Review: How to Grow a Baby and Push it Out by Clemmie Hooper

I love kids. I have always taken care of them, I was an au pair for a few years and studied to be a teacher for a while (they didn't want in the end, alas!) but the thought of being pregnant and pushing kid's out of me absolutely TERRIFIES me. Have you ever seen those…

Review: The 1940s Look by Mike Brown

It's no secret that I love mid century fashion, and books on it are some of my favourites! So today I'm going to talk about the 1940s Look by Mike Brown. Continuing interest in life on the Home Front during the Second World War means that the style of the 1940s has never been more…

Review: Stories for boys who dare to be different by ben brooks

There's a really big trend on children's history books, and especially on women. I absolutely love it and own and have read most of them all ready! But then this book came along. It's about men and written for boys so at first I was skeptical: "Hm, finally there's something for girls and men have…

Review: the Pug who bit Napoleon animal tales of the 18th & 19th centuries by Mimi Matthews

How can you read this title and NOT want to read this book? I love most animals, I'm also afraid of a lot, but who doesn't like a good animal story! From elaborate Victorian cat funerals to a Regency era pony who took a ride in a hot air balloon, Mimi Matthews shares some of…

Review: a 1950s Mother by Sheila Hardy

You may not know this about me, but I've been an au pair for a few years. I worked in three different military families, and I studied to be a teacher for a while, so childcare is something that's really interesting to me. When I saw this book was around about bringing up kids in…

Review: the Secret Library by Oliver Tearle

This book told me this is a tour through history from the perspective of books. How was there ever anything more like me than this? I didn't really know what to expect, but definitely not this! As well as leafing through the well-known titles that have helped shape the world in which we live, Oliver…

Review: Vintage Secrets Hollywood Diet and Fitness by Laura Slater

As you probably noticed, I love history, I love Hollywood's Golden Era, I like reading and I like learning something new. I read Laura Slater's other book, Vintage Secrets Hollywood  Beauty, and was so excited about that one, I got the next one in the series too! Raw food? That’s so last century! Pilates? They’ve…

My favourite non-fiction books!

I really like reading non-fiction. I never had an issue with reading it as a child, and now as an adult, I still really like reading it! I know it seems intimidating to some people, so today I'm going to tell you about some of my favourite non-fiction books. Mind you, I read quite a…

Review: Superstar Cats by Julie Tottman

I'm a proud catmum. No shame in that. SO when my boyfriend got me this little book as a gift for Christmas, I was really excited! I was all ready training our older cat Wijn to sit on command, and now I had a book full of little tricks to teach both of our little…

Review: Midcentury Christmas by Sarah Archer

Ok, so it's almost Christmas, and I need to tell you guys something. Are you sitting down? Ok. I don't like Christmas. I just don't. It used to be fun as a little girl, but now I don't really care for it? Unfortunately for me, my boyfriend is OBSESSED with Christmas. But, as I'm a…