Archive > April 2009

Thursday’s Child by Noel Streatfeild

When I get ill I like Hot Ribena, Heinz tomato soup and to curl up in my favourite blanket with a “comfort read”. (Oh – and drugs.) And the ultimate “comfort read”, for me, is a book by Noel Streatfeild. Best known for Ballet Shoes she wrote many novels for children, generally [...]

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The Spellbook of Listen Taylor by Jaclyn Moriarty

When a favourite author brings out a new book there is a certain magic, a tingling anticipation when you open the crisp new pages and prepare to devour the contents. Fo me Jaclyn Moriarty is one such author. When I read Feeling Sorry for Celia I was so excited by this sparkling new [...]

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Ramblings of a lapsed book blogger / NEXT SHOW!!

Well as predicted (by me) I’ve let the blog lapse. The show is coming on well – we have now been given a regular slot: –
The last Tuesday of every month at 10am!
April 28… May 26… June 30… July 28… August 25… September 29…
Which means the next show is next [...]

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