The Knife of Never Letting Go
Book Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go Title: The Knife of Never Letting Go – Chaos Walking: Book One Author: Patrick Ness Genre: Fiction – Dystopian Publisher: Walker Books Publication Date: First published in 2008. Rating: ★★★★☆ Do you like reading dystopian fiction? Do you like a little bit of gruesome and a lot […]
Surviving August and the Rest of Term 3
Surviving August and the Rest of Term 3 I was talking with a colleague about my crazy August obviously a few weeks ago now and said, ‘ I’m just surviving August.’ She laughed and said that would make a great book title. No, I thought. It would make a great blog post title. First. […]
Book Review: Phosphorescence
Book Review: Phosphorescence Title: Phosphorescence Author: Julia Baird Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Fourth Estate Publication Date: 2020 Rating: ★★★★☆ Phosphorescence took me over a month to read. It’s been a busy season and I’m grateful to have read at least one book. I have wanted to read this book for a while: its beautiful cover is […]
Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry
Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry Title: Lessons in Chemistry Author: Bonnie Garmus Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House Publication Date: 2022 Rating: ★★★★☆ Lessons in Chemistry took me over three weeks to read. I don’t recommend taking that long to read a book. It’s hard to maintain the threads, the plot and what is happening […]
Who Am I?
Who Am I? Time For a Re-introduction It’s been a little while since I’ve explained who I am and what I do. Part of this is explained throughout my website, but in this blog post, I’ll go a little more in-depth with answering these questions. Who Am I? I’m Sarah. I’m a wife, a mother […]
The Next Best Thing
The Next Best Thing I’ve been living on fumes these last few weeks. I’ve had student assessments to complete, reports to write, end-of-term administrivia and a long weekend. To add to the mix of craziness, my students have had health forums (hello learning about puberty) and school swimming lessons. There has been no room in […]
The Tricky Word List – Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs
The Tricky Word List – Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs OK, gather round. It’s confession time again. Are there pairs of words that you struggle to get right? Even though you’ve written these words and checked them again and again, it doesn’t seem to matter, they just get jumbled up in your mind and you can’t […]
Book Review: Ignite Me
Book Review: Ignite Me Title: Ignite Me Author: Tahereh Mafi Genre: YA Fiction, Dystopia Publisher: First published by HarperCollinsPublishers in the USA Publication Date: Originally Published 2014 Rating: ★★★★☆ This is the third instalment in the Shatter Me series. As I have already read the first two books in this series, I had to read […]
Saved by The To-Do List
Saved by The To-Do List OK, it’s confession time. Put your hand up if you are like me. Do you love a good list? A good to-do list has saved my sanity many times and this last weekend was one of them. According to some websites, list-making can And I’m sure there are other benefits […]
Time to Reflect
Time to Reflect Do you take a moment to reflect on where you’re going and what’s important to you? Do you stop and ask yourself whether the direction that you are going, is actually the direction you want to go? I have a few different hidey spots where I take time to stop and reflect. […]
Book Review: Shatter Me
Book Review: Shatter Me Title: Shatter Me. Author: Tahereh Mafi Genre: YA Fiction, Dystopia Publisher: Australian edition first published by Allen & Unwin in 2011. This edition published by Allen & Unwin in 2021 Publication Date: 2011 Rating: ★★★★☆ There are some benefits to having a daughter who loves reading; she shares her books with […]
Searching for Inspiration on a Long Weekend
Searching for Inspiration on a Long Weekend You would think I would be able to write something and write it well considering it’s a long weekend. I have extra time to think, be creative and write. If you are thinking this, you would be wrong. I am struggling for inspiration, possibly because it is the […]