Category: Book Reviews

  • Bud & Roo’s Spectacular Adventures – The Beach by Jessica Valentine

    Fostering a love of reading I do love a book that inspires a bit of Art.  Bud & Roo’s Spectacular Adventure is about two doggies who dig up treasures and sniff their way to where it has come from.  The Author, Jessica Valentine wanted to create a book that her 5 year old could read…

  • Tears at Bedtime

    Tears at Bedtime

    This is not a sponsored post in any way.  My lovely Twitter mate, Andrew Butler, AKA @designcredo, wanted to share it and thought it would sit better on Mediocre Mum than his communications blog and I have to agree! I heard something on the radio the other day suggesting that, possibly contrary to what one…

  • The Help

    It’s been a long time since I found myself reading into the wee hours of the night (1am).  I’ve been reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett, for my own Book Club and I couldn’t put it down.  I finished it in two sittings. The Help was set in 1962 in Jackson Mississippi; a few years…