Category: Book Club
Orchard Toys: Magic Cauldron game #review
The lovely ppl at Orchard Toys sent me this Magic Cauldron Maths Game a couple of weeks back when I was bewailing basic maths skills on twitter. You see, we have a bit of a problem here. It’s a confidence thing really, but quite a bit of the really basic maths stuff, like number bonds…
Virtual book group (for charity) – anyone up for it?
You may remember way back when that I started fundraising to build a library via Oxfam Unwrapped. I have some updates to give on that, but right now, I want to pop up a quick post asking if anyone would be interested in joining in with my next idea. I’d like to run a virtual…
Nokia N8 dealbreaker – no copy and paste?
I think I’ve found the dealbreaker. I’ve just spent 10 minutes trawling the internet trying to find out how to copy and paste using the Nokia N8. And I’ve found absolutely no one with the answer. (A few ppl implying there is an answer, but no one sharing it!) Could this really be true? Is…
Relaxkids Anger Management CD and 21 Day Programme – review.
My children are what I like to fondly refer to as high maintenance. They are passionate, intelligent, energetic, and not very good at controlling their emotions. This is not something I keep a secret from anyone who knows us – I’m not sure how I could tbh, the noise tends to give us away 😉…
FridayReadAlouds – Author feature: Rebecca Elliott part two
Last week I kicked off what I hope is going to be the first of many in the FridayReadAlouds series with an interview with Rebecca Elliott, author/illustrator. Rebecca has two more books due out this year, Zoo Girl and Sometimes (a sequel to Just Because, reviewed last week). And so, on to the rest of…
Bumblejums Book and CD #100Books
We’re big on both books and the environment here, so an offer of a book about eco friendly characters to review via twitter went down well. Meet the Bumblejums gave a good first impression too. It’s bright and cheerful, although in some ways it has the look of a book accompanying a tv series if…
FridayReadAlouds – Author Feature: Rebecca Elliott
A couple of things have come together recently to inspire this post, which I hope is going to be the first in a series. First of all, as part of my 100 books challenge, I was sent Cub’s First Winter by Rebecca Elliott, from Top That! Publishing. As a result, I found one BecElliott on…
Books of the weekend #100books
Another combined review of the picture books we focussed on this weekend. I try to think back to when Big and Small were this kind of age, and I doubt very much I read this number of books to them then. I think Small listened to longer stories that we were reading to Big, I…
Tired tweeting.
Typing one handed and slightly tipsy over the head of a beautiful babe slowly going to sleep at my breast. On my breast? Whatever. She is definitely beautiful. They all are. The gorgeous 11 yo who doesn’t fit under my chin any more. The slightly shaggy 7 year old just visiting from another planet. The…
Unhooking the moon #100books
This is book 64, and was sent to us, iirc, by WHSmith in support of our 100book challenge. It’s a preteen novel, and the plot line brought to mind Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt, which is one of my favourite pre teen books. As such, I swiped this one from Big’s tbr pile, and took it…