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What I have read this week… Hiya everyone! Just me again at the end of another week letting you in what stuff I have been reading. 1: French! As far as I can remember I have been learning French and sometimes that means reading lengthy passages to make sense of. This week I was told "mal" is bad (which I already knew!) 2:  On Beauty  (2005) by Zadie Smith. I had not quite finished this book by the time Monday arrived. Therefore I took a little bit of time on Monday to finish it. I had to because  3: Tesco Magazine. This week I picked up the March edition of the Tesco magazine. I shop there at times so I love to read their magazine for recipes. They have great recipes as well as coupons. 4: Instagram. (Again) Recently, someone said something along the lines of "using their own stuff against them". What they meant was, fighting the good fight by using Instagram and whatnot. Such platforms have removed DEI policies, become exclusionary and discriminatory. Anyway, point...

Welcome back blog readers. April is blooming and the weather is warming up. I do like spring as I previously mentioned. I hope to be out and about, drenched in nature with a good book. I do love to read! But you might be wandering why... For me, it stems back to when I was growing up and for some unknown reason I thought I wanted to be a writer alongside some sort of standard, regular job. I studied English Literature A-Level at college where reading was compulsory for the exams. Then when I went to university, I took a degree in English and Creative Writing. I had by this point spent a few years reading for pleasure, which started towards the end of school. Although, during my time at university, my love of reading just grew ever so deeper. From then until I always like to have a book on the go, whether that is poetry, a short story collection, plays, essays or a novel. Currently, I am reading The Emperor's Babe  (2001) by my favourite Author, Bernardine Evaristo. For me, it was m...

Hello everyone and welcome to April! I love this month because Spring has sprung which leads to beautiful nature. (Flowers I am thinking of...) My favourite flower is the classic bluebell which I hope to see this month. Also, places I like to visit tend to be open more and some of them open for the first time this year. Anyway, this month I am going bringing you more reviews from stuff written by women. I am continuing with women authors as theme of the month, for the second month. I always have a theme of the month for two months running in case you missed that one at the start of March. However, I picked a new author of the month. Whereas in March, it was Zadie Smith, this month is someone different... I decided that as far as female authors go, it was only right that the author of the month of April should be Bernardine Evaristo. Not only is she my favourite author but my mother is a fan of her too. Do make sure you look out for my reviews of some of her work. You can also find a re...