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Book Review: Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam

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It's been a while since this blog was last active, and a lot has happened in this period. A personal loss, a pandemic, the Olympics. Did I mention the pandemic?Well, we're back to...

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Exercise those Hand Muscles with Play Clay Mats!

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When was the last time you tried to write something, with a pen or pencil? Did it feel harder than you expected it to be? If so, then you are just one of...

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Z is for Dr. Zhivago

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Sometimes a story has the ability to teach us about a country, an uprising, a revolution. Dr. Zhivago is one such book by Boris Pasternak, that takes you on a journey through the...

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Y is for The Yearling

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The Yearling is a book that gets down to the very basic needs of a person – food, water, love and companionship. In a world dominated by social media likes and debates on...

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X is for Xala

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Finding an entry for X is never easy in an A to Z Challenge! It was the same this time too, and I’ve finally settled upon Xala, a novel translated from French, written...

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W is for Wuthering Heights

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Sometimes you come across a book that just consumes you. You start reading, and before you know it, you are inside it, living with the characters, feeling their pain and praying for them....

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V is for Vanity Fair

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In most stories, there are some elements that you can’t do without. A protagonist, an antagonist, lots of supporting characters and of course, a story line. However, in William M. Thackeray’s Vanity Fair,...

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