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2025

A collection of 41 issues

Reading with Ella - Book 4

Billie B. Brown - The CopyCat Kid by Sally Rippin Another short one, and better than the last one in this series. There was a moral to the story, I'm never sure if I should mark up or down for that. We like stories with action (especially magic)

Reading with Ella - Book 3

Billie B. Brown - The Deep End by Sally Rippin Better than those dolphins, and at least it is very short. Billie can't swim and feels embarrassed. Finds out at the swimming lessons that another girl cannot swim either. They bond. The end. At least it was short.

Reading with Ella - Book 2

Dolphin School (#3) - Splash's Secret Friend by Catherine Hapka Well, our second chapter book was less inspiring. Ella liked it (it does have a pink cover) but honestly even for a kids book it wasn't well written. I kept thinking - I could do better

'25 July - theme: Book In Translation

The Little Old Lady Who Broke all the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg So maybe if I had read this before the 100 year old man who jumps out of a window, the pilgrimage of Harold Fry or a man named Ove, I would have been more impressed. It was fun

Audiobook - Somewhere Beyond the Sea - T. J. Klune

I am happy to announce that book 2 is as good as book 1. It did what sequels so rarely do. It brought back favourite characters but also had an engaging new story that was not just a rehash of the first but more an extension. Well done TJ Dedicated

Reading with Ella - Book 1

The Littles by John Peterson Ahhhhhhhh! This is so exciting, Ella is ready to listen to me read real chapter books! This was written in the 1960's but I had never heard of it before. The littles are tiny miniature borrower like people with tails. They live in

Audiobook - The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E. Harrow

Fun story: I decided to read this after taking my daughter to a play cafe (cafe with toys for those not in the know!). While I was there I was sat near a book club discussing this book and it sounded fantastic. So I listened to it and it was

'25 June (Part 2) - theme: Pride Month

Possessive Puckboys by Eden Finley and Saxon James I wasn't happy that my original pride month book was gay enough. Soooo I typed really super gay book into amazon and this is what I got. So it's book 8 in the series and I haven'

'25 June (Part 1) - theme: Pride Month

Madison Square Murders by C. S. Poe Last year's pride month choice was so depressing I decided to have a happier choice this year. This book is about murder. Our main protagonist is quirky and weird. Larkin is instantly likable although the author repeatedly tells us that the

Additional Review G - Why does the alphabet now end at Y?

C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton I have read a few of Sue Grafton's alphabet novels over the years and when this popped up in the bookbox I couldn't resist. This is an early one (letter C = book 3 fairly obviously) and the 80'