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  • Review: Half Lives by Sara Grant.

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    I very much enjoyed Dark Parties by Sara Grant, so I was very happy to be chosen as a Gollancz Geek to review Half Lives. The blurb from Goodreads. Present day: Icie is a typical high school teenager – until disaster strikes and her parents send her to find shelter inside a mountain near Las…

  • Saturday snippets 8 June 2013

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    {Writing} tech post on seo. You can probably see a snippet in the sidebar. {Travelling} to London again. Hyde Park for the #BigIF. {Wondering} why there weren’t any signs. Maybe some of the other people in the park would have come too. {Learning} about the issues facing Tanzania and DRC (Congo). Different countries, situations, histories.…

  • Read 52 – King of Thorns giveaway with a plug for Felixstowe book festival

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    I love twitter. I spend far too much time on it. And one of the things I love about twitter is being able to actually chat with authors. Lots of them are lovely people who actually chat back 🙂 Someone I’ve talked with a few times is Mark Lawrence, author of Prince of Thorns, and…

  • Sometimes I forget the important things

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    And I need a little reminder. Today we were sent a WeekendBoxClub box for review and knowing that I’m away this weekend, I thought I’d get started on it straight away. I’d forgotten how lovely it is to spend one to one time with Smallest, focusing on her and just doing something for her. I…

  • Read 52: Playing Tyler

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    There are perks to being a book blogger. One of those is getting access to proofs before publication. There’s a site called NetGalley which does this with e-arcs (advanced reading copies) which is even better, because it means no hard copy of a not quite finished book lying around. Playing Tyler by T L Costa…

  • I'm still celebrating: £100 Zalando voucher giveaway.

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    I’ve really enjoyed celebrating my 10 year blogaversary over the last couple of weeks. I loved giving away a microwave – my winner was Vita and she appears to be suitably happy. I’ve made a conscious decision not to put my competitions on any forums. I know I could boost my traffic by doing that,…

  • Teabags, towel hooks and tank tops

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    For all I’ve been doing well in the tots ranking scores recently, it doesn’t seem to be translating into PRs beating my door down with exciting offers. Instead I’ve been getting the usual stream of offers of guest posts that I’m not interested in and occasional low value items. Tea bags. I got sent tea…

  • Blog birthday giveaway: Panasonic Slimline Combination Microwave

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    Do you fancy helping me celebrate my 10 year blogaversary? I’d love it if you would. I’ve got some great ideas on how to celebrate, and the first thing I’m doing is giving away this microwave from John Lewis To enter, leave me a comment telling me the best thing blogging has done for you.…

  • Read 52: Just Imagine with a What are They Thinking?! giveaway.

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    I don’t seem to have had time for any reading for myself this week. But we got a fabulous book through for Smallest to review, and it’s been a great one to spend lots of time talking to her about. It’s called Just Imagine and is illustrated by Nick Sharratt, who is one of our…

  • Walkers Hoops and Crosses – sponsored review.

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    Home educating four children means that from time to time we Go Out. On days out I have to do packed lunches for 4no 5 people now. That means two types of bread, three types of fillings, and assorted snacks. Finding snacks that everyone will eat is challenging enough, so I’m always on the hunt…