#4 TBT: The Secret Life of Jamie B: Rapstar by Ceri Worman
Transcript It is about… A boy called Jaimie who wants to be a wraper[sic] but a girl from South America comes to visit and he has to look after her for a week!!! She gives him a deal and they work on it as soon as Jamie finds a note on his book. What sticks […]
#3 TBT: Arthur Rocks with Binky by Marc Brown
Transcript It is about… a bear called Arthur who is really excited about his best band BINKY comming[sic] to town but when he gets his tickets hes[sic] at the back row! When hes[sic] dad says Arthur can come backstage with him hes[sic] really excited then he find[sic] out that BINKY is not real. What sticks […]
TBT #2: The Worry Website by Jacqueline Wilson
For those of you new here, this is a look back at 9-year-old Nadia’s book reviews. So we return with the second instalment in this ‘Throwback Thursday’ series with The Worry Website by Jacqueline Wilson! Transcript It is about… Different peoples worrys[sic] that were typed in the worry website and commented on by people in […]
Book Review: The Letter by Kathryn Hughes
This book was an emotional tale of sorrow, loss and family. Warning: it did contain multiple descriptions of both emotional and physical abuse, an aspect which surprisingly really touched me emotionally and even angered me at times. I was angered by Rick’s treatment of Tina, pantomime internally screaming “don’t do it!” when she returned to […]
TBT #1: The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
So basically, when I was younger I went to this thing called ChatterBooks where we – brace yourself – talked about books! While clearing up I’ve recently found a bunch of old ChatterBooks book reviews which I must’ve written when I was about eight or nine. So instead of letting them rot, I’ve decided I’ll […]
Review of Daughter by Jane Shemilt: A Mixed Journey
“I first picked up this book because I saw it advertised on an underground billboard (great reasoning eh!?) and to an extent, it did not disappoint…”
Book Review: The Girl on The Train by Paula Hawkins
This book has been raved about so much on social media that when I saw a hardback copy for £2.99 at a charity shop, I had to get it! (I love hardbacks, okay?! I don’t have nearly enough) I’m on an internet-less holiday right now (literally posting this was a nightmare) so this book came […]
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Book Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Now this is not the kind of book I would normally read, but I saw it came out in cinemas a couple of months ago and I thought: hey, I should really read it before watching it. Also this has made me realise how I seem to have a knack for reading books that are […]
Work Shadowing David Plumb, Digital Director at O2 and Telefonica
So I know this is very different to my normal bookish stuff but I want a record of this once-in-a-lifetime experience! A couple of weeks ago I applied for a number of work shadowing opportunities through ‘Go Think Big’ (it’s an awesome website which has all sorts of opportunities- it really is great!). I beat […]