Wordy nerdiness

Book review – Mister Pip and The Light Between Oceans

Time for another book review! And I'm rewinding back to earlier months with the Pink Fibro Bookclub facebook group, as we won't be sharing our thoughts on Christos Tsiolkas's Barracuda until the end of January. (And at this rate, I won't be ...

Feeling grateful

I'm having a rough week. A could-have-been-so-much-worse-but-still-very-scary moment with the kiddlywinks has left me physically, mentally and emotionally drained.I had grand plans for this, my final post of 2013. But.I bought a gratitude ...

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,I swear we just had a visit from you. You're back again? How did that happen?I digress. Already.Hi Santa! The wonderful Jess over at EssentiallyJess has invited me to share a letter to you. I get to ask you for five things!Even though she ...

Children’s book review – December

It's mid-month, and time for another children's book review. Ashleigh, Mitchell and I have been back to the library and picked up a few new (to us) books.And here's what we think of them!----Flotsam / David WiesnerImage sourceWow. Flotsam is ...

My favourite memories of 2013 are…

Anything featuring this guy:Meeting him. Getting to know him. Watching him grow. Watching him learn. Thinking it would take a while to get used to having him in the family.Realising he was always meant to be in it.----Anything featuring ...

Top words of 2013

What words have you heard a lot this year? Selfie? Mummy blogger? Phub?Micropachycephalosaurus?Okay, probably not that last one. But stranger things have happened.Today, I'm over at The Shake for the last time this year, talking about the ...

Book review – Big Brother and We Need to Talk About Kevin

Time for another book review of the grown-up variety. It's been a while since my last one - long library wait lists mean I've so far missed out on the last two books for the Pink Fibro Bookclub facebook group - but that doesn't mean I ...

Magic

(I)Farewell to you, beloved friendI do not need you nowI know the workings of the worldThe what The why The howYou were fun to believe in for a timeBut the world, it works without youAnd as ...

Children’s book review – family favourites (November)

I usually like to hit the library to see what I can find for these book reviews. But this month I thought I'd share the Hawker family favourites. The gold you can find in our very own library, with not a dud in sight. I was going to pick the ...

Children’s book review – October

It's back! Last month's impromptu book review post was well received, so here it is again.We've been back to the library, and now have four more titles to tell you about.----Andrew Drew and Drew / Barney SaltzbergImage sourceThis book is so ...