Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo Book Review
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo Book Review I read Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other after she had already jointly won the Booker Prize with Margaret Atwood for The Testaments. I’d been intrigued to know what text would merit being considered equal to The Testaments as I had expected Atwood to be the lone winner […]
Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments
Book Review of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments The Testaments – Worth the Wait? I blogged earlier in the week about reading Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in preparation of reviewing Atwood’s The Testaments. I wanted to thoroughly prepare for the new release and make sure that I could remember who was who, why they mattered and so on.. Was it […]
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
Book Review of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale As far as I know, Margaret Atwood is a pretty ‘out there’ author, offering inspiration and online writing advice. This would be great for IB students to tap into. I even think I read or heard on a radio interview somewhere that Atwood has a scheme where she ‘pair […]
Wendy Mitchell’s Somebody I Used to Know
Wendy Mitchell’s Somebody I Used to Know This week I’ve been spending time back in Broughton and just chilling with family. It isn’t wild, but is very lovely. In the gaps I’ve managed to read the memoir, ‘Somebody I Used to Know’. I came across it online as I follw Wendy Mitchell’s blog, ‘Which me am […]
Ian McEwan’s The Children Act Book Review
Ian McEwan’s The Children Act Book Review I read Ian McEwan‘s Children Act back in 2014 and wasn’t disappointed. At the time I posted a review on goodreads.com, as I am want do. If you are not a member of goodreads I can’t recommend it enough for keeping up with what’s current, getting book reading suggestions and for using as […]
Book Review of Imperfect but Brave by Reshma Saujani
Book Review of Imperfect but Brave by Reshma Saujani I was in Kinokuniya (a large bookshop in Bangkok) yesterday, choosing book gifts for Betsy’s teachers to say thank you for the encouragement and help they’ve given her. I wanted the choices to be perfect. They needed to be amusing but not shallow; original yet of personal relevance; […]