, such… Read More Book Review: The Red Palace by June Hur
One downside to mentally planning what you want to write in a review before you’ve written the review is that you may end up forgetting to write the review. Yes, that’s a lot of words to say: I thought this out in my head but have (probably) forgotten things. But we will see if I… Read More Ostensibly a review of Silent Parade by Higashino Keigo but really I’m comparing the book to the movie
Helloooooo my friends! I have been offline because of some technical issues with the blog (lesson: never leave migrating hosts to the last two weeks) but today, things have hopefully all been fixed and you are able to see this post. I have an exciting announcement coming up, but first, I want to share a… Read More Rereading: Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan
Thanks to The Last Girl to Die, I realised that I hadn’t read the second book in the D.I. Callanach series. So I decided to let Perfect Prey skip to the front of the TBR series and borrowed it from the library. Perfect Prey starts off with two ghastly murders – a young man eviscerated… Read More Book Review: Perfect Prey by Helen Fields
I’ve had this book on my TBR list so long that I’ve forgotten where I heard about this book! But the title intrigued me every time I saw it, and I kept meaning to get to this book… so I finally have! I Killed Zoe Spanos starts with a confession – Anna confessing to killing… Read More Book Review: I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
So after reading Blue Monday and being in two minds about how I feel about the ending, I decided to read the next book in the series, Tuesday’s Gone, and decided that… yeah I’m liking these books so far! Tuesday’s Gone starts off with a very strange case: a woman with mental illness is found… Read More Book Review: Tuesday’s Gone by Nicci French
This is quite unlike me, but I actually went and borrowed another Nicci French book after finishing The Unheard. I’m not sure why I did it, because I’ve got so much on the TBR (and physical books to read too!) but I guess I was really in the mood for a thriller. And that may… Read More Book Review: Blue Monday by Nicci French
I am doing a good job making a progress on the mystery-related stories on my TBR! I saw mystery-related because I didn’t think this really had the tropes of a mystery or a thriller, it was more like a character study in the guise of a mystery to me. What the Dead Know starts when… Read More Book Review: What the Dead Know by Laura Lipman
This is the last book that I bought at the church bazaar, and unsurprisingly, I’m regretting not getting more! But a friend did loan me two of her books, so I still have those and a lot of ebooks to read. I remember reading and really enjoying The Shadow of the Wind (Goodreads Review), so… Read More Book Review: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I’m pretty sure that I’ve read this a long time ago, but this was before I started writing down my reviews so I have absolutely no recollection of what I thought about this the first time I read it. And honestly, this felt like a new-to-me book which I loved so much. The third book… Read More Book Review: The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny