Malaysia – Langkawi
byAfter our Singapore and Legoland excursions, we turned our attention to Langkawi – an island just south of Malaysia for our tropical beach fix….
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New Camera – The Nikon J5
byPosting a bit more about my new camera that I alluded to here. For ages, I have moaned about getting one, boring all my…
Republic Day Movie Watching
byThis Republic Day I was pleasantly surprised to see some sensible movies on TV, rather than the usual jingoistic nonsense that goes by the…
Me Before You and After You – My Spoilery Thoughts
byI have a strong aversion to reading books about terminally ill people/ people struggling with ill-health / quadriplegics and tend to stay far away…
Our Singapore Diaries and 2015 in general
byI cannot judge 2015 by its super-fun and exciting end. The year was quiet for the most part, and I would be hard put…
7.8 Unveiling Tudor Secrets: A Review of Wolf Hall
bySet in the period from 1500 to 1535, Wolf Hall is a highly fictionalized novel documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell…
My #NonFictionNovember Reading Pick – Into Thin Air
byOn May 9th 1996, five expeditions launched an assault on the summit of Mount Everest. The conditions seemed perfect. Twenty-four hours later one climber…
Halloween Reading – Drood and The Little Stranger
byThe season has been perfect for ghost stories – the ghostlier the better. Usually October/November is still fairly bright here, but this year a…
Travel Times Three
byIt’s been a hectic traveling month for us, three trips in the space of three weeks, and it almost became four but because of…
4.4 Throne of Glass Review: Unpacking the Magic
byI recently read (and loved) A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas so much that I decided to go ahead and…