A personal review of June Hur’s Behind Five Willows, a warm Joseon-era romance that recalls Pride and Prejudice and You’ve Got Mail.
Category: Books
Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming — Book Review
Sarah Lyons Fleming’s zombie-apocalypse novel offers survival, friendship and romance, but its relationship drama repeatedly overwhelms the danger.
Adrian’s Undead Diary by Chris Philbrook — Series Review
A review of the original eight-book Adrian’s Undead Diary arc: immersive zombie survival, community-building and humour that eventually became too much.
BR: Tell yourself a better lie
Tell Yourself a Better Lie is a book that teaches you how to change the bad and limiting stories you tell yourself, and make them good and empowering instead. The book is based on ten real stories of people who did RTT sessions with Marisa, and how they changed their lives by changing their stories.
Is it worth it? Everand,Scribd & Slide share – Unveiling the Ultimate audiobooks,ebooks, documents and presentation haven.
Since June, I’ve been on a digital journey with Everand, Scribd, and Slideshare. These platforms have become my go-to for everything from reading to sharing docs and jazzing up presentations. Let me share why this trio is my internet happy place. Everand is my not-so-secret weapon for diving into ebooks and audiobooks without burning a…
BR:Simple Hungarian – Fifty Topic For Beginners.
Simple Hungarian: Fifty Topics for Beginners is a useful supplementary reader for Hungarian learners who want something beyond traditional textbooks. Its short, everyday texts introduce practical vocabulary through repetition and gradually ease the reader into the language. The book covers the same 50 topics in both the present and past tense, with translations and comprehension questions included. It cannot replace a textbook, but it provides valuable additional reading practice.
BR: Dear Hank Williams
Told through the letters of eleven-year-old Tate P. Ellerbee to country singer Hank Williams, Dear Hank Williams is a warm and moving story about family, love and grief. I enjoyed Tate’s innocent humour and the vivid portrayal of childhood in post-war Louisiana. The letter-writing format made her feel especially real, while the songs she mentioned encouraged me to listen along and helped bring the late 1940s setting to life.
BR: Emily Of New Moon trilogy by L.M Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery, created another and better-known representative of Canadian girlhood in “Anne of Green Gables” and all the subsequent Anne books, but Emily was closer to her own heart. Like Anne, Emily is a strong-minded, gifted, imaginative child, left alone and unprotected in a harsh world, who is taken in by adults who are at least initially cold and unloving. Both girls grow up amid the beauties of Prince Edward Island, both keenly sensitive to natural splendors and highly fanciful, not to say occasionally precious, about assigning names to lakes and trees and identifying spirits and fairies in their surroundings. Anne is an original and spunky girl, with a certain amount of talent for writing verses and romantic tales, but Emily is a writer.
BR: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.
Yesterday being a rather gloomy and rainy Sunday, we decided to stay indoors and watch a movie. And that movie was Shawshank Redemption. I had watched it like 4-5 times now perhaps. It never gets old.
Though I’ve watched the movie that many times but it never occurred to me to actually read the book of which the movie was adapted from. Yesterday afternoon, right after the movie I decided to look for the book and change that.
BR: Ikigai – giving everyday meaning and joy.
Ikigai is a traditional Japanese concept that embodies happiness in living. It is, essentially, the reason that you get up in the morning. This book is about finding your ikigai – identifying your purpose or passion and using this knowledge to achieve greater happiness in your life. Your ikigai doesn’t have to be some grand ambition or highly noble life’s purpose – it can be something simple and humble, like tending your garden or walking your dog.