“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” – Fran Lebowitz
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” – Fran Lebowitz
July, like June has pretty much been a bust for me when it comes to reading fiction, could also say the same for non-fiction. I started so many books and just couldn’t get past page 20, so many good books as well. I know it’s me and I know I’ll get back to reading at …
It’s been a really difficult time for me with reading. I’ve not been able to concentrate on anything fiction for a couple of month, really only able to read books related to my tabletop gaming; Warhammer, Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu… This has caused me some anxiety as I feel I really should be …
Today was my turn to be interviewed by Catherine Miller for Lockdown Children’s LitFest. Where I apologise for the lack of beard, lockdown just had it totally out of control and it needed tamed, it will be back to it’s full bushiness soon enough. We chat about children’s books in general with a few recommends …
A growing collection of list of and about books. I suppose with a loose goal of reading as many from these lists as I can and, if I like the book, write a review for it. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Booker Prize Winners Guardian Best 100 Books of the 21st Century …
Collective Noun In linguistics, a collective noun refers to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are mundane and not specific to just one kind, such as the word “group”, which is applied to “people” in the phrase “a group of people”, but is also applied to …
If you ever wondered where the image in the header comes from, here’s the answer. Part of my job is to welcome and talk to various school groups when they vists and as part of World Book Day 2018 Corporation Road School was invited down to visit us over a 9 day period, every class …