Never ignore a possible. Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell features one of those good old adventures you would experience when reading an Enid Blyton or E. Nesbit book. It's the kind of book that is no fun at all if one insists on applying all forms of rules and regulations into all the scenes in the… Continue reading A Case of Nimble Brats and Rooftop Cellos in Rooftoppers
It has been a long time since I've written or posted anything here. Once again, the Draft folder finds itself crammed with a number of blank posts with only a few words, or rather, scattered ideas to go by for differentiation.Besides matters that have to do with life and its many troubles, I have been… Continue reading What NaNoWriMo Can Teach You About Your First Draft
I am not an avid reader of poetry. Not that I dislike the genre, but because I don't know where to start with poetry. Among numerous lyrical lines, languages, and backgrounds, where would you begin? The answer is that we should begin somewhere, but it still takes some amount of determination to jump into it.… Continue reading Please Pick Me: The Experience of Being A Slim Chance Among Millions
In an age where female empowerment and gender equality is garnering more attention than it used to, there can be misconceptions on what makes a strong woman. We can easily be fooled into believing that a badass woman is a woman who is strong, skilled at fighting, and needs no man. There is more to… Continue reading Gentle Housewife and Badass Warrior: The Heroine’s Choice
What do you look for when it comes to picking a new book to read? How do you pick which book to read next when there are so many books to read out there in the world? If you have problems deciding on what you should read next, here are some ways to help you… Continue reading How to Pick A Book to Read: A Guide for the Indecisive Soul
TBRs, or to-be-read lists, are useful lists that tracks the books you plan to read. They can be helpful when you start compiling the books you want to read, but when you continue on, it gets easy let this list spiral out of control so that what you have in the end of the day… Continue reading 5 Nifty Tips to Managing Your TBR + A Printable
After a while away, I am back with, most miserably, no scheduled posts on hand. This made me realise that for the first time since goodness knows when, I have something to say for the "Recent Things" part of this post. And it is this: I'm in a horrid reading slump of the likes I've… Continue reading Recommendations and Recent Things #6
Imagination is an undoubtedly important force that is widely regarded in the lands of fiction, art, and anything else that would remotely require you to have the smallest ounce of creativity to accomplish. In an extract from The Creation of Art: New Essays in Philosophical Aesthetics (edited by Berys Gaut and Paisley Livingston), there are… Continue reading Does Imagination Influence Creativity? The Running Power and Importance of Imagination
“Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see.” I loved the series adaptation of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (the 2016 version) and… Continue reading Eccentricity and Confusing Ends in Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently
I had no idea what The Tea Dragon Tapestry was. I also had no idea what a Tea Dragon was. Well, what I did know was that it had something to do with tea and dragons and tapestries, which isn't really helpful when you think about it. So I found out through online searches that… Continue reading Of the Charm of Tea Dragons and the Depth of Life and Its People
