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For today's blog post I am reviewing Pam Ayres' children's book Hattie the Hare . Now it is a nice book.

Hi all, today's post was going to be a review of a book I recently read however I just found out the author recently used the word 'Woke' to describe modern feminism. I am gutted because 'woke' is normally used as an insult to those wanting justice, fairness and equality for all. This is something I thought the author would have supported but clearly I was wrong. All I can see is that I am glad the book of hers that I picked up only cost me 50p from out the front of a charity shop. The funny thing is that I finished the book off this week, ignoring all the books I wanted to read and only found out about her comments after I had finished it and after I had typed up my review. I am gutted to have found that out because there are enough people on the right brandishing others as 'woke' all too often. I do not find it an insult as such because to me it just says that I have woken up and I value equality. But I am not going to review a book when the author makes a...

Hello all. For some reason, though I thought I had posted on Monday it is nowhere to be seen!

Hello all... Now I know that women's rights have been at threat for a long time but when does it ever stop? Today I found out that 62 million men have accessed a r*pe "academy" site that teaches men how to drug and SA men and how to get away with it. I am horrified! I am disgusted, my stomach instantly started turning as I repulsed at the thought of that many men. Since when did one of the most heinous and violating crimes become treated as "a subject" to teach men about. It is grim that people find this acceptable... But then again, misogyny continues to rise. Look at all the number of rich and powerful men who have gotten away with committing crimes such as SA listed in the infamous files to do with the U.S.A. That country's president continues lording it over as if he is Jesus. Then we have people in this country including a certain disgraced ex-prince. There's also the people who want these sorts of disgustingly rich men to stay in power. The leader ...

Today I am reviewing another book. This time I am reviewing Pam Ayres's 2021 collection, On Animals . The collection brings together all her poems from across her work that in some way include any animals. These animals include hedgehogs as featured in her poem 'In Defence of Hedgehogs', or 'The Seagull' and even 'My Sister's Cat Does Not Like Me'; all of which provide Ayres' usual and unique humour.  Aside from Pam Ayres offering up her poems that come with the humour and the seriousness or the sentiment at times, she also included descriptions to add context to some of the poems.

I am back at another bookshop people.