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Erasing Hell, What God said about eternity, and the things we’ve made up By Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle David …Continue reading →...

I’ve been a bookworm for as long as I can remember. From my first Ladybird books to Enid Blyton, Astrid Lindgren and Michael Bond, I was hooked.  By my early teens I was heavily into Austen and the Bronte sisters and … Continue reading...

How Was Your Day? Special thanks to SheSpeaks for sponsoring this book review. Pick up a copy of Behind Closed Doors when it hits bookshelves! This summer, my goal is to read more books.  It’s easy these days, to hop on the internet and read a few...

I cannot speak more highly of Michelle Paver’s books for the KS2 9+ age group and above. I’ve personally read the entire Wolf Brother series (The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness) and have really loved them.… View Full Post The post B...

I always look out for the book giveaways on Mumsnet, and I was thrilled to win a copy of Black Rabbit Hall recently. The debut novel from Eve chase was published through Penguin in June, and has kept me up late … Continue reading → The p...

‘So blaze a trail. Be who you are.’ This is award winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph’s third book and it is simply brilliant. This is the story of a little sausage dog who is… View Full Post The post Book Review: Odd...

I’m always interested to look at books which tackle different subjects, and Introducing Teddy is certainly one of those.  We recently received the hardback picture book from Boolino to have a look through. Written by Jessica Walton we meet Th...

One of our favourite bedtime reads is The Beastly Pirates. Ned our four year old absolutely loves reading pirate adventure stories, the sillier the better and The Beastly Pirates fit the bill perfectly. Munch, Crunch,… View Full Post The post B...

A Fine BalanceSome stories stir up emotions to the depths. Some stories effortlessly connect us to the characters in the stories so much that we start to feel their thoughts. And then there are some stories that so sensitively portray life's vicissit...

Monkey has been a fan on Alice Hemmings for a while, having discovered a few of her picture books, so we were eager to read Rickety Rocket together.  This Junior Fiction paperback book will be published through Maverick Arts Publishing … Conti...

I am giving upA Moment of Weakness...Are you thinking about ending your life?You feel helpless and hopeless,Exhausted from the weight of wet eyelashes and tearsthat flow down, scalding the cheeks,An overwhelming pain that feels like it's boiling...

Mindful Mama: Happy Baby - Susannah Marriott and Maja PitamicDespite being a mum of two there are so many times that I wish I had more ideas on what to do with the kids when they are (and I am) feeling a bit bored so when I was offered the chance to...

The Broken Hours is an ode to a specific time (1936), place (Providence, Rhode Island), and above all the famous writer (H. P. Lovecraft) who finished out his short life then and there. But while Jacqueline Baker has indeed love-crafted a story of nu...

Full disclosure up front: I’m not the biggest H. P. Lovecraft fan. But you know what? I think that makes me as good a litmus reader as any for a novel spun from the threads, if not also kindled by pretentions, of his mythos. And you know what else?

Girl Number One - Jane HollandFrom the second I read this book I was hooked but I have to admit that the beginning of the book was probably the best bit. That said it was a quick read and you did want to read to the end.Eleanor Blackwood lost her mot...

Sometimes a book so unusual and special comes along which literally takes your breath away. This is one of those books and its potentially a future classic. A Child of Books is completely unique book… View Full Post The post Book Review: A Chil...

Heidi is a little girl who is just too good at hiding; she always wins games of hide and seek when she plays with her friends. This is a book which works on a number… View Full Post The post Book Review: Hiding Heidi by Fiona Woodcock appeared...

Colin Dayan does a rare thing at the crossroads of humanism and animalism by treating each as a reflection of the other. She engages the malleability of either tropism, stepping over the stalemated kings of corporeal and moral rights—which too ofte...

You all know that I have a 6 year old who loves books.  He just isn’t keen on reading them for himself.  I want him to enjoy a mixture of different types of books from picture books through to factual … Continue reading → The post...

First day at bug school came to review at exactly the right moment for us as shortly little Ned will be starting reception. I think this might be more of a pivotal moment for me… View Full Post The post Book Review: First Day at Bug School by S...

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