I’m not a fan of social media posts that suggest the writer’s life is perfect. I just don’t buy it! My blog, aims to show a middle-aged-mamma’s life – warts and all! If you enjoy a smile, chat and a cup of tea with a pal, I think my posts might be for you.
If you’ve been following a while, you’ll know that I love to read, so the main focus of my website has always been to share book reviews and book club questions. Nothing is about to change there – books are, after all, what keep me sane (ish!)
Book Review of Ali Smith’s How to be both Challenging conventions of literary style and full of philosphical questions, Ali...
Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire is so deserving to be a previous winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. It is...
American Dirt wasn’t at all what I expected. A page turner that was also moving, powerful and important. Book Review...
I think this is my favourite all time classic. Book Review of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Set around the...
Delia Owens has sold over 4 million copies of Where the Crawdads Sing, but I hadn’t even heard of it...
In the afterword of Deepa Anappara’s Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, she shares how up to 180 children go...
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Saying Goodbye Nowadays I seem to spend half of my life saying goodbye, either to friends and family in Bangkok and Broughton, or...
This week I’ve been on the receiving end of loads of small kindnesses. My lovely mum found me an umbrella for me to take shopping...
Helping Children with Maths Anxiety I was listening to Jenni Murray exploring Maths’ anxiety in a parenting...
Last Day of School I’ve just returned home from dropping my youngest daughter, Betsy, and husband off at school. I only went...
This is what you look like to be an influencer! Being an Influencer I’ve been learning what an ‘influencer’ is. According to...