Trip To Thomas Hardys Cottage

My Trip To Thomas Hardy Cottage
Yesterday Sunday the 25th October I went with mum to visit Thomas Hardy s  Cottage the place were he was born and grew up and wrote Far From the Madding Crowd and Under the Greenwood Tree. I am quite Lucky that I live in Dorset as so many great Authors have lived hear in the past Thomas Hardy Being one of them I read Tess of the Durbevilles after watching the BBC adaptation and I loved it early this year I went with mum to see the older version of Far from the madding crowd Film before the new version came out I enjoyed it but boy it was long I like the new version but it left so much out I haven't read Far from the madding crowd yet but I plan to. As a National  Trust property if you are a member you get in for free bonus as I am a national Trust Member. The cottage is sign posted and there is a car park just don't go during the holidays as it gets packed we had to park on the Road. There is a new Visitor center and it has a bit about his life and a really lovely Cafe and a shop any way there is a a walk through the woods to get to the cottage but once you get there boy is it in a really quite and secluded spot perfect for any future Writer and his family I would recommend going in the summer as the Garden would be really lovely to look round but its still charming in the Autumn as you get all the Autumn clours you are even allowed to sit on the beds and chairs in the cottage if you want to. The cottage is small and its a thatched Cottage so if you are tall just a warning you might have a few bumped heads like I did when I bumped my head on the door frame I suggested earlier that you should go when the kids are not at school as you are only aloud 8 people upstairs as the floor Boards are quite old. The Cottage has a proper fire and its is Tiny I could imagine Thomas Hardy growing up there and taking in the surroundings that inspire the landscape of his books its a great visit for any book lover and fan of Thomas Hardys Work I strongly recommend if you have time to Visit Max Gate Thomas Hardys home in dorchester after if you have time I am going to go to Max Gate in the future and if you have even more time i also suggest gong to Clouds hill to visit T.E Lawrence s (Lawrence of Arabia) home as well all in all 10/10 visit and i might make this a thing to visit my favorite classics Authors house during next year if i can :) Next time I will remember my Camera :)

I Love Library's

I love my Libray and recently on Book tube there has been quite a bit of discussion about them. My Libray is like a second home to me I am almost in there once a week or a few times a month. I find going to the library and picking out books a quite fun and social experience I love browsing around the sections of the library and picking up books that I wouldn't normally read and then that feeling of bringing the home and diving in straight away. I love the social aspect of going to the Library as I have Aspergers you meet a lot of interesting people form young and old to bankers to Uni Students its a great way to meet new people and get involved with your community. My local library they send me events that are happening  at library in my town or near me. The great thing about my Library card i don't have to use for one library I can use it in any East Dorset Library and the Same with my Poole Library card I can use it any Poole library no just one thats why I love them my Library card is a key to unlock any adventure I want to explore I love the choice you can have for example you don't have to check out books you check out DVDs and Audio books and you can use the Computers and print things off you can sit and read magazine or just sit and read. The only downside to my library is it closes at 1 one a Tuesday and then all day on Wednesday I wish they had enough funding to stay open every day and for longer if you could give yourself and your children too a gift take them to the Library in the week and go get yourself a card and sign up its free and go see for yourself what your Local Library has to offer lets love our library before its too late as many are closing there door as not enough people are using them which I think is a shame espcally when you are on a budget or can't afford books to buy you can pop into your local Libary and get them for free and if you don't like the boo you can take i back. 

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Eskimo Twins Review

The Eskimo Twins 

By: Lucy Fitch Perkins 

This is my Review of The Eskimo Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins

I enjoyed this book very much its about twins Minnie and Minnie

and there two dogs and they have adventures its a children book my book is very old as its my grandparents book it did bring back so many memories of reading this book I recommend this book to anyone who has children or yourself the pictures are amazing.

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I am Back

Hi Sorry i have been neglecting this blog I have a very good reason in November i moved out of my family  home into a lovely flat and i haven't had time to read I am planning on making time for this blog that is dedicated to books reviews TBRS Wraps ups Tags I also have a you tube Channel so please do check that out at the moment I  am establishing a routine but I hope to write blog posts every Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays so yes lets get this blog on the road :)

My Reading History

I have seen these videos being made on Book Tube and I thought I would tell you about my Reading History. My Parents used to tell me I used to sit on the Potty and picked up a magazine and just babbled but of course I don't remember that (embarrassing bit over lol) i have memories of going down to Wimborne Libray and Picking out books like Mog,Tiger Who came to tea and Hairy Mcclary books Which I loved as a kid. I loved the Dr Seuss books and Green eggs and Ham was my personal fave along with the cat in the hat 1 fish 2 fish among others. I also loved going to my grandparents house my granny used to read us the Jolly Postman and the Jolly Christmas post man I loved those books as they had secret letters to people you could read and my grandparents introduced me to Authors like Dr Seuss Allan and Janet Alberg and of course Peter Rabbit and Barbar My grandparents had such an awesome book collection. I also have a vivid memory of reading the very Hungry Caterpillar as well among other picture books i liked was Titch, Were Wally and we are going on a bear hunt i hated the bit were they find the bear. At Primary school all my friends were reading the Animal Ark stories by Lucy Daniels I read them too and everyone in my class seemed to want a story for Xmas or birthday and I used to love reading about the animals in those books and I had a few which I did enjoyed I was hooked on Jacqueline Wilson books she had a way of writing tough subjects for kids like Divorce Adoption and death but in a light hearted way I love her chractures like Tracy and Mac and Lottie and aged 25 i still read her books from the library. Primary school had a reading scheme well sort of to get you reading they had the Magic Key books by Oxford tree and i loved Biff Chip and Kipper and also Floppy the dog they had great adventures with a magic key and they went in stages and I used to get so excited when I got told by my teacher that I reached the more advance stage. I have a picture of me at Christmas holding up the first book in the Worst Witch series so proud to receive that book in my Christmas stocking. My first memory I think of reading a book on my own was Matalida and then Charlie and the chocolate factory and George's marvelous medicine  oh and Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dhal my reading excelled from then he sparked my imagination like no other and then there was the Butterfly lion and Why the Whales came by Michael Murpurgo Oh my that man can tug on my heart strings and he did I love his writing style and once I read books from those authors it was very difficult for me to find books that could get that standard of writing until one day i was sitting with my other classmates before the end of the day at school and my teacher read a chapter of Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets i fell in love with the whole Concept of Harry Potter the plot the world it was just everything I could wish for I didn't relise that there was a firs book before chamber of secrets and my parents got me the first three books and the rest as they say was deffiantly History. Harry Potter stayed all the way up until Secondary school when the last book came out it had a huge impact on how I read it was the first series i buddy read with friends with and the first series I actually pre-ordered each book from waterstones as they came out the last book after i finished reading it was deffiantly the end of an era and i still have my books on my shelf. At secondary school I go introduced to a lot of fantastic books i had to read for GCSE these included hound of the baskervilles, Romeo and Juliet, Great Expectations and my fave book from having to read for school of Mice and Men. My love of classics was always there I read black beauty and what Katy did next and i loved Jane Austen books my parents gave me all of Jane Austen books for my 16th birthday and from then on I loved the world and the language of Jane Austen TV also influenced my love of classics The BBC did great adaptations of Charles Dickens and Jane Austen work I read Tess of the Durbervilles and just got the story straight away reading classics for me gives you a great insight what life was like in those days girls never really got a good look in but the Classics still have a place in today's world. My friends also played a big part in what i read my friend bexs introduced me to The Alex Rider series and i fell in love with the whole spy world and having gadgets like a game boy disguised as something was a brilliant concept and Alex rider was my first book boyfriend My friend Sarah introduced me to the fabulous yet dark series of the Noughts and Crosses world that gave me a different take on the whole Race topic and switched it round. At School I read the Curios incident of the dog in the night time we had to read different books and choose wich book would get an award I loved the book and the charcture his traits reminded me of mine I have Aspergers and at the time I didn't know I had it and I connected with this charcture and reading it now I can still connect with this charcture as I have the same condition mentioned in the book. During collage and leaving school I didn't really read as much a thing called life got in the way but it didn't mean I stopped reading it just ment it was in the background untill I started my book tube channel and my Blog that my reading is taking over again and i am reading even more books its is a real escapism for me and I just love to read my Reading History will still carry on and I hope I will still read until the day I die.
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#ThisBookShop (Gullivers Bookshop Wimborne Dorset)

I want to write about my fave book shop were I live in Wimborne Dorset no its not Waterstones or any commercial book shop but a small family run book shop called Gulliver's I shop in there sometimes if I can't find the book I want any were else I can find it in Gulliver's I went in there recently and brought Lola and the boy next door by Stephanie Perkins and a book for my friends birthday I went up to the counter and the staff are so lovely that I feel confident in having a conversation with them. Going into Gulliver's is like going in to a different time you don't feel like you are in the real world its small so you can find your way around easily its cosy and I find myself spending what seems like forever in there when you come out of the store it does feel like you have come out of a different time. My favorite part of this book shop is the bargain box I love picking up a bargain I really do the book shop also host some fantastic events and they have a Facebook page too were I can keep up to date sometimes you can get signed copies and they host world book night events too. The atmosphere is great and if you can not find a book you want then you can order in. I like to walk past the shop window as they have awesome displays I recommend this book shop to anyone old or young when you visit wimborne the staff are friendly its cosy small and not too busy which I like you can find the book you want. sometimes it can be hard to support your local book shop because  of prices and the offers but I will buy a book from hear as a treat and it is a treat to buy a book from my fave book shop when I step outside I feel pride that I am keeping my local book shop open and it makes me understand that in the age of the internet book shops are important its were you go for peace and quiet to browse the books to have a chat with the staff to go in and breath in the book smells i love Gulliver's as its a walk away from were i live I am looking forward to going in again and looking for my next book.

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The Kite Runner Graphic Novel Review

The Kite Runner
By: Khaled Hosseini
Illustrated By: Fabio Celoni and Mirka Andolfo
Published By Bloomsbury
My Edition Published in: 2011
Number of Pages: 132
ISBN: 978-1-4088-1525-0
Fave Qoute:"For you a Thousand Times Over"
The Blurb: 1970s Afghanistan Twelve year old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can forsee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, An event that is to shatter thier lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him redemption.

Review
Just a Note to say that I have not read the Kite Runner Book yet but I think after reading the graphic novel i will deffiantly be picking up the book in the near future. this was my first Graphic novel of 2014 and I was not dissapointed I loved the drawings and the art work the pictures for me brought the story which is a very powerful one to life. The Kite Runner Story is a story that is powerful and shocking i did have a good old cry at parts and was left shocked and emotional at other parts. The story is a beautiful story of friendship and it deals with that in such a lovely way as well as dealing with how race and religion can affect people and that by the end of the graphic novel the ending is such a satisfying ending and one that gave me a little flutter of joy in my heart. After reading the Kite Runner it does make you think of current issues that is still going on and thats what I like about books like this it does shock and it does make you think about society today and how it affects all of us. For the Kite runner gets 5/5 stars for the story and the plot and also for the stunning art work that has brought it to life. I look forward to reading the book in the future. i gave this novel 5/5 stars I would like to point out this books is for older readers and has graphic and adult themes running throughout.
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