Sometimes your kids make you so proud that you want to shout loudly and tell every man and his dog .obviously I can’t do that so cryptic comments on social media just have to do
I’ve eaten so much gluten free
Colin the Caterpillar 🐛 cake that I actually nearly succeeded with my birthday plan to eat my body weight in cake .feeling a wee bit nauseous now
Try superstore ,Kim’s convenience and Abbott elementary I lived the shows you mentioned too
Have a listen to Michel’s fabulous Sunday morning radio show and you can hear one of my book reviews www.mixcloud.com/bedfordradio...
Drain bloke arrived after much rodding and jetting a big hole arrived in the neighbours drive under the pebbles and we discovered a drain inspection pipe which had apparently been blocked by a football .
the ball had fallen in and was producing a valve like blocking the sink water
Fabulous new optician today halted my eye exam and said you are 60 next week you can get it free come back then and I’ll finish it for you so you don’t have to pay .how lovely was that .in even better news neither of us need new glasses or hearing aids
Today started swimmingly well I dropped a whole pint milk which exploded all over the kitchen then when I go to put the glass in the bin I discover milk all over the garden and our bloody sink drain is blocked .I’m done with this adulting
Belatedly publishing my list of 5 star reads in 2025 and pleasingly I had 25 out of 131 books I read that I gave 5 stars to bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/5...
Irritatingly my prescription prepayment certificate ran out a week before my 60th birthday I checked and my regular prescriptions would have cost me £89 for a month so £32 still a saving .makes me feel so healthy having to take a carrier to the pharmacy each month
Finally the first signs of spring I spent 4 hours sitting in my garden with my kindle and the afternoon catching up with a friend .i feel like a new woman .its been a long difficult winter
My review of the fabulous Under Story by Chloe Benjamin a unique sci-fi novel with a parallel universe storyline beautifully poignant five⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/u...
My review of Belgrave Road by Manish Chauhan the story of two recent immigrants to Leicester a Somali man and an Indian woman. A love story to multicultural Britain quietly beautiful 4⭐️ @FaberBooks @NetGalley_UK bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/b...
My review of Whatever Happened to Madeline Stone ? by Louise O’Neill the story of child’s TV stars, one of him becomes adult star whereas the other disappears4⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/w...
Miracles of miracles after making some phone calls I now have the same physio for both my knees and my hips .had a face to face today where it was my knees that were examined they are less of a problem than my hips .hips next time
Started watching er first series today wow I’d forgotten how great it was .i was working as a resident doctor at the time 1994 and im finding it all a bit traumatising
This morning I’ve been mostly keeping my NALS skills up to date by resuscitating a drowsy bumble bee .She’s definitely moving about more now and can fly short distances but not flown away .i may have a new pet
I’ve been describing my 97 year old mother in law living alone like she’s a 3 year old allowed to live alone at home .Today I realised this was unfair …my sons at 3 were far more sensible .Another trip today when she’s fallen and been on the floor all night without pressing her button or phoning us
My review of The Waiting List by Matilda Wilding a young mother sets out to ensure she gets the heart transplant she needs to save her life 4⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/t...
My review of the extraordinary sci go novel Homebound by Portia Elan one for lovers of David Mitchell with its interconnected far distant storylines 4⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/h...
My review of Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy.A dystopian climate change novel with added locked room element 5⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/w...
My review of A Great Act Of Love by Heather Rose A grand historical novel set in 1830s a girl follows her transported father to the colonies 4⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/a...
My review of sisters in yellow by Meiji Kawakami the story of a Japanese girl and her deteriorating life as she drifts into illegal gang life 4 ⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/s...
My review of Upward Bound by Woody Brown The story of a day centre for autistic adults told from the point of view of an autistic man and written by an autistic author .i loved it 5 ⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/u...
My review of the Comfort of distant stars by IO Echeruo a gifted physicist is placed by an internal spirit 4⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/t...
My review of Minbak by Ela Lee the story of 3 generations of a Korean family who open a boarding house when money is tight 4⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/m...
My review of Penitence by Kristin Kovol a tense emotional novel following the lives of a family after their daughter kills their sick son. I love this novel⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/p...
My Review of the utterly Fabulous The Calamity Club by Katheryn Stockett the story of a group of women in depression era USA think Annie meets Grapes of Wrath this book is going to do extremely well five ⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/t...
My review of the fabulous The Barbecue At No 9 by Jennie Godfrey my most anticipated book of the year A time capsule of the weekend in 1984 of the live aid concert I thoroughly enjoyed it four⭐️ bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/t...
My review of The last Midwife by Karen Lawrence a tense dystopian novel set in a world where all women give birth by Caesarian and damaged babies do not go home four stars bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/t...
Sometimes my pain is so bad all I can envisage is curling up in my room .no who am I kidding it’s not sometimes it’s often .But today I’m literally forcing myself to go to a gig in London that I booked ages ago .otherwise the pain wins
