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Library lust – 100 words

February 24, 2023 By Ellen

Library lust When you yearn, the only thing to do is find a book – a neatly-bound portal – that you can open and dive into. Leaping, not looking to breath in your longing and gaze at things you lack like vitamins in your famine. Pale, starving, it’s time to turn the pages, and turn, […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, books, creative writing, library, reading

Why is Reading Important for Children?

July 15, 2021 By Ellen

Reading is incredibly important to both adults and children. Not only for educational reasons, but also because reading can be used to entertain and relax. I have collaborated with an Independent Boarding School in Herefordshire to learn more about why reading is so important for children… Widens vocabulary Regular reading will to wonders for widening […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: books, children, learning, library, pupils, reading, School

Please help, I’ve lost my way in the bookshop…

December 29, 2019 By Ellen

My usual mode of book consumption is audiobooks, whilst driving, doing boring domestic things or walking. Generally whilst ignoring other people… Occasionally I want a real one to turn the pages on (even pretend e-reader pages would do). The other day I started browsing for inspiration. A long time ago, I hazily remember, this used […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: books, joy, library, My Life, reading, Something happened in my life

The Dust That Falls From Dreams by Louis de Bernieres and other books to make you cry.

July 3, 2018 By Ellen

A very long time ago, about two days before Boy One was born, I finished a book by Louis de Bernieres. It was called Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and it made me cry. Not just a slight dampness, but proper snotters and heaves. A pile of soggy tissues balanced on my belly bawling. Normally, I’m not […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: books, crying, fiction, library, Louis de Berneries, on my mind, reading, Reviews, slacker's guide, sobbing

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