#BangingBookClub: Asking For It by Louise O’Neill
So Youtubers Hannah Witton, Leena Norms and Lucy Moon are running a book reading club called #BangingBookClub. As opposed to making a video, I’ll be participating via my blog! Their video review The first in this year’s list is… Asking For It by Louise O’Neil **trigger warning:novel contains rape and descriptions of self-harm** {Blog post […]
Exploring Anne Blankman’s Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke
This book me took me a while to read because, in all honesty, it’s not genre I usually read (and so it took me a while to really get into it) and because I’ve been so damn busy! “Soon she wouldn’t witness the miracle of blood and sinew responding to her thoughts. Soon she wouldn’t […]
TBT #8:The Haunting of Ellen by Martin Waddell
Eight-year-old Nadia has left the building! For the new batch of throwbacks, I have included some book reviews I had to do for school (hence the marking). These were completed in 2007 where I would have been ten years old. Enjoy! Transcript I think this fiction book is the best i’ve ever read because it’s […]
Book Review: Holy Cow by David Duchovny
Holy Cow tells the story of Elsie, an anthropomorphic cow with human attributes which receive no acknowledgement and no explanation, who along with a turkey and pig, escapes her farm in order to pursue her dream. “Oh yeah, we believe in God. In the shape of a cow. Not really. Scared you,though, didn’t I?” Although […]
#TBT 7: Mr Majeika and the Lost Spell Book by Humphrey Carpenter
Transcript It is about… A wizard who becomes a teacher but then gets sacked for using his majic [sic] when he wasn’t sopoesed [sic] to. Bad for him because he then looses his spell book the only way to get his powers back is to find the map wich [sic] leeds [sic] to the old […]
#TBT 6: The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson
Transcript It is about… Some of Tracy Beaker’s life hard and difficult life What sticks out most in my mind is… When Tracy lies and sais[sic] that she hasn’t ber broken Justine’s clock an but then sais[sic] the truth (But she still sais[sic] she han’t[sic] done it) . SAYS, Nadia, it’s says with a […]
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Although I feel as though I’m a little too old for this (despite mentions of drugs, sex, and swearing – okay maybe not TOO old?!), I know that this is the kind of book I know I would have absolutely loved when I was younger. The kind of book where a character takes something […]
TBT #5 : A Monster of a Hamster by Elizabeth Hawkins
Sorry for the lack of normal book review posts, I’m currently bugged down with coursework! I’ll try and do one as soon as possible! So for now… another throwback Thursday review… A Monster of a Hamster by Elizabeth Hawkins Transcript It is about… A girl and boy have called Anna-Louise and Luke have to look […]
#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 […]