Month: November 2022

Top Ten Tuesday – Serious Series I need to read Seriously

Top Ten Tuesday – Serious Series I need to read Seriously

Greetings you guys! It’s Tuesday and time to get serious about reading series’ with Top Ten Tuesday. TTT is hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Remember to pay her a visit and to add your linky and to visit your fellow bloggers.  Seriously, you need to start reading that series you’ve been putting off ever since Eskom first introduced load shedding.    Personally, I don’t read that many series. The problem with a series is you need to read them ALL, for if you take one out, none of the other bulbs will light up and you will be sitting in the dark. Seriously, you need to start reading that series you’ve been putting off ever since Eskom first introduced load shedding.  The ones we have read the first one in the series:      Maisie Dobbs Flavia de Luce Phryne Fisher      The ones we haven’t even started yet. Do we still want to read the Meg Cabot one? Hmmmm…. Need to go dig a bit. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy The Dark Tower The Mediator        The ones we’ve read more than one in the series, but still not them all.   The […]

Posted November 8, 2022
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Operation Mom by Reenita Malhorta Hora

Operation Mom by Reenita Malhorta Hora

Operation Mom: My plan to get my Mom a life and a new man by Reenita Malhotra Hora on August 22nd, 2022 Genres: Young Adult Pages: 220 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Ila, a Mumbai-based teenager, is going nuts with Veena, her controlling, single mother who prevents her from stalking her pop idol, Ali Zafar. Veena wants her daughter to date real guys in the lead-up to finding a husband. But Ila decides that the only way to get her mom off her back is by finding her a boyfriend instead. With the help of her best friend Deepali, her crush Dev and her mother’s best friend Maleeka, they will come up with a plan to make it happen by setting up a profile in dating apps. Hi there you guys! What a fun Young Adult book we have to share with you today. My Mommy hasn’t been a teenager in many, many years. But reading this teenage novel about a quirky and hilarious Indian girl in Mumbai, made her giggle like a teenager herself. One of the easiest ways to spot a teenager in any country across the world, is watch for signs of obsession about very random things. Especially […]

Posted November 7, 2022
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Six Degrees of Separation – What’s Cooking?

Six Degrees of Separation – What’s Cooking?

Greetings you guys! It’s the first Saturday of November and for a change, I’m not going to moan about how quickly this year flew by. It’s time to come to an end – so let’s just celebrate the happy month of November. What better way to celebrate than with good food and some wine. Luckily, our startup book for this month, helps us to do exactly that. But wait, first more on this fun, monthly meme: This monthly fun meme is hosted by Books are my Favorite and Best: On the first Saturday of every month, a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. Books can be linked in obvious ways, for example: same authors, same era or genre, or books with similar themes or settings. Or you might choose to link them in more personal ways: books you read in the same holiday, books given to you by a particular friend or books that remind you of a particular time in your life. The choices are endless here!  This month, we are starting off with a cookbook. Ha, what fun this was! We have one or two Jamie Oliver Cookbooks in […]

Posted November 6, 2022
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The Nine Lives of Montezuma by Michael Morpurgo

The Nine Lives of Montezuma by Michael Morpurgo

The Nine Lives of Montezuma by Michael Morpurgo on January 1st, 2013 Genres: Childrens Pages: 170 Format: Paperback Source: VCS Buy on Amazon Goodreads His ears were pointed sharply and were long enough to be those of a wild cat. The farmyard was his kingdom – he had made it so. This is the story of the nine loves of a very special cat, from impetuous young kitten to the king of the farmyard. Wherever Montezuma goes, adventure and excitement are sure to follow! An enchanting take of feline charm from War Horse author Michael Morpurgo. Greetings you guys! We’ve been a bit quiet on the review side for school. Not that the kids don’t still write the most lovely reviews, it’s just a matter of getting the time to post them! We will try to update as many as we can within the last couple of weeks of school. Michael Morpurgo is by far one of the most popular authors amongst the VCS students. My Mommy is very happy about that and I am ecstatic to see that all his cat books are at the top of the list. His books are not only for children, but can be […]

Posted November 4, 2022
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Top Ten Unlikable Pets you might Come to Love

Top Ten Unlikable Pets you might Come to Love

Greetings you guys! It’s Tuesday and time for Top Ten Tuesday. This week’s prompt is Unlikeable Characters you can’t help but love. It had my Mommy scratching her head a bit. Luckily, I was around to safe the day and once again, come up with a great twist. As you all hopefully know by now, I am a gorgeous feline and rather self entitled towards myself and my species. So it’s no surprise that I can once again swing the prompt to suit me. Cats aren’t known to befriend other creatures easily. Except for horses and Labradors. Somehow, that combination usually work. Labradors get along with everyone and everything and horses tend to have slightly more issues than cats. Probably why we can tolerate them. Here’s a lists of ten animals I believe rather unlikely to ever befriend a cat. Or vice versa: A Giant Pacific Octopus. Water and tentacles, not going to work. A novel tracing a widow’s unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old […]

Posted November 1, 2022
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