Women In Sports by Rachel Ignotofsky

When I saw this book I was so super happy. As a girl, I've actually always preferred male sports and been parts of Cricket, Golf, Football, Badminton and now weight lifting groups as well.

We often get judged for it and unfairly so and a book about women doing great in sports is just what is needed in society to be celebrated more.

The book goes through a timeline of history as well as including a wide range of sports. It talks of the challenges the women faced and some consequences were even death in past times!

This book would be brilliant for schools, in modern day we need women and young girls to not give up on sports and think its for boys and it's a subject I am passionate about greatly. An empowering and inspiring book with many modern athletes we know doing great today from Serena Williams to Simone Biles and Nicola Adams.

Thanks to the publishers for allowing me a copy to review!

Stitch Camp by Nicole Blum and Catherine Newman

This is a fun and nature set picturesque themed book around the craft of sewing and creating your own fun projects based around the ideas presented in the book. Of which, there are a mix of ideas to create for both boys and girls to try.

There are basic tips included to help even very beginners get started and try and have a go too with clear and concise information set to simple, effective diagrams and clear shot photographs.

The projects are fun, with beanbag toys, useful ideas for everyday use such as, mason jar sewing kit storage and winter hand warmers, t-shirts, necklaces and bracelets as well as embroidered plaques and pillowcases which could be good as gifts too. There sure is something for everyone to try.

The book is set into sections on, Sewing, Embroidery, Knitting, Crochet and even Weaving!

I loved this book, as a crafter since I was little (age four I splattered our redecorated kitchen walls with paint... oops! Still sewing grew to be a passion till today still though!) I appreciate the projects and tips being greatly beneficial for kids and beginners. I will be making a rolling pin embroidery floss holder though, very useful as I have a tub of them all tangled which makes it very awkward to use! A great buy for crafty people!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book!

Apple And Rain by Sarah Crossan

Apple lives with her nan but knows her dad and stepmum whereas her mum let her go willingly so she could live her life how she wanted to. Apple isn't popular but does make friends with Del the home-schooled boy whom lives in the house at the back of her band and is friends with Pilar at school until she gets taken by popular Donna and her group.

Yet as Apple's mum returns suddenly unexpectedly, she makes another shock discovery but also discovers so much from being a good poet writing about her true feelings to release them privately she also has to cope with her mum's drinking, parties, smoking and her other daughter, Rain whom at ten still carries a doll believing it to be real and mothering it even at school.

But then a good and bad thing happen to her at once leaving her with mixed emotions not even starting to add Egan into the mix too...

The book deals with the typical broken family but adds so much more to it as her mum actually returns only to let her down once again in many ways, she also has to deal with more typical issues being a teen girl and some of the story is shocking adding a thrill to the book hooking me in to the point I had to just finish it, I loved it.

The Prison Doctor by Dr Amanda Brown

Amanda Brown was a regular loved GP in her area until a change at the practice led her to a job in a youth prison for boys aged 15-18 firstly which taught her a lot.

From diabetic patients, severe suicide attempts, young men who grew up in care and feeling lonely without a mother's love and also winning round the prison governor too Amanda has had to prove her worth as a doctor which is obvious she did her job extremely well and was a genuinely caring and interested person in all their lives, making them mostly feel at ease and show their more human side of emotions not a hard prison face all the time.

Amanda describes her life working most recently in a women's prison too where a lot of her patients have been subject to abuse, rape, violence at home etc feeling safer in prison though some have become addicted to drugs making it harder for them to get control of their lives completely. In a really open look into life working in many prisons it gave us an exclusive look into what working in that environment must be like.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Help I'm Trapped At Witch School by Em Lynas

Twinkle is back once again with tasks to complete to help fix the school from fixing toilets and perfecting her magic as a witch in school, to performing her Shakespeare Bottom again only without forgetting her words this time hopefully!

However as she is faced with a challenge she has to work with not only her friends but her enemies too to try and uncover the way back to school and most importantly to stay alive and save her friends!

This book was a much better addition to the series full of fun action and great challenges, it was a fun drama filled read the characters conflict made for more tension in the most testing time and Twinkle getting to perform her Bottom on your too shows how dreams can become reality!

Get Me Out Of Witch School by Em Lynass

Catching up with Twinkle once again, this time she has released her great grandma's cat from years of being isolated to a mere bracelet charm!

Only the cat starts to rot the school and make it fall apart so as Twinkle tries to be good so she can go and tour her 'bottom' once again as she loves to perform Shakespeare and dreams still of being an Oscar winning actress.

The cat, Jacobus also takes over the girls and starts to control them and it's up to Twinkle to save her friends Jess and Shalini as well her the rest of the school.

The story could be better in my opinion it just didn't grip me and when the action did start I just found myself getting confused and not really being invested in the storyline unlike for the first book where I was hooked. The characters were okay but apart from loving to play Bottom Twinkle didn't feel to have much character depth to her.

The Postcard by Zoe Folbigg

In this second book of the series so far, Maya and her train man James set off to explore for a year places in the world they've never been to.

