Anna, Emmy, and Little Robin’s Christmas
My lovely sister, and nieces Anna and Emmy, review Little Robin’s Christmas by Jan Fearnley: Tis definitely the season to be jolly in our house! With a three-year-old and a 14-month-old, we’re counting down the days until Father Christmas comes... Read More
The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka: Britmums Reading Group
This month’s Britmums Reading Group read is Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic, a slim volume that nevertheless packs a powerful punch. Here is my review: *N.B. Do not read any further if you have only started the book and don’t want to know what... Read More
Richer Sounds for my TV
Home alone on Friday night, with my household jobs done I decided to settle down with a cuppa and a dvd. Plonking myself on the sofa, tea in hand, it took me a few seconds to realise something was missing – the Xbox, ie the only device I have to play dvds on.... Read More
Book Review: Birdsong
No, not the Sebastian Faulks novel! Instead, a lovely new book all about birds … It’s no secret how much I love birds. The biggest plus (for me) that resulted from moving house this year is that I’m now surrounded by birds and their song. Ok,... Read More
Magpie Monday: Disgrace
Disgrace, because it’s slim pickings for me this week, and also because that’s the title of one of the books I bought, Disgrace, by J. M. Coetzee, which I’ve been meaning to read for a long time now. So all I bought in the charity shop this week was... Read More
My favourite Jane Eyre?
As a child I loved the 1944 film version of Jane Eyre with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, and of course a very young and beautiful Elizabeth Taylor in the role of Jane’s tubercular childhood friend, Helen Burns. This black and white version is very... Read More
Magpie Monday: Book-cycle
This week’s Magpie Monday is something I picked up at my local Book-cycle shop when I was dropping off a bag of children’s books. If you haven’t heard of Book-cycle, it’s a UK volunteer-run charity with ‘free’ bookshops where you... Read More
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