What I know about golf could be written on a postage stamp – I know you play on a green, with irons and the aim is to hit a small white ball into a numbered hole (1-18) in as few hits as possible. But you don’t need to know much about golf to read and enjoy this book. I’d imagine knowing some of the courses will bring readers down a a memory lane and they will enjoy the nostalgic but [...]
The Girl Who Came Home is an Irish story about the Titanic. It tells the story of a group of fourteen who left a tiny village in the West of Ireland to travel to America, to their new lives, aboard the Titanic. Many books and films have dealt with the Titanic before but most tend to concentrate on the first class passengers, this [...]
I’ve decided to move my book review post day to Sunday – that way I can give myself an excuse to spend time reading at the weekend rather than rushing to finish it on a Wednesday or Thursday evening! ?Online social media courses start again next week with We Teach Social and I know I will be busy with everything else that is coming up too – more on that soon!
I was amused when I first came across [...]
I met MT Maguire via our blogs, probably at least a year ago. I have long been intending to read her books but writing a book last year meant that I hardly read any, something I am rectifying somewhat this year with my goal to review 52 books this year and read a few more than that.
I planned to read ‘Few Are Chosen’ aloud [...]
I’m reviewing a children’s book today. Written by Tracy Wathen-Jones, illustrated by Sarah-Leigh Wills, Marigold the Organic Garden Witch is a charming book telling the story of two good little witches, Marigold and Clover, who do their best to protect the garden vegetables from slugs by using organic methods such as using grit, eggshells and nematode worms. Two other witches, Bramble and Bindweed, do their level best to thwart their efforts however so the battle of good against evil commences.
Young [...]
