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Bionic Sarah
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Book Blogger /Retired Consultant Neonatologist, odd ball and a bit of an arty theatrical type
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Arthritis and chronic pain they can rebuild
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The next theatrical offering is The Crucible Im playing an old lady again .yes it’s just as well I have a wooden walking stick .
9-11 October Tads Theatre Toddington tickets ticketsource.co.uk/afds
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My review of Flashlight by Susan Choi book 10 Booker prize Long list readathon 25 probably my favourite ; a complex multigenerational novel set in Korea and USA with a fabulous unpredictable plot twist 2/3 in . I love this novel five star bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/f...
September 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New favourite band sound of the sirens they are playing found festival this weekend so I discovered them listening to the Spotify playlist .so looking forward to it .its a bit chilly may be a donkey ears year say hello if you see me I’ll be in my power chair
August 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Wow I add my NetGalley reviews to Amazon and they actually get seen .influencer me !
August 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
View from this mornings reading spot I’m on book 3 of my Booker prize long list 2025 which is the loneliness of Sonia and sunny . By Kiran Desai it’s great but at 688 pages pretty substantial it may take more than a day to get into this one .i got an early copy on NetGalley uk it’s out in September
August 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Home now I’m sitting gazing lovingly at the beautiful colours knowing they all will need balling up from their skeins but that’s another day .Currently they exist as potential only rather like a seed that will eventually flower
July 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I promised myself last week that I would only buy wool that I had patterns for already but of course faced by the cornucopia of beauty I panic bought until the bag on the back of my chair was full then took myself home before I started to fill another bag .
July 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I’m now sitting at home admiring my stash I particularly liked the way that one dyer used local landmarks in Birmingham as her influences and another had colours influenced by famous paintings
July 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In lots of pain this morning but I had tickets to a local wool festival in Ampthill so I forced myself out early this morning and had a whizz round on my chair .Of course several bundles of hand dyed loveliness came home with me .Retail therapy best pain relief ever
July 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Cottage garden in pots this is the view from my reading spot today .After a fab day yesterday at folk by the oak I’m resting today with a good book
July 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
What are you reading today? I’m reading The Fathers by John Niven. This is absolutely fabulous ,published yesterday so you can get hold of it and I thoroughly recommend it. full review to come but this is one of those books that I’m posting how great it is before I’ve finished
July 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thank you @muswellpress @fionabrownleedonald for my copy of Miss Veal and Miss Ham by Vikki Haywood .the story of the love of 2 postwomen .This really looks like my kind of novel I’m looking forward to diving in
July 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
My review of the magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sacher the first adult novel for the author. An fairytale where the court magician is tasked with causing the princess to forget her lowly love so that she can marry a more suitable prince 4 star bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/t...
July 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Up early for me to beat the heat and get some garden reading done .im enjoying The last Apartment in Istanbul by Deane Suman .Heres my view it’s peaceful and relaxing in my little piece of paradise
June 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Just home from my trip on the pride train ! Thameslink has painted both ends of this train with a pride flag and had posters inside with staff members saying how important pride is to them .As an Ali a friend to queer people and a lover of the rainbow I rather loved it
June 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Just home from my trip on the pride train ! Thameslink has painted both ends of this train with a pride flag and had listers inside with staff members saying how important pride is to them .As an Ali and friend to queer people I rather loved it
June 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Oh fab I’ve never seen the quote before I’ve this one in my garden
June 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Positivity posting today to take my mind off my screaming back This wool is giving me so much joy to work with .Appropriate for Pride month I’m making a Tunisian crochet stitch sampler shawl .No time to get bored 10 rows of one stitch then onto a new one
June 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
How beautiful are these wild flowers planted outside our local Tescos .it was so bright it was hard to get a good photo but limping past them today to get kit’s glasses fixed they really cheered me up
June 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It’s my day on the blog tour to publish my review of Going Home in the Dark by Dean Koontz A supernatural mystery scooby Do meets Stephen King fun thank you @FMcMAssociates @katrina_power for my copy
bionicsarahsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/goi…
May 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I’ve been posting a flower a day from my garden on my instagram feed I’m on day 22 and have found one for every day since I started I’ll
Be intrigued how long it will continue .it started as a way to prove to myself that this last long winter was over .now it’s just to spread joy .Today Aquiligia
May 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’ve been posting a flower a day from my garden on my instagram feed I’m on day 22 and have found one for every day since I started I’ll
Be intrigued how long it will continue .it started as a way to prove to myself that this last long winter was over .now it’s just to spread joy .Today Aqualigia
May 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My great friend Michele I has a fab radio show on radio bedford on Sunday mornings full of joy and happiness.She wants local charities to chat to .message me and I can put you in contact. I’m also doing book reviews for her just new books I love to spread the joy
May 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Rehearsals going beautifully for my next Am Dram production Arsenic and old lace by Joseph kesselring 5 th 6 th 7 th June tads there Toddington spot me on the poster ? Ticketsource.vo.uk/afds
May 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Reading under the big old broken golf umbrella this morning there were light showers but I think it’s going to brighten up soon and I really don’t want to go back inside. Today’s novel is when sleeping women wake. by Emma Pei Yin
April 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM