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• How to Know You’re Still a Potterhead

  Source 1) The word “Always” “Always” has quotation marks around it 2) Everything can be linked to Harry Potter Source 3) You’re still half-convinced Sirius is... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Surfing 19/4/15

  

  Sunday Surfing is my weekly feature (inspired by Chrisbookarama‘s Friday Bookish Buzz, which is one of my favourite features) where I share my favourite links... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Girls at the Kingfisher Club- Genevieve Valentine

  

  Synopsis (adapted from amazon) Jo, the firstborn, “The General” to her eleven sisters, is the only thing the Hamilton girls have in place of a mother. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Children’s Hour: No Matter What

  

  Children’s Hour is a feature here at Lucybird’s Book Blog every Thursday where I’m looking at children’s picture books. As I work in a nursery I get plenty of... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Surfing 12/4/15

  

  Sunday Surfing is my weekly feature (inspired by Chrisbookarama‘s Friday Bookish Buzz, which is one of my favourite features) where I share my favourite links... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Children’s Hour: Barry the Fish With Fingers and the Hairy Scary Monster

  

  Children’s Hour is a feature here at Lucybird’s Book Blog every Thursday, where I’m looking at children’s picture books. As I work in a nursery I get plenty of... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Deals of the Moment- April

  

  Every month amazon has a set of kindle monthly deals. This in the post where I talk about any books which are of interest. So I’m going to briefly talk about th... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Some Short Reviews

  

  Seeing as I am rather behind on my reviews (I still haven’t reviewed some books I read back in 2014) I thought I would try the quick review thing for books I... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Surfing 5/4/15

  

  Sunday Surfing is my weekly feature (inspired by Chrisbookarama‘s Friday Bookish Buzz, which is one of my favourite features) where I share my favourite links... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Guest Cat- Takashi Hiraide

  

  Synopsis (from amazon) A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo. They work at home as freelance writers. They no longe... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Surfing 1/3/15

  

  Sunday Surfing is my weekly feature (inspired by Chrisbookarama‘s Friday Bookish Buzz, which is one of my favourite features) where I share my favourite links... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Cover Art and New Covers

  

  This week there have been a few new covers revealed this week. Both the US and the UK covers of Go Set and Watchman  (the ‘new’ Harper Lee novel) were released... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Children’s Hour: Incy-Wincy Spider

  

  Children’s Hour is a feature here at Lucybird’s Book Blog every Thursday, where I’m looking at children’s picture books. As I work in a nursery I get plenty of... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Surfing 22/3/15

  

  Sunday Surfing is my weekly feature (inspired by Chrisbookarama‘s Friday Bookish Buzz, which is one of my favourite features) where I share my favourite links... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Children’s Hour: Mr Nosey and the Big Surprise

  

  Children’s Hour is a feature here at Lucybird’s Book Blog every Thursday, where I’m looking at children’s picture books. As I work in a nursery I get plenty of... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• We Should All Be Feminists- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  

  Synopsis (from amazon) A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of ‘Americanah’ and ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, based on... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pigeonwings- Heide Goody and Iain Grant

  

  Pigeonwings is the follow-up novel to Clovenhoof. Synopsis (from amazon) As punishment for his part in an attempted coup in Heaven, the Archangel Michael is... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Surfing 14/3/15

  

  Sunday Surfing is my weekly feature (inspired by Chrisbookarama‘s Friday Bookish Buzz, which is one of my favourite features) where I share my favourite links... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Children’s Hour: Bruno’s Box

  

  Children’s Hour is a feature here at Lucybird’s Book Blog every Thursday, where I’m looking at children’s picture books. As I work in a nursery I get plenty of... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top 10 Books for Feminist Readers

  

  It’s Tuesday again so The Broke and the Bookish are hosting Top Ten Tuesday. This week it’s Ten Books For Readers Who Like _________ as it was International... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE