Continuing with my intake of pirate-themed books and tv this year, we have Cinnamon and Gunpowder! A delicious (haha) and fun story from the point of view of a master chef named Owen in the 1800s who is kidnapped by an infamous pirate captain known as Mad Hannah Mabbot: Mabbot has killed Owen’s previous employer, and takes him on to her ship with the intention of making him prepare for her a delicious meal every Sunday. From this basic premise we see Owen struggle to […]
A lighthearted parody of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar,
The Very Hungry Pregnant Lady is a spoof of that board book favorite, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The spoof aspect can be a bit much sometimes by having the joke “over played” and done too many times. (Yes, I am looking at you Goodnight Moon spoofs). This time, however, the spoof is hilarious. And it would be the perfect baby shower gift (not so much for the child but for the mother herself). However, there is nothing inappropriate, so a child could […]
You Don’t Have to Sell Your Soul to Buy this Book (Because it’s free on Kindle!)
Ugh. I almost don’t want to review this book because the cover image is so creepy. Christian me is clutching my holy pearls at the obviously satanic image on my blog and wondering if it will somehow infiltrate my life through my Chromebook. But I already read the book so I guess any potential damage has been done. But STILL. Her eyes…blech! I decided to give this one a go, despite the obvious danger to my soul, because I had read (and liked) another Hart […]
“A Canadian kind of ‘eh?’ rather than a Yorkshire one”
Bingo Square: Home, Something, Home Ruby Lennox narrates the story of her life from the moment of conception – “I exist!” and invites the reader into her family. There’s cold matriarch Bunty, barely there father George, oldest sister Patricia (not much of a sense of humour), and attention-seeking middle child, Gillian. Along with this main story there are ‘footnotes’, chapters that follow Ruby’s that add a little more history and backstory to her family, often centred on specific events or objects (a button in a […]