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Craft and Curiousity Reads 2024

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote I first learnt about this book through the UBC online novel writing courses and I was rather curious about it but the curiosity was not that acute that I searched for it straight away. In fact, it was only because I saw it in my library’s online catalogue thatContinue reading “Craft and Curiousity Reads 2024”

Craft and Curiousity reads 2024: Change of Plans 

I had just ordered In Cold Blood by Truman Capote from my local library because I had heard about it during the UBC novel writing courses and I found it on my local library’s electronic catalogue so I switched out the Lovely Bones.  I’m still contemplating the idea of swapping out the Shipping News forContinue reading “Craft and Curiousity reads 2024: Change of Plans “

Moonlake’s Book Discoveries: September 2024

Fantasy  Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman I got curious because His Darkest Materials was the title for the lesson on research for the novel writing course that I did with the University of British Columbia up on the edX platform. As I was reading it, it reminds me a little of one movie that IContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries: September 2024”

Broadening Horizon Reads 2024

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (audiobook) To be honest, this book doesn’t really grab my attention. I started tuning out after chapter 7 or 8 and I finally decided to abandon it after chapter 16. There is nothing really wrong with the author or the narrator per se but it is just not my cup ofContinue reading “Broadening Horizon Reads 2024”

The Reading Experience: has Writing Changed it?

For me, the short answer is no.  The long answer is well, writing could have changed it in a theoretical sense. Because, like a mechanic, a totally valid way for learning is to take a piece of writing apart and try to reverse engineer something of your own. In that sense, as a writer, oneContinue reading “The Reading Experience: has Writing Changed it?”

A Changing Relationship with Cozy Mystery

I feel like I have said this N times already but sub-genre is a concept that comes slowly to me. Hence, I never quite grasped the concept of cozy mystery until recently and my first time experience didn’t amount to anything even close to liking. I felt the pacing was too slow and there wasContinue reading “A Changing Relationship with Cozy Mystery”

Moonlake’s Book Discoveries: March 2024

Mystery The Mercenaries: Blood Diamonds by P. W. Storm It’s a complete mystery to me why this is filed under fantasy on my local library catalogue and this is the ebook catalogue nonetheless. The book cover also doesn’t speak fantasy either. Technically this is not a mystery like I usually read but a thriller aboutContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries: March 2024”

Competition between Reading and Writing Fantasy

Let me preface this post about the following context of my reading which might or might not be new to those of you who subscribe to my blog: my foray into fantasy dated all the way back in the period before sub-genres were a thing. Back in those days, I would just say I readContinue reading “Competition between Reading and Writing Fantasy”

Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- December 2023

Fantasy A girl called Corpse by Reece Carter This is actually a juvenile fantasy but I’m drawn by the blurb. And I quite enjoyed the story. If you like heartwarming stories I think this will be exactly your cup of tea.  The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat This Thai fantasy is quite interesting. I didn’tContinue reading “Moonlake’s Book Discoveries- December 2023”