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How do you read? Do you read one book at a time at a steady pace? Do you read a handful of books at once over a month? Do you marathon through books and take a break for a while? Do you alternate genres or ‘vibes’ of books? Do you prefer e or print or…
We R Memory Keepers are game-changers in the paper craft world. They are behind the incredible ‘punch boards’ for making envelopes, gift boxes, flowers, bunting and now letters and numbers. When I heard about this, just like when I heard about the bunting board, I squealed with glee. These boards are so fun and enable me…
Black Apple by Joan Crate, via Simon & Schuster Canada, out now. [I received this book from Simon & Schuster Canada in exchange for an honest review; this did not affect my opinion of the book whatsoever.] When Simon & Schuster emailed me about a new novel called Black Apple about a young aboriginal girl in a residential…
To celebrate National Poetry Month and National Letter Writing Month, I am thrilled to offer this amazing giveaway of activity books courtesy of author Karen Benke! *Three people each copies of Write Back Soon!, which is full of letter writing prompts *One person will get a copy of Rip the Page!, inspiration for creative writing…
Pip pip, I’m back with the second instalment in the Georgia Nicolson series, On the Bright Side, I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God! If you missed me it’s because I took the last few weeks off as I was moving house and that is incredibly time- and brain-consuming. I’m still not fully settled but I’m here…
Here we are, the first post in the #GeorgiaNicolsonReadalong! Quick refresher: in honour of our dearly departed Teen Queen Louise Rennison, I wanted to start a readalong so that we could read (or re-read) her classic Georgia Nicolson series. Every three weeks we’ll post about the next book in the series. You’re invited to join…
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Flow magazine and all of the products they create. But I have to say, my favourites are the Books for Paper Lovers. (Hm, wonder why.) I’ve used the first two books pretty well so far, so I was hungry for a new one. This edition…