Sam loves history, we both do actually, but I often try and find him gifts that are not only a little bit different or unusual but that are also useful past the initial ‘oh that’s a nice present’ stage! This year for Father’s Day he was the recipient of a Historic Newspapers hardback News of… Read More
We adore books in this house, both fact and fiction. I’ve put together some great ideas from both categories that kids (and big kids!) will love! There is also a giveaway at the end of the post too… Little Monstries Big Adventures: available here. Little Monstrie is a shy student at school, and has lots… Read More
Ten months down, two to go! How crazy is that! It’ll be full speedΒ ahead to Christmas now that Halloween is out of the way! Here’sΒ a few of my favourites from October… Books I read these eight books in October,Β which took me over my target of 60!Β The Light Between Oceans was a… Read More
Today’s post is a guest post from Asha at Yeah Lifestyle. She loves reading as much as I do so I was more than happy to host her review here. I’ve read another book by this author, and really enjoyed it so have added this one to my ‘to read’ pile! You can find out… Read More
Another month has shot by so here’s what I read, watched etc in July. Read I read these six books in July, the stand out being Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. It’s a novel that stretches generations and continents, family, suffering and so much more. The Shape of Us is also enthralling, lots of interwoven story… Read More
I feel like I say this every month but this one SHOT by, I think because of the bank holidays, short weeks and school holidays – plus us going away twice, once to Jersey and a weekend with friends and BAM it’s practically June! Here’s what I’ve been enjoying this month… Read All these books… Read More
March has been a funny old month, and it seems to have dragged on a bit if I’m honest! I thought I’d read a lot more books than I have but then I’ve watched far too much telly this month so that explains why… Life wise it’s been a very up and down month, mostly… Read More
February is finally over! Even though it’s the shortest month it always seems to drag a bit for me! I though we’d done a whole lot of nothing but actually we’ve been pretty busy really! Here’s my monthly round up of what I’ve done/read/seen etc! Β Read I read seven books in February. Three of… Read More
Welcome back to #Saturday6, today’s post shares the six books that I loved in 2018, though it was hard to narrow them down, you can see all the books I read last year here.Β At the end of the post is the #Saturday6 linky! A Little Life byΒ Hanya Yanagihara Although the story and topics covered… Read More
We spent most of the month in hibernation, just creeping out for school runs and the odd weekend walk with friends. Oh, also a birthday lunch for me! It’s been a month of stress, dentist trips, tax bills and so on so we’ve really not done anything exciting! Here’s my usual ‘scrapbook loves’ post for… Read More