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A reverse perspective
This past Saturday night I took myself and Ellie out for a treat of Toys R Us and Borders as Ravi was sick. While at Borders, I picked up an interesting book called A Nyonya in Texas, written by Lee...
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Book Review: To Hellas and Back
I picked up To Hellas and Back: My Modern-Day Greek Tragedy by Lana Penrose at my local Borders. Ive been a fan of travel writing for about five years now, and as an expat am particularly interested...
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Book Review: Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase by Betty N Thesky
You’re probably going to see a number of book reviews as I’m not going out to experience “life in Singapore” much at the moment. Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase is a compilation of facts and funny...
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Book Review-Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom
I have been hesitant to write this post, to dive into the swirling hysteria of the blogosphere on this topic, to engage with it. But I hope enough time has passed that we can agree to disagree and...
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Book Review– Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and...
During World War II, a plane crash landed in the Pacific. Three men survived, and took refuge in the two rubber rafts that had been deployed moments before the plane hit the water. They had a bar of...
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Irresistible
Longer term readers may remember this post from August, when I shared that I’d had my first short story accepted for publication. Guess what’s coming out just in time for Valentine’s Day? My short...
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Small Tidbits
There are a multitude of things I want to mention but none of which really merit a blog post on their own. So let’s call this one “small tidbits” ********** QPX Hair Removal Update I tried QPX back in...
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Book Review: Diary of an Expat in Singapore
As I noted a few days ago, I have a new book blog. So today I’ll direct your attention there for my review of Diary of an Expat in Singapore by Jennifer Gargiulo. It was a toss up where I would post...
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Review–Travails of a Trailing Spouse by Stephanie Suga Chen
***I received a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review*** Travails of a Trailing Spouse by Stephanie Suga Chen, a US expatriate based in Singapore, is a work of fiction that opens with...
View ArticleBe Quiet Mommy’s Reading
I’m not sure how many of you know what a voracious reader I am. It’s August 23, 2018 and I’ve already read 92 books this year. I had to increase my reading goal for the year from 100 to 150 books on...
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