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This blog might slowly be turning into a record of my reads but one of my gap year resolutions was to think more thoroughly after reading books and to really consider my thoughts. So in honour of World Book Day, here are my top five books: Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney – After seeingContinue reading “Happy World Book Day”

I am an avid reader and the prospect of taking a gap year excited me for many reasons. One of these being that it gave me a whole year to read more and to have the freedom of reading whatever I liked. This was a change in the routine of previously reading either set textsContinue reading “Books January/February 2020”

Before arriving in the Big Apple I had done a lot of research into the best places to eat and drink coffee. Alas, these plans normally disappear and I quickly found myself simply taking other people’s suggestions or aimlessly choosing as I walked the streets. During my time here so far, I have tried theContinue reading “Best NYC eats so far”

This time last year I was stressing about pretty much everything. A-Levels, Coursework, University and everything else Year 13 involves. Never, ever, did I think that a year later I would be in New York City both alone and for three months. As someone who had everything planned out and having never handed in aContinue reading “An introduction to this adventure”