KEEPING AXOLOTLS By Linda Adkins

This is probably going to be a short one seen as there's no narrative to dive in to of characters to break our hearts.... this is in fact a non-fiction book. I picked this up purely because I am in fact planning on getting myself a small herd of adorable little pokemon-esq axolotls and I wanted to do a little research first  :D

They soooo cute :3

Anyway... onto the actual review...

This book does exactly what it says on the tin, I informs and explains about to to lovingly and effectively care for your not to furry aquatic little pets. Everything from choosing your tank to food to breeding is explained simply without being patronising. There are plenty of clear colour pictures to illustrate the text and entice you into homing these cute little fellas.

If you too are looking to get yourself some axolotls then I would certainly recommend this book as prior research, and if you're not looking to get some as pets then there are plenty of cute pictures to look at anyway.

Because this is so short, I'll add some more pics to fill it out a bit :)

RED DUST ROAD by Jackie Kay

Here we go!! First blog post from my new desk and new writing chair... very exciting! :)

I read this book for the category A Memoir. This is a very beautiful and insightful book, and i am glad to have read it.

Red Dust Road is Jackie Kay's (Famous Scottish author and poet) story of how she one day realised that her parents had a different skin colour to her and that maybe there was more to her family than she first thought. This is the journey that Kay takes to track down her birth parents, her Nigerian father, and her mother from the highlands of Scotland. In this brave and honest book, Kay talks about the experience of meeting her biological parents for the first time and the excitements and disappointments she is met with along the way.

Before I say anything else, I am glad I have read this and it is a wonderful, beautiful story which illustrates the true meaning of family, as well as being an interesting insight of racial differences from a time period different to our own. The only slight issue I may have to raise about this is it is quite repetitive and I feel that this book would be just as powerful, even if were half the size.

I know this is a short one, but I'm not entirely sure what else to write other than this is a lovely book about a women trying to find herself in her family, and find out where she came from. A book I would certainly recommend to those looking for a heart warming and poignant yet fairly easy read.