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My Favourite Sad Book Micheal Rosen’s Sad Book is one of my all-time favourite children’s books. One could say it’s because of the touching story, or because of my admiration for Quentin Blake’s illustrations. I say, it’s because of both,…
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I do believe in fairies… In the spirit of all things Japanese, I’ve finally stopped procrastinating and decided to write my bit about Fairy Tail. This post is long overdue, as most things are with me. The thing is that…
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The Fox & the Poem A few weeks ago I had to work through some poetry with my grade 11s. One of the poems we ended up discussing was Ted Hughes’ The Thought-Fox. Surprisingly (or not really), I’ve never actually…
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Bookworm: A term that doesn’t mean you only love reading. It is merely an umbrella term, or short introduction which, when you unpack it, actually says: Lover of tales, slight obsession with vintage covers, probably has a feline friend, if…
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Wuthering Heights, your one stop book to melancholy and despair. The story of a life after a broken heart. Between these pages you’ll find passion and love, but more than that you’ll find a desire for revenge, you’ll find greed…
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Enchanted. That’s what I was. Uprooted, by Naomi Novik, is one of those books that I finished within three days, and the only reason it took so long is because there were moments that I was forced to put the…
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Things that get me over-the-moon excited: Kittens, sushi, the moon, bookshops, tulle and tales of wizards (or witches). Naturally, we’re all jumping to Harry Potter here (and rightfully so, as it is still one of my favourite wizarding worlds ever)….
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It’s not unknown that I am a complete fangirl when it comes to Jane Austen, despite the fact that I haven’t read all of her books – I’m also one of those people who buys a book, waits for it…
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