Text title – The Lovely Bones Author/Director – Alice Sebold Text type – Novel Date read – 11 October 2020 BRIEF PLOT OVERVIEW The Lovely Bones, written by Alice Sebold is a 1973 murder mystery of the life of a young girl, Susie Salmon. After being raped and then brutally murdered, the 14 year old […]

Text Title: Normal People Author: Sally Rooney Text Type: Novel Date Read: 9 October 2020 BRIEF PLOT OVERVIEW Normal People written by Sally Rooney is a romantic story about the relationship over time between two people and their social and socio-economic divisions. Marianne and Connell, meeting as teenagers in high school, both very different people. […]

Film: Forrest Gump Director: Robert Zemeckis Genre: Romantic Comedy Date Watched: February/March 2020 BRIEF PLOT OVERVIEW Forrest Gump is a film about the life of a young boy who has an IQ of 75, who never thought of himself as disadvantaged which is all thanks to his supportive mother and his attempts to overcome his […]

Film: Lion Director: Gareth Davis Genre: Drama Date Watched: 18/08/2020 BRIEF PLOT OVERVIEW Lion, directed by Gareth Davis, is based on a true story of a young boy, Saroo, who gets lost on a train which ends up taking him thousands of kilometres across India away from both his home, family and life. He learns […]

An inspiring, powerful and highly uplifting film, directed by Robert Zemeckis was released into theatres in 1994, over two decades ago, and is still to this day one of the most cherished films of all time. Forrest Gump is an ingenious film featuring one of the most recognised and beloved actresses of all time. Tom […]

Introduction: What is the best most nutritious kind of breakfast? Well, listen to me and I will tell you. Hi everyone, my name is Maddi Frazer and today I am going to teach you how to make the best ever Banana and Berry Smoothie that provides many nutritional benefits to get you going for the […]

A MURDEROUS MYSTERY My whole body is shaking more and more vigorously the further I walk up this driveway. “I just can’t do this, I really can’t”. I keep on imagining the worst-case scenario and these thoughts racing in and out of my mind really aren’t helping me right now. I take another step, each […]

On the seat I sit reading my books With the lamp sitting on the table Under the books lays the bright red carpet Above her lays the sunset of various colors For so long, she has sat her reading her books On top of the child sits a sunset covering the sky with many different […]