Lately, I’ve been looking into a mysTEAry regarding a line in one of Agatha Christie’s books and how many types of afternoon teas there might have been. Which is how I found Afternoon Tea: A History by Julia Skinner. I’ve read a bit about afternoon teas while reading other tea books (such as in A… Read More Tea Book Review: Afternoon Tea by Julia Skinner
It has been some time since I talked about Studio Ghibli, so it’s time to remind everyone that Studio Ghibli makes amazing films by talking about Mixing Work with Pleasure, Toshio Suzuki’s account of his time spent at Studio Ghibli as a producer and company president. If you want to see some of his calligraphy,… Read More Book Review: Mixing Work with Pleasure by Toshio Suzuki
There are his & hers cups, his & hers sinks, and now… his & hers books! I can’t remember when I got these, but I was looking through my books and realised that I have these two! The Lost Art of Being a Lady and The Lost Art of Being a Gentleman are two very… Read More Two Book Reviews: The Lost Art of Being a Lady/Gentleman
With the subtitle: “A journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales”, it was inevitable that I would pick this up. I found out about this book from an excerpt on Travel Writing World, so I was very intrigued about the combination between fairy tale history and travel writing. Spoiler alert: This book was heavier… Read More Book Review: The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Jubber
I used to think of myself as a huge fantasy fan, but nowadays, I have accepted that I probably read more mysteries than I do fantasy. That said, I still enjoy a good fantasy and Maria Sachiko Cecire’s book interested me, given its subtitle: The rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century. Re-Enchanted… Read More Book Review: Re-Enchanted by Maria Sachiko Cecire
Did you know that “when played according to its written rules, the typical Monopoly game lasts less than ninety minutes“? As someone who stopped playing Monopoly because the game was too long, that fact blew my mind. However, it wasn’t the most interesting fact in this book because the origin of the game Monopoly is… Read More Book Review: The Monopolists by Mary Pilon
This is a bit of a weird book to read, given that it’s on the academic side and it’s about attachment relationships and cults, but I think by now you know I read weird books. Written by a former cult member, Terror, Love & Brainwashing looks at how totalist groups operate and how attachment theory,… Read More Book Review: Terror, Love & Brainwashing by Alexandra Stein
I meant to read this around the same time I read The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr, but I didn’t feel like depressing myself twice in a row and got distracted with other books. Recently, though, a friend of mine commented that she sees a disconnect between the overly-macho culture that exists… Read More Book Review: Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes du Mez
I heard about this book when two people at the book swap recommended it. Alas, it wasn’t one of the books that was being swapped so instead of getting and reading it immediately, I ended up putting it on my TBR list until I couldn’t ignore it any longer. How Iceland Changed the World is… Read More Book Review: How Iceland Changed the World by Egill Bjarnason
I first heard about How to Change when The Indicator podcast re-published their episode on “How to keep your New Year’s resolutions“. It sounded helpful and since I wanted to take advantage of the ‘fresh start’ effect that January provides, I decided to read it ASAP (it may or may not be important to note… Read More Book Review: How to Change by Katy Milkman