This Sunday, I decided to teach myself to use a sewing machine.

Title: A Fairytale Retold 3: Waking Rose

Author: Regina Doman

Stars: 5 out of 5

Genre: Retold Fairytale

Blurb: "I love him more than poetry... I love him more than song."Ever since he rescued her from Certain Death, Rose Brier has had a crush on Ben Denniston, otherwise known as Fish. But Fish, struggling with problems of his own, thinks that Rose should go looking elsewhere for a knight in shining armor. Trying to forget him, Rose goes to college, takes up with a sword-wielding band of brothers, and starts an investigation into her family's past that proves increasingly mysterious. Then a tragic accident occurs, and Fish, assisted by Rose's new friends, finds himself drawn into a search through a tangle of revenge and corruption that might be threatening Rose's very life. The climax is a crucible of fear, fight, and fire that Fish must pass through to reach Rose and conquer his dragons.

Favourite Quotes: “I shall have twenty cats and talk to them all," she said, picking up the volume of poetry. "My cats and I shall have fish every day for dinner." Her imagination taking flight, she finished, dropping the book into the box, "And I shall memorize every line in this book and paint it in calligraphy on my living room walls.”
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There was a silence. Then Paul looked at Alex.
'She knows Chesterton.'
'She lives,' said Alex.

Back in 2011, I wanted to see who was reading my blog. I created some questions and posted them on my blog for readers to answer.

I got to know quite a few readers that way, so today I thought I'd redo that post. I've created twelve new questions and put them into a form.

Would you like to answer them?



If you'd like to know my own answers to these questions, please watch my video I made using Powtoon.


Which was your favourite question? 

For me, fonts are one of the first things I think about when making new blog designs and graphics.

So today, I decided to share seven of my favourite free handwritten fonts with you, to help with your creations.


These fonts are my go to fonts whenever I don't know what to use. They're from Googe Fonts if you'd like to download and use them.

I've always loved handwritten fonts. They aren't as formal as other fonts which makes them great for using on your blog.

Which is your favourite font? Do you like handwritten fonts?

Mum passed me a birthday present. "Happy birthday," she said, giving me a huge hug.

I looked down at the big gold box on my lap. What could possibly be inside it? I undid the ribbon and pulled the lid off. Inside was a smaller, wrapped parcel.

Confused, I unwrapped this, only to find a layer of bubble wrap. But under that was my present. "A 50mm lens!" I cried. "Thank you! Thank you!" I didn't know what to say. I'd been dreaming of this lens for ages, but I hadn't ever thought I'd get it.
A while later, we set off for our picnic and bush walk. I was itching with excitement as we all climbed out of the car and sat down at a picnic table. I couldn't wait to play with my camera.
Last time we'd gone on this walk, the waterfall had hardly been flowing, but this time it was magnificent.

Nearly every day I come rushing to Mum. "Look what I have found!" I cry, excited about my latest discovery.

Today I thought I'd share three of my favourite photography resources that you might find useful too.

Title: Heist Society

Author: Ally Carter

Stars: 5 out of 5

Genre: action

Blurb: When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie travelled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own—scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. Unfortunately, leaving “the life” for a normal life proves harder than she’d expected.
Soon, Kat's friend and former co-conspirator, Hale, appears out of nowhere to bring Kat back into the world she tried so hard to escape. But he has a good reason: a powerful mobster has been robbed of his priceless art collection and wants to retrieve it. Only a master thief could have pulled this job, and Kat's father isn't just on the suspect list, he is the list. Caught between Interpol and a far more deadly enemy, Kat’s dad needs her help.

For Kat, there is only one solution: track down the paintings and steal them back. So what if it's a spectacularly impossible job? She's got two weeks, a teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in her family's history--and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way.

Favourite Quotes: “Kat!” Gabrielle hissed. “You’re going to get caught."The smile Kat flashed over her shoulder was almost wicked. “I know.”
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“Kat had been picking things up since her third birthday, when Hamish and Angus's father took them all to the circus because he needed to "borrow" an elephant.”
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“It's every little girl's dream," she said. "Interpol surveillance. And kittens.”

Today, we went to the library. We took back all the books we were finished with, and brought home bags full of new books.

For today's post, I've picked out three of the books I borrowed which I'm really looking forward to reading.

Hawksmaid. I read this book a few years ago, but to be honest, I can't remember much about it besides that fact that I enjoyed it.

Summary: Before she was Maid Marian, she was Matty....

Matty has been raised to dance well, embroider exquisitely, and marry nobly. But when Matty's mother is murdered before her very eyes and her father, a nobleman, is reduced to poverty, Matty's life changes.

As the daughter of Nottingham's most famous falconer, she finds a new destiny in the hawks her father keeps. She begins to understand their thoughts and even speak their language. The beautiful merlin Marigold becomes Matty's closest winged companion and her fiercest ally.

It is a treacherous time in England. The sheriff of Nottingham is rising to power, and a true king has been kidnapped. Determined to fight, Matty's friend Fynn becomes Robin Hood. As Maid Marian, Matty joins Fynn and his Merry Men, famously robbing from the rich to give to the poor.