Every Father's Day, my kids get their dad a book about how awesome he is. Sometimes it's an interactive book, one to which they've added photos or drawings. Sometimes it's a song. Sometimes it's just a beautiful story, with beautiful illustrations to ...
The Lost Man – Jane Harper (book review)
Hello! And welcome to a new book review. One I was planning to publish last week, allowing you plenty of time to adjust your Christmas shopping and wish lists accordingly. Oops. Life is a tricky little thing sometimes, isn't it? Oh well. I'm sure ...
Th_ B_ach
So, guess what? I'm currently doing a writing course! It's long overdue; I wish I'd done it a long time ago. But I'm doing it now, and I love it, and it's great, and I love it, and I wish it would never end, and I love it. I have always worked ...
The Cook and the King – Julia Donaldson and David Roberts (book review and GIVEAWAY)
Hi! I'm back. With another book review. And this time, I have THREE copies to give away! So let's fast-forward the intro and get right into it, shall we? --- The Cook and the King / Julia Donaldson and David Roberts (Macmillan Children's ...
Lonely Girl – Lynne Vincent McCarthy (book review and GIVEAWAY)
It's been more than a year between book reviews. How did that even happen? I've been reading. I've been enjoying reading. I just haven't gotten around to sharing that enjoyment with you all. Well, this time I am. AND I have a copy to give away! ...
Trust and respect
You expect Trust And respect But return none We reject Your brand of 'fun' You use You abuse You lie Our kids cry We ask why You deny We all lose We're done Ashes to ashes Dust to dust A memory flashes Gathers rust And ...
The Birthday Thief and Kingdom of You – a Wonderbly book review
My kids love books. (No idea where they got that from. Ahem.) So when Wonderbly contacted me to review the two books new to its range (having reviewed the first two books last year), I said, "YES YES PLEASE YES! I mean, ahem, sure. If you like, no ...
Broken Mirror
Last year, I published a poem titled Mirror, Mirror. It was about being comfortable with what I see in the mirror, and what I see of myself through the mirror. It was about being comfortable with being me, seeing me and knowing me. But not ...
The Mother’s Promise – Sally Hepworth (book review)
Well, well, well. It's been a while between posts. Hi! How are you? It's so nice to see you here. Thank you for sticking around. Or coming back. Or visiting for the first time! Life's been interesting, and between work and the 'interesting' life ...
2016’s greatest hits
It is nearly the end of December. It is nearly the end of December. One more time for the people up the back: IT IS NEARLY THE END OF DECEMBER. Holy cow. What a year, huh? The world went nuts. NUTS. Satirists and comedians had a great ...
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