I read and I write.
I’m trying something a bit different this week, and participating in Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly post created by The Broke and the Bookish in 2010 and now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. I love making lists of books, and this seems like a really cool way of sharing books that you’ve read and discovering […]
Read More Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Could Re-read ForeverBooks I read during reading week while I should have been doing work.
Read More Five Miniature Book ReviewsI only got into YA relatively recently as I pretty much transitioned straight from reading children’s books to adult fiction, but I’m loving it. Many of these books were recommended and lent to me by a friend, which reminds me of times at school when certain books of the moment would be passed around the […]
Read More Top Ten: Contemporary YA fictionWhen I was thirteen or thereabouts, I read The Catcher in the Rye and it changed my world. Stereotypical, I know. Recently, I found myself trying to explain to a friend why it had such a powerful impact on me, and it was difficult to find the words. When I cast my mind back, an […]
Read More The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. SalingerI’ve recently become obsessed with the Netflix original sitcom One Day at a Time. It’s loosely based on a 70s-80s sitcom of the same name, and centres around three generations of a Cuban-American family all living together in one apartment. The general concept and style reminds me a bit of black-ish, in its juxtaposition of […]
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