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18 Apr 2026 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei $0.07
Extrinsic rewards should be beneath me now, but sadly nope. I finished this book within one day because I was hooked on the special reading promotion organised by Yishun Branch Library. I want to redeem a Mr Kiasu Comic Book, and boy, is my motivatio...
27 Mar 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.04
My son borrowed this Chinese book because his Chinese teacher took his class to the library during a lesson. I don’t think he would have chosen a book teeming with words on his own accord. I scored distinctions in Chinese throughout my academic caree...
18 Mar 2026 2 minute read 1 comment RionWeb3 $0.11
As the title suggests, a Book Insight is an idea taken from a book that leads us to reflect on the subject matter. The insight extracted can add value to the reader's life in some way, even if it's just to make them reflect briefly. In the book "Pra...
11 Mar 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.08
I chanced upon a stack of Faraway Tree books at the book exchange corner and only took one of them because I wasn’t sure if the son would take to it. Part of it stemmed from my reservations. I mean, I enjoyed reading Enid Blyton when I was young but...
1 Mar 2026 4 minute read 0 comments RionWeb3 $0.09
I started getting into the habit of reading some posts a few days a week, and when it's something that makes me reflect, and now I believe it's the second time that an insight from the book "The Richest Man in Babylon" has ended up relating to the...
23 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.03
Had a hot date with the son last Friday. Picked him up at 3pm to take him to the school library. (Don’t worry, I brought along my marking so that I can be justifiable to warrant taxpayers’ hard-earned money.) He ran to me excitedly, exclaiming that...
20 Feb 2026 3 minute read 2 comments RionWeb3 $0.11
Have you ever read a book with commentary? If I have, I don't remember at the moment, but I recently started reading one and found it quite interesting because it brings another point of view on the subject. The book in question was "The Richest M...
16 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.05
“Wonder” is such a household name, so kudos to r.j palacio for not milking its fame but instead coming up with a book that explores the lives of secondary characters that appeared in “Wonder”. Except that Julian (the bully), Christopher (Auggie’s ol...
27 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.05
Picked my boy extra early from the student care centre so that he could visit our school library. I was pleasantly surprised when he decided to borrow a book — a Chinese one at that. The librarian remarked that he was the first Primary One student to...
16 Jan 2026 2 minute read 0 comments RionWeb3 $0.12
In the book Atomic Habits, one of the most interesting concepts is precisely how changing small habits and making small improvements can have such a large impact in the medium/long term. One of the most interesting examples that makes this evident...
