Hi everyone, this week I’m giving you a review of an amazing book I read last year that still warms my heart and leaves me in tears! If I said the one thing I liked about this without reading the story was the vibrant cover, I wouldn’t be lying!! Now, if that has given you a reason to find out more… Please press the button below to check it all out…
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A Tween Booklist for you…

Hi everyone, welcome to this first week of January!! I hope everyone had a restful break over the festive weeks. My family and I will return to New Zealand in a few day’s time and I hope to share a bit of our adventures together in a post later on. This first week I have a booklist of tween reads which feature inter-generational relationships. I hope you enjoy the titles below!!
Continue reading “A Tween Booklist for you…”Welcome to another new year!
Happy New Year friends!! Welcome to this first post for 2026!! I hope everyone had a restful time over the last few days. This month I wanted to do something slightly different with my themed posts instead of continuing the summer reads. If you’re keen to find out what exactly I’m planning for January 2026, why don’t you press the button below…or keep scrolling… it’s your call!!
Continue reading “Welcome to another new year!”Reflecting on the year that was 2025…
Hi everyone, by the time you read this I’ll be sweltering in the tropical heat of Sri Lanka! As I write this over the last week of November, my thoughts began jumping from giving you a run-down of how my year fared and the internal discussion I found myself having most days as I contemplated the new direction my life is headed. I hope you can excuse the scramble of words that ended up on this final post of the year.
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Hi everyone, I hope everyone has got their Christmas shopping done by now. We’re busy getting everything sorted for our trip to Sri Lanka. My summers as a teenager were always packed with drama, tears (the good kind!), and fun adventures. The stories below have a smattering of summer-y themes for your reading leisure. Head below and let me know what you think…
Continue reading “A Trio of Summer Reads for Teens”The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott: A Novel by Kelly O’Connor McNees
Hi everyone, this week I’m giving you a review of an adult read I found myself enjoying more than I should. If you grew up with Louisa M. Alcott’s Little Women, then you can imagine my surprise when I saw this from a shelf at the library. I hope you enjoy the review I have for you below…
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Hi everyone, this week’s booklist is filled with all the wonders of summer and some. The booklist I’ve planned out for you will take you from one side of the world to the other, filled with all the things that tweens enjoy doing in summer. I hope to bring some cheer into your colder season with the warm reads below. Press now to instantly be transported into a summer vacation…
Continue reading “Seven Tween Reads for Summer”Summer Reads for this December
Hi everyone, welcome to the last month of 2025. I can’t believe how fast this year has gone!! My nieces are counting down to Christmas and to our holiday. As my title for the month suggests, I’m giving you a whole month of summer reads for your reading pleasure this month. If you want to find out more, head on down and check out what I have planned for you…
Continue reading “Summer Reads for this December”A Classic Teen-Read Re-imagined
Hi everyone, this last week of November I have a doozy of a review planned for you. It’s true what they say that the best things happen when you least expect it. And boy was I pleasantly surprised when I opened the pages of this teen book to discover a few of my favorite characters from the classics I had read as a child… oops… I may have revealed a bit too much here… press below if you want to find out more…
Continue reading “A Classic Teen-Read Re-imagined”Books on Bookshops
Hi everyone, this week I thought I’d geek out a little bit over my love of bookshops and give you a trio of bookshop books!! Oh, my heart flutters at the alliteration there and even imagines the smell of new books! Don’t judge, it’s almost as intoxicating as a slice of chocolate cake!! Press below to see more please…
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