What I’ve Read – November 2018

What I’ve Read – November 2018

I can’t believe it’s December already! Looking at my GoodReads list, I read quite a few books during November, including some that aren’t on GoodReads. The first book I read was Trace by Rachael Brown. This is the book based on the Trace podcast, one...
A bookish Advent

A bookish Advent

Tomorrow is the start of advent, the count down to Christmas. There are many different ways families count down, the most popular is an advent calendar of some sort, often involving chocolate. In recent years, I’ve seen some ideas for advent calendars involving...
Getting back the joy in writing for our children

Getting back the joy in writing for our children

I am a big believer that writing should be fun. Everyone should be given the opportunity to have fun with writing and with words. There is an article going around titled Where has the joy of writing gone and how do we get it back for our children?. A lot of the...
Alternative places to buy new books

Alternative places to buy new books

When you think of buying books, you probably think of heading to your nearest bookshop or going online to sites such as Amazon. There are some other places you can go to buy books, especially if you want to discover some new authors. While you can also get second hand...
Why books make great Christmas gifts

Why books make great Christmas gifts

Christmas is about six weeks away and almost everywhere you look, people are asking for recommendations for Christmas gifts. My answer to them always is BOOKS. Books make fantastic Christmas gifts, no matter who you are giving them to. Here are eight reasons why: They...