Review: Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Or was it? While we're all wrapped up, snug in our beds, hospitals across the country are full of doctors and nurses working away. Kay's new book shines a light on the hard job of working …

Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

I know we're always told not to judge a book by it's cover, however I couldn't help but pick up this beautiful little book because of it's lovely cover. Then once I read the blur and found out it was about time travel in a coffee shop, I was hooked. When I was a teenager …

Review: Period Power by Maisie Hill

Do you ever read a book and think, wow, how did I not know this? Well that was me whilst reading Maisie Hill's amazing book Period Power! I'm not usually a big reader of non-fiction but when I heard there was a new book out about periods and hormones I was very intrigued to give …

Review: The Familiars

Lancashire, 1612, 17 year old Fleetwood Shuttlewood, mistress of Gawthorpe Hall, is pregnant for the fourth time. She does not yet have a living child and her husband is anxious for an heir. So when she crosses paths with Alice Gray a local midwife who promises to help her give birth to a healthy baby, …

Review: Giggling Squid

A few weeks ago my boyfriend and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary, usually we're not that adventurous when we go out for dinner opting for our usual Pizza Express order, however this time we decided we should try somewhere a bit different. Finding a restaurant that we both like is often quite a challenge …