From books to films

Everyone says
That books can't be real
The characters can't be real
The plot can't be real
So they think the next best thing
Is to make a film
Pretend it's real
Pretend those events happened
Bring the story to life

But what happened to the good old imagination?
Why does everything have to be made into existence?
The author writes a book
Knowing the reader will interpret that
Into the way their imagination makes it
Because then
The book will be real
The characters will be real
The plot will be real.

So why would anyone want to set it the same for everyone?

Pick up a book

So here begins the ever-dreaded few days before school starts again. Currently I am hastily writing up some notes on To Kill A Mockingbird, which I am delighted to be studying this term in English! I might post the notes separately as they will help with revision if someone is studying the same book. Of course, writing these notes before I begin studying the book was obviously optional, as my teacher could barely get anyone in my class to even touch the book let alone write notes on it. It makes me wonder- where did everyone get this strange idea that reading books is only for the geeks, outcasts, and anyone who isn't 'popular'? Since when has it become 'abnormal' to enjoy a good read? When my English teacher began to pass round the copies of TKAM, I simply needed to look around to find to kind of people that I would love to hang out with- the people who pick up the book, flick through it, thank the teacher for choosing such an excellent story for us to study, rather than pushing it to the other end of the table, having a go at the teacher for 'forcing us to read over our six-week break' and moaning even when she suggested they could buy the audiobook if moving their eyes over a page was too much bother. Where are the Scout's of our era? Where are the people who want to read and write before they are made to, and enjoy it when they do? I can only hope that future generations will keep some shred of normalcy and pick up a book to read, rather than pick up a book to bin.

-Charlotte


A.N. Thanks for reading my blog everyone- it was a surprise to discover there are people from the USA and the Netherlands reading this! If anyone is interested, my friend (also named Charlotte) and I will be running a blog dedicated to books, of which I will post the link to once we have properly started :)

The world needs feminism.

On a general not I rarely make any proper use of my time, in the sense that I never go out for a nice stroll through the woods that are at the back of my garden, or do some baking, or even just doing some work that could get me ahead for school. I guess most of the time I pinpoint that down to my extreme laziness and general I-can't-be-bothered-so-I-won't attitude, but currently I'm wondering if it's something more than that. Rather than just not wanting to go outside like my mum keeps asking me to, is it also a feeling much deeper than that? Is the reason I don't want to go for a walk in the woods really simply that I just can't seem to find the effort to get up and move, or is it something else? In these past few years events of rape, acid attacks, and other horrific incidents have been happening to poor, innocent young women, which is a cause of fear for any young woman. People say that these things only happen because 'their skirt was too short' or 'they let it happen' but that is never going to be the case. Women are constantly seen as just an object for men to make use of, or a target for their well-aimed acid; surely that is enough for a young woman to feel like they'd rather stay inside than risk being raped or have something of that sort to happen to them? No person should ever feel like rape or other has happened to them for a reason, yet that is what society these days is trying to say. Where are all the real people in this world? And why do these stereotypes of 'weak' women exist? Something must be done. Women should never live in fear purely because of something out of their control, something as simple as their gender.

When was the last time you saw a man walking around nervously of who might jump out of the bushes?

Hello ^.^

Today is the day of my new blog (fingers crossed I don't abandon it)! I'll tell you a little bit about myself;

-I'm fifteen years old, so in Year 11 at school
-I live in England, somewhere in the Midlands
-Please don't ever expect me to know geography
-I absolutely adore reading and books in varying genres, from Young Adult to Classics and occasionally Manga
-I'm completely OCD when it comes to grammar and spelling (I swear I have like a photographic memory when it comes to spelling so believe me when I say I'll hunt you down and make you correct your errors)
-My current dream is to become a book editor or something of that sort
-I may seem evil and/or far too sarcastic for my own good but don't worry, you'll get used to it ;)
-Any suggestions on where to go from here would be greatly appreciated!

Lets hope this turns out well!!

Charlotte x