I got The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water as a gift for Sinterklaas. I love Zen Cho’s writing so I was looking forward to this but only now did I give myself the time to read it. It’s a novella, not too long, but that doesn’t matter for the story. A monk Read More
Category: Reviews
Review: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers was recommended to me by Moon and Aurelie (and many more who loved it and said it in passing). Moon said it was ‘so me’, and she was right. The book follows Sibling Dex as they leave the city to become a tea monk. But even after Read More
ARC Review: Touchstones by Stephanie Burgis
Thank you to Stephanie for sending me a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. These last few years have been hard. Some of us cope by writing, others by reading, and there are those who do both. We all have our way to get the day. Stephanie Burgis has written Read More
Review: K-pop Confidential by Stephan Lee
K-pop is booming. The pop bands from Korea are finally taking over the world, so it was to be expected it would find its way into other pop culture as well. K-pop Confidential is one of the first wave of K-pop books and I really wanted to read this (and all of the others) as Read More
Review: Voice of War by Zack Argyle
This book is a hard one for me to review for multiple reasons. I read this as part of the BBNYA competition so I felt obligated to finish it. I might have stopped reading after the first chapter if I didn’t. Before I read it, I saw the book on a lot of ‘best fantasy’ Read More
Review: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan Maguire
I read Rosemary and Rue as a buddy-read with Aurelie at the beginning of the year. I didn’t know much about the book or the series except that Aurelie loved it and wanted to do a re-read of the whole series. October Daye is unlucky in just about every day. She hardly has any powers, Read More
Review: From Little Tokyo With Love by Sarah Kuhn
I picked up From Little Tokyo, With Love on a whim. I wanted something light and fun and contemporary romance never lets me down. Rika and Hank are the couple, a waitress and an actor. You immediately get Cinderella vibes with two cousins, and not one, but two aunties. Let’s also throw in some princess Read More
Book Tour: Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by Erika McCorkle
Thank you to The Write Reads and the author for the free copy as part of the tour in exchange for an honest review. This is a first impression for now since I haven’t been able to finish it due to surgery. I’ll replace it later with a full review. The one thing that drew Read More
Review: Thorn of the Night Blossoms by JC Kang
I’m a sucker for a beautiful cover and JC Kang nails it every time. I subscribed to his newsletter and he values the input of his fans. He regularly shares different covers to see which one resonates with us the most but I usually can’t pick a favourite. All of them are equally beautiful. I Read More
Book Spotlight: Fire Heart by Joyce Chng
Today is a special day because I’m spotlighting a book that’s not available in the West and I want to talk about why this is wrong. Joyce Chng is an author I connected with last year and I was excited to get to know more authors from South East Asia. I’m not reading nearly enough Read More
