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A little about the author… Twitter | Website Julia Wilmot first discovered Transcendental Meditation (TM) as a teenager at school. She was so sure of her path that she decided not to go to University and study law but devote herself to teaching TM and working with the charity that teaches the technique instead! She’s been a founder…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…