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,…
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…
Why I Write
I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember. I was an avid reader as a child, and I think this prompted an interest in producing my own words. I started by keeping a daily diary –…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
How Long Until Our Entire Lives Go Digital?
No one can deny the impact technology has had on human lives, in particular, the Internet. A lot of this has been highly beneficial, making our lives far easier. Some of these inventions look like things from sci-fi films of…
“The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword”
Words. Literature. Writing. Ways of expressing yourself, ways of showing the world who you are and what you think. The way in which we communicate. Communicate anything to anyone. People often take words for granted, don’t appreciate their importance. But…
Writing as A Cure for Writer’s Block
I don’t know what to write. I keep saying I’m going to write more, but I just don’t know what to write. Is my life really that boring? Surely there’s something. But I don’t want to complain about…
