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Read 52 unfinished books and a giveaway of The Good Father
The background: I’ve challenged Big to read 52 books this year. She will probably be mentioning them over here on her blog. I’m also going to have a crack at reading at least 52 books myself, and more importantly, I’m going to keep track of what books I’m reading to the little ones. I’m going…
Cutting down on screens.
I doubt that anyone has noticed, but I haven’t been online quite as much today. There are a few reasons for that. I was having another batch of trying to get things done; it was swimming lesson day; I tried to say more yesses than nos to questions like will you read this and play…
So hard to find the words.
Yesterday my breath was taken away by a tweet from a blogger I knew, announcing the unexpected death of her baby girl. Matilda Mae was just two months younger than Tigerboy. I found it incredibly difficult to grasp. On the same day my Twitter stream was full of excitement over bloggers travelling to Ghana with…
Read 52 – a lucky dip giveaway and review of Life after Life.
The background: I’ve challenged Big to read 52 books this year. She will probably be mentioning them over here on her blog. I’m also going to have a crack at reading at least 52 books myself, and more importantly, I’m going to keep track of what books I’m reading to the little ones. I’m going…
Hotel Transylvania – DVD and art book giveaway.
Fancy a holiday with a difference? How about a visit to Hotel Transylvania? Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula (Adam Sandler) has invited all his best friends – Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the…
A movie, a book, some time in the pool.
The movie: Hop. Better than you’d expect, not actually good enough to watch three times back to back unless you’re a three year old with screen withdrawal. The book: finally finished How To Be a Woman, Completely failing to identify with the experiences described, though some conclusions on abortion chime with my gut feeling. The…
My Health with Patient.co.uk – a sponsored post.
Having given birth just over 10 months ago now, it occurs to me that I really ought to be feeling a little bit more myself than I actually am. Or more accurately, that perhaps there should be less of myself than there is. I don’t feel fit healthy and raring to go, I feel flabby,…
Scent of Magic by Maria V Snyder review.
This is the second of the Avry of Kazan series, and the second book I’ve read from this author. The first,Touch of Power was, I think, one of Big’s favourite books from last year. I bought it for her to enter one of MiraInk‘s review competitions, sadly she didn’t win, but she was hooked nevertheless.…
The word of the day is Trust.
Regular readers will remember that before Christmas we were having some difficulties with Smallest and get swimming lesson. From being almost desperate to go, asking each morning if it was her turn yet, she’d had a complete reversal of attitude and completely lost her nerve. I put this down to a change of teacher and…
Binatone Kidzstar Tablet review.
Buy at amazon A quickie review (just) before Christmas (though if you’re a twitter follower you’ll know I tweeted an even quicker one yesterday!) – obviously this isn’t an in detail cover of this item because we’ve only had it a couple of days, and the first day it was on charge! However, if you’re…