The Leavers by Lisa Ko

April 23, 2018 By Leave a Comment
The Leavers by Lisa Ko

Today I'm pleased to be helping kick off the blog tour for the award winning The Leavers by Lisa Ko. Blurb: One morning, Deming Guo's mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to … [Continue reading...]

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The Imaginary by A F Harrold illustrated by Emily Gravett

April 3, 2018 By 1 Comment

Ages and ages ago I started reading The Imaginary as a bedtime story. Turned out it was far too scary to be an end of day book, so we moved it to lunchtimes. Although the children loved the language … [Continue reading...]

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For world autism awareness/acceptance day, read autistic writers!

April 2, 2018 By 5 Comments

If you want to learn about autism, the best way is to read the people who are autistic. Not people imagining what it's like and writing about it. So for world autism awareness/acceptance day, a list … [Continue reading...]

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Autism is

April 1, 2018 By 1 Comment

A question? An answer. Often argument or debate. An explanation. A reason. But not an excuse. The shared love of time contemplating a dust mote in light. Another perspective on a complex … [Continue reading...]

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Dreams and Regrets by Emily Williams, author of Rafferty Lincoln loves.

March 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Book cover - Rafferty Lincoln loves

You may or may not be aware that I have an occasional series of posts on the theme of Dreams and Regrets. (If not, follow the link.) Today I'm happy to add to that series as part of the Rafferty … [Continue reading...]

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On hold.

March 9, 2018 By 11 Comments
rain drop

It feels like most of my posts recently, even those that have been reviews have also included a whole lot of whinging about my state of health, so I thought I'd dedicate a whole post to it, and then … [Continue reading...]

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One Small Act of Kindness by Lucy Dillon

February 14, 2018 By Leave a Comment

(Note, Kindle was showing 0.99 yesterday - I think the book is currently in the Amazon valentine sale :) ) I am a sucker for a hard done by book. It's one of (many) reasons why our house is filled … [Continue reading...]

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Winter Storm (The Inventory 4) by Andy Briggs

February 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Book cover - Inventory 4 Winter Storm showing repeated stylised green figures with circuit board details

We've been reading and enjoying the Inventory series by Andy Briggs since Small reviewed book 1 (read that review here). It seems only fitting that we are taking part in the blog tour for book 4, … [Continue reading...]

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Force of Nature by Jane Harper

February 5, 2018 By Leave a Comment

Buy at Amazon I absolutely loved The Dry by Jane Harper when I read it last year (review here ) so I was thrilled to be offered Force of Nature to read as well. There is always a moment of … [Continue reading...]

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Dixit – a family card/board game reviewed

January 29, 2018 By 6 Comments
Dixit cards and pieces

Buy at Amazon I wasn't quite sure what to expect when we were sent Dixit for our Blogger board game club review last month. (Apologies for the delay in getting this review live, I think I should … [Continue reading...]

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Twelve nights by Andrew Zurcher – cover reveal and giveaway!

January 6, 2018 By 29 Comments
book cover for Twelve Nights - dark blue night sky with stars, old fashioned hot air balloon, figures in the basket are silhouetted against the full moon

Note, post contains affiliate links. Pre order at Amazon Kay and her little sister, Eloise, never imagined that their standard icy Christmas Eve in Cambridge would be the start of a … [Continue reading...]

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