MobileMadhouse sent us this lovely tablet pouch to review and also a 'bag of mystery'.

The Caseflex Small Neoprene 7" Tablet Pouch is a lovely pouch that holds a 7" tablet, making it perfect case for the kindle fire. We choose the hot pink pouch as it one of Ellie's favourite colours!


It's a lovely thick case and fastens securely using Velcro. It's lightweight yet quite sturdy and tough. The kindle fire fits inside the pouch perfectly protecting it from knocks, spills and scratches. It's perfect to carry around in a bag, too as the pouch does keep it nice and secure.
The pouch is made from neoprene which is a strong synthetic material. The inside of the pouch is very soft.

The tablet pouch measures 210mm x 140mm.

I really like this pouch, it looks great, feels great, it keeps the kindle fire well protected and is a really lovely accessory for the kindle or any 7" tablet. Ellie really likes it. She loves tucking the kindle into it's "bed". (The imagination of an 8 year old girl, bless).


The 'Bag of mystery' was a lovely touch! We got a 'one touch silicone stand' in our mystery bag, hehe.


I feel that this tablet pouch would make a perfect gift is just right for children, too! I would totally recommend this product. It's good quality and reasonably priced at just £7.99. It's well worth the money in my opinion.

Mobile madhouse sell a good selection of phone cases,  tablet cases and accessories all reasonably priced!

You can also follow Mobilemadhouse on Facebook.

Sarah xXx

We were sent a sample of this product for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own, honest, personal opinions. I was not paid to write this review.

I was sent a  Kindle fire HD textured leather stand case from www.mobilemadhouse.co.uk to review.
I always keep my kindle a case to protect it form everyday use, such as scratches and chips etc, especially with the kids using my kindle fire HD daily. 


The case has a really nice textured, leather feel to it. It's light and very easy to fit onto the kindle fire HD (7") It just slides in has a velcro fastening to keep it in place. It's very sturdy and quite durable, too. It's also comfortable to hold. When the case is closed, it's easy to carry around from place to place.


The ports (for headphones, charger) and buttons are also easy to access. It fits perfectly onto my Kindle fire HD.

front, back and top.

The case is also a stand too, making it easier to use if using a flat surface! It stands up perfectly and is much easier to watch videos this way. It's a really confortable, smart looking case. It protects my kindle from every day use (especially with the kids using it!) perfectly and is easy to fit onto the kindle. It's also great quality.

I would definitely recommend this case to anyone who has a kindle fire HD. This Kindle fire HD case is priced at £15.99 and in my honest opinion is well worth the money. (Currently on sale at £6.99 - Bargain!)

Mobile Mad House sell a lovely selection of kindle fire HD cases, as well as phone cases and other tablet cases all very reasonably priced.
You can also follow Mobile Mad House on Twitter and Facebook.

Sarah xXx

I was sent this product for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own, personal, honest opinion.

Gosh, I am a bit behind on publishing this post! I didn't find very much time to read last month. Infact, one of these books I actually started middle of January and finished the first week in February. I need to find more time to read! Less time watching random T.V and more time reading I think! I am aiming to read at least four books in March to get myself back on track (wish me luck, haha)
 Here are my February book reviews.

 Breaking Twig by Deborah Epperson.

Southern fiction and Mother-Daugther Relationships

Set in rural Georgia in the 1960s, BREAKING TWIG is a coming-of-age novel about Becky (Twig) Cooper, a young woman trying to survive the physical and emotional abuse of her mother, Helen, a beautiful, calculating woman who can, with a mere look, send the meanest cur in Sugardale, Georgia running for its life. Not even Twig’s vivid imagination, keen wit, and dark sense of humor is enough to help her survive the escalating assaults of Helen and a new stepbrother, but help comes from an unexpected source—Frank, her stepfather. Sometimes, having one person who loves and believes in you is all a girl needs to keep hope alive.

Often raw and irreverent and sprinkled with all the Southern flavoring found in a good bowl of chicken and dumplings, BREAKING TWIG, is about finding love where we least expect it, destroying lives with easy lies, and realizing each of us determine our own truth. 

