I had a peculiar experience on Dec 30, 2020 that I want to put down somewhere for reference. Woke up with a slight pinch on top of my right Achilles tendon. I don’t remember if I went to sleep with the last night before or just acquired it that morning. Nothing painful or debilitating; I’m …
Every book lover know this to be true: buying books and reading them are two separate hobbies. There’s nothing more exciting than the possibility that you’ll read this awesome-sounding book you just picked up … one of these days, or months, or never. I’ve been there, pruning out books that never made it out of …
Stars: 5/5tl;dr: I’ll always love you, Neil Hilborn, but Andrea Gibson is my new Button Poetry bae. Consuming poetry has become a chore as of late. As a poet and organiser of a spoken word event, I cut my teeth on Button Poetry – Neil Hilborn’s OCD, to be exact. My entire spoken word community …
Stars: 5/5tl;dr: I’m normally not a romance novel person, but this one knocks my socks off. Romance isn’t one of my usual genres because it falls into the usual (albeit addictive) formulas that isn’t mean to reflect real life. Okay, fine … nobody reads romance because it reminds them of real life. I didn’t read …
Stars: 4/5tl;dr: A wholesome, cute manga about a young apprentice doctor in a Tibetan village, who finds out he is engaged. Hijinks does NOT ensue. Blissful Land is an adorable story about 13 year old doctor-in-training Khang Zhipa, who lives in a small mountain community somewhere in Tibet. He is dedicated to his future vocation …
