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REVIEW: The Firework-Maker’s Daughter
My final book for February (yes I know it’s mid March but I am still catching up) was another children’s book. I’ve been buying up books from charity shops that I loved as a child and have lost along the way. These have included books like The Didakoi, Wind in the Willows, Carrie’s War, The…
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How Michael Morpurgo writes tough stuff for kids
I may have mentioned before that I love children’s literature and I still read many children’s books. Among my favourite children’s authors is Michael Morpurgo. Now here is an author who knows how to spin a good yarn but what I really admire about his books is that there is no shying away from very…
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January reading round up
I set myself a couple of reading and writing goals for 2023. Nope, they weren’t New Year’s resolutions because I gave up on those a very long time ago; they’re just goals for the year. Among them were to read 200 books and attempt to write reviews for every book I have read, to read…
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REVIEW: The Wombles
Everyone has heard of The Wombles right? Most people can probably sing the theme tune to the television series too. I loved The Wombles as a child but before I wax lyrical about the book, I’m going to tell you a story. About 20-25 years ago I was on the island of Alderney, one of…
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REVIEW: Stairway to Doom
I feel as though this is a big, fat cheat… but it’s a book and I read it so it is going on the list. When I noticed the other day that I had read no authors with surnames that began with Q or U last year, I called up the Wikipedia page with an…
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Raynor’s reading round-up
It’s the final day of 2022 and I’m going to take a quick look back at my reading year. This year I’ve been a little more organised about my reading by keeping a notebook with a list of all the books that I’ve read so I know I have consumed 177 books this year. There…
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