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The statistical probability of love at first sight. Jennifer E Smith.
This is the third Jennifer Smith novel I’ve been lucky enough to have for review, and they’re always a pleasure. Statistical Probability Of Love At First Sight is teen romance, encapsulated in a single night and day, with a plane journey, and a wedding or two. All the parts of life are here, divorce, remarriage,…
Peppa Pig wobbles but she doesn't fall down!
Would I like to review Peppa Pig Weebles? How much would I! I can’t imagine I’m the only child of the 70s to remember and massively miss weebles. Altogether now – weebles wobble but they don’t fall down. It turns out that this causes quite a bit of frustration if you’re a two year old…
Year of code? Please no.
So, I was on twitter last night, as I oh so often am. And I saw a link to a guardian article about the year of code initiative. My response? https://twitter.com/liveotherwise/status/432316953576112128 I do urge you to go read the guardian article. I’m not sure it would be good for my blood pressure to go and…
A silent child.
Tigerboy is 2 next month. According to developmental guidelines on the NHS site: Puts at least two words together Your child will know a range of single words and talk in short sentences. By the age of two a child will be able to say a range of single words and many children will be…
A hundred pieces of me Lucy Dillon Read 52 book 6
Read 52, book 6. A hundred pieces of meby Lucy Dillon will be described, no doubt, as chick lit, or women’s fiction. Because it’s about women’s things. Lives, illnesses, love, death. It’s also about men, and relationships, and a dog. It’s about careers, and houses, and work. It’s glorious, and moving, and heart breaking, and…
Vanish Gold 30 second stain challenge – Beetroot!
I have four children. I know about stains. Boy do I know about stains. And smells. Ugh. Vanish has been a part of my anti stain armoury for a very long time. My product of choice is to use the stain bar usually, although I do have a big tub of Oxi Action in the…
Coloured contact lenses – giveaway of 6 month supply from Feel Good Contact Lenses.
I’ve been really enjoying bringing you some great giveaways so far this year, and this one is the best so far. Feel Good Contacts Lenses are an online contact lens supplier stocking all the familiar brands you know. (Assuming you’re a contact lens wearer and know any brands at all that is.) Now, I will…
Red Rising. Pierce Brown
Darrow is a Helldiver, one of a thousand men and women who live in the vast caves beneath the surface of Mars, generations of people who spend their lives toiling to mine the precious elements that will allow the planet to be terraformed. Just knowing that, one day, people will be able to walk the…
300 picture books week 5
It is definitely the case that I only keep up with these posts if I run them in draft through the week. It was feeling like a rather poor reading week until we had a bit of a binge at the library today. (And yes I know today isn’t really part of the week, but…
300 Picture books week 4.
Grief, the year is racing by isn’t it? I can’t believe we’re on week 4 already. This is the first week we’ve missed a day reading – we were out pretty much all day on Saturday, so we didn’t read anything at all, old or new. It felt rather odd. I’m also still behind with…
