20 questions Bookish book tag
20 questions about books in the Bookish Book Tag, sharing my thoughts on books and reading likes and habits.
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Gift ideas: favourite children’s christmas books
Gift ideas for Christmas, introducing our favourite children’s christmas books for younger children through to chapter books
Gifts for book lovers at Christmas time
There’s 2 types of people in this world. Bookworms and the rest. I’m definitely on the side of the bookworm. As a child, I’d come in from playing with friends, saying I was bored because I wanted to read. I’d…
Farm themed and animal books for children (chapter books)
As regular readers know, N isn’t the biggest fan of reading. Actually that’s probably an understatement. He’ll read out of school books for the purpose of his school reading daily requirements. But reading for leisure doesn’t happen. The only books…
The sport biography reading discovery – get children reading
It’s taken until the final term of year 4. Five school years of reading. I was despairing. But finally we have found a book that N wants to read, is enjoying, and hasn’t complained when he’s needed to do his…
How to buy books without breaking the bank
If you’re a bookworm, you might want to get hold of cheap books and cut down on your book spending. I love reading. I’ve always been a bookworm. (It’s why I’m sad that N isn’t a fan of reading –…
Go to recipe books for busy mums
As we grow up, we go through phases of cooking and meal preparation. From uni where you probably have a handful of meals you cook (spaghetti bolognese, jacket potatoes and stir fries were my staples), through to more exciting experimental…
My reading habits and how to make time to read
I love to read, and always have done. It’s one of the reasons I despair at N not being that interested in reading himself. He loves books and having someone else read him a story, but I’m still trying to…
Books to inspire 7-11 year old reluctant readers
*Ad – gifted / contains affiliate links Mention World book day and many parents sigh with having to organise or make costumes (unless your child is like N who so far has refused to dress up each year). In our…
Fun alternative advent calendar ideas with Scholastic
Try an alternative advent calendar rather than traditional chocolate, with ideas from pimping your own candles to a book calendar
Should you use or lose your guilty pleasures?
Hands up. I admit it. I have guilty pleasures. Some of which are secret guilty habits. And truthfully, some of them I don’t feel guilty about at all. Some might call them vices, and I guess if you think of…