So clearly, there are a few types of books that I will always pick up and read and one of them would be general non-fiction books about life. At this point, I’m not even sure if I’m looking for new ideas, confirmation, or encouragement from these books, but I do find it interesting to read… Read More Book Review: The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur C. Brooks
I have to say, I have been SLEEPING on this book! It’s so funny, yet for some reason, I had it on my TBR for years (I think maybe even a decade) and didn’t think to check it out until recently. But the book had me from the first page, nay, from the first line:… Read More Book Review: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
If I had even thought that the momster in Chloe Cates is Missing was fiction, I was proven wrong by The House of My Mother. Shari Franke is the eldest daughter of Ruby Franke, who was a popular youtuber until she was arrested (and then convicted) of child abuse. The House of My Mother is… Read More Book Review: The House of My Mother by Shari Franke
Have you ever wondered about the real lives of influencers? Well, obviously I have, because there was that time I read a bunch of books on the influencer industry, but Chloe Cates is Missing has a different take on it. This novel assumes that all the worst theories of parent influencers are true – forcing… Read More Book Review: Chloe Cates is Missing by Mandy McHugh
This was recommended to my book club as a book that you would speed through because you would be fueled by anger. An anger read is new to me but this is absolutely the correct term for it, because you CANNOT be anything but angry when the first chapter starts with abestos in baby powder… Read More Book Review: No More Tears by Gardiner Harris
I can’t remember where I heard of this book because I had it (and quite a few others) on hold at the library until one day, the library miraculously got one new copy of the ebook! In Search of Amrit Kaur is the story of a journey to find out more about someone whom we… Read More Book Review: In Search of Amrit Kaur by Livia Manera Sambuy
This is one of those books that’s not of interest to the general public (I think) and also not easy to find (again, I think) but which I want to write a review about mostly so people know that it exists. Sophia Blackmore (18 October 1857 – 3 July 1945) founded both my alma mater,… Read More Book Review: Sophia Blackmore in Singapore edited by Theodore R. Doraisamy
I can’t remember how I found this book but I must have had it on hold for close to a year before the library decided to get a new copy. I’m glad to say that I found this book as interesting as I expected, and with a pleasant surprise! The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne… Read More Book Review: The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes by Kate Strasdin
I just finished this book and while I have other drafts of book reviews sitting in my blog, I thought it would be nice to end this mini-streak of Japan-related book reviews and posts with one last translated work! The Convenience Store by the Sea is, in some ways, a very typical example of the… Read More Book Review: The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida
I was looking for a different Endo book in the library when I chanced upon this one and was hooked by the line “a newly discovered novella”. Apparently in 2020, a curator at the Endo Shusaku museum in Nagasaki discovered the novella that is translated and collected with five short stories (three of which are… Read More Book Review: Portraits of a Mother by Endo Shusaku
