It's ThursTag. We've passed Midsummer so it must be nearly the middle of the calendar year and time to share the Mid-Year Freak Out Tag? This will be my sixth year doing this tag - I love looking back on my old answers (you can see previous years here: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017).... Continue Reading →
Coffee and… A Bookish June
If you saw me last month saying I was getting back to regular blogging, no you didn't. Anyway, here I am with a coffee looking back on another month of reading. The Coffee: This week, we're drinking a coffee from Square Mile roasters. The Kenyan Chepsangor has tasting notes of clementine, honey and pineapple and... Continue Reading →
Books with the Boy: Mula and the Snooty Monkey by Lauren Hoffmeier.
S and I are back with a joint review of the brilliant picture book Mula and the Snooty Monkey by Lauren Hoffmeier. About the Book Mula was a very sleepy tiger. But with the help of a mischievous little Fly, Mula learned to wake up, get moving, and made her dreams come true! Svadi is... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Coming Up For Air by Lou Abercrombie
"I can't face being shunned by anyone else. Not being even the chance for them to get to know me." Thank you to Little Tiger for this review copy. Coco and her mum, Min, are moving from London to the seaside town where Min grew up. Coco is expecting it to be great fun; she's... Continue Reading →
Six for Sunday: Favourite Stories With LGBTQ+ Characters
It's June, which means it's pride month and time for a month of Pride Matters prompts from the lovely Steph). It's been a good while since I made it to do a #SixforSunday but here I am today with six of my favourite stories featuring LGBTQ+ characters. I've tried to feature books I don't talk... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Revelry by Katherine Webber
"She doesn't get what a big deal it is to sneak into a Revelry that isn't your own. What the consequences might be - even I don't know what could happen. There are so many unwritten rules that thread their way through the lives of everyone in Ember Grove. Pull at one and everything might... Continue Reading →
Bank Holiday Book Tag
It's ThursTag and a bank holiday here in England, so I am doing (or re-doing) Cora's Bank Holiday Book Tag. I've done this a couple of times before but always love answering these prompts with new books! Have a lie in. Which book could you lounge in bed with all morning? Literally any of the... Continue Reading →
Coffee and… My June TBR
Time for another TBR already, join me in a coffee whilst I share what I'll be reading this month. The Coffee: The TBR: I didn't even bother with the jar this month. June is Pride month, so I wanted to take the time to read some of the many LGBTQ+ books on my TBR. A... Continue Reading →