How I Made You by Javier Goode

24th Aug 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

“Explore science, nature, hopes and dreams with your little one in this sweet tale of becoming.” *Thank you to Ghost and Ribbon for sending me this copy in exchange for an honest review! #Ad The first thing that struck me about this book, aimed at inquisitive young children about the facts of life and where […]

Rose’s Gold: A Comfort Food Cookbook by R.Shepherd

26th Jul 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

*Thank you to Ghost and Ribbon for sending me an advanced copy to review! #Ad There’s something historically poignant and rich about this book. As stated in the preface, this is a book that aims to share the “magic” of food, written to honour the life of Elma Rose Francis whose memory and inspiration lives […]

Good Grace’s: A Rainy Day Cookbook by Grace Millard

15th Jun 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

*Thank you to Ghost & Ribbon for sending me this book, in exchange for an honest review! #ad As we find ourselves in increasingly strange circumstances, largely advised to stay indoors with little human contact, more and more of us have turned to the comforts of cooking to see us through the long stretches of […]

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

3rd Jun 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

I know that you should never judge a book by its cover, but when Orbit sent me this in the post and I opened it to see tiny cats in space suits, I already knew that this was going to be a space opera that I would enjoy. “Kidnappers. Alien emperors. Psychic cats. And she’s […]

Manuscripts of the Mind by Jessie J’ng

16th Mar 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

*Thank you Ghost and Ribbon for this gifted copy of Jessie J’ng’s poetry collection. #Ad Poetry is a genre of literature which has the unique quality of needing so few words to affect us profoundly. Or as Edgar Allen Poe puts it, “poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words”. That idea is precisely […]

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