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Jul 03 2016

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell | Review

☆☆☆½ It took me about two weeks to read only 75 pages of Fangirl and I was ready to give up on it. I thought, I’m too old to enjoy this, it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, I’m bored, etc etc. Out of sheer boredom I picked it up again the other night and decided […]

Written by Sophie · Categorized: Books, Reviews · Tagged: First Love, Rainbow Rowell, Twins, YA Fiction, Young Adult

Apr 18 2016

Chilli and Garlic Prawn Spaghetti | Recipe

A friend of mine made a chilli prawn pasta for a group of our friends about a year ago and we still talk about it.  I asked her for the secret recipe last night and she replied; lots of chilli. With that to go on, here is my interpretation. This recipe is super easy, you can be […]

Written by Sophie · Categorized: Dinner, Recipes · Tagged: Chilli, Dinner, Garlic, Italian, Pasta, Prawn, Seafood, Spaghetti

Apr 06 2016

Uncle Sam’s | Creative Non-Fiction

Perhaps when you hear the word ‘Darwin’ you think of Charles and his theory of evolution. Perhaps you think of the capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory. The only association I could make was that Darwin was the name of the monkey from The Wild Thornberries, a cartoon where the main character has the ability […]

Written by Sophie · Categorized: Short Stories, Writing · Tagged: Creative Non-Fiction, Darwin, Northern Territory, Uncle Sam

Feb 25 2016

The Color Purple by Alice Walker | Review

☆☆☆☆☆ Following the lives of two black sisters in 1930s America through the letters they send to each other (and God), The Color Purple is Alice Walker’s tragic, heartwarming and empowering story of sisterhood, womanhood and friendship. The protagonist, Celie, lives a very different life to her sister, Nettie. The two are separated at a […]

Written by Sophie · Categorized: Books, Reviews · Tagged: Alice Walker, Emma Watson, Feminist literature, Our Shared Shelf, Pulitzer prize, The Color Purple, The Help, Twelve Years a Slave

Feb 08 2016

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion | Review

☆☆☆ Greame Simsion’s The Rosie Project tells the story of Don Tillman, a University Professor with Asperger’s Syndrome who talks a lot to others with Asperger’s but doesn’t realise he has it. From Don’s perspective, we learn about his friends (of whom there are few), his dates (of which there have been many), and his […]

Written by Sophie · Categorized: Books, Reviews · Tagged: Asperger's Syndrome, Australian Authors, Contemporary fiction, Graeme Simsion, Romance

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