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29 December 2015

Charlotte Art & Entertainment, Books, Music, Travel

2015: Best Of

As another year draws to a close, we all start taking stock of what's happened over the last year. I will be writing my Year in Review post shortly, but first I thought we'd do a Best Of, taking a look at my favourite things to come out…

3 August 2015

Charlotte Books

A-Z of My Bookcase

I'm back home with my family for a few weeks at the moment, so of course I'm staying in my old bedroom. I never fully moved out for university, and I suspect it will be a while before I do in future, so this room is crammed with…

22 November 2014

Charlotte Books

Five Coming-of-Age Type Novels

I may not be a teen myself any more, but a lot of the issues and anxieties I faced then still crop up in my life now. I’ve also read my fair share of teen and young adult fiction, and I really love the coming-of-age style genre. Fiction…

23 July 2014

Charlotte Books

Review – The Giver (Lois Lowry)

The Giver may well be my favourite dystopian novel that I’ve read. It’s a genre that, in my opinion, can be fascinating at times, but can also be a bit formulaic and predictable. I enjoyed The Giver because the way in which society is controlled is so carefully…

9 July 2014

Charlotte Art & Entertainment, Books

Puffin Postcards

I purchased this recently from Waterstone's, a collection of postcards featuring designs from the covers of children's books published by Puffin. Someone pointed them out to me in the store, and being an English student and self-confessed bookworm, I couldn't resist. Being covers from children's books,…

10 May 2014

Charlotte Books

Review – The Maze Runner (James Dashner)

Source This book pleasantly surprised me – I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with books generally classified as YA, but fortunately this one landed on the love side of the group. The Maze Runner follows Thomas, a teenager who finds himself trapped inside a maze with a group…

15 July 2011

Charlotte Art & Entertainment, Books

The Epic Conclusion of the Worldwide Phenomenon

(Source) This is the writing shown during the trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Some people may say it’s an exaggeration to call it this, but I definitely disagree. The first book was published in 1997, so the series has been around for…

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