Jane Austen’s House!!

Just over a week ago I travelled down South to Alton for a week. It was to celebrate a friend’s birthday, it was such a lovely week! My favourite day has to be when we visited Jane Austen’s house. Naturally, as an English student it was must I visited her childhood house when I got the chance. Truth be told I have not read as many of Jane Austen novel’s as I would have liked to but I have faith my degree will soon change that.
It was such a lovely experience to visit the house Austen grew up in.  The house itself was quite lovely.  We got the chance to dress up too, which was a blast!  We didn’t take the visit all too serious, otherwise, I don’t think it would have been as enjoyable. On the day we visited there were quite a few tourists (including myself) we figured this would be because the day we visited was close the anniversary of Austen’s death. I was pleasantly surprised to find that a few of the other tourists were American.

Myself and Tiana

It was lovely to see the house kept well and museum like. The house is in Chawton if you ever feel inspired to visit, I understand it can be a required interest. The garden was my favourite part, so beautiful kept.

We also got to make little lavender bags and I tried writing with a quill. Much harder than I had anticipated. There was this notice board, which I regret not taking a picture of. People wrote little notes (like mine above) an attached it the board, it was so lovely to read and look at. 

I adored how walking into her house felt like I was walking back in time. Things looked and felt so different to the current society we live in.

There were lots of really cool things to look at and learn about, like the desk Jane Austen used to write at. I liked how spread across the site you would find different copies of her books that you were able to read if you wanted to.

It was just a really cool day, finished off with a pint and a burger in a pub across the road! If you want to check out more images and things from my trip down south follow me on my Instagram!

Jane Austen’s House!!

Wednesday, 25 July 2018

World Book Day

Naturally, as a book lover, I’ve just got to make a post about World Book Day! A day we celebrate writers, novels, and creative beings. A day people dress up as their favourite characters, we celebrate writers and book creators from all platforms. World book day isn’t just for literature but for all means of storytelling, from novellas to graphic novels.

This post isn’t going to be a long one but on such occasion, I’m going to share my list of favourite  authors as well as share some pictures of my favourite books or just some books I’ve enjoyed reading. Reading is a big part of my life, not only because of my English degree but because books and reading is where I found myself. If it weren’t for books I probably wouldn’t be a writer, I mean I most definitely wouldn’t be a writer because I would never have met inspiring characters and explored different worlds which ushered me to create my own.

So below is a list of my favourite writers:

• Veronica Roth (Divergent will forever be my favourite trilogy plus Four!)

• J.K. Rowling 

•  Suzanne Collins (My second favourite trilogy)

• Harper Lee

•Miranda Heart (Comical genius)

• Charles Dickens

• F.Scott Fitzgerald 

There are many more writers I adore but I’ve kept the list short! Feel free to comment some of your favourite writers.

My sister has dressed my niece up for two years in a row. It seems we have a running theme. I didn’t dress up but I’m glad she did. She loves dressing up as well as books, she’s so into it, I love it. I love that children are eager to dress up, up and down the country children dressing up as their favourite characters and celebrating in school.

I think reading is important, I love that schools celebrate world book day. Sadly, my niece’s school is shut due to the weather but she loved dressing up regardless. Books are important and reading is vital for children to grow and learn. Even as I grow I’m always learning new things, broadening my horizons with books. I’ve been trying different genres, some I kind of wish I hadn’t but still gave it a go. And I will continue to do so. How can we learn if we just stick to what we know and like? Sometimes it’s good to read beyond your own bookshelf. 

World Book Day

Thursday, 1 March 2018