It took me a couple of chapters to actually get into this book but once I did get into it, I couldn't put it down! It certainly had it's up and downs but I really did enjoy it! I won't say too much about it because I know of at least one person's book list this on and I don't want to spoil it. All I'll say is though, give it a chance. It's a really good book and I am glad I read it! 
Four stars from me! 
(I read this book on my kindle. It was free when I downloaded this book)


Forbidden Strawberries by Cipora Hurwitz 


Cipora Hurwitz (Fela Rozensztajn) was less than six years old when the Second World War erupted. All at once the life of her tranquil family became a Hell. FORBIDDEN STRAWBERRIES is the gripping auto-biography of Cipora Hurwitz, an innocent young girl caught up in the Maelstrom of the Holocaust. Her eldest brother survived the war by the skin of his teeth by fleeing to the Soviet Union. The second brother was murdered when only sixteen. Her parents, by great efforts, succeeded in hiding their little daughter and thereby save her life. Devastatingly, they themselves were unable to escape the hands of the murderers. Cipora, as yet a young child and an orphan, was miraculously saved after surviving the Budzyn camps and the Majdanek extermination camp. The book ends with Cipora arriving in Palestine. The author relates the story of her life during the Holocaust to a delegation of American and Israeli High School students on a mission to the death camps in Poland. In FORBIDDEN STRAWBERRIES, Cipora presents her testimony on what transpired to her family and friends who were exterminated, thus paying tribute to their memory.

WOW. Where do I even begin with this book? Seriously, one of the best books I've read for a long time! This is a story about a girl who survives the holacaust. Having said that, you can probably imagine that is quite hard to read about the suffering and cruelty this girl experienced, however, I am very glad I read it! It must have taken a lot of courage to write and share her story with the world. I love the way Cipora has written this book, really well in my opinion and I am very glad I read this book! I give this book five stars. 
 (I read this book on my kindle!) 

Sarah xXx

A couple of weeks later Casey is in for a second shock when she is asked to take a second nine-year-old boy, Georgie. Georgie is autistic and has been in a children’s home since he was a toddler. The home is closing and social services need somewhere temporary for him to stay. With her own grown up son, Kieron, having Asperger’s (a mild form of autism), Casey knows this is one child she cannot say no to.

The relationship between Jenson and Georgie is difficult from the outset. Jenson is rebellious and full of attitude and he kicks off at anything, constantly winding Georgie up. Georgie doesn’t cope well with change and is soon in a permanent state of stress. Despite Casey’s best efforts, her innate love for the children is being tested and she begins to question if she can handle Jenson’s cruelty.

But overtime it becomes clear that the boys have formed an unlikely bond. Could this be the solution to all of their troubles?" 

A Lucky Child: A Memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy. 
by Thomas Buergenthal 

'Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir A LUCKY CHILD. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Separated first from his mother and then his father, Buergenthal managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two years after his liberation, Buergenthal was miraculously reunited with his mother and in 1951 arrived in the U.S. to start a new life. Now dedicated to helping those subjected to tyranny throughout the world, Buergenthal writes his story with a simple clarity that highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship. A LUCKY CHILD is a book that demands to be read by all.

Holocaust books are always had to review!
Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his story of how he survived the concentration camps during world war II. He had already survived two labor camps & ghetto. He's been thru some really horrendous circumstances and situations when he was just a small child. He was a Jew and arrived in Auschwitz aged 10 years old after being separated from his parents. He survived on hos own in the concentration camps by luck. A few people helped him to survive. The camp was eventually liberated and Thomas and a friend he had made in the concentration left together. Eventually Thomas ended up in an orphanidge and his mother found him (again, pure luck!). They were reunited. He left for The United States in 1951 and that is were he spends the rest of his life. 
He tells his story so well and is easy to read. I love the way it's wrote and that he remembers so much! Thomas' story IS sad but it does have a nice ending.
 I learned a lot from reading this book. 
Five stars from me! 



