WWW Wednesday is hosted by ‘Taking on a World of Words’ every Wednesday and asks: What are you currently reading? What have you just finished reading? What will you read next? What am I currently reading? I'm having a super anxious time at the moment, so reading is still slow going but at least I... Continue Reading →
My Big Book of Outdoors
My Big Book of Outdoors by Tim Hopgood, published by Walker This is every bit as gorgeous as you'd expect of you've either encountered Tim's previous books or even just seen that cover. Even the endpapers are stunning First things first - this is an absolute feast for the eyes, with it's rich, riotous and... Continue Reading →
20 (10) Books of Summer
2 Books of Summer is an annual reading challenge running from 1 June to 1 September in which you choose and attempt to read 20 (or 15 or 10 or however many you want to aim for) books. It's run by Cathy at 746 Books but I first heard of it through Lily, Mary and... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday 23/6/21
WWW Wednesday is hosted by ‘Taking on a World of Words’ every Wednesday and asks: What are you currently reading? What have you just finished reading? What will you read next? What am I currently reading? Reading (and blogging) are still proving slow at the moment and I increasingly overwhelmed by the seemingly impossible task... Continue Reading →
When the Sky Falls
I was initially sent a free copy of this, but have since passed that on to a colleague and bought a copy for myself. All views and opinions are my own. When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle I was sent this as it's our Book of the Month choice in work, and I actually... Continue Reading →
MG Takes on Thursday – Arctic Star
#MGTakesOnThursday was created by Mary over at Book Craic and is a brilliant way to shout about some brilliant MG books! To join in, all you need to do is:Post a picture of the front cover of a middle-grade book which you have read and would recommend to others with details of the author, illustrator... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday 26/5/21
WWW Wednesday is hosted by ‘Taking on a World of Words’ every Wednesday and asks: What are you currently reading? What have you just finished reading? What will you read next? What am I currently reading? It has been a very slow couple of weeks for reading. I was even off last week and had... Continue Reading →
Peapod’s Picture Book Picks – Bad Apple
We were lucky enough to request and receive a copy of this from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. All views and opinions are my own. Bad Apple by Huw Lewis Jones and Ben Sanders, published by Thames and Hudson Simply put - I loved this! And so did Peapod. Apple is no... Continue Reading →
MGTakesOn…um…Friday?! – Twitch
So I had the majority of this written and ready to post for publication day yesterday, but then didn't get chance to finish it off and post so I'm sneaking it in a day late instead! #MGTakesOnThursday was created by Mary over at Book Craic and is a brilliant way to shout about some brilliant... Continue Reading →
May-June
Instead of a WWW Wednesday post this week I'm posting my end of the month post, looking back at my reading in May and ahead to my reading in June. I had an optimistic fourteen books on my potential TBR for this month. I read four of them, but did read six others too bringing... Continue Reading →