Category: Book Club
Toasters, shampoo and jigsaws – a round up review post
As has been painfully obvious to the long suffering PRs I deal with, I have fallen hugely behind in recent weeksmonths. I blame the baby. And the broken netbook. And maybe the rain. So here’s a few reviews that have been sat waiting oh so patiently… First up, idealo is a website that offers price…
Lunch at Frankie and Bennys or TANSTAAFL
The wave of reviews of Frankie and Bennys restaurants has been quite enormous, but nevertheless, I’ve one to add. Having read a few reviews before we went, I was a little nervous, but hey, we don’t eat out all that often, and this had got to be a treat. We went during the week at…
Getting to grips with Google+
A while ago I had a look at G+. I didn’t much like it, or its real name policy, although that has now been relaxed as I understand it, and deactivated my profile. But recently MumsnetBloggers were looking for bloggers to explore it and review, so I thought I’d have a look again and see…
Peppa Pig campervan review
I was ever so pleased to be offered this Peppa Pig Vehicle with Figure – Campervan for review – Smallest has a lot of inherited toys but not desperately many that are targetted at this age (3) and I’d a feeling she would like this a lot. I wasn’t wrong. She loves it so much…
The Light between Oceans by M. L. Stedman review
What’s with books that make me cry? Books about children, about birth, death, love and loss. How are they sneaking up on me out of the dark, whispering their way into my mind, tweaking at my heartstrings? This is a debut novel – it doesn’t show. Reading it with half an eye to a review…
Vicks Humidifier – review. But there's a post around it too, so you might still want to read.
Ages and ages and ages ago, way back in the dark ages when I was just a mother of three with a large stomach 😉 I was offered a Vicks Humidifier to review via the lovely ppl at Emma’s Diary. (I’m an Emma’s Diary blogger you see, it’s over there in the sidebar.). And we…
Thinking about dragons.
It’s St George’s day. My nephew’s birthday. I sent him birthday wishes through Facebook, and thought about his mother. It’s also world book night. Last year I signed up as a giver, and walked the streets trying to give books away. Harder than you’d think. This year I thought about having a small baby and…
Happy Feet Two – an extra family film night
Last week, as regular readers will know, was a bit traumatic. So managing to spend happy family time together was even more important than usual, and I was quite pleased to have this film for review from Warner Bros. To be honest, all I was hoping for was something that we could all watch without…
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman
I read this last week I think, and meant to write it up immediately, but I’m actually rather glad I didn’t. Letting it sit in my mind has made me realise what a powerful story it is – usually books slip away from me quite rapidly, but instead I’ve found myself returning to some of…
Croc and Bird by Alexis Deacon
We have a new favourite picture book of the moment. It’s the wonderfully simple Croc and Bird. I’ve read other reviews of this as quirky and unusual, which I suppose it could be, but I thought of it more in terms of family. Your family isn’t necessarily your blood relations. They are the ppl you…