Now Athena is becoming a lot more interested in books I’m seeking out titles that are more interactive for her. Pop up books are still not quite safe to be left with her for solo ‘reading’ sessions but good for our before bed reading times when we’re together. These two books were sent to us… Read More
As one of the Bahlsen Book Club members I was sent a copy of ‘The School Gates’ by Nicola May to enjoy with a couple of packs of biscuits… If you’ve never heard of Bahlsen biccies before then you are missing out! The Leibniz ones have chocolate on top that are impossible to eat without… Read More
I was sent Beautiful Day by Kate Anthony to review from Penguin and read it in 2 days, no mean feat when most of my reading was done in the bath, and I’ve given up baths for lent! Reading in the shower probably isn’t the best idea so I read through nap times and in… Read More
A couple of weeks ago Donna (my new favourite twitter pal) who blogs at Red head & Baby led tagged me in the ‘fictional world meme, so I here’s my answers. I tag everyone, and you should all go and read the other posts people have added to the link-up, just click the… Read More
I love reading to Athena. I think sometimes I read for her more than for me, but I’m alright with that because I get to find some new children’s books and rediscover some of my old favourites! For the first post in this series I’m going to talk about the three that we (or I!)… Read More
Share book reviews and ratings with Lauren, and even join a book club on Goodreads. Above are a most of the books I read in 2013. I managed to just beat my self imposed target of 30 books by reading 31! This year I have set myself 50 and hope to beat that, and will… Read More
Dress: Topshop maternity, Leggings: Newlook Maternity. Cardigan: ancient H&M. Crazy hair: uncontrollable. You can’t really tell but they have a ‘pleather’ stripe down the side of the leg… Only my 2nd outfit post since getting pregnant, but my wearable wardrobe has shrunk to about 10% of its previous pre-bump size & I’m living in… Read More
… well, bedside table. ha, had you fooled for a mere second! Above are all the bits that hover around my bedside table, which is actually fairly neat for once. The drawer underneath this however is full off crap that I have swept into it from the top. whoops. Necessities: lipbalm/immune chewy things/DAB-Ipod… Read More
The lovely Sally tagged me to do this post… so here goes! The Rules: 1. Post these rules 2. Post a photo of your favourite book cover 3. Answer the questions below 4. Tag a few people to answer them too 5. Go to their blog/twitter and tell them you’ve tagged them 6.… Read More