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Archive for December 2024

#Project52 2024 week 52

So there we have it, another year almost over. Doing #Project52 instead of #Project365 has made me be more mindful about the significance of my photos and how they summarise or represent the week and weekend overall. Christmas was busy but brilliant, a lot of work but a lot of love too. Our newest arrivals […]

One Day In December, by Josie Silver (audiobook)

Do you believe in love at first sight? Laurie spots the perfect man waiting at the bus stop. She spends the next year searching for him with no luck. Then her best friend Sarah brings home her new boyfriend Jack and is the bus boy! Part of her is thrilled to find him at last […]

#Project52 2024 week 51

Phew, we made it to the Christmas holidays! It was a busy week and I enjoyed a (vegan, gluten free) Christmas dinner with my fellow exam invigilators and a friend’s 60th birthday night out (a candlelight concert at Reading Minster). Of course the holidays didn’t start smoothly with Zach having an allergic reaction minutes before […]

Diary of a Christmas Elf, by Ben Miller

Tog is desperate to join Santa’s elves. He makes fantastic toy lemurs for his family and friends but does he have what it takes to join Santa’s workshop…? Diary of a Christmas Elf is a wonderfully festive children’s book. Tog discovers that dreams and reality are often very different. His dream job working for Santa […]

Tears On Her Grave, by D.K. Hood

A flood cause two bodies to be washed down from the caves. Cole and Abby died twelve years ago and were assumed to have run away together. The original investigation was lacklustre at best and Sheriff Jenna Alton is determined to find the killer as her predecessor should have done… Tears On Her Grave is […]