Quite surprisingly, I read five books in July. I haven't read that many books in one month for a fair few months. If I'm honest I was in a bit of a reading slump. I'd been feeling anxious and my mind really wasn't into reading. However, I am glad I started reading again because honestly, it has helped me escape the anxiety and...
It's no big secret that I really enjoy reading Cathy's fostering memoirs and have read all of her books. Cathy is a very experienced foster carer and has fostered and cared for more than 150 children. So when Haper Colins kindly offered me Cathy's new book to read and review. I couldn't wait. 'Cruel To Be Kind' is released on 7th September this...
A couple of weeks ago, we visited Colchester zoo. We haven't been to the zoo for a long time so it was a nice change. The zoo had also changed rather a little since our last visit, with new enclosures and animals. There was plenty for us to see! We went with the whole family, my mum, step dad and siblings and there...
Last week was half term. We had some amazing weather, which we thoroughly enjoyed! The sun was shining and it was quite hot, I'm not a huge fan of really hot weather so finding some shade seemed like a good idea to me! We went for a lovely picnic to a fairly local park with plenty of shade but also lots of sunshine,...
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Pages: 303 "Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks has no short-term memory. Her mind resets itself several times a day, and has since the age of ten, when the tumor that was removed from Flora's brain took with it her ability to make new memories. That is, until she kisses Drake, her best friend's boyfriend, the night before he leaves town. Miraculously,...
Every month I like to set a family and a personal bucket list, I don't always share on my blog but I usually do have a set of goals. This month is no exception and I'd like to achieve a fair bit so this bucket list may overflow into July, which is fine by me. Here are our goals for this upcoming month...
It's finally half term, a very welcome break from the school routine. Ellie was lucky and had a non pupil day. The boys were a little bit disappointed because they didn't have a non pupil day (They had there non pupil day last term when Ellie didn't). We decided to make the most of the weather because here in the U.K we're never...
