Hello again readers! We are halfway through the reading year. I am making good progress on my reading challenge, I am now 5 books behind, and this will be a summer of lots of reading so I should easily get back on track. Here are the books that I finished in June: Almost French This […]
Hey readers! It’s time for me to reflect back on the books I read in May. May was full of lots of activities and Bank Holidays here in France, but I still got five books read. Yay me! Kindred by Octavia Butler The first science fiction novel by a black female author, this is a […]
We haven’t forgotten about our book reviews! We encountered a blip last month, but a good one: Vernell came over for a visit, and we were too busy catching up to think about blogging. Are we forgiven? I read a grand total of four books in March and got back on pace in April with […]
My reading definitely picked up speed in February. Amazingly I managed to complete two 400+ page books meaning I am doing well at my Big Books Challenge. In total I read five books in February. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. I loved this one, even though sometimes I didn’t know whether I was coming […]
Hello fellow readers! Now that the Sister Reads Book Club is up and live, it’s time to decide on our first book! I’ve come up with three possibilities that I’ll ask you to vote on. I’ll keep the vote open until Thursday, and announce the chosen book on Friday March 3rd, so we’ll all have […]
Welcome to Sister Reads! Vernell and I are joining forces this year to talk about what is probably our very favourite thing, yes even more loved than crafting: books! Growing up books were everywhere over our home. Our mum is an English teacher, and so we had shelves filled with literature from around the world: […]
Life has been crazy around here. I’ve been busy working on my business, mainly the printables download shop, as the printable membership site. But in other more personal news, here’s what’s been happening. We bought a house! This has been the overwhelming thing in our lives right now. We’re doing renovations, and its been all […]
Three weeks into my son’s official summer vacation, and here’s what we’ve been up to. Some painting: that’s actually I painting I made for him, and he helped finished off the last few bits. Thrifting, of course. Spending time with friends, eating all the things Checking out the Tour de France and national sites We […]
I’ve posted twice before about some of my favourite Instagram accounts (here and here), but they were exclusively female. This time let’s turn our attention to the fellas! There are lots of inspiring males using Instagram too. Here are five of my favourites. Matt Crump Matt Crump is the founder of the #candyminimal hashtag and […]
Six months of the year have gone by (flown by!), and as we’re about to start summer vacation – today is finally the last day of school – I am setting some time aside to reflect, redirect and regroup. Reflect I’m looking back at my word of the year – Radiate – and the goals […]
