Stardust - Book Review
You can tell that there are many voices and experiences that have shaped this book. Which has important message of hope and a longing for...
Ready, Set, Go! - Book Review
Start your engines. Wizz! Roar! Zoom! This children's book by Beck Wheeler explores our National Transportation history for kiwi kids....
Reusable Cup Reviews
Reusable cup reviews I have now quite a collection of reusable cups. I have a few at home, one in the car and each one is comprised of...
Bruce finds a home - book review
Based on the true story of "Bruce the cat", Katheryn Van Beek's 'Bruce finds a home' tells the story of Kate who finds a kitten and goes...
Rocky's cheeky sneaky breakfast - Book review
Honestly my kids are so lucky to be able to get amazing children's books from generous people around the country. We have a fantastic...
Feel a Little - Book review
This was a book that I have been anticipating for the longest time! A kickstarter funded project, it reached its target in record time...
'Live, Laugh, Love' - Nick Rado, comedy review
I had such a great impromptu night at Nick Rado’s show “Live Laugh “ at the NZ international comedy festival! It’s been a long week, and...
Enid and her two mums - book review
I cant lie, I had pretty much given this book my full respect and admiration before I even lifted up it's first page. Equality in the...
'Beyond the Known World' Review
Recently separated parents Carl and Julie, must unify in order to find their missing daughter in the depths of India. Where every...
Stuff I forgot to tell my daughter - by Michele A'Court - Review and blog
I read this book a few years ago after my friend Rachel gave it to me right after my second child was born, and I read it in a haze of...
Rolling with the punchlines – by Urzila Carlson – Review and blog
No word of a lie this book took me 7 days to read! (you will probably only see the irony in that if you knew that Urzila frequents the...
'Spilt Milk Yoga' by Cathryn Monro, review and blog
Initial thoughts after picking up the book. When I first took this book from the shelf of the 'Woman's bookshop in Ponsonby' I wondered...
'Double-Edged Sword' The Simonne Butler story: Review and blog
The story that this book tells is not only the events that gripped a nation, it is the events that preceded and then followed one of new...
Tu Meke Tūī book review
Once upon a time I used to do movie reviews with a friend, we called it “the naked truth”. Each article had a picture of something random...
