Archive - TOAP

My Summer Reading List Is Out

I'm so excited to delve in. I've tiptoed out of my comfort zone a little too—so let's clink our Margaritas to swimming in new literary waters 🍸📚

Jun 21 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

April 2025

A Date, Two Eye-Opening Books and Broken Rules

Last Saturday I went on a fun date that involved me spending a good hour or two reading in a coffeeshop and a happy date, because he got to bring along…

Apr 1 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

March 2025

A Birthday, a Piano, and Climbing to New Heights

A book-leaning publication for readers and writers everywhere.

Mar 12 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

February 2025

Some Fantasy, a Rom-com and Swedish Crime

What I've been reading and watching lately.

Feb 20 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

January 2025

New Year's Eve 1988

A little dose of fiction to brighten your January

Jan 17 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

My Favourite Books and Films Of The Last Year

and a peek into my 2025 reading list.

Jan 5 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

December 2024

Baking, A Burn and Following Your Dreams Against All Odds

A quick hello from the in-between time of the holidays.

Dec 23, 2024 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

Normal People, Normal People and Maybe Gladiator II—

if you know, you know.

Dec 6, 2024 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

8 Questions for... Ingrid Haring Mendes

The Tears of a Painter

Published on The Literary Obsessive • Dec 4, 2024

November 2024

The Writer's Life: 12ish Questions with Writer and Conscious Living Advocate Rachel Ooi

I talked to Rachel about how she juggles writing with all her other responsibilities. She tells us what living consciously means in practical terms, and…

Nov 15, 2024 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

and

A Romcom, Rachmaninoff and Rumi

everything you need to recover from the toughest week this year

Nov 13, 2024 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

Feeling Too Much This Morning

one of the less happier midweek catchups.

Nov 6, 2024 •

Ingrid Haring-Mendes

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