One Year Anniversary in Sweden
When I moved to Singapore in 2015, I fell utterly in love with the country and had thought of it as THE place I would settle in. For life. Then I got married in 2018. […]
Sketch: Back of Bookshelves
I was rearranging my art supplies this weekend and as I flipped through my sketchbook, I found an impromptu, quick sketch I did when I was living in Singapore. […]
The Writer
THE WRITER by Davide Calí (illustrated by Monica Barengo) is a delightful little book. The story is from the first-canine narrative of a cute French bulldog. […]
Book Lovers
BOOK LOVERS is the first book I’ve read by Emily Henry and it’s also the first romance novel after almost a decade of hiatus from reading this genre. Did I regret succumbing to reading a (bookish) rom-com this Swedish summer? Not one bit!
The protagonist, Nora Stephens, is a successful book agent who lives in New York. She has had a series of unsuccessful relationships followed by breakups despite her best effort in screening them. Her character is seen as a hard-headed (stubborn?) […]
(Weird) Weekend with Doctor Strange
My original plan was to study for the scheduled PMI-PBA examination, but Doctor Strange has whispered some strange things to me, so I decided to indulge in the way of the weird and meet the rest of the colourful and chaotic gang of magic.
I borrowed the four available Doctor Strange (2016) collection from National Library Board (NLB) Singapore. Clicking on the pictures will take you to […]
Ett hus utan speglar
Ett hus utan speglar, by Mårten Sandén is one of the six books I bought during my first visit to the Jönköpings Stadsbibliotek bokloppis. I was attracted by its cover and intrigued by the title, which is A House without Mirrors in English.
I began reading it some time last week and was hooked. This book is great for reading aloud, so within two weeks, I finished reading all 155 pages—out loud—to Mister Pops my cat. […]