Category: Book Club
300 picture books week 6
A good reading week because we popped in another library visit and read 6 books while we were there. Not that I can remember what else we’ve read. Oh hang on. Bob and the Moon tree mystery, as reviewed on Shingle Street. Two more tree Fu Tom books. Jonathan Livingston Seagull. This last one is…
A hundred pieces of me Lucy Dillon Read 52 book 6
Read 52, book 6. A hundred pieces of meby Lucy Dillon will be described, no doubt, as chick lit, or women’s fiction. Because it’s about women’s things. Lives, illnesses, love, death. It’s also about men, and relationships, and a dog. It’s about careers, and houses, and work. It’s glorious, and moving, and heart breaking, and…
Red Rising. Pierce Brown
Darrow is a Helldiver, one of a thousand men and women who live in the vast caves beneath the surface of Mars, generations of people who spend their lives toiling to mine the precious elements that will allow the planet to be terraformed. Just knowing that, one day, people will be able to walk the…
300 picture books week 5
It is definitely the case that I only keep up with these posts if I run them in draft through the week. It was feeling like a rather poor reading week until we had a bit of a binge at the library today. (And yes I know today isn’t really part of the week, but…
300 Picture books week 4.
Grief, the year is racing by isn’t it? I can’t believe we’re on week 4 already. This is the first week we’ve missed a day reading – we were out pretty much all day on Saturday, so we didn’t read anything at all, old or new. It felt rather odd. I’m also still behind with…
Zoe's Tale Read 52 bk 5.
I’ve been really enjoying these Scalzi SF books – I’ve previously read Old Man’s war, Ghost Brigades and the last colony. Zoe’s Tale is interesting, as it runs alongside The Last Colony, telling most of the same events but from a very different point of view, that of the 16 year old daughter of the…
Trouble by Non Pratt read 52 bk 4
Buy on KindleBuy Trouble at Hive This is the story of a couple of teenagers and a pregnancy. Except the two teenagers aren’t the couple, if you see what I mean. In fact, you’re kept guessing for quite some time as to who the bloke is, there are a couple of contenders. Which all sounds…
300 Picture books week 3
I did really well the last two weeks and started a draft post early and kept it updated daily. I was also reviewing things daily on shingle Street. This week I’ve done neither of those things. And we went to the library and while we were there we read about 10 board books. As well…
300 Picture books week 2.
Continuing our attempt to meet the 300 Picture book challenge. We’re on track so far. Our first Judith Kerr of the year. It’s not a Mog book (boo) but it does have a very Mog looking cat in it. When Willy went to the wedding. It’s not his fault, honestly. Two ladybird books today, first…
The Midnight Rose by Lucinda Riley – Read 52 bk 1
You know when you’re reading a book and it’s late at night, and you know you ought to go to sleep, but just a few more pages because you just need to know…and then suddenly it’s 3 am, you’ve finished the book and your head is too full of exotic places and distant times to…
