So… I know that I’ve read this (all the way back in 2013). But a friend of a friend was giving away books and when I saw this in the stack, I remembered that I fairly enjoyed it my first round and asked if I could give this and one other book a new home.… Read More Rereading: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
After reading Alison Weir’s biography of Katherine Swynford and one of her novels, I was pretty keen to read more and when I saw Queens of the Conquest going for about SGD8, I could not resist it. And yes, I will be letting you know if I get a book at a bargain because how… Read More Book Review: Queens of the Conquest by Alison Weir
I’ve heard of Mary Beard for quite a few years, and have always intended to read her books, but as you know, my TBR list is long and I haven’t quite gotten around to all of them. But when I saw a copy of Confronting the Classics at an extremely reasonable price, I decided that… Read More Book Review: Confronting the Classics by Mary Beard
While I have not watched Trevor Noah on The Daily Show, I’ve heard of Born a Crime. It’s one of the books that the library has multiple e-copies of, and in light of what’s been going recently, I thought it would be a good idea to educate myself a bit more and managed to get… Read More Book Review: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
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
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
As someone who’s made her fair share of relationship missteps over the years, How to Have a Better Relationship with Anybody intrigued me when I saw it on NetGalley. It’s a look at relationships from a Christian perspective, and I found that it complemented God’s New Community and The Meeting Class quite well. While those… Read More Book Review: How to Have a Better Relationship with Anybody by James Hilt
I’ve read The Screwtape Letters a long time ago, so I was pretty surprised to find out that there’s a (very short) sequel: Screwtape Proposes a Toast. Of course, I bought this. Screwtape Proposes a Toast is a collection of essays by C.S. Lewis, put together by him shortly before its death. It opens with… Read More Book Review: Screwtape Proposes a Toast by C.S. Lewis
Last year, William Wan (Gen Sec of the Singapore Kindness Movement) came to my Church to preach and he mentioned his books. I bought a copy after the sermon and kind of left it to the side. The thought of ageing and death isn’t very pleasant, after all. But since I reread Being Mortal recently,… Read More Book Review: Through the Valley by William Wan
I’m done with the longest book on tea that I have ever read! The Tale of Tea by George van Driem is a whopping 864 pages and chock-full of information. To commemorate reading this book, I filmed my first ever video review (note: I made a mistake and said that Lu Yu belonged to the… Read More Tea Book Review: The Tale of Tea by George van Driem