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Book Review – Tears of a Weaver Zaheera Jina Asvat

Book Review – Tears of a Weaver Zaheera Jina Asvat

Written by on November 16, 2023 in Book Club

Book ReviewTitle: Tears of the weaver Author: Zaheera Jina Asvat

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Stuarts Field Guide to National Parks & Game Reserves: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi – Chris & Mathilde Stuart

Stuarts Field Guide to National Parks & Game Reserves: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi – Chris & Mathilde Stuart

Written by on April 6, 2022 in Book Club, Nature

This is really a bucket list book. Buy a landcruiser and drive through Southern Africa. Why a landcruiser and not landrover, well toyota parts maybe easier to find in the bundus. Travel to Nambia and see the Skeleton coast and long long walks on a desert beach. Deserted and desert beach. Drive to Chobe National […]

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Stirring the pot – Quraisha Dawood

Stirring the pot – Quraisha Dawood

Written by on February 28, 2022 in Book Club

Stirring the pot is a colourful read as colourful as the cover suggests. It tells us stories about a community living in a block of flats in Durban and vividly describes their lives. As a muslim indian we can relate to the characters in the book and we all know that Aunty like Aunty Ruki. […]

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Every night of the week – Lucy Tweed

Every night of the week – Lucy Tweed

Written by on January 22, 2022 in Book Club, Recipe

A recipe book for those who are confused what to cook. It has the essentials that you need which makes having ingredients ready and available. The book is done by the day of the week. There essentials are fridge items, freezer items, panty and dried herbs. It also has a kit list what appliances and […]

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The Kind Kitchen: Jason Mcnamara

The Kind Kitchen: Jason Mcnamara

Written by on January 10, 2022 in Book Club, Recipe

Jason Mcnamara takes vegan cooking to the next level. Shroom Biltong, I still wonder how that tastes and must try this to see if it hits the real biltong spot. Innovative ways I think for meat lovers to have different vegan alternatives that taste like food you are used to . When watching game changers […]

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Atlas of the heart – Brene Brown

Atlas of the heart – Brene Brown

Written by on January 2, 2022 in Book Club, Self Help

Finally a book that explains to us the different emotions of the heart in a very easy way to understand. This book is very good at labeling emotions and explains the emotions in detail and allows you to classify the emotions. It has pictures and explains emotions in a very easy to understand way. It […]

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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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