Category Archives: review

Dark Parties by Sara Grant – review.

Posted on Wed Feb 1 2012 by Jax

I do like teen fiction. But not stereotyped teen fiction. So I was a tiny bit nervous about this as it fits into the current vogue for dystopian fiction and I was afraid it might turn out to be a … Continue reading →

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Never Coming Home by Evonne Wareham – review

Posted on Tue Jan 24 2012 by Jax

I’ve read a wide variety of stuff already this year, and some of it has been slightly traumatic. Eg Life, Above All, read the book and watched the film for Movie Gazette. (That’s one of my new projects. I’m doing … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Malice – book review.

Posted on Fri Jan 20 2012 by Jax

So I completely forgot to publish another Our Year in Books post last weekend (gah!) but I have been reading. In fact I’ve read four books so far this year, but some of them will be reviewed other places, I’ll … Continue reading →

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Recommending a book.

Posted on Wed Jan 11 2012 by Jax

I read a lot of books. You’d think choosing just one to recommend would be easy, but no, it’s not. What if the other person doesn’t like it? What if they absolutely hate it? It would be so embarrassing. But … Continue reading →

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Bumpalicious maternity dress and Emma Jane tights – review.

Posted on Tue Jan 10 2012 by Jax

I was very fortunate, just before Christmas to be contacted by a couple of ppl to review some lovely maternity wear. Bumpalicious do some fabulous dresses and I decided that for once, I wouldn’t be sensible and choose the dress … Continue reading →

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Christmas is nearly upon us: stocking fillers reviewed.

Posted on Sun Dec 18 2011 by Jax

I’ve had some great review opportunities, and some odd ones through the blog this year. This surprised me slightly, but was not one I was averse to (one day I’ll blog a list of the things I’ve turned down, you’ll … Continue reading →

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Zumba fitness 2 for Wii – review and giveaway

Posted on Wed Dec 14 2011 by Jax

You may remember me reviewing Zumba Fitness for Wii a while back, when I was working on being fit and svelte. These are not words that describe me now. Blimp describes me now, sadly, 6 months pregnant is not my … Continue reading →

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The whole early years/ school age thing and home education, with a book review.

Posted on Mon Dec 12 2011 by Jax

Increasingly via twitter I’m getting contacted about home education. This is good. I’m glad that ppl have somewhere to reach out to. When I was considering it for Big, all those years ago, my online answers came courtesy of the … Continue reading →

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Gamers ahoy – Disney Universe review and Grease Dance XBox competition.

Posted on Tue Nov 15 2011 by Jax

Rattling through a bit of a backlog of reviews and competitions this week, worth keeping checking in to see what else is coming up Today it’s Disney Universe – we were very lucky to be sent this to review on … Continue reading →

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The Fellowship of the Ring – Family Film Night

Posted on Sun Nov 13 2011 by Jax

Grotty dull day here yesterday – it barely seemed to get light. I managed to get a bit more tidying done, which had the adverse side affect of clearing a path to the craft shelves, so I then spent lots … Continue reading →

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Saturday is family film night – Back to the Future.

Posted on Sat Nov 5 2011 by Jax

Or at least, tonight was our second family film night. I’m trying to make it a habit, that we spend one evening a week staring at the same screen together – I’d quite like it if we did board games … Continue reading →

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News, reviews, competitions and bits.

Posted on Tue Nov 1 2011 by Jax

A few things to cover this week, though not as many odd news releases from PRs for some reason. I did get word yesterday of a new competition from Lloyds Home insurance with a top prize of £10000 – something … Continue reading →

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When god was a rabbit by Sarah Winman #review

Posted on Thu Sep 22 2011 by Jax

I received this book from Tesco Books blog – they have recruited a whole bunch of bloggers to review books, but with a little twist. So books are listed in a category – and When God Was a Rabbit is … Continue reading →

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Little lifesavers from Dylon and Radox

Posted on Tue Aug 16 2011 by Jax

One of the perks of being recognised as a mummy blogger (much as I detest that term, quite frankly) is being sent lovely little presents. One of the downsides of this is having to work out what to put in … Continue reading →

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Ape House by Sara Gruen #100books

Posted on Wed Aug 10 2011 by Jax

I was thrilled when this arrived in the post yesterday from Two Roads Books. I read Water for Elephants as part of Cara’s book group and absolutely loved it, so couldn’t wait to get my hands on Ape House. It’s … Continue reading →

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A trip to That London to see Vtech’s new Innotab.

Posted on Tue Aug 9 2011 by Jax

We went rather nervously, it has to be admitted, given all the news stories, pictures, rumours, reports and hashtags that are flying around. But I reasoned that the part of London we were going to was very central, and we … Continue reading →

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Star Struck by Jane Lovering #100books

Posted on Sat Aug 6 2011 by Jax

I really wasn’t up to much today, so I was thrilled to find an envelope from ChocLituk in my post this morning. It contained and chocolate, so was a very good start to the day. I haven’t read any Jane … Continue reading →

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Bumped by Megan McCafferty #100books

Posted on Sat Jul 30 2011 by Jax

This book was sent to review as part of a bundle of holiday reading for teens/ pre-teens. Big started it, but found it a bit above her head – she is only 11 though. So I read it instead, and … Continue reading →

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A boy and his morb.

Posted on Tue Jul 5 2011 by Jax

We went to christmas in july, courtesy of ukmumstv. A hall full of toy stands that they wanted children to play with and touch, so they did. And of them all the thing that Small was taken with most was … Continue reading →

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Gobble, Gobble, Gobble from Top That! Publishings.

Posted on Mon Jun 27 2011 by Jax

I’ll be up front about this book – I don’t particularly like it. If I hadn’t been sent it to review, I doubt very much that we’d have it in the house. Which would be a shame, as Smallest wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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