Author Archives: Beth Wren
March Music Favourites
I haven’t posted for a while and seeing as I’m on holiday at the moment and reading very little, I thought I’d do another music favourites post. Here are my favourites for March so far: 1) Passenger – Let Her Go 2) The 1975 – Chocolate (I have no idea what he’s saying but I […]
Cambodia Update
I’m getting really excited for Cambodia now. My flights are booked, my CRB check is going through and I’m in the midst of organising my vaccinations. I can’t believe I’m going to be there in four months – scary but exciting! I’m doing some research about what I should do and see in my time […]
Indecisiveness
So this is a bit of a random post, but it occurred to me as an epiphany a couple of days ago that when it comes to trivial matters like my academic career and my food choices, I am indecisive. And I mean really indecisive. The kind of indecisive that when ordering dessert I have […]
Poem of the Week: First Love by John Clare
John Clare is one of those infamous poets that everyone seems to love and I’m no exception. I pretty much love everything I’ve read of his, but instead of the usual ‘I Am’, I thought I’d go for a different Clare poem to share this week. The rhythm and rhyme scheme of this poem is […]
Poem of the Week: Jacklight by Louise Erdrich
I absolutely love poetry but I definitely don’t read enough so I thought it’d be a nice idea to share once a week a poem that I’d read outside of my studies. Hopefully this will motivate me to read some more! First up is a bit of a cheat because I just read it as […]
Review Book #1 : The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
“I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.” Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, […]
7 Books I’m Going to Read This Year*
*If it kills me The problem with studying English Lit is that at the end of the day, I don’t really fancy reading more books and more often than not I just settle down with some guilty TV – Gossip Girl anyone? But I’m determined this year to read some more out of my course, […]
Meditating on Meditation
I’ve always been intrigued by the Buddhist culture, partly because of my vegetarianism and partly because of Lisa Simpson, but my impending trip to Cambodia has reignited my interest in the whole concept of it all. After some thorough Google research, it seems that I’ve been missing out on a lot! The thing about Christianity […]
Becoming Jane: the Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
I’ve seen Becoming Jane a couple of times and while I always enjoy it, there are still a couple of things which annoy me about it. Consequently, here’s the good (links to her books), the bad (Anne Hathaway’s accent) and the beautiful (James McAvoy). Firstly, I think my main quibble with the film, is that […]
I’ve got 99 problems and my blog’s just one
So I’ve been super busy over Christmas and I’ve finally got around to some blogging, hooray! My two essays have been handed in, I have finished at my job, my car has been welded and fixed and now I finally have some breathing space to think and rest and just generally revert back to my […]
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