In which I realise how young my dad was.
It’s been a strange couple of days. Between the beast from the east and storm Emma keeping us house bound the last couple of days, the internet going for two of them, and the...
View ArticlePets, pets and more pets : A Netflix streamteam post
Hey ho. I think it’s time for a catch up on Netflix. I haven’t blogged for a while, so this is a nice, gentle way in. This one’s a family and kids list and...
View ArticleIn which I moan about teething, and lack of sleep. Again.
Two years ago, the inside of my upper gum begun to ache. Then the molar begun to throb, became sensitive to hot and cold, and the entire right side of my face was sore...
View ArticleIn which I celebrate the sun and moan about allergies.
The sun! The sun! It’s just glorious. My skin was made for this weather. I’m practically glowing out here, soaking up vitamin D like there’s no tomorrow. I love it! I’m so warm that...
View ArticleBook Review: Children of blood and bone by Tomi Adeyemi
So I’m back writing…finally, and hopefully on a more continuous basis. And what better way to start than with a book review? Well, here goes… Synopsis: They killed my mother. They took our magic....
View ArticleNetflix review: Turn Up Charlie
Turn Up Charlie is an eight part comedy starring Idris Elba as DJ Charlie Ayo who, once upon a time had a one hit wonder but that was in the very, very distant past....
View ArticleBook review: December Girl by Nicola Cassidy
I actually meant to write the review for this book last December, which is when the writer, Nicola Cassidy, sent me on a copy of her book. I can embarrassingly hold my hands up...
View ArticleReading for pleasure and challenges
Here's to reading more books in 2019. #popsugarreadingchallenge2019
View ArticleBook review #popsugarreadingchallenge: The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
Book 1: A book that makes you nostalgic. Talk about nostalgia. I remember watching and re–watching the movie based on the book, so many with my sisters. It was called Village of the Damned...
View ArticleBook 2 – A book by two female authors : How to talk so kids will listen &...
I have a funny story about this book. When I first brought it home from the library, Child 1 (8) said, “Noooooo! I don’t like that first part. No matter how much you talk,...
View ArticleBook 3 – A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover – Hold by...
Book Blurb: Belinda knows how to follow the rules. She has learnt the right way to polish water glasses, to wash and fold a hundred handkerchiefs, and to keep a tight lid on memories...
View ArticleMovie review – See you yesterday
Imagine you were the first person to succeed in creating a device that allowed you to travel through time. What period of the past would you visit? Who would you like to see? What...
View ArticleBook 4 – A book with a question in the title – How long till black future...
Book Blurb: Record breaking, three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin sharply examines modern society in her first short sorry collection including several...
View ArticleBook 5 – A book inspired by mythology, legend or folklore – American Gods by...
Argh! I really want to love Neil Gaiman’s work. I really do. He sounds like someone I should enjoy reading, but I just find him okay. I’m watching the series based on the novel,...
View ArticleBook 6 – A book told from Multiple character POVs – The Obelisk Gate by N.K....
Another N.K Jemisin book because I seriously can’t get enough of this woman’s writing style. Book Blurb: The Seasons of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long, cold night. Essun has...
View ArticleBook 7 – A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same...
Book Blurb: Synonyms: Trespassers, interlopers, invaders, prowlers, infiltrators, encroachers, violators Orphans sisters chase monsters of urban legend in Bloemfontein. At a busy taxi rank, a woman...
View ArticleBook 8 – A reread of a favourite book – The lives and loves of a She Devil by...
Fay Weldon was, at the age of fifteen (ish – it may have been fourteen), my first introduction to feminist writing. I read many of her books in rapid succession at the time, starting with this...
View ArticleBook 9 – A book set in Scandinavia – Let the right one in by John Ajvide...
Book Blurb: He is a twelve-year-old outsider; bullied at school, dreaming about his absentee father, bored with life on a dreary housing estate. One evening he meets a mysterious girl. As friendship...
View ArticleBook 10 – A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature – The Stone Sky...
Nora did a hat trick with this series and won a Hugo award for each of the three books in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Well deserved I tell ya. I’m also aware that I...
View ArticleBook 11 – A debut Novel – The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
Book Blurb: 1904. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there is a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. In a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an...
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