Sarah xXx 

Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is asked to look after Sophia, a troubled 12-year-old with a sad past. Sophia’s actions are disturbing and provocative and, before long, Casey and her family find themselves in a dark and dangerous situation.


Two years ago Sophia’s mother had a terrible accident. Sophia has been in care ever since.


Right away, Casey feels something isn’t right. Sophia’s a well-developed girl, who looks more like 18 than 12. She only seems to have eyes and ears for men, and treats all women with contempt and disgust. And she has everyone around her jumping through hoops.


Over time, as more details begin to emerge about Sophia’s past, it becomes clear that her behaviour is a front for an early life filled with pain and suffering. But although Casey feels she is gradually breaking through to Sophia and getting her to open up about things she has never spoken about before, her violence is threatening the safety of the whole family, forcing Casey to question whether she can really handle this lost and damaged girl.Both shocking and inspiring, this true story will shed new light on the extreme and sometimes dangerous nature of foster care" - From GoodReads.com

This month, I've only read a couple of books (but hey, there's still a few days left, maybe I can squeeze in another book?) Here are my reviews.. 





Firstly, this is kind of a childrens book I guess.

"The niece of Syvia Perlmutter, one of only twelve child survivors of the Lodz ghetto in Poland, shares her aunt's experiences of the Holocaust in free verse that relates the courage and heartbreak she lived during a time of terrible circumstances." 

A holocaust novel, probably wrote for children. I really did enjoy it though. This book was SO sad because obviously it is a true story. It is heartbreaking in places. The young girl (she was 6) tells her story of her surviving the Holocaust. It is so well told and I couldn't put this book down. 
Four stars from me. 





"When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London and the last thing he needed was a pet.

Yet James couldn't resist helping the strikingly intelligent tom cat, whom he quickly christened Bob. He slowly nursed Bob back to health and then sent the cat on his way, imagining he would never see him again. But Bob had other ideas.

Soon the two were inseparable and their diverse, comic and occasionally dangerous adventures would transform both their lives, slowly healing the scars of each other's troubled pasts.

A Street Cat Named Bob is a moving and uplifting story that will touch the heart of anyone who reads it" 

Now anyone who knows me will know how much I love cats. I mean, I REALLY love cats. Like, I spend ages looking thru cat pictures online (Oh I do love Instagram - SOOOOO many cat pictures in one place.) I am cat crazy. I couldn't wait to read this book. Seriously LOVED this book. SO much.. Just WOW. I don't usually read books about animals but this book had me hooked. I really couldn't put it down.
The guy who found this cat was a recovering heroin addicted. The cat "Bob" and the person who found him, kind of found each other. And rescued each other. It made me laugh in places, also made me want to cry in places, too. You really get the feeling of the bond between him and the cat 'Bob'
I could say so much about this book but honestly, I don't want to spoil it for you. I want you to read it! 
If you're ever out on the dtreets of London look out for a man and his ginger tom cat 'Bob', you never know ;) 

Bob is also famous on youtube. here are the search results
And the adaorable kitty is on Twitter.


Cathy is worried as soon as Jade arrives: she’s never looked after a pregnant teenager before, but none of the mother and baby carers free, and – seventeen years old, seven months pregnant and homeless – Jade is in a desperate situation.

But Jade doesn’t want to listen or advice and although her daughter is born safely it isn’t long before Jade’s in trouble with the police.

Cathy knows that Jade loves her daughter with all her heart, but will she be able to get through to Jade in time to make her realise just how much she might lose?" 

I'll try to think of some reasons to be cheerful. I have a bit of a cold and a banging headache so am not in the best of spirits right now. Thinking of reasons to be cheerful might cheer me up.  

