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
One nice thing about bookstagram is that I get to know the Singapore bookish community! The Super Secret Book was one of the first few accounts that I found and I’ve been admiring the cute art that they post ever since. When I heard that The Super Secret book was out in ebook, I had… Read More Book Review: The Super Secret Book by Tian En
It’s been some time since I’ve read some local fiction so when I saw this collection of short stories at the library, I was intrigued. I had a good experience with Track Faults and Other Glitches so the idea of more Singaporean short stories that play on the fantastical sounded good. Lion City is a… Read More SEA Reading Challenge: Lion City by Ng Yi-Sheng
I’ve always said that the reason of the SEA Reading Challenge was to find more mystery, fantasy, and other genre books set in SEA and by SEA authors. So when I heard about Dangerous Island, I knew that it fit the bill, even if I was a bit older than the target audience. Dangerous Island… Read More Dangerous Island by Maranna Chan