Friends Food Flavour Michael Olivier

Friends Food Flavour Michael Olivier

Written by on December 28, 2021 in Book Club, Recipe

A collection of great South African recipes. Illustrated by Roelin Emmelman who puts a tin fish lucky star right at the start to make any expat who buys’s this book nostalgic as they turn through the pages. Ooh Lucky star.. Samoosas and biryani made it as one of the greats. This sweet and sour onions […]

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Matt and Mia Collection: Antoinette Bradley Brown

Matt and Mia Collection: Antoinette Bradley Brown

Written by on December 27, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

The collection of Matt and Mia stories is a great series for young children who are learning to read. Books are meant for 5-7 year old age who are learning to read. The collection is Matt and Mia meet a bullyMatt and Mia build a bridge Matt and Mia rescue Tom Cat Matt and Mia […]

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Diary wimpy kid- Big Shot Jeff Kinney

Diary wimpy kid- Big Shot Jeff Kinney

Written by on December 20, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

My son has the entire collection of diary of wimpy kid. so I am sure he contributed to being one of the 250 million who bought this book. Rarely do this generation read books but this book they love as the words are big and there are lots of pictures. Middle schoolers especially love this […]

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Helpful Hannah Hippo – Dino J Martins

Helpful Hannah Hippo – Dino J Martins

Written by on December 20, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

When you touch the cover, it feels like you are touching a hippo. This book is for older children maybe gr 2 level after they have learnt to read simple books. As a bird enthusiast it was nice to see how the birds were illustrated in the book. Hannah the hippo and her friend Ollie […]

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I see a Buffalo – Elaine Macdonald

I see a Buffalo – Elaine Macdonald

Written by on December 15, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

Another great proudly South African story. Sometimes many do not accept us judging us by our sizes, colour off our skin and that can drive us to loneliness. Here Buffalo was not accepted by others because he was too big and in way started feeling clumsy and did not truly see his self worth. When […]

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2022 Sky Guide – Astronomical Handbook for Southern Africa

2022 Sky Guide – Astronomical Handbook for Southern Africa

Written by on November 26, 2021 in Book Club, Nature

As a muslim we are highly dependent on the lunar calendar. We are also dependent on sunrise and sunset. This book is a good way for me to understand these so I can more less anticipate when the new will will be born. Usually muslims are most worried about the moon sighting in Ramadan. Going […]

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Taking selfies with a sheep: Jaco Jacobs

Taking selfies with a sheep: Jaco Jacobs

Written by on November 26, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

Luke Smith went for grandmother Alice on holiday because he got into trouble. He takes a road trip with his grandmother in her rickety landrover to the Karoo was obsessed with taking windmills. Anyone driving can relate how boring it is to drive through this terrain and without a decent music playlist you can go […]

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Get untamed – Glennon Doyle

Get untamed – Glennon Doyle

Written by on November 2, 2021 in Book Club, Self Help

A book for soul searching and to quit pleasing and start living. It makes you sit down and reflect on who you really are without all the labels. You question everthing in this book ,your role as a mother, your sexuality, your faith. You look deep into you own wild self. You go back to […]

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Pumpkin finds her kindness : Bianca Flanders

Pumpkin finds her kindness : Bianca Flanders

Written by on October 27, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

This was my favourite book of 2021. I loved it. It had such a beautiful lesson on how to deal with people with kindness even if you don’t like them or find something irritating about them. It gives you a great perspective on how change your mindset especially when you are so angry or frustrated […]

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Max Einstein Save the future: James Patterson

Max Einstein Save the future: James Patterson

Written by on October 26, 2021 in Book Club, Children's Books

Max Einstein saves the future by James patterson review by my son. The characters of the story areMax EinsteinDr zimmBenLeo The plotMax Einstein and her friends are trying to solve world hunger while facing multiple problems. Such as the new Corp hunter who is trying to make Max work for them and betrayal. Max is […]

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