However what should be a good trip soon starts to show its cracks after they leave the wedding they were invited to, from traveling in a cramped bed compartment on a bus, trying weird and frankly awful sounding animal dishes and going for colonics at the orders of Maya's magazine column bosses the trip soon starts to look more worse than good...

Meanwhile back at home Maya's best friend Nena a children's entertainer and ballet dancer is now facing life as a new mum struggling a lot from crying, losing her temper and patience, being permanently tired and her husband still working, she's jealous of Maya and her ability to up and explore but just what is her husband Tom up to...

This book was fab, I was more engaged and hooked on the story in this second book of the series as the multiple perspectives were gripping seeing how each character faces a struggle and what gets thrown at them throughout the book kept me wanting to read on! It was a perfect holiday read I recommend especially if you enjoyed The I Heart series by Lindsey Kelk, based on a real life love story this is an amazing account of how life can throw you into various happy or sad moments!

            Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

About the Author

Zoë Folbigg is a magazine journalist and digital editor, starting at Cosmopolitan in 2001 and since freelancing for titles including Glamour, Fabulous, Daily Mail, Healthy, LOOK, Top Santé, Mother & Baby, ELLE, Sunday Times Style and Style.com. In 2008 she had a weekly column in Fabulous magazine documenting her year-long round-the-world trip with ‘Train Man’ – a man she had met on her daily commute. She since married Train Man and lives in Hertfordshire with him and their two young sons.

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The Ticket To Happiness by Faith Bleasdale

Pippa and her siblings turned their home of Meadowbrook Manor into a hotel after their father passed away just leaving a final wish saying they must live together there for a year.

The single sibling Pippa longs for her partner to come along despite the workload from the hotel all her siblings being in couples makes her question when it'll be her turn as she would love a baby despite going through a divorce and being an auntie.

Her writer friend Hector checks in, a firm family friend with an apart crush on Pippa, he was previously from reality TV and involved in a sex scandal from it making Pippa feel he's immature!

Then American Brooke arrives set for a long stay trying to find her British family after learning that she's not just American...

When Harvey a guest comes and sweeps Pippa off her feet as he's so her type, older, high up job, appreciates her, unlike her ex husband still she can't see how Hector her long term friend feels about her because she feels he's too young for her when he's only two years younger!

As Pippa has to realise her true feelings, she makes a shock surprise discovery about Brooke which tips her and her family's world upside down...

While some parts were predictable and did happen how I thought there's still the drama and element of surprise in how the actions come about. I liked the element of team family as the siblings are all on each others sides especially when trouble strikes as well as each being distinctively different from each other in personality, interests and family set up there's someone you can relate to in some way. In my head the characters came to life and I felt like I was immersed right into the story like I was there at Meadowbrook myself, best read under the beautiful sunshine you won't regret picking up this feel good book!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop by Rebecca Raisin

In this book we meet London chef Rosie who's life is turned upside down when her husband Cameron reveals he's got someone else, a Khloe with a K specifically and so wants a divorce as he blames Rosie's strict planning as the issue despite him playing away for months!

This however is a result as it makes Rosie look at her life and one drunken decision later lands her with Poppy her new travelling shop van as she finds like minded people on forums online she gets chatting to helpful Oliver and finds her way to meeting and teaming up with Aria who runs the little shop of happy ever after, a nod to Jenny Colgan and so the pair team up selling books and book themed tea a perfect duo!

Though as they travel a lot happens from the festival circuit from meeting burly vegan guy Max to hopefully meeting Oli at last until a shock surprise comes to light thanks to Max...

Rosie has a complete change not only in her life but herself throughout the novel. She has a refreshing change in all aspects of her life making her more content and showing she shouldn't settle for the safe route in life after all a little fun and competition with Max shows her maybe her perfect life could be right in front of her after all! Take a chance on Rosie and get a cup of tea ready to enjoy with this book of course too!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

A Very French Affair by Sue Roberts

Liv is a cake maker by trade, Sam who is into vintage clothing is her assistant in her cake making business attached to her home for productivity and also is training at a local catering college.

Baked To Perfection is her passion and her family particularly her aunt in France was a great baker, with her parents off touring in a campervan now into their retirement and her son back at home after being away at university and questioning about his father, she finds herself thinking back to her first love André from when she was eighteen and in France at her aunt's with Faye her life long best friend when they were eighteen.

Liv worries about Faye as she drinks a lot and is always out at gigs looking for a fun time, as her friend regales them with tales of Harold and her matchmaking attempts, in France Faye finds a fun time with Olivier a bakery helper to Liv's aunt and she
herself finds André from pure chance and as the pair get reacquainted she has to decide how to approach the subject of his son.

Jake also hides a few secrets from his mum which when he shows up in Spain unexpectedly come out about the truth behind his future plans...

The book started off on an hilarious note about a cake being made as a toilet and who isn't going to be drawn in by that sentence! I loved the journey to France and discovering the whole chemistry over the history with Andre and couldn't put it down I liked the pace of the book and the characters where super relatable as I'm sure in real life people have been in this position before!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!