Did you know that January 18th is the National Winnie the Pooh Day? National Winnie the Pooh day is celebrated to commemorate Milne’s (Winnie the Pooh author) birthday, which is January 18th, 1882. Winnie the Pooh, also called Pooh Bear is a fictional teddy bear and The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages […]
Month: January 2016
Review: Shtum by Jem Lester
I was initially interested in Shtum because of description and beautiful cover. When I first saw it in email from Sam Eades from Orion Publishing Group, I could not forget it. The colours, the silhouette of boy, the font used on it. Ah, just simply perfection! When I started to read this book I was […]
Bookmark lovers #1 swap
Hi everyone! It’s Friday! We survived another work week! Have you got any excited plans for the weekend? So, today I am here quickly to show you what I send out to America for this swap. I needed to send one handmade bookmark and one store bought bookmark. I wrote my participant a small note […]
Review: Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
Ok, so I got this book from my dear friend Chantel on my last birthday. I gave it two goes to read it and I just couldn’t. I am just not that kind of girl. Or I am just too old for this … Things that I liked about this book: I like how name […]
National Trust: Coldrum Long Barrow
Hey everybody! It’s Sunday, we officially finished the first full week of the year! Yesterday, Chris, Ula and I had a little trip to small village called Trottiscliffe to see one of the earliest prehistorical monuments (dating to 3985- 3855 BC) in Britain. Coldrum Long Barrow is older than Stonehenge by more than 1000 years and is […]
Review: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
This is such a beautifully written and looking book. Just look at it. B E A U T I F U L. Sea to the Salt gave me such mixed feelings. I loved every single character, except one. Alfred. He’s such an unlikeable character. I seriously wanted to punch him every time he was mentioned. […]
My 2016 to do list
Happy New Year! Can you believe it? We made it through another year! And like always New Year must start with some resolutions, right? As I said before, I am not going to make a big deal of it, I mean I usually forget these resolutions by the end of January :) So this […]