I really should be making things tonight, I’ve got PIFs to do (I have a plan ) and SS to think of and the normal ordinary S creeping up as well, and instead I’m going to do a couple of quick book reviews and go to bed.
At the weekend I read Dragonhaven and The [...]
I read The Friday Night Knitting Club and really enjoyed it, even though it made me cry. Quite a lot. I am a big softy.
I also finally finished reading And the Skylark Sings with Me: Adventures in Homeschooling and Community-based Education which I found very interesting and enjoyable, if almost implausible in parts. Or perhaps [...]
at Amazon, in the form of a gift voucher for £11, and they have conveniently reduced super saver delivery to £5 and over!
So what do I buy? Decisions, decisions.
I have fancied The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections for a while, but I haven’t seen it. Has anyone out there?
The Children’s [...]
only photographically - took the kids to a party this afternoon and discovered when I got back that I had pictures from the last party they attended at the end of September, then nothing from October, and then pictures again today. Hm. Must do better - they are growing and changing so fast, I really [...]
I have no idea whether this book, Talli’s Secret, actually describes what it’s like to be dyspraxic or dyslexic, but it is fairly accurate on being misunderstood, miserable and grieving. The child heroine has had all sorts piled on top of her, including losing her sister in a car crash, the same one that put [...]
yes, I know I only went yesterday. But I finished reading Last of the Wilds (Age of the Five) last night, and when I checked online, I discovered that the sequel, Voice of the Gods (Age of the Five) was on the shelves, so I couldn’t resist going to get it this morning, so that [...]
Crafting creativity: 52 brilliant ideas for awakening the artistic genius within (52 brilliant ideas series) - saw this one on a teaser display of the non fiction books they have upstairs. As we didn’t have time to go upstairs thought I’d grab it and have a look. Have peeked at the first chapter/ brilliant idea [...]
This afternoon I felt wobbly, weak and cold, so I retreated to bed, with a couple of books.
First there was AK. I picked this one up because Peter Dickinson is Robin McKinley’s husband and I wanted to know more about his writing. I didn’t regret it, even though in some ways it’s a depressing novel [...]
Tim popped up to the not quite local branch library and picked up The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers. I’m fairly sure that under these descriptions I’d be the dreamer, and he’s the realist, it’s how we marry up those differing realities that count.
I have so many dreams [...]
I’ve been coming home and going to bed for a couple of hours, then getting up and coming down for something to eat. I’ve made it through the week because of this, and next week I’m off every day except Tuesday, so I should be able to recharge then.
Last night I read books. I read
Priestess [...]
Robin McKinley
So, speaking of bells, here’s the first page or so of The Bells of Mazahan because it’s much too late to come up with an entry from zero. This is the beginning of the draft after I realised it wasn’t going to stay a short story, but you’ll notice its antecedents as an [...]
This week Tim has been away in Suffolk, which has meant his standard evening task of reading bedtime stories has fallen to me. I don’t really remember when bedtime stories became his job, but they usually are, and tbh, I quite enjoy that - after a full day of children it’s quite nice to have [...]
Somewhat under a week ago, I ordered The Fresco (Gollancz S.F.) from the library. Was quite impressed when I went in to pay off fines to discover it had arrived already. I like Tepper, I’ve mentioned that once or twice before, but even I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Spoilers below, though not drastically [...]
Over the last month or so, I’ve read a trilogy by Trudi Canavan, The Magicians’ Guild, The Novice, and The High Lord. I picked the first one up from the library on a whim and they were good enough that I ordered the second two, and devoured them within a day each time. They didn’t [...]
In blogging. I will regret that if I don’t catch up a little as it will be a week I can’t remember. So some highlights, or at least memory prompts.
Walking - I’ve walked to friend’s house to feed her cat 5 times, but not Thursday as it was really rather wet. I feel good about [...]
Robin McKinley’s book Sunshine has been recommended by NPR as an excellent book to take your mind of a gruesome plane journey. I’m looking forward to reading Dragonhaven if I ever manage to find it in a UK bookshop (it’s slightly embarrassing that she lives here in the UK and yet most ppl don’t including [...]
The Companions (Gollancz S.F.) Sheri S Tepper. Beware, following review contains spoilers.
Let’s see, Kris’s house on Friday, Kris’s house on Saturday Have been home all day today, apart from a shopping trip to Morrison’s (boy I hate that shop) and have been repaid for my presence by foul behaviour from both children.
Not quite sure what that is in aid of, think part [...]
Suggested first read is Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits.
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