We were sent copies ofThe Great Big Book of Families and Welcome to the Family, both by Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith for review. I was really excited to receive these, as I know S is getting to that age where she’s likely to notice differences between families – and Read more…
Anyone who has been following my social media channels of late will know that I’ve become a bit evangelical in my pursuit of the sugar free life. Having half-arsed my attempts at removing sugar from my life for several years, I read That Sugar Book last month, and it was Read more…
We were sent a copy of Spot the Lamb on the Farm for review, which was nice for S, since she really loves books! This is one of a series of books where you have to find something, including a robot, a dinosaur and a monkey. I chose the lamb one Read more…
Pan Macmillan sent me a copy of That Sugar Book for review. This book is the tie-in to a film, That Sugar Film which is due to arrive here in the UK towards the end of April. Damon Gameau decided to conduct a Super Size Me-type experiment to illustrate just how bad sugar is Read more…
I bought a copy of Elizabeth is Missing in the 3 Paperbacks for £10 deal on Amazon. I bought it purely because I liked the look of the cover; I knew nothing about it… but I’m so glad I did! This is the story of Maud, and told in the first Read more…
I was sent a Kindle copy of kNot: Entanglement with a Celebrity: a memoir by a woman for review. This book is the true story of a woman who dated Russell Brand in 2007, just as his career was taking off. Despite the fact there’s a photo of him on Read more…
I was really excited to be sent a copy of The Ice Twins by Mumsnet for review, not least because it came with a cute little bag containing a tealight candle, a Kit Kat and a camomile tea bag! The Moorcrofts were a happy, middle class couple with beautiful, happy, Read more…
Last year, I reviewed Sarah Ockwell Smith’s Toddlercalm. It’s an amazing book which I would recommend to all parents with toddlers. When I heard she’d written a book about sleep for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers, I was really excited. When you mention that your child has any sort of issue Read more…
S and I were sent this beautiful children’s book for review, which was nice. Operation Bumpkin Birthday is about a rat called Snatch, who is always hungry and lives in a New York subway station. One night, together with his brothers, he leaves the subway station and finds the rat Read more…
Last week, I reviewed Davina McCall’s new fitness dvd. When I was sent it, I was about to embark on a month-long health and fitness challenge. When I found out Davina also had a book out, I thought I would give that a go too! The book is called Davina’s Read more…
I was very lucky to be sent a copy of The Book of You by Claire Kendal to review by Mumsnet. I had never heard of the author before, and had no idea what the book was about. I started off thinking “right, better get started on this so that I Read more…
If I were making a “top 10” list of things I never knew about the Second World War, the subject of The Report by Jessica Francis Kane would be the top of the list. One evening in March 1943 the air raid siren sounded in Bethnal Green, and as Read more…
I’m reviewing this book because I think it’s awesome – and frankly I am shocked that more parents aren’t aware of it. I bought a copy of Don’t Put Your Finger In The Jelly, Nelly by Nick Sharratt for S for Christmas, and she absolutely loves it – as I Read more…
Last week I reviewed Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon. In my review I mentioned that while reading that book, I spent a lot of time Googling things and buying related books. This is one of those books: As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Read more…
I started reading Far From The Tree by Andrew Solomon months ago… literally. It’s taken me ages to read – but that’s more down to the fact of my moving house and having been stupidly busy and lazy lately. This book is quite large, and therefore not very transportable – it’s Read more…
S and I were very lucky to be sent a copy of The Mumsnet Book of Animal Stories to review. The books I normally review are either adult ones, or kids’ ones where they can sit and read them themselves. This is a proper, old-fashioned story book that you sit Read more…