Category Archives: Books

Reading with Children

Posted on 3 February 2015 by planetcoops

Anyone in the UK with school age children, or anyone who has had school age children in the last -oh, goodness knows how many years, will probably be familiar with the Oxford Reading Tree. It’s a great load of books. … Continue reading →

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Ulysses

Posted on 12 February 2014 by planetcoops

Ulysses, by James Joyce, was on my reading list for years. I have always been determined that someday I would read it, difficult book or not. Last year I started it. I got about a third of the way through, … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games

Posted on 3 October 2013 by planetcoops

Miss 12 got The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins out of the school library. She then read Catching Fire and Mockingjay in quick succession. We went out on Tuesday and she bought her own copies of the first two (she … Continue reading →

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A Gentle Invasion

Posted on 11 May 2013 by planetcoops

I have a friend who’s written a book! A Gentle Invasion, by Janice Moore, is a story based in a manor house which has been opened up to a group of civil war re-enactors in order to make a bit … Continue reading →

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Happiness, Month 1

Posted on 31 January 2013 by planetcoops

So a month ago, I did the happiness survey and scored 4.2. Today I scored 4.6. That really surprised me. If you had asked me if I was happier than I was a month ago, I’d have said no, not … Continue reading →

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Year End

Posted on 31 December 2012 by planetcoops

Well, here it is. Another one over. So, what have I done? Firstly, we moved house. That was a biggy. If you want to do something time consuming and expensive, moving house fits the bill. I knitted six pairs of … Continue reading →

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Home and Harry Potter

Posted on 7 December 2012 by planetcoops

Miss 11 has been at home this week. She has the flu. I don’t remember her ever having a day off school ill before, so this is a new experience for us. Whilst chatting outside the (other) school gate this … Continue reading →

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The Casual Vacancy

Posted on 4 October 2012 by planetcoops

I read a couple of reviews for this book before I had hold of it myself. I didn’t get it on the day of release. I ordered it from Amazon the day before it was released, and it was sitting … Continue reading →

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Reading Schemes

Posted on 30 August 2012 by planetcoops

I joined the library a few weeks ago. It is only a small library, but something I didn’t expect was that there would be so few books I had heard of in there. I know they have to keep up … Continue reading →

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Book Drought

Posted on 29 July 2012 by planetcoops

If anyone has popped over to my book list recently, they might have noticed it hasn’t changed in a while. To be honest, I don’t think I’d read anything new this year at all (shocking, I know). For various reasons … Continue reading →

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