The Summer of the Swans
by Betsy Byars
Age: 10 +
Interests: adolescence, siblings, special needs children
Talking about children's books and films. Useful information for parents.
30 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: adolescence, family, siblings, special needs children
by Betsy Byars
Age: 10 +
Interests: adolescence, siblings, special needs children
26 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: death, divorce/separation, family, friendship, grandparents, love, mystery
by Sharon Creech
Age: 10 +
Interests: mystery, family, death, grandparents, friendship, first love, divorce More
22 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+, Movies, movies 10+ Tags: death, family, Germany, history, Holocaust, Jewish history, morality, orphans, politics, strong girls, violence, war, writers, WWII
by Markus Zusak
Age: 11 +
Interests: history, WWII, war, Germany, Jewish history, Holocaust, orphans, strong girls More
16 Aug 2016 2 Comments
How’ve you been? Whatcha been up to? Having a nice summer?
It’s been 17 months since my last post… wait, am I in a confessional? Life has been good, and busy, and trying, and interesting.
What gets in the way of blogging? In a nutshell:
1) parenting
2) dirty dishes
3) necessity of doing PAID work in order to pay bills
4) writing a novel… or two*
5) sun is shining, birds are singing
6) life
Add to that “wondering if this thing is at all worthwhile”, “wondering if people read my reviews”, “wondering how many of these visits are actual real people”, etc.
And what has brought me back to this blog?
1) the desire to share some lovely new reads
2) a new ANGLE and a brand new PROJECT!
Of course I haven’t stopped reading during the last seventeen months, so I’ve got lots of books to write up here, a tremendous backlog actually.
And here’s the thing… I’ve had a new project percolating in my head for a while now and I think this website is as good a place as any to roll it out. Still formulating its exact nature and form, but suffice to say it will centre around HISTORY… and books, and movies, and education, and kids, and parents, and teachers…
I’ve said too much. For now.
Onward and upward.
And it’s nice to see you again!
cheers!
k
* sequels #2 and #3 to my first novel Eldritch Manor: Shadow Wrack was released December 2015 and Darkling Green will be released December 2016.