Coffee Time Reviews

Turning my passion project into a more manageable home for book reviews

(And Why They Matter)

Glen Sibley’s debut novel portrays the reality of mental health struggles — both the pain and the possibility of finding renewed hope

Coffee Time Tuesdays: Bite-sized creeps for scaredy-cats

During a time of turbulence and political upheaval, Nafisi urges us to look inwards.

Coffee Time Tuesdays: Let’s talk about making reading more immersive this cosy season

Let’s check in on seasonal reading, plans for the cold months and news from publishers

An overview, analysis, and appreciation of the 2022 South Korean bestseller

Reviewing mother-daughter parallels in Nicole Dennis-Benn’s bestselling novel.

A coming-of-age manga about career choices and passion

Dorothy Allison’s raw and intimate novel fearlessly unveils gender roles, generational trauma, race, and class struggles of the 1950s–60s…

As a self-identified ex-avid reader

Fairy tale demons cast light on real societal issues in Ngan’s novel

A book review of ‘Moon Soul’ by Nathaniel Luscombe

Read these fun books that are perfect for book lovers

Exploring motherhood and grief in a Backwaters Prize–winning poetry collection

Ali Abdaal is known for his presence on YouTube and insightful content on productivity. While I still need to verify this, he may be…

Yiyun Li’s strange and vibrant novel explores the opposing sides of strength, loyalty and storytelling in the context of friendship

I wish there were more novels like this one

Is Annie destined to repeat her past?

Ten years later, this is still one of the best introductions to Stoicism.

A brief comment on Calvino’s ‘Marcovaldo’

My year of poetry and gentle reading

Unlike some timeless classics, this book is stuck in its period.