MadBookLady
@madbooklady.bsky.social
Book lover, ever-so-infrequent-writer, swamped by an over-enthusiastic Golden Retriever and a Bernese Mountain Dog.
James - by Percival Everett. Just stunning. If you’ve read Huck Finn, you must read this. If you haven’t read Huck Finn, you must read this.
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
James - by Percival Everett. Just stunning. If you’ve read Huck Finn, you must read this. If you haven’t read Huck Finn, you must read this.
SEND day of action in Stafford today, nearly 130 pairs of shoes representing just a fraction of the children who have been failed by the current SEND system. Some heartbreaking stories and many of our children still not getting the education they deserve and are entitled to.
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
SEND day of action in Stafford today, nearly 130 pairs of shoes representing just a fraction of the children who have been failed by the current SEND system. Some heartbreaking stories and many of our children still not getting the education they deserve and are entitled to.
I am not unaware of the irony.
October 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I am not unaware of the irony.
Gliding into a perfect sunset. Whoever that was up there, I hope it felt as wonderful as it looked.
August 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Gliding into a perfect sunset. Whoever that was up there, I hope it felt as wonderful as it looked.
I’m lucky enough to have a very talented baker for a daughter. I thought her lemon cheesecake could not be bettered, then she only went and put blooming Marti hue on top of it. Dogs are not invited to sample it, no matter how interested they are.
February 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I’m lucky enough to have a very talented baker for a daughter. I thought her lemon cheesecake could not be bettered, then she only went and put blooming Marti hue on top of it. Dogs are not invited to sample it, no matter how interested they are.
Chris Whitaker’s novel All the Colours of the Dark. Had this for Christmas, read in two days! Easily one of my favourite reads of 2024. Wonderful writing and great characters. Loved it as much as his last one, We Begin at the End. The guy can really tell a story and find great titles for them.
December 31, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Chris Whitaker’s novel All the Colours of the Dark. Had this for Christmas, read in two days! Easily one of my favourite reads of 2024. Wonderful writing and great characters. Loved it as much as his last one, We Begin at the End. The guy can really tell a story and find great titles for them.
Perfect storm of LA underfunding, better diagnosing of neurodivergence, and schools becoming high demand environments pressured about attendance and league tables. LAs unlawfully creating barriers to EHCPs, parents desperate to get the right education and at the heart of it all, children in crisis.
Send provision in ‘vicious downward spiral’, says former children’s commissioner
Send provision in ‘vicious downward spiral’, says former children’s commissioner
Anne Longfield urges government to act on early intervention and support for children with complex needs
* ‘The worst it’s ever been’: teachers decry Send crisis in England’s schools
Children with special education needs and disabilities (Send) have…
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Perfect storm of LA underfunding, better diagnosing of neurodivergence, and schools becoming high demand environments pressured about attendance and league tables. LAs unlawfully creating barriers to EHCPs, parents desperate to get the right education and at the heart of it all, children in crisis.
Do not leave books where the puppy can find them. Do not leave books where the puppy can find them. Do not….luckily (!) I had read past page 13 of M W Craven’s The Botanist! Gus clearly likes Tilly and Poe as much as I do!
November 28, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Do not leave books where the puppy can find them. Do not leave books where the puppy can find them. Do not….luckily (!) I had read past page 13 of M W Craven’s The Botanist! Gus clearly likes Tilly and Poe as much as I do!
When a dog feels safe they have no shame. #Dogsofbluesky
November 25, 2024 at 11:02 PM
When a dog feels safe they have no shame. #Dogsofbluesky
My first Dr Who episode was Spearhead from Space. Those shop dummies coming to life with guns as hands was bloody terrifying and I was hooked. #drwhoday
a wooden door with a sign that says doctors only
ALT: a wooden door with a sign that says doctors only
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November 24, 2024 at 12:15 AM
My first Dr Who episode was Spearhead from Space. Those shop dummies coming to life with guns as hands was bloody terrifying and I was hooked. #drwhoday
Next from TheMadLibrary is Wedlock by Wendy Moore. A very satisfying look at how one man got more than he bargained for at a time when he could have safely assumed that he could behave just as he liked…hmmm.
November 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Next from TheMadLibrary is Wedlock by Wendy Moore. A very satisfying look at how one man got more than he bargained for at a time when he could have safely assumed that he could behave just as he liked…hmmm.
Book 5 from TheMadLibrary: Elektra by Jennifer Saint. Excellent modern retelling of Elektra’s story - have Saint’s Hera on my Christmas list.
November 19, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Book 5 from TheMadLibrary: Elektra by Jennifer Saint. Excellent modern retelling of Elektra’s story - have Saint’s Hera on my Christmas list.
Book four from The MadLibrary. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. An enthralling and intelligent vampire story which I have read a few times.
November 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Book four from The MadLibrary. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. An enthralling and intelligent vampire story which I have read a few times.
Families have been dealing with this for years - I know of several families placed on child protection plans, accused of emotional abuse for trying to get the help their children so desperately needed. They were taken of the CPP very swiftly but the damage done...
www.wm-adass.org.uk/improvement/...
www.wm-adass.org.uk/improvement/...
Autism and parental blame research | WMADASS
www.wm-adass.org.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Families have been dealing with this for years - I know of several families placed on child protection plans, accused of emotional abuse for trying to get the help their children so desperately needed. They were taken of the CPP very swiftly but the damage done...
www.wm-adass.org.uk/improvement/...
www.wm-adass.org.uk/improvement/...
