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Most memorable reads Fiction The School for Good Mothers – Jessamine Chan Read in 2022 Some favourite words: ‘She thought she would’ve become a different
These are 9 of the 61 books I read in 2021 whose magic will remain with me. Musa Okwonga’s memoir, One of Them, will leave you
Ever since the days of Biff, Chip and Kipper, I have loved escaping in the endless number of worlds offered by books. There was a
I recently revisited my Gallup Strengths Finder results to focus a magnified lens on my strengths. One of my strengths is that of ‘Input’. I
2018 saw the completion of my library at home and a commitment to more reading. Being an English teacher had lead to far less reading
A few months ago now, I managed to read Ian Gilbert’s (@ThatIanGilbert) ‘Independent Thinking’ on the train- on my iPad- on my Kindle app. Fiction
Last week, I wrapped a whole bunch of books in brown paper. Every book had some connection to the novels being studied at present by
I never loved poetry until I came to teach it. Before this point, I could endure some of it but it mostly bored me to
For a while now, I have known that students aren’t reading nearly enough. Most of them read what they need to but rarely do they