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  • Lost and Found – review.

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    This is currently Smallest’s favourite book. She adores the interactivity of the paper engineering (as it is described on the book itself). It goes far beyond a standard pop up book with tabs folding in various directions, doors that open and close, lights that turn on and off, and of course, the penguin. Because it…

  • My name is O/ Pale – review

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    We were sent both these books for review from Barrington Stoke. Their website says “Struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers deserve the best books available” and that is what they are aiming to produce. Both these books are written in relatively simple direct language, but with good strong story lines and characters – I hoped they…

  • What I wore Wednesday – two maternity outfits for price of one!

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    I’m not actually going to tell you what I wore on Wednesday. Instead, I’m going to talk about last Thursday and Friday, when I went down to High Wycombe (over to High Wycombe?) for a blogger event. Because of the length of the journey and my advance pregnancy (eek!) I travelled down the afternoon before,…

  • Dark Parties by Sara Grant – review.

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    Buy Dark Parties at Amazon I do like teen fiction. But not stereotyped teen fiction. So I was a tiny bit nervous about this as it fits into the current vogue for dystopian fiction and I was afraid it might turn out to be a bit samey. Fortunately my fears were unfounded. Dystopian it might…

  • Star Struck by Jane Lovering #100books

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    I really wasn’t up to much today, so I was thrilled to find an envelope from ChocLituk in my post this morning. It contained and chocolate, so was a very good start to the day. I haven’t read any Jane Lovering before, though I understand there are several about. This one is due out in…

  • A boy and his morb.

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    We went to christmas in july, courtesy of ukmumstv. A hall full of toy stands that they wanted children to play with and touch, so they did. And of them all the thing that Small was taken with most was a morb in a fighter jet. To the extent that I went back to check…

  • Preparing for cybermummy

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    Or maybe not… So far this morning I’ve turned linen into a shift, and now wool into a kirtle. Yes, that’s a kirtle. Bit like a pinafore dress. It’s not finished yet, but it’s a lot closer than it was a hour ago! I think it’s safe to say I’m not completely caught up in…

  • More moblogging

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    This time from the HTCDesire on loan from Three. I’ve installed WordPress for Android and I’m tapping away fighting with the predictive text, but I can’t quite seem to figure out why sometimes I end up somewhere else on the screen. I shouldn’t like this phone, but oh I do. I can’t quite work out…