Last night, we watched True Grit at last and I was immediately transfixed. I fell in love with the characters, the script, the cinematography and the tone was unmistakably Coenesque. It has made me want to rewatch all the Coen brother films I've already seen and catch all those I haven't got to yet. It… Continue reading True Grit
Category: Reading
Book Review: The Crucible
In an ongoing effort to read all the books and plays I 'should' read, I finally got to Arthur Miller's The Crucible. This was a staple study text for GCSE when I took mine all those years ago but it was not one that my class did so I knew little about it. I did… Continue reading Book Review: The Crucible
5 Books I loved in 2013
These books weren't actually released in 2013 but these are five books I loved last year: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck I am sure given enough time and enough years teaching this, I will grow weary of it but right now, I am as in love with this sad story as I was… Continue reading 5 Books I loved in 2013
Lest We Forget
I happen to be teaching World War I poetry at the moment so today has taken on even more significance for me than usual. Here are some of my favourite poems: ‘Suicide in the Trenches’ by Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the… Continue reading Lest We Forget
Reading Challenge Update
One of my 37 things was to read 50 books this year but I don't think I am going to make it (unless you let me count all the books I read to Lina which would most definitely be cheating). I am currently on my 37th book, Divergent by Veronica Roth, which means I am… Continue reading Reading Challenge Update
Book Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness My rating: 5 of 5 stars It has been a little while since I have been able to read a book purely for pleasure which gripped so hard and so fast. I could not put this book down - I loved it! The dystopian future is… Continue reading Book Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go
Book Club: Perks of Being a Wallflower
I loved this book very much and probably exactly equal to the amount I loved the film. I rooted for the protagonist Charlie throughout the book and the reveal about what had happened to him might not have had the same impact as the corresponding moment in the film but was crushing nonetheless.
D is for…
Castle has been my summer obsession. I have watched the first 4 seasons since leaving my placement in June. Love this show.
Inspirational
I read this first as an impressionable teenager which was probably the ideal time for the first reading. It is a book that has stayed with me, along with the other volumes in the autobiography. Maya Angelou is the epitome of an inspirational being. https://twitter.com/mamakatesays/status/25892776187
Book Review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this book as the first book for the Twitter book club set up by my teaching buddy called the #LETbookclub (Lost English Teachers). We get together on Twitter on the 1st of each month at 8pm.… Continue reading Book Review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Notes From My Day 