Watching: The Black List and Elementary Eating: Paul Newman Tex-Mex dressing - divine! Drinking: Nice coffee Listening to: Mumford and Sons, Into the Wild Soundtrack, Eddie Vedder's Ukulele Songs and any song played on Friday Night Lights Reading: Trying to decide what to read next after finishing Gone Girl last night. Perhaps Divergent by Veronica… Continue reading Lately…
Some Good Advice
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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
5 Favourite Things about Autumn
The deep, warm colours of the leaves Wearing jumpers and tights with boots Parkin Fireworks and Halloween The word 'autumnal'
Half Term Hijinx
Tonight we attended Lina's first bonfire display which has capped off an incredibly fun half-term week including her first trick or treating adventure, a visit to a farm, baking with Grandma a hair cut for all of us and playing in leaves (one of her own requests for the week). The fireworks at Warwick Racecourse… Continue reading Half Term Hijinx
A Month of Posts
I'm joining in with NaBloPoMo this November because it has become a bit of a tradition and I seem to be only able to blog regularly lately when I am compelled, such are the demands on my time. My first term of teaching has been immensely gratifying although my work to-do list is enough to… Continue reading A Month of Posts
Writing Lists
My life always seems to run smoother when I am writing lists. I may have mentioned before how much I like lists. I generally like to keep to-do lists to keep on top of everything at work and at home. Lately, work has been moving at a pace too fast for lists. Lack of time… Continue reading Writing Lists
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Kate: Bobble Purse
Look! I made a thing! A pretty thing! Head on over to sew make believe to read about it.
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.
On Wednesday night, we gathered at Berylune for our book club chat. Overall, the group enjoyed the book although some more than others. A coming of age story of a troubled teen in 1990s America, the book takes you through a year in the life of Charlie.
I had seen the film (written by the book’s author Chbosky) and had loved that and the book didn’t disappoint. Other comments from our members:
‘I’m wondering if I will feel more for the characters after I’ve seen the film.’
‘I really enjoyed this book. It took me back to the 90s and reminded me of My So-Called Life.’
‘I really liked the references to other books. Having read lots of them, it added a new dimension to reading the story and understanding the characters.’
Our next book club meeting will be online only. Our next book is Celia Rees’s This is Not…
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Notes From My Day 