What I’ve Read – August 2021

What I’ve Read – August 2021

Three books were read during August. The Women’s Pages by Victoria Purman is one that I’ve wanted to read since it first came out. I think I bought a copy in the Boxing Day Sales last year and have only just read it. A fantastic story set just after the...
What I’ve Read – July 2021

What I’ve Read – July 2021

We are already in the second half of the year!! Unlike the first half of the year, I only read one picture book in July. Stop the Dad Jokes! by Adrian Beck is one I bought for my dad. Thankfully he doesn’t read my blog as it’s for his birthday on 7 August!...
What I’ve Read – June 2021

What I’ve Read – June 2021

In June, I hit the picture books & chapter books with four picture books and two chapter books. You know you’re doing something right as a bookloving parent when your 19 year old comes home with some awesome picture books. In June, he bought two great...
What I’ve Read – May 2021

What I’ve Read – May 2021

May was another quiet month for reading. I read two more Clive books, Clive is a Nurse and Clive is a Teacher. These were great books, showing Clive and his friends caring for patients and teaching students. It’s great to see boys in roles that are less...
What I’ve Read – April 2021

What I’ve Read – April 2021

April was a quieter month – on the reading front at least… One picture book, two middle grade books, and a novel on audiobook was was total, Can a Princess be a Firefighter? by Carole P. Roman was a cute picture book about an unconventional princess....
What I’ve Read – March 2021

What I’ve Read – March 2021

It’s no joke, it’s April! March was a month for some brilliant picture books with some authors I discovered from the US and UK. I have been looking for books that feature boys in careers and roles that not stereotypical roles for boys as I have a son going...