Still reading, still rounding up – albeit slightly after the fact.
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My child has been marinaded in books since before birth. We took it in turns to read out loud to my bump almost every night throughout pregnancy, and were gifted many lovely baby books which we’ve been reading every day since the small one was born. Goodnight World and Guess How Much I Love You are the bedtime staples, and he’s lately started picking up stories for us to read during the day – Hairy Maclary, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Peepo, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly and When I Was A Child come out pretty much daily. In fact we had so many that it took me until June to finally sort out a library card…
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Summer is here, our garden is a jungle and once again I have read some books. Well la di da. Below is an account of what they were, as well as a roundup of other bits and pieces that occurred in July.
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Can you believe this year is half way over already? What’s with this ceaseless forward passage of time eh. Shouldn’t be allowed.
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In May I finally gave some middle class white dudes a break. Finally! I am a hero, nobody ever reads books by those guys.
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Back in January I predicted I would give up documenting my readerly wheelings and dealings around April but the joke’s on me because I’ve already written most of May, and it’s not even the middle of June yet! In your face, past Ali.
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12 Books in 12 Months 