Boof’s lovely weekend

This is where I get to gloat about how wonderful my husband is. All last week, Mr Whisperer kept telling me that he had a surprise for me on Saturday. I couldn’t get any clues out of him other than a categoric “NO!” when I gleefully asked if it was a 10 minute trolley-dash round Waterstones (sigh!). Mr Whisperer told me to set my alarm clock for 9am on Saturday, which I dutifully did (although I did end up getting up at 6.30am because it felt like my birthday!) and finally I got to know what my surprise was: a trip to the spa!

Oh yes! My day consisted of an aromatherapy massage, a facial with head massage, a manicure and a pedicure, all while listening to plinky-plonky music and surrounded by scented candles. Pure bliss.

And all this because I was made redundant (AGAIN!!) last week and Mr Whisperer wanted to cheer me up becuause I had been feeling blue about the whole job thing. I’m a very lucky girl!

Websites / blog’s I’ve found

I love discovering new bookish websites and blogs on the internet. This week I have fallen in love with BookRabbit. They are webiste where you can review books, connect with people who like the same books as you, they do author interviews and most importantly they do lots of freebie book giveaways of just-out books! Oh, and they’re UK based. What’s not to love?

24 hour Read-a-thon

Hurray!!! My first ever Read-a-thon is coming up on 10th April. Not only that, but I am an official Cheerleader for this. Yep, that’s right, I am donning white ankle socks, a short skirt and waving pink pompoms around especially for the occasion (OK, not really – I’m 38, that would be weird!).

So, what is the Read-a-thon I hear you cry. Well, it is what it says on the tin – 24 hours of pure unadulterated blissful reading. There will be teams set up and and prizes given out and lots of online encouragement and all you have to do is read. I know, perfect eh?

One of my jobs as a Cheerleader is to recruit more cheerleaders to spread the love and make sure that 10th April is fun! Does anyone want to join me? If you’re interested please can you let me know on the comments below and also go to this link and fill in your details. You don’t need to have a blog to do this – just a love of books and a sense of fun. That’s you, right????

What I’ve learnt reading this week

15-20% 0f all Norwegian children think that their Dad is a different man to who he really is. (The Snowman by Jo Nesbo).