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Book review: Happy Birthday Wombat by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley

August 12, 2019 ~ caitlinhammondbrown ~ Leave a comment

Happy Birthday Wombat was our first foray into the Australian picture book series by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley, which began in 2002 with the award-winning Diary of a Wombat. I’ll confess that at first read I thought this book was rather odd, and I couldn’t quite understand E’s love for it. It took several … Continue reading Book review: Happy Birthday Wombat by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley

Book review: Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr

July 28, 2019 ~ caitlinhammondbrown ~ Leave a comment

It wasn’t until Judith Kerr’s death this year that I put together the author of the classic picture books The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the Mog series with the author of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, a book I was captivated by as an older child. While I still remember parts of Pink … Continue reading Book review: Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr

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If you're in the market for an extremely unseasonal guide to how to boss the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a baby in tow, check out the latest blog post linked in my bio. Yes, it's a full ten months until next August but if you're already a parent you probably need to reread this every month lest you forget the genius tips therein, and if not, that's plenty of time to somehow borrow or otherwise acquire a small child of your very own so you too can reach the point where an hour of classical music aimed at babies is the cultural high point of your year. . #edinburgh #parenthood #parenting #edinburghfringe #edinburghfestivalfringe

New blog post up, in which I struggle to review the brilliant Sula by Toni Morrison. I spent a lot longer trying to write this short review than I did reading this book, which neatly illustrates the fact that Morrison won the Nobel Prize for literature, and I find composing Instagram captions exhausting. Link in bio. . #bookreview #bookstagram #bookblogging #books #bookish #literature

I wrote a list of rather bitter and miserable confessions on the subject of sleep deprivation, then angered the parenting gods by smugly thinking many of them didn't really apply any more. And then lo, the gods in their vengeance smote our house with fever and pestilence, bringing in their wake no sleep for anyone....Link in bio if you would like to commiserate and weep. . #parenting #parenthood #tired #baby #toddler

This week on my blog I attempted to review Åsne Seierstad's One of Us. It's a hefty and deeply committed work of non-fiction dealing with the massacre of 77 people carried out in Norway on 22nd July 2011 by Anders Breivik. This wasn't an easy review to write or a lighthearted subject to read about but it's impossible not to appreciate Seierstad's achievement here. Link in bio. . #bookreview #bookblogging #nonfictionbooks #nonfiction

I used to find holidays fun. I think I still do, but I've come to abhor the process of planning them so much that it barely seems worth it. #firstworldproblems I know, but the anxiety is real! I wrote all about it in my latest blog post, link in bio. . #parenthood #parenting #holidays #baby #anxiety

4/5. This is the second Frances Hardinge book I’ve read, and while I didn’t love it quite as much as A Face Like Glass, (which was a 5-star read for me) I would definitely recommend. I love how unique her books are - this is a fantasy young adult novel set in 1640s England, with the Civil War kicking off in the background. Feisty female spies, ghost bears, evil aristocracy - this book has it all and more besides! . #bookreview #books #bookish #bookstagram

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