Fabulous birthday treat listening to @afsteadman.bsky.social and @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social yesterday. Thanks for organising such a great event.
NicholaJ
@nj13.bsky.social
Mum of 2,avid reader and music lover! Fossils, rocks and sea glass treasure hunter. 👓Primary Teacher and AP 📖English Lead 📚 Co-lead OU/UKLA Teacher's Reading Group
Wonderful @openuni-rfp.bsky.social conference. Well-deserved award to @nj13.bsky.social for her incredible work. Delighted to meet @amdassu.bsky.social and @robbiddulph.bsky.social who were both incredibly inspiring as were the workshops.
New year group, new topics....means new books to love! @joelillington.bsky.social @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social
One of our parents at school has loaned me this by Jenny Pearson and I can't put it down. Great storytelling and I love the characters. Going to order some for school for our Year 6 to support WW2 topic learning📚
Finished The Countdown Killer at the wekend and cross at myself for reading it so fast! Perfectly tying up threads from the series... it probably says something about me when out of *everything* that happens it was the funeral in Chapter 79 that was the hardest to read. @samhollandbooks.bsky.social
Never have I done a re-read of a series but I am loving revisiting this in preparation for The Countdown Killer being released next week. I am on the lookout for details I missed knowing what I know! @samhollandbooks.bsky.social
C says she is ready to shine like Tokyo again. Said she couldn't believe she'd seen @shedsevenofficial.bsky.social in December and now ready to burn this disco down again today. Lucky you I said @lightningseeds.bsky.social Excited for them both to see Paul Heaton too. Nothing like live music🥰
First day of half term holidays and although I made it, I have spent the day napping on the sofa and trying not to cough up a lung. Finished this though. So powerful and unforgettable. I don't know why it has taken me so long to bring it from my TBR pile. 📚
Also happy new vinyl weekend to me. Sunshine, music and pottering about with the kids=perfect.
Sometimes you just need to be back with old friends. Felt like this weekend was the right time to read this and be back with Max, Harbinder but especially Ruth and Nelson @ellygriffiths @ellygriffiths.bsky.social
Some lovely book selections out for our Social Reading session this morning. One girl asked me if she could read Illuminature as she walked in the door before she had even seen the other selection and she loves choosing friends to explore it with her. #readingforpleasure
Happy #StarWarsDay The asset has been acquired! Really enjoyed building our Grogus at the Lego Store.
This only arrived on Thursday's release day and I promised myself I would savour it. But I just couldn't. No spoilers but it was so worth me not being able to put it down and now being sad that I am at the end. Love @janecasey.bsky.social characters so much!! And now what to read?!
How do I know I am on Easter holiday? Starting my 2nd @janecasey.bsky.social book of the week. Can't get enough of Maeve and Josh and some murders!
One of my little treats today! I said to J he would love The Final Year and he has read it in 1 sitting this afternoon. Fool him if he thinks he is reading this before me😄
It was a real honour to be a part of this wondeful day today.
Teresa Cremin@teresacremin.bsky.social · 2y agoWonderful OU / UKLA conference today with nearly 100 teachers in Doncaster : Thanks! 1st day of hols for some!! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social @newarktrg.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @whatonearth.bsky.social @uklitassociation.bsky.social
Wonderful OU / UKLA conference today with nearly 100 teachers in Doncaster : Thanks! 1st day of hols for some!! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social @newarktrg.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @whatonearth.bsky.social @uklitassociation.bsky.social
I have read this as J is reading it as Book of the Month at sch and we are doing it together. Michael Morpurgo never fails in his storytelling to capture emotions and those emotions spill out of my eyes. A beautiful, beautiful story.
Had THE best author visit with Ramzee today. Thanks @hachettechildrens.bsky.social @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social
I have had worst Mondays!! Thanks @readingagency.bsky.social for our Finding Bear books to review. @hannahgold.bsky.social
Not sure playing this is leading to a chill Sunday before back to school and work. There have been tears and an alliance formed. Turns out that a cute Grogu theme does not mean less Monopoly drama!
I have just finished this and loved being back in Lake Pristine. This gorgeous story seems effortless...just pure joy to be with the characters that I was effortlessly all in with from Chapter 1. An addictive read that had my heart! In my head Jonah is Miles Teller in Footloose😊
Elle McNicoll 🏴♾️@ellemcnicoll.bsky.social · 2y agoWish You Were Her! Neurodivergent YA, coming this summer. It's about a celebrity who gets a summer job as a bookseller in a small town book festival and falls in love with a grumpy colleague. Preorders are open!!
Love Spurn so much. Crashing waves and treasure hunting. Found some lovely fossils and c was delighted to find part of a cold war bakelite practice bomb case!
As usual in half term I had a massive list of jobs and DIY I wanted to do. My brain meant I couldn't stop til done. Now I am having some time alternating between the new @mglnrd.bsky.social which I told my class I would have finished and the new YA from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social . Lucky, lucky me!📚
Loved seeing @jennymclachlan.bsky.social today and everytime we see her there's something new we find out. J and C are arguing over who is reading Dragon Riders of Roar first. Luckily I have already read it on NetGalley or we would all be arguing🤭 @waterstoneskids.bsky.social
Thank you to the lovely @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social for taking time to speak with C about inspiring her to write. The session was sold out but we managed to get a book signed😍 @waterstoneskids.bsky.social
What a morning with these titans at the Waterstones Children's Book Festival! Fun, interactive and lots of laughs in this draw off!! @jamiesmart.bsky.social and @neillcameron.bsky.social @waterstoneskids.bsky.social
Early wake-up means I have finally finished this long awaited @jennymclachlan.bsky.social book! Loved being back in Roar. So special to us as it's one of the first book series we enjoyed together as bedtime stories🐲 Finished in time for @WaterstonesLinc children's book festival tomorrow📚
