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April 3, 2022

MIMI FAN by Lim Chor Pee

April 3, 2022

Book cover & 4.5-star rating - Mimi Fan by Lim Chor Pee

What I really enjoy about theatre is that it’s a liberating art form. It’s often used to explore ideas that aren’t mainstream. Mimi Fan is a prime example of this in Singapore literature. When it was first staged in 1962, it shocked more than a few sensibilities because it was rather progressive and liberal for its time. The annex even features a newspaper article touting Mimi Fan as a controversial play.

· Categories: Plays Keywords: cheating, culture, dating, diverse authors, diverse books, feminism, infidelity, multiculturalism, plays, realistic fiction, romance, singapore literature, singaporean authors

January 26, 2022

Audiobook Reading Tracker 2022

January 26, 2022

iPhone propped up against an iPad propped up against the back of an armchair. The iPhone is showing an audiobook played on the Libby app, while a graph on the iPad shows daily listening statistics. The photo has a text box overlay with the post title, "Audiobook Reading Tracker 2022: A Google Sheets template to track audiobooks with listening stats."Using this spreadsheet will allow you to see how much time you spend listening to audiobooks each day, week and month throughout the year of 2022. You can see comparisons between the recorded length of audiobooks and actual listening time. The comparisons include the page number of the print edition as well. This allows you to track how much time you spend on audiobook while giving you a tangible idea of quantity. Since some narrators speak slower and others faster, the page number is a more consistent reference point. This is also great if you want to track audiobooks alongside the print or ebook editions that you read.

· Categories: Products & Services

January 22, 2022

Books We Meant to Read in 2021

January 22, 2022

Row of five books mentioned in the blog post. They are arranged in read, orange, yellow, purple and blue sequence, and propped up against the backsupport of a sofa. The photo has a text box overlay with the post title, "Book We Meant to Read in 2021, The Happy Place 5."Welcome back to The Happy Place 5! I fell off the bandwagon for a bit, but I’m back and determined to join in the 2022 topics more regularly. So, to kick of the (still somewhat) new year, we decided to round up the books we meant to red last year… but didn’t. For me, that’s a few hundred books — 400 to to be precise. These are the books I own and have yet to read. That’s why I thought about books I had planned on last year but woefully left on my TBR pile.

· Categories: The Happy Place 5

January 3, 2022

Bout of Books 33, the First of 2022

January 3, 2022

Stack of two books entitled "Truest" and "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" on a wooden desk with a lit candle and coaster on top. A branch of dried eucalyptus is in front of the books, partially covering the spine of "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue". Image is overlaid with a box in which the title and subtitle are stated — Bout of Books 33, the First of 2022: Ready to tackle my TBR pile with a week-long read-a-thonHappy new year, friends! I’m pretty excited because I decided that 2022 is the year I finally make a dent in my TBR pile and read my bookshelf. I started off with owning 399 unread paper books and ebooks combined, and I’m determined that by the end of the year I’ll be much, much closer to 300.

· Categories: Miscellaneous

December 30, 2021

How to Track Books You Read

December 30, 2021

Person from chin down to waist holding onto three messy piles of books. Image is overlaid with a box in which the title and subtitle are stated. How to Track Books You Read: Pick the (social) reading tracker that works for you2022 is nearly upon us, which means it’s the season for new year’s resolutions. Statistically, most people give up on their resolutions. So how do we beat the odds? A great way to stick to a resolution is to track consistency and progress. When it comes to books and reading, there are a lot of options available today. Goodreads is probably the best known one but over the past few years, more options have sprung up.

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Stack of two books entitled "Truest" and "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" on a wooden desk with a lit candle and coaster on top. A branch of dried eucalyptus is in front of the books, partially covering the spine of "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue". Image is overlaid with a box in which the title and subtitle are stated — Bout of Books 33, the First of 2022: Ready to tackle my TBR pile with a week-long read-a-thon

Bout of Books 33, the First of 2022

January 3, 2022 By Joséphine

Person from chin down to waist holding onto three messy piles of books. Image is overlaid with a box in which the title and subtitle are stated. How to Track Books You Read: Pick the (social) reading tracker that works for you

How to Track Books You Read

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