Lately, I have been watching a lot of TV series and films as I have found it hard to focus on my reading. I binge watched the 5 seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race available to me on the UK Netflix, and naturally that segued into looking up films with Cher in (Thank you, Chad … Continue reading Film Review: Mermaids (1990)
Oh yes, I waited ages to make another post. Life keeps getting in the way! I won’t bore you with the details, but I have been reading and writing short reviews on Goodreads It has taken me a while, but I am hoping to post more, starting with my most anticipated reads of 2016. Of … Continue reading Most anticipated books of 2016
I am 37% of the way through A Place Called Winter, which is an amazing book and is going as expected plot-wise. I decided to take a break and have since read the 'Your Favourite Pizza Witch' comic by Sarah Graley - something my fiancé ordered from a Kickstarter and received in the post this … Continue reading Readathon – 1 book down!
Just checking in, after having a hair appointment at which I could not blog. I have been reading my book club book 'A Place Called Winter' by Patrick Gale. It didn't hook me at first but I am 27% of the way through on my Kindle and am fascinated now. It's a look at Edwardian … Continue reading Readathon October 2015
After a rather successful Readathon, and a so far successful four and a bit months of reading (oh my, are we in May already?!) I am more obsessed with books than ever. Which is unfortunate, as I have very little time at the moment in which to read. I have an amazing pile of books … Continue reading That feeling when you want to get stuck into your book pile, but life gets in the way…
Well, I may not have blogged much, but I did complete the readathon. It took me a couple of hours extra to finish my 3rd book, but I started late and spent a lot of time not reading so I don't mind. Apart from sleeping, playing The Simpsons Tapped Out, going in the bath and … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon – April 2015 – Hours 10-24
I have finished reading the play Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse. This is a GCSE set text at my placement school and I thought it best that I read it so that when I work with Year 11, I can help them understand it. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and loved the characters. It was … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon – April 2015 – Hours 6-9
I have now finished Brown Girl Dreaming. This is such a fantastic book! It is unusual in that it is a memoir that is written in free verse. It follows the life of the author from her birth and early months in Ohio, through to her mother moving the family back to her childhood home … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon – April 2015 – Hours 4-5
I've been chilling, drinking a ginger beer and reading Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson - an absolutely beautiful, engrossing auto-biographical book written in free-verse poetry. I am nearly done, but thought I would add a quick update and enter one of the mini-challenges. Readathon Mini-Challenge: Classic Words of Wisdom. from Allie @ A Literary … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon – April 2015 – Hours 2-3
It's been so long since my last readathon! I am busy working on my teacher training so have had so little time for blogging, and barely much time for reading, but today I will try and rectify that! I will still need to plan lessons, but I am going to sit, chill out and read … Continue reading Dewey’s Readathon – April 2015 – Hour 1
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