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What I’ve Read – October 2023

What I’ve Read – October 2023

Happy Birthday to Me! It was my birthday early in October, and I admit to milking it for all its worth and stretching it out for as long as I could! Here are the books I read during October: Some Days: A Tale of Love, Ice Cream, and my Mom's Chronic Illness by Julie A...

What I’ve Read – September 2023

What I’ve Read – September 2023

Happy October! It's my birthday month. This year is going by way too quickly. September brought with it a lot of driving as well as not as much time as I wanted to read. Here are the books I read during September: The Unlikely Heroes Club by Kate Foster - I have been...

What I’ve Read – August 2023

What I’ve Read – August 2023

It's the start of September, the year is three quarters over! August was full of workshops, and audiobooks, as well as digging out a few books for a reading challenge. One thing I like about reading challenges, especially when it's a broad topic, is that I can find...

Rexy’s Accident

Rexy’s Accident

Today, I set the kids an emoji prompt. They were to come up with a story using the following emojis as inspiration: There is a t-rex, a bumped head, a handbag, a letterbox, an avocado, someone climbing up a cliff, and a baby change sign. It's been a little while since...

What I’ve Read – July 2023

What I’ve Read – July 2023

July means the start of a new financial year, and a busy month in my day job! Even though it's been busy, reading nine books this month was awesome. It did help to go to two book launches, although that added to my TBR pile, and my picture book collection! Here are...

What I’ve Read – June 2023

What I’ve Read – June 2023

We are now halfway through the year. I don't know about you, but this year is going by way too quickly. This was another month with a mix of fiction and non-fiction books, audio books, ebooks and print books. Here are the books I read during June: The Dad Break by Poe...

What I’ve Read – May 2023

What I’ve Read – May 2023

Another month, another awesome pile of books that I've read. There is an interesting mix of audiobooks, as well as fiction and non-fiction. I don't usually read a lot of non-fiction, however I have been on the hunt for books to help me understand my neurodiverse...

Free Books from the Library

Free Books from the Library

We all know that we can get free books by borrowing them from the library, but did you know there are often other opportunities for free, or cheap, books from the  library? I'm a big believer in buying books from bookshops or borrowing from libraries so that authors...

What I’ve Read – April 2023

What I’ve Read – April 2023

April has flown by. I had thought that I hadn't read much during April, but when I saw the titles, there were quite a few books on the list. Most of the books were audiobooks. I did quite a bit of driving! Here is my list: The Royal Correspondent by Alexandra Joel -...

My Writing Process

My Writing Process

Another thing I get asked about a lot is my writing process. There are so many different that are taught and, for years, I had thought I was a failure at writing because they didn't work for me. This started back in high school. Writing is something I have always...