Category: Book Club
Peppa Pig jumping in muddy puddles.
Peppa Pig jumps in muddy puddles. I just wish she’d do it quietly. Ahem. This is supposed to be a review. Reviews are supposed to be glowingly positive right? One of the reasons I have a backlog of them (there are many involved reasons why I have a backlog of them, not least because I…
Today's education, on teamwork and politics.
For one reason or another, I do most of the domestic stuff around the house these days. I’ve tried leading by example, but given the example I give is that mainly I hate housework, perhaps it’s not that surprising that the older children tend not to join in. Big is better than small. Though this…
The Red Thread by Ann Hood #review
For once, I don’t think this was sent for review. I think I won it in a bundle last Christmas. (If I was sent it for review, I apologise. It got put to the bottom of a pile.) I was slightly mislead by the cover on this one. I expected knitting to feature in the…
So, time for nofollow links in reviews?
In yet another discussion on twitter earlier about paid for links, disclosure and nofollow, Google’s page for webmasters on link schemes was shared. I’ve read it before. I’m fairly sure this bit (my emphasis) is new. The following are examples of link schemes which can negatively impact a site’s ranking in search results: Buying or…
Now is Good (also published as Before I Die) Jenny Downham
“A book that will make you happy to be alive” says Heat. At least that’s the quote that’s on the cover. I’m not quite sure how this is supposed to be achieved? So you read a book about a teenager dying, and feel better because you aren’t that teenager? This is a book that deserves…
How to tell a product is working – a Reading Eggs review.
Recently we were offered a subscription to Reading Eggs to review. Smallest liked it. A lot. I’ve been meaning to blog about it and as usual haven’t got a round tuit, and the subscription has expired. This is a Bad Thing. There is little more upsetting that a disappointed toddler. And when she tries to…
Just another quiet Monday.
That’s how it started. What with it being half term, so no activities to worry about, so a lazy start to the day. We read books in bed, and did a sticker book, and looked at some Oxford Reading Tree phonics stuff, but it’s a bit beyond smallest yet, so we did some more stickers…
Neptune's Tears.
This lovely looking book arrived in the post this morning, a competition prize from Girls Heart Books. I accidentally devoured it this afternoon in a single sitting, so I think I can vouch for it’s readability. 😉 That said, there were quite a few other things that occurred to me. I enjoyed the plot. It…
Oliver Jeffers – This Moose belongs to Me and the Hueys in the New Jumper.
A while back we were sent the beautiful book, Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. He rapidly headed on to my list of favourite picture book writers. Since then we’ve had a couple more and it was only when I started to write up This Moose belongs to Me that I realised I hadn’t written…
Her new best friend – Sammy, the Mini Lotta doll.
Smallest hasn’t been much of a one for dolls so far. Or for cuddlies for that matter. She’s been a bit fickle, a toy will be in favour for a couple of days and then left in bed, or stashed somewhere forlornly. That has changed since Sammy arrived. I liked the sound of the MiniLotta…