Category: Book Club
It's Zumba time! Wii Game review.
My review copy of Zumba Fitness for the Wii arrived last week, when sadly I was in no fit state to try out anything that required me to stay awake. It’s been sitting waiting for a good moment for me to get it out, and as I finally managed over a mile running this morning,…
Signs of life by Natalie Taylor.
Signs of life by Natalie Taylor is, first and foremost, a fabulous book. It’s not fictional, instead being a journal style account of just over a life in the year of a young woman, widowed unexpectedly while pregnant with her first child. You’d be right to expect this will be a book full of emotion…
Little Grey Donkey from Top That publishers.
This is a lovely picture book about friendship and courage, as Little Grey Donkey has to dig deep to overcome the fear he experiences on the difficult journey to find his friend and owner Serafina. The pictures are interesting and have different levels of detail, with white line drawings in a cartoon style highlighting details…
Leapfrog Maths Adventure to the Moon: review and competition
Released to own on DVD 9th May 2011. A fun new, educational release from the popular and trusted Leap Frog brand, MATHS ADVENTURE TO THE MOON really launches children’s number skills! Never before seen on UK TV and out to buy on DVD from the 9th May (RRP GBP 9.99). Join school-going frogs Tad and…
The Dancing Bear by Michael Morpurgo #100books
We got this free with our NGKids subscription – it’s a thin paperback, beautifully illustrated with faded black and white drawings. As it’s a quick and easy read, both Big and I have read it, and Smallest likes looking at the pictures. The story is not complex. A tale of a girl and her pet…
Exit interview for the Nokia N8 #phonetrial
I posted a couple of times about the N8 while I had it on phonetrial from Three (see moblogging from the N8 and Nokia N8 dealbreaker), but I thought it would be good to do a round up review much as I did for the HTC Desire HD. S’funny. I love Nokia phones. I love…
The bad-tempered ladybird by Eric Carle #100books #FridayReadAlouds
This copy of The Bad Tempered Ladybird by Eric Carle was a charity shop bargain, think it came in a bundle for a pound with some other books. I’d have paid a pound for this, especially as it’s the hardback edition. Eric Carle’s illustrations are hugely distinctive – if you’ve read the hungry caterpillar, you’d…
Hurry up and Wait by Isabel Ashdown #review
One of the many authors, publishers and book PRs I follow on twitter is Isabel Ashdown, and I was lucky enough a week or so ago to win copies of both her debut novel, the award winning Glasshopper, and her forthcoming book, Hurry Up and Wait Synopsis: It’s more than twenty years since Sarah Ribbons…
KeepsakeCritters #review
I am a hoarder. You’ve all read my tales of woe about decluttering and how hard I find it. I am sentimental and hate to let things go. So I was utterly thrilled to be offered the chance to review a Keepsake Critter as made by Ruth at Keepsake Critters I found my part of…