Books, stationery, and wellbeing
Jenson is a massive bookworm and it's hardly surprising, given that one of my favourite pastimes as a kid was going to the library and taking out the maximum amount of books. It doesn't bother me that the TV is nearly always on when we're at home and he knows how to use my smartphone… Continue reading What Jenson has been reading lately #2
This month's theme for the Blogger Book Nook group is Time Machine (historical fiction). The requirements were quite broad - the book you review just has to be set in the past, whether typically 'historical' or set in the 90s. While I'm a fan of the classics of the Brontes and Austen, I'm not generally… Continue reading Blogger Book Nook #9 Time Machine
A Spoke in the Wheel by Kathleen Jowitt* The first thing I saw was the wheelchair. The first thing she saw was the doper. Ben Goddard is an embarrassment – as a cyclist, as an athlete, as a human being. And he knows it. Now that he’s been exposed by a positive drugs test, his… Continue reading Blog tour: A Spoke in the Wheel by Kathleen Jowitt
A few weeks ago, Chloe completed the Unpopular Opinions Book Tag and I immediately wanted to answer the questions myself, so here goes. What is a popular book or series that you didn’t like? I like most of the books I've read - I'm pretty good at selecting something that I'll enjoy. Or maybe that… Continue reading Unpopular Opinions Book Tag
Never has it been so easy to be a bookworm. If, like me, you're a sucker for a stylish cover and a bargain, you need to check out Penguin's new Modern series. With 50 titles at just £1 each (I know, right!), you can sample a classic writer's work in a bitesize chunk. Don't fancy… Continue reading Something old and something new with Penguin Modern
I won a competition last week and I just had to share the prize with you fellow bookworms and stationery addicts. It was run by Suze Lavender from With Love for Books (she does loads of awesome book giveaways - make sure you follow her on Twitter) and the lovely prize was a Lucky Dip… Continue reading Inside the Fable & Black Lucky Dip Box
This month the Blogger Book Nook organised a book swap and the questions for our blog posts are all based on sharing the love of books. I sent Katrina my copy of Relativity and she sent me Matt Haig's How To Stop Time. How to Stop Time is like a mix of The Curious Case… Continue reading Blogger Book Nook #6 Book swaps
Last week I set out to join some book blogger communities and I found three - Blogger Book Nook, Hooked on Books with Joanna Victoria and Bookish Mamas. Some are discussion groups, some are online book clubs and some are a mixture. I instantly loved the look of Blogger Book Nook. There are loads of… Continue reading Blogger Book Nook #5: Judging a book by its cover
I saw Star Wars Episode VIII in the cinema the other day and, in amongst trailers for Infinity War and Ready Player One, and ads for cars and mobile phones, I saw this: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VGrWqv5yJI] It made me think about the countless discussions I have with Luke about modern feminism. I totally support his arguments… Continue reading Here’s to strong women.
Not gonna lie, it's been a rough week. I've spent the last nine days battling a cold with a cough so bad it's actually made me vomit. Fortunately the doctor has reassured me it will soon pass and shouldn't delay my surgery but it's been hard going. All three of us are poorly and sharing… Continue reading Star Wars, Unicorns and La La Land #LittleLoves