A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching by Rosemary Musco

The book's first thing that stands out is the humour laced into every paragraph. This begins with the introduction itself. The author enjoys the topic, or that is what shines through the entire book.I chose to read this because of this topic. I have seen pigeons around (who hasn't?!), and if someone recommended I pigeon…

Anyone Can Crochet Amigurumi Animals by Kristi Simpson

Books on crafts are (mostly) not meant for anyone uninterested in the craft detailed inside. Therefore I'd imagine a review of such a book is also for those with interest ranging from mild to severe in the instructions provided within.I have been tempted with making amigurumi toys/dolls for a while now and made a few…

Planet Palm by Jocelyn C. Zuckerman

This is not a book that offers solutions to an existing problem. If that is something that one might expect going into this, they will be disappointed. It was an offhand comment at a cousin's place a few years ago that had me keeping an ear on the ground for Palm oil and its pervasive…

Non-Bookish Saturday Post: Calico

I ran a survey in the previous post of this type : Non-Bookish Sunday Post: Lost Ruins of Arnak. There were so many people who stopped by, but only six voted in the poll, and I wonder why! Either way, the majority of the six votes voted for the first Sunday of the month. I know…

Oddball by Sarah Andersen

I follow the author on Instagram and enjoy her panels regularly. This means that I am pretty up to date with the panels that she has put out thus far. Even with that prior experience, I found the significant bulk of this collection to be new, and even the repeats feel fresh.The title and the…

Non-Bookish Sunday Post: Lost Ruins of Arnak

I decided to do something different today because I have been obsessed with board games for the past couple of years and with a few more recently, now that weather has gotten colder, and my husband and I are spending more time playing competitively against each other. Anyone who is a solo board gamer who…

Home of the Floating Lily by Silmy Abdullah

At times like this, when I read surprising books like these, I feel like I have enjoyed my reading year just the way I intended to.This was a surprising gem that I did not expect as I started reading. A few stories in, the better the experience got. I must proclaim my bias beforehand though,…

A Radical Act of Free Magic (The Shadow Histories #2) by H.G. Parry

I have quite a few pending reviews to round off the year before my end of year lists. But I just put this book down and was shocked at the lack of buzz on Goodreads for it. Especially since the Goodreads Choice awards first round came up, and this was not even on it (Mostly…