Days at the Torunka Café Book Review

Hi Readers! Finished another book during the work-week this time. This one was also because of mood reading. I had read Satoshi Yagisawa’s previous books. While I enjoyed Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, I did not enjoy More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. Since this was a new book...

Book Recommendation: The Examiner by Janice Hallett

Hi Readers! Another mood reading sojourn encapsulated me to pick up The Examiner by Janice Hallett. I made the mistake of starting the book on a Monday. I had loved Hallet’s previous book also of a similar genre of epistolary mystery fiction. So, I should have known better than...

Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang Book Review

Hi Readers! On another one of moods, I was tempted to read a mystery, so I picked Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang because I saw a few great reviews talking about how thrilling, unhinged and even disgusting it was. Well, it was the perfect to book to...

October 2025 Recap!

Hi Readers!October has been one of the best months of the year. Hadn’t planned for it to be so amazing, which makes the surprise even more happy. Reflecting on the month, I realized I did a lot of things which I love and enjoy. A lot of reading, writing...

The Impossible Fortune (The Thursday Murder Club #5)

Hi Readers! I love Septembers & Octobers. For the last few years, these years meant that either a new Seishi Yokomizo book is out or a Richard Osman book is out. Last year broke the habit a bit, because somehow I couldn’t focus enough to read Yokomizo’s ‘The Little...

Strange Houses: Does it Live Up as a Sequel?

Hi Readers! September was almost a dry spell reading-wise, but I have long ago stopped caring about the numbers. I am just glad I got to read one book, which I was waiting to read for quite a while! I had read Strange Pictures by Uketsu earlier in the...