I’m Charlotte: school librarian, bookworm, theatre nerd, knowledge collector, and exceptionally average.
Here you’ll find me writing mostly about books, films, and theatre, particularly LGBTQ+ ones!
Ep. 03: LGBT & Humour in Young Adult Fiction with Simon James Green
In This Episode... I chat with Simon James Green, author of Noah Canāt Even. We discuss why LGBT and humour are important in YA fiction, especially today, and the upcoming Proud anthology, in which Simon features with his short story about gay penguins. We also...
Happy 3rd Birthday, Wonderfully Bookish!
Raise your bannersā¦ blow up the balloonsā¦ light the candles on the cakeā¦ Wonderfully Bookish is officially three years old! š A couple of years ago, in 2016, I wrote a blog post saying that Wonderfully Bookish was one year old. Now two years have passed and so...
Isle of Dogs – Film Review
Okay, so... I think this is the longest time between writing my notes for a post and actually writing the bloody post. But I've turned a new leaf. I'm going to be a GOOD BLOGGER. Here's the post I wrote ages ago about a film that came out even longer ago! Wes Anderson...
Exploring New Genres, Part 2: My Thoughts on Graphic Novels
If you saw my blog post a couple of weeks ago about this blog hop, youāll know what todayās post is all about! But if not, Iāll quickly update you. Over the past few weeks, Iāve been arranging a blog hop with some other amazing book bloggers all about exploring a new...
Screen Adaptations and Childhood Nostalgia with Elle Crook (Episode 02 – Wonderfully Bookish Podcast)
In This Episode... When you love a book, its screen adaptation can either hit the spot or completely miss the mark. In this fun discussion, I chat with Elle Crook, a travel and book blogger, all about film and TV adaptations, from the wonderfully great to the down...
A Woman Doctor?! My Reaction to Doctor Who
July 16, 2017... the day of the Men's Wimbledon Final, the biggest tennis championship in the UK. But somethingĀ farĀ more important than that was about to happen once it finished. The new actor to play the Doctor would be revealed. There were bets on several people,...
YA Lit Cardiff with Katherine Webber, Tracy Darnton and Savita Kalhan
One of my goals this year was to start going to more bookish events and meeting with local bloggers. When I found out about YA Lit Cardiff, a book event held in Cardiff Central Library, I was so excited that things are finally happening in this part of the country!...
The Big Bookish Update: September 2018
In case you missed my Bookish Update from last month, Iāll quickly recap: Iāve decided to start posting updates each month mostly just so I can look back on the previous month and see what I did, which books I read, and what else I got up to! Hereās my update for...
Self-Care, Perseverance, and Learning from Rejection with Akemi Dawn Bowman (Episode 01 – Wonderfully Bookish Podcast)
In This Episode... In the first episode of the Wonderfully Bookish podcast, I chat with Akemi Dawn Bowman, author of Starfish and Summer Bird Blue. Starfish was one of my favourite books this year, so I was excited to have Akemi as my first guest! Akemi discusses her...
Need Something to Watch? Try These Four TV Sitcoms
Just like with books, I tend to go through phases of what I love to watch on TV and Netflix. I wrote a post a couple of years ago about the shows I was watching on Netflix, and they were mostly pretty dark. (I also haven't finished most, if not any, of them... oops.)...