Gus the Bernese Mountain Dog (with 13 months of growing left to do 😱) and Milo the Goldie. Bloody gorgeous the pair of them, in spite of the hole-digging and skirting-board-chewing. #dogsofbluesky
November 17, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Gus the Bernese Mountain Dog (with 13 months of growing left to do 😱) and Milo the Goldie. Bloody gorgeous the pair of them, in spite of the hole-digging and skirting-board-chewing. #dogsofbluesky
Book three from the MadLibrary, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. A poem of a book about Shakespeare’s son who died young. A study in love, grief and family. Beautiful.
November 17, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Book three from the MadLibrary, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. A poem of a book about Shakespeare’s son who died young. A study in love, grief and family. Beautiful.
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My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
Book two from the library and it’s all going terribly well…I had a like for yesterday which is one more interaction than I’m used to!
Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s The Square of Sevens, great historical mystery. Fabulous heroine and even fabulous-er twist.I love Laura’s writing - hope she moves here!
Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s The Square of Sevens, great historical mystery. Fabulous heroine and even fabulous-er twist.I love Laura’s writing - hope she moves here!
November 16, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Book two from the library and it’s all going terribly well…I had a like for yesterday which is one more interaction than I’m used to!
Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s The Square of Sevens, great historical mystery. Fabulous heroine and even fabulous-er twist.I love Laura’s writing - hope she moves here!
Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s The Square of Sevens, great historical mystery. Fabulous heroine and even fabulous-er twist.I love Laura’s writing - hope she moves here!
I’m a shameless book hoarder. In the other place I was nervous of even posting replies but here I’m going to engage positively, posting a random book daily from my library, and saying something nice about it.
Justin Cronin’s final and best novel in The Passage Trilogy, City of Mirrors. Stunning.
Justin Cronin’s final and best novel in The Passage Trilogy, City of Mirrors. Stunning.
November 15, 2024 at 10:06 AM
I’m a shameless book hoarder. In the other place I was nervous of even posting replies but here I’m going to engage positively, posting a random book daily from my library, and saying something nice about it.
Justin Cronin’s final and best novel in The Passage Trilogy, City of Mirrors. Stunning.
Justin Cronin’s final and best novel in The Passage Trilogy, City of Mirrors. Stunning.
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Good morning.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
November 14, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Good morning.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
My daughter is a talented amateur baker and made a cake for a friend’s wedding today. At the last minute of assembling it she decided to make each tier two layers instead of three so today, my friends, there is an abundance of cake in the kitchen. Vanilla sponge for breakfast.
November 9, 2024 at 9:02 AM
My daughter is a talented amateur baker and made a cake for a friend’s wedding today. At the last minute of assembling it she decided to make each tier two layers instead of three so today, my friends, there is an abundance of cake in the kitchen. Vanilla sponge for breakfast.
World leaders have to acknowledge the holder of arguably the most powerful office in the world (even if through gritted teeth) but I like very much what Sadiq Khan says here.
London mayor Sadiq Khan strikes a different tone to the PM this morning, noting many Londoners will be anxious about Trump's win and calling for everyone to double down in the fight for progress
November 6, 2024 at 11:05 AM
World leaders have to acknowledge the holder of arguably the most powerful office in the world (even if through gritted teeth) but I like very much what Sadiq Khan says here.
I am drinking whisky and hoping that felons belong in jail, not in the whitehouse.
Husband in US on business; after a big meeting, head of HR urges everyone to vote: ‘even you’ ( indicating my husband’ ) My Hubbie: ‘I’ll be the third candidate. If you want to rejoin the colonies?!’ No takers.
Husband in US on business; after a big meeting, head of HR urges everyone to vote: ‘even you’ ( indicating my husband’ ) My Hubbie: ‘I’ll be the third candidate. If you want to rejoin the colonies?!’ No takers.
November 5, 2024 at 11:15 PM
I am drinking whisky and hoping that felons belong in jail, not in the whitehouse.
Husband in US on business; after a big meeting, head of HR urges everyone to vote: ‘even you’ ( indicating my husband’ ) My Hubbie: ‘I’ll be the third candidate. If you want to rejoin the colonies?!’ No takers.
Husband in US on business; after a big meeting, head of HR urges everyone to vote: ‘even you’ ( indicating my husband’ ) My Hubbie: ‘I’ll be the third candidate. If you want to rejoin the colonies?!’ No takers.
Utter dangerous nonsense from Badenoch, only appealing to those with no experience of neurodivergence, disability or MH issues.The lazy assumptions, the dismissal of barriers to support, all of it breathtakingly ignorant. She should never be anywhere near power.
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As a psychotherapist I cannot emphasise just how inherently offensive, harmful and inaccurate Kemi Badenoch’s pamphlet is.
It woefully ignores the systemic barriers facing people with mental ill health, neurodivergence and disability.
📸 Excerpt from The Guardian
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It woefully ignores the systemic barriers facing people with mental ill health, neurodivergence and disability.
📸 Excerpt from The Guardian
🖋️ inews.co.uk/news/politic...
October 15, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Utter dangerous nonsense from Badenoch, only appealing to those with no experience of neurodivergence, disability or MH issues.The lazy assumptions, the dismissal of barriers to support, all of it breathtakingly ignorant. She should never be anywhere near power.
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I have a very talented daughter who makes the most amazing desserts in her spare time. No calories in home baking right? And don’t give me the puppy eyes Milo, this lemon cheesecake is strictly for humans…
October 10, 2024 at 10:07 PM
I have a very talented daughter who makes the most amazing desserts in her spare time. No calories in home baking right? And don’t give me the puppy eyes Milo, this lemon cheesecake is strictly for humans…