1) We had a lovely couple of days weather wise here. It was nice to hang washing on the line. Shame it's gone back to rain, dull and cold again. Hopefully we'll have some more nice weather next week!! I can not wait for spring and summer. 
2) It's world book day! My boys didn't dress up, apparently the school changed plans at last minute which was a shame. E got to dress up though... as goldylocks! (I'll post pics over the weekend) I'm sure they'll all be doing something different at school for red nose day. 
3) I am so in love with my kindle fire. Seriously. I don't know how I ever managed without it! Because of my vision I find it hard to read, even on my old e-reader it was difficult sometimes as it had no back light on it. My kindle is amazing. I can change the margin, the font, the size, the brightness (!!!), just everything about it rocks. Best Birthday pressie ever. 

I had a wonderful birthday last week, really lovely :) Thanks for all the Birthday wishes, you guys are awesome. 

What are your reasons to be cheerful this week? 

Sarah xXx

I'll try not to give too much away!!! 

So if you read my #R2BC post you'll know that on Wednesday some of my family - my mum, step dad, brother, nanna and granddad came over to see me! They treated us to a chinese take out. 'Twas yummy. It was a really nice treat for my birthday and so, so nice  to see everyone, I hadn't seen any of my family since the first week of December! 
 On my birthday (yesterday. I can't believe I'm twenty eight. Time goes so fast) I didn't really do anything during the day, just chillaxed and I had to take E to the doctors because she's hurt her toe and no idea HOW she's actually done it. Two of her toes are swollen, not broken though, thankfully! So the nurse just tapped those together with this really sticky stuff, in hope that it'll help them heel. I wish I knew how she did it. Maybe she did it at school? I don't know. She's not in any pain, which is a good thing! If it's no better within a week I'll take her back to the doctors or if it gets any worse over the weekend then to take her to A&E. Hopefully neither will be the case, I am praying her toe gets better! 
 Anyway, back to my birthday... I got.... A KINDLE FIRE HD!!!!!!!!!!! Best. Present. Ever. Oh my days, I have wanted one for such a long time, I am seriously in love with it, lol! So many amazing apps. I need to add all my books to it tomorrow, hoping I can actually transfer them from my old e-reader to the Kindle Fire HD. I also got some new trainers from the kids (nike ones, my old reebok ones were falling apart), Call The Midwife (series 1) on DVD (yay!) some socks and some pink slippers! My friend brought me some owl socks and an owl key ring which I love and was so thoughtful of her, she knows I have thing about owls lately, hehe. I loved the cake the kids picked for my Birthday. We all enjoyed that, mt best friend came over and sang happy birthday & stayed for cake, too! It really was a good day, best birthday, ever!! I seriously feel so, so lucky! I couldn't have wished for a better Birthday. 


Last night I drank the bottle of wine (since I wasn't on my own!) that my mum gave me for my birthday, omdz, I was am SO hungover today. (I didn't drink the WHOLE bottle) It's weird, even if I only drink one glass of wine, I suffer with a bad hangover. Doesn't matter how much or how little I drink, I still get a hangover. I even drank a pint and a half of water before bed last night. I don't know why I suffer so much, lol! I was fine this morning but now? Ugh. Was nice to let my hair down for a bit. I'm so looking forward to my bed tonight though, lol. Gonna probably chill with my kindle, hehe. I've ordered a charger from E-bay though because the USB lead connected to my laptop takes ages to charge. I do have USB plug but apparently the charger is suppose to charge it faster? Who knows. The charger was cheap so doesn't really matter. Does anyone have any apps, tips or tricks they'd like to share with me?  My brother, SIL and niece popped over this morning for a bit. Was really nice to see them. Aimee, my niece is growing up so fast! She's 18/19 months old now but so clever, she's a little character.  I'll try to do that review for the planner (I won) tomorrow.  Seriously I really love it! Best comp ever, lol! Not much planned for tomorrow.. just the usual Sunday stuff.. A roast dinner, school uniforms to iron, the usual stuff! I am so hoping the weather warms up a little now that March is finally here, I really have had enough of the cold weather now. I want to get out in the garden and mow the lawn, clear the garden up etc. I also want to start walking if I can, sometimes walking helps my headaches if it's not too bright - really must invest in some sunglasses as my other ones have broke! 

Sarah xXx