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Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
This does remind me of something, but I’m not sure what. It’s a romance, but it’s not fluffy. It’s edgy, with slightly bruised and battered characters despite their youth. They aren’t lovely, they aren’t the centre of attention, they’re barely getting by on the edges. The language surprised me. I swore like a bar worker…
Tesco Loves Baby – Pampers nappy giveaway.
I was really in two minds over accepting this giveaway, given that I prefer cloth nappies. BUT right at the moment, we’re not using cloth. I struggled with Tigerboy’s bottom, and over the winter couldn’t keep up with washing and drying for six people with nappies as well. So I have fallen. He’s in disposables.…
11 years old. Steel tankard to celebrate?
The blog that is. Apparently, if it were a wedding anniversary, the suitable gift is steel, so having an engraved steel tankard to give away, courtesy of Buyatankard.com is very fitting. You’ve a choice of two, either a Happy Father’s day (which can be personalised), or a choose your own message. Neat gift eh? 11…
Reading recommendation: Sealed with a Kiss
My read 52 posts have been few and far between. This week I seem to have failed to read – I started The City’s Son over a week ago, and despite loving it every time I manage a few pages, a few pages each time is all I seem to manage 🙁 But I don’t…
Wonder: The Julian Chapter.
The Julian chapter is available now on kindle at amazon. We read Wonder as a family book group read a year or two back – it worked for Big, Small and me, and then we discussed it. If you haven’t read it, I do recommend it, for ages 9 to adult really. There’s lot in…
Lisa's Letters – an international Blog Swap day guest post.
Dear Jax, Did you ever have an International Penpal? Hi, let me introduce myself – my name is Lisa Devereaux from all the way down under in Australia. I am also a mum to 4-year-old twin girls. We live in Queensland – the Sunshine State of Australia. I have always been a letter writer and…
Meal planning with Morrisons
Now, I had intended to get this posted on Monday, hence the meal planning title. Yes, well. As no doubt you are aware, a number of bloggers were challenged last weekend to shop at Morrisons, buying the things that we usually do, in order to find out whether the new cheaper prices across the store…
Kim Curran: Dreams and regrets – a GLAZE blog tour guest post.
Welcome Kim Curran: When I read Jax’s beautiful post on Dreams and Regrets I was nodding harder than a bobble head dog. Like many writers, I’ve had my share of rejections. Although, as I’m relatively new in the game, mine are all in digital form. But ever now and then I look back on those…
We need diverse (picture) books.
There’s been a fabulous meme running around twitter for a little while now, with lots of people tweeting the reasons #WeNeedDiverseBooks. It made me think about what I’m offering the children in their picture books. So when I was idly flicking through a pile in a charity shop I was pleased to pick up some…
