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Oh this book. This beautiful, amazing, I-missed-it-when-I-was-done book. As you can see, I took Circling the Sun to Rarotonga on our holiday and it was the perfect vay-cay read. I haven’t read The Paris Wife but it’s been on my to-read list forever and has definitely jumped a few places up the list after finishing McLain’s latest offering. Another true story, Circling …
Get the Gift-Mas list out grown-ups! This book would be a gorgeous addition to any little library. How Many Legs? stole my heart as soon as I saw the cover, I LOVE bright and bold illustrations and this picture book is jam-packed full of them! This is one book that will move through various ages and stages with your kids. …
Dave and I both LOVE to cook, but if I’m honest, there are very few cookbooks I pick up that garner an immediate, enthusiastic response from me. Often they incorporate ingredients which are simply out of the realm of my standard grocery list – which isn’t a deal-breaker, it just means an extra trip to the store to prepare a …
* Perfect Christmas gift, very much a ‘Dad/husband’ book. This is a big book. A very, very engrossing book. The Father by Anton Svensson is a chilling novel that goes into excruciating detail when describing a family history so violent that there is no escape from it. Three brothers who grew up fending for themselves against not only their peers …
I’m a HUGE Bear Grylls fan. Dave and I went through a serious Man Vs Wild faze and when we actually got to use his scree running technique while completing the Tongariro Crossing (and it worked!) we became fans for life. Ethan loves the Bear Grylls junior novels so I was really looking forward to getting stuck into the first offering in …
I LOVE picture books and I love it when my kids love books. In our house that means rhyming and animals. The latest offering from Giles Andreae, author of Giraffes Can’t Dance, is a gorgeously illustrated romp introducing nature’s most MEGA animals. There’s a dino, a tiger, a penguin and a bear to name just a few. This is a beautiful large …
Published by Hachette New Zealand, 23 June 2015 $34.99 / EB $19.99 RRP Though I’ve seen the movies and was seduced by the Sex and the City HBO series, I haven’t read Bushnell’s debut novel – the book which launched a thousand ships so to speak. Diving in to her latest novel, Killing Monica was somewhat of an unknown quantity …
Look, I’m a mummy blogger. I guess some of you think that means I must know what I’m doing with my kids but the truth is, I’m just cool with admitting publicly that I have no freaking idea! The best medicine for any attack of parenting guilt, doubts, anxiety and general malaise is laughter. And vodka, preferably taken together. You Can’t Give …
I’m so pleased to have joined Munch Cooking this year as one of their Munch Mums! Look out for my reviews and giveaways each month as I introduce you to some awesome {and pretty innovative} products from The Munch Cupboard. A cookbook for kids is quite a hard sell for me. Kids grow so quickly and move through the varying infant …
Finishing a book, or even starting or reading a page of one is a rare luxury these days but one I DO enjoy, so I will plod on s l o w l y lol. This is a book I really wanted to finish sooner, I never wanted to put it down at the end of the night when my …