If your kid loves pirates then making a galleon as a cheap alternative to buying one from cardboard, paper, glue and lollipop sticks is easily done!
Author Archives: scuffedgranny
The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow by Rita Leganski
Bonaventure is a boy who experiences his world in an unconventional way – he hears it from colours to places to people, each encounter has its own individual sound.
Educated by Tara Westover
Tara Westover’s honest retelling of her upbringing, its restrictions and her attempts to escape the brutal binds family can create is a literary tour de force.
Road Trip 2019 Blog 6: Exploring Utah – Lake Powell and Lower Antelope Canyon
Lake Powell and Lower Antelope Canyon – one man made, one Nature’s creation. Both incredible places to visit and experience.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Road is a book about a journey, a father and son relationship and survival in the face of unspeakable horrors. A must read.
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
The best Jojo Moyes’ book to date? I think so. A romance, a war story, a legal thriller – it’s all here and vividly written.
They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson
An exploration of family relationships and the memories that can be rediscovered when clearing out a family home.
The Scribe of Siena by Melodie Winawer
To time travel is one thing but to medieval Siena, Italy at the time of plague and political tension with rival Florence? Peril awaits.
Timeblink by M.J. Mumford
Taut and tense, MJ Mumford has written a time-travelling romantic mystery thriller, a new genre on me but one I rather enjoyed!
Peculiar Me: A Collection of Poems by Jason De Graaf
Love, nature, God – some of the themes discussed in Jason De Graaf’s poetry with stark imagery and raw emotion
Scuffed Granny 