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Books read and reviewed in March 2023

ByEmma March 31, 2023

Books I read and review in March 2023, plus my book of the month, with thoughts from a selection of them.

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Books read and reviewed in winter 2022

ByEmma February 28, 2023

Selection of books read and reviewed over wwinter 2022-23, from romance to thriller, chick lit to biography.

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Books I’ve read and reviewed Autumn 2022

ByEmma December 1, 2022

Books I’ve read in autumn, and a selection of those books I’ve reviewed with ratings

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Books I’ve read and reviewed Summer 2022

ByEmma September 1, 2022

Summary of books read and reviewed this summer, from crime to chick lit, romance to real life.

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The very unique Book of Everyone review and giveaway

ByEmma September 4, 2018

I saw the Book of Everyone featured on blogs last year and had it on my list of present ideas for people. Of course, then I forgot about it until the Book of Everyone asked me to choose a book…

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I-Spy books – the activity book relaunch

ByEmma April 14, 2022

When I was a child I had an i-spy book of horses. I loved that little book, having been bought it at Banbury Museum just after moving to the area. I didn’t really manage to tick off many of the…

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The Oxfordshire Cook Book for food and local lovers

ByEmma March 22, 2019

June saw the launch of a new cookbook local to me, The Oxfordshire Cook Book. Loving local eateries and produce, I’ve bee able to support the launch and I have one books to giveaway on the blog to one lucky…

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Discovering spaces and planes with Shine-a-light books – giveaway

ByEmma September 4, 2018

We’ve not done any book reviews for a while. We’re still both reading – I completed my 2015 52 book challenge back in October, and N’s still loving his books. Now phonics teaching has started, I’m expecting him to be…

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Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere – getting ready for Halloween

ByEmma March 23, 2019

Apart from books from school, we’ve not had many new books for N recently. I think he’s generally really happy with repeating the rest of the books he has already. But we were sent Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere as our next…

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Spot a Lot Animals jigsaw and book from Parragon Books

ByEmma March 23, 2019

We’ve not done any book reviews for a while. It’s mostly because N’s not being interested in new books – he just wants us to read Biff and Chip. Oh, how I wish I’d never bought the set for him….

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Baking with Bake to Black recipe book

ByEmma December 23, 2019

I love cake. It’s one of my downfalls, with chocolate, pastries, biscuits…oh just food in general. But cake is something that the whole of our house like. Unlike other foods which the OH will faff over and not eat if…

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Book Reviews

Books read and reviewed in March 2023

Books read and reviewed in winter 2022

Books I’ve read and reviewed Autumn 2022

Books I’ve read and reviewed Summer 2022

The very unique Book of Everyone review and giveaway

I-Spy books – the activity book relaunch

The Oxfordshire Cook Book for food and local lovers

Discovering spaces and planes with Shine-a-light books – giveaway

Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere – getting ready for Halloween

Spot a Lot Animals jigsaw and book from Parragon Books

Baking with Bake to Black recipe book

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