Kaikeyi has been on my TBR for ages but I’ve always put it off because I’ve not read the Ramayana and I wanted to read that first. But since I had a trip to India planned, I decided now was the time to read both books – and I did! For background, the Ramayana tells… Read More Book Review: Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
After reading Stone Blind, I wanted to try another Greek retelling that centered women and so I decided to read Circe. I don’t know if it’s because I can compare it to Stone Blind or what but I loved this book so much! It gave me the best book haze when I finished reading it,… Read More Book Review: Circe by Madeline Miller
As it happens, my IRL book club is the one that gave me a kick in the pants to start on all those Greek retellings that I’ve been seeing in the blogosphere by picking two of them as book club reads. Stone Blind is one of them and since it was listed first, I decided… Read More Book Review: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Since today is 端午节 (Duan Wu Jie; dragon boat festival), I thought it would be fitting that I review a rather dark and watery book. If you haven’t heard of Duan Wu Jie, one of the legends surrounding it involves a man named Qu Yuan, who was a minister during the Warring States period. Qu… Read More Book Review: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
I’ve always enjoyed Jane Eyre retellings (even more than the original, for some reason) so when Wendy at Musings of a Bookish Kitty reviewed this, I was intrigued. I was reminded of the book when Wendy did a roundup of all the first lines of books that she read in 2021 and since I wanted… Read More Book Review: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Echo North has been on my TBR list for so long that I can no longer remember how it came onto my radar. But I can definitely remember why I put it on the list – I’m a sucker for fairytale retellings and Echo North retellings not one, but two fairytales! Scarred by a white… Read More Book Review: Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
This was one of the books where I borrowed it and then let it sit. If it didn’t have a deadline to return it, it may have never have gotten read because when I have high hopes for the book (and from the cover and description I definitely did), sometimes I don’t dare to start… Read More Book Review: Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer
Hi friends! It’s going to be a bit of a different post today because I’ll be talking about the Ever After High trilogy by Shanon Hale! And mostly this might just be me fangirling over the books – you have been warned. If you haven’t heard of Ever After High, it’s a series that started… Read More Not Just for Kids: Why You Should Read Ever After High if You Love Fairytales
When I was younger, I had the most wonderful neighbours (they’ve since moved out of Singapore). One day, my friend suggested we gather round in a circle, dim the lights, and use a torchlight to read East aloud. It was a magical experience and still colours the way I view the book. East is a… Read More Rereading: East by Edith Pattou
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