Book Review: ‘In the Country of Men’ by Hisham Matar
‘In the Country of Men’ – the debut novel by American-born British–Libyan novelist, essayist, and memoirist Hisham Matar – tells the poignant story of nine-year-old Suleiman as he navigates the tumultuous rise of Gaddafi’s oppressive regime in Libya in 1979. Through Suleiman’s naive and innocent perspective, we are immersed in the world of 1970s Tripoli […]
A Little Christmas Message + TBT#9: Scribbleboy by Philip Ridley
A Little Christmas Message So I know sometimes how hard it is when people are telling you to “be happy, it’s Christmas!” and you just can’t. But try and distract yourself as much as you can. Do things you enjoy, read a book (eh!), watch a film or binge on some shows – whatever it […]
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 […]
#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 #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 […]