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September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 bethsbookishbackpacking

Book Review- The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

September 6, 2018 bethsbookishbackpacking

Bookish Backpacking 2- Rochester.

September 5, 2018 bethsbookishbackpacking

WWW Wednesday 05/09/2018

August 31, 2018 bethsbookishbackpacking

Banned Books September.

August 30, 2018 bethsbookishbackpacking

Book Review- A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood.

August 29, 2018 bethsbookishbackpacking

WWW Wednesday 29/08/2018

August 28, 2018 bethsbookishbackpacking

Book Review- My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal.

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#bannedbook review 1. So the other day I finished possibly the weirdest book I have ever read. I have a fuller review on my blog as always! 📖 This novel documents the strange events that occur in Moscow after the arrival of a mysterious foreigner called Woland. People who have come into contact with him start to disappear and wild rumours circulate. However, Woland did not arrive alone. He is accompanied by a band of strange followers including a talking cat. 📖 I think I picked the right place to start with Russian literature as this was a very easy and enjoyable read. I didn't have any problems with the translation or difficulty with the language used. However, to describe this book as quirky would be an understatement! At one point so many weird things were going on and I was completely lost. I didn't know if I was reading a dream sequence, if the character was mad or if I was just too tired and seeing things! 📖 #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookstagram #books #booksofinstagram #readersofig#reading #bookish #bannedbooksweek #bannedbooks #themasterandmargarita #vintagerussian #vintageclassics #russianclassic
#sundayshelfie So this last week I moved into our new student house only to find that the lettings agency hadn't cleaned it at all after the previous tenants had left. So I've not been very active this past week as I've had to clean up what looks like several years worth of student grime, deal with some scary looking black mould and find out how to get rid of a slug infestation. Ugh so grim 😷. 📖 Anyway, these are the books that have made it with me to the new house. I'm going to the library tomorrow so hopefully the other shelves will be full with textbooks! 📖 #shelfiesunday #bookstagram #books #booksofinstagram #readersofig #reading #tbr #bronte #classics #robinhobb #penguinoriginal #bookspine #bookspines #bookshelf #bookcollecting #bookshelves
Happy #roalddahlday and to celebrate here is another #bannedbook recommendation featuring The Witches. 📖 The Witches and James and the Giant Peach have been frequently challenged and even banned from some school classrooms in the US. The issue with The Witches was not only magic but the perceived misogynistic presentation of women. 📖 I love Roald Dahl and I think my favourite would have to be an underrated gem - The Vicar of Nibbleswicke! If you haven't read it please do. It is very very short but will have you in stitches! 📖 #roalddahlday2018 #roalddahl #puffinbooks #thewitches #thebfg #matilda #books #bannedbooksweek2018 #bookstagram #bookcover #booklove #childhoodbooks #bannedbooks #againstcensorship #ireadbannedbooks #readersofig
#bannedbooks recommendations 3. The official theme for #bannedbooksweek2018 is "banning books silences stories" and I think these two books really reflect how true this sentiment is. 📖 Detailing the harsh reality of life under the Nazi regime and the horrors of the Holocaust, the stories contained within these books transport the reader back to one of the darkest periods of modern history. 📖 However, both Schindler's Ark and Anne Frank's Diary were banned for depicting Jewish people too positively in Lebanon. Additionally, Anne Frank's Diary has been repeatedly challenged for "sexual" content in the US. 📖 Especially as there are people out there who deny that the Holocaust happened, silencing these stories only serves to maintain the cycle of ignorance. 📖 #bannedbook #book #books #annefrank #bookstagram #books #booksbooksbooks #schindlerslist #schindlersark #censorship #ireadbannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #diaryofayounggirl
I'm interrupting my banned books month with the second installment in my #bookishbackpacking blog series. This month I did a Dickens themed literary trail of Rochester. 📖 Pictured is Rochester Cathedral from the base of Rochester Castle. 📖 Rochester Cathedral features withing Charles Dickens' last and unfinished novel - The Mystery of Edwin Drood. I still haven't read this one but I'm looking forward to getting to it! 📖 #dickens #bookstagram #books #vintageredspines #vintageclassics #charlesdickens #rochester #booksandtravel #booksoutofdoors #booksoutside #bibliophile #avidreader #booklove #classics
#bannedbooks recommendations 2. "Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory" 📖 I can't do a banned books month without recommending some Orwell. In 1984 Orwell presents us with a nightmareish vision of a dystopian future in which the state has total control over everything including individual thought. 📖 1984 and Animal Farm were both banned and burned in Russia for the not so subtle (especially in the case of Animal Farm) critique of communism. However, 1984 has been challenged in some US states like Florida for expressing pro-communist sentiments. You really can't win can you!? 📖 #1984 #bookstagram #bannedbooksweek #georgeorwell #animalfarm #penguinclassics #penguinoriginal #penguinorange #orwell #modernclassic #bookishfeature #books #censorship #ireadbannedbooks

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