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A cracking read…
I just finished reading The Martian, in record time! It is a cracker of a read, and though heavy on the science and engineering (which I loved!), also tells a tale of resilience. Filled to the brim with humour and adversity, it made me think a lot about how reliant we can become on others.
For our happiness, for comfort, for love, for inspiration.
We are truly sociable creatures at times aren’t we?
In parallel, I think that it can sometimes be a bit of a trap to always be surrounded by others.
Ask a busy professional, mother, volunteer, school teacher or friend, what is it that you crave?
Alone time. Space. Quiet.
Time to think, ponder, muse and let your mind wander.
Some of my best ideas come to me when I am alone. Whether it’s walking, listening to music, lying in bed at night reading, alone time can give you the space you need to think.
When was the last time you carved out a bit of the day to be alone?
Enjoy xx
We are a family of book-lovers.
Self-confessed book-worms who can all pass the time reading, poring over the pages of beautiful illustrations and talking about how our favourite characters reacted.
So, it is no surprise then that we all have a wish list of books we would love to read over the Christmas break or, […]
We are a family of book-lovers.
Self-confessed book-worms who can all pass the time reading, poring over the pages of beautiful illustrations and talking about how our favourite characters reacted.
So, it is no surprise then that we all have a wish list of books we would love to read over the Christmas break or, if we are super lucky, receive from Santa.
Here is the tribes literary wish list for Christmas (sounds a lot like Dr Seuss!):
- Little L’s list for littlies (0-5) – first readers (the Reading Eggs books are fab), Winnie the Witch, The Day the Crayons Quit, any of the Flower Fairies books
- Flashdance (6-9) – anything by Andy Griffiths, The Little Lunch Series, How to Train your Dragon series (Cressida Cowell), Non-fiction books about bugs or anime (how to draw Japanese cartoon characters)
- Captain Jack (7-12) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (JK Rowling), Lord of the Rings – separate volumes, rather than the all-in-one book (to make for easy holiday reading), Mapmaker Chronicles (A. L. Tait), non-fiction books about sea creatures, dinosaurs. volcanos or robotics
- The Mini-Fashionista (7-12) – The Blood of Olympus (Rick Riordan), Quidditch through the Ages (JK Rowling), The Chronicles of Narnia, any of the Thea Stilton series
- Ladies and Gentlemen (that would be my lovely husband and I) – Pip Lincolnes fab new book, Beci Orpin’s new book, The Great Zoo of China – the latest from Matthew Reilly
Enjoy xx
