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Sunday 9 March 2014

How I kept the Spiders Away

Hey everyone! Today I thought I'd share with you all how I've kept the spiders away this autumn and winter. So here you are, you'll improve your general knowledge with this post kids:p

I'm scared of spiders. I don't mind looking at one behind a cage or in a cup, but as soon as I see a spider around the house, I leave and demand someone to remove it. Oh and I definitely don't scream, just thought I'd point that out;).

There are many spider stories which include: Me not noticing one being on a tissue IN THE TISSUE BOX and crawling on my hand, me waking up and the first thing I saw was a gigantic spider making a web down my ceiling and being about 2cm from my nose (not a fun experience) and me opening the sun visor in the car and a spider falling out of it and landing on my freaking lap (one of the scariest moments of my entire life).

So because of all these horrific and soul scarring stories (sympathy please), it's not surprising that this autumn /winter I decided that my bedroom was a "no spider" zone. And a "no spider" zone it miraculously was, all thanks to my new best friends: Conkers?!










I've placed a few conkers all around my bedroom, particularly on the corner of my bed, on my bookshelf and dressing table as you can see by the pictures. At first I thought that conkers stopping spiders was an old wives tale and wouldn't work. But I'm completely amazed that I haven't had any unwanted spider visiters crawling around at all these past few months which I'm super duper happy about! I don't know if this is just a coincidence or if it's something else that's keeping the spider's away but it's definitely worked this time so I'll repeat next autumn and winter and get back to you to see if it's worked again!

So if you're scared of spiders then I would definitely recommend the conkers! That's if you don't mind having random conkers all over your house that is:))

Want to know more about the conker spider theorum? Then click THIS link:)

Hope you all enjoyed! Tell me your spider stories in the comments below and I'll be sure to read them.

Cheerio! Milly x


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Monday 3 March 2014

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Book Review

The most striking thing about this book at first is the extreeeemely long title^

Hello everyone! I think it's time for another book review the last one I did was back in September when I reviewed "The Fault In Our Stars". Man that seems like a longggg time ago! You can view that post HERE. The book I'm going to review for you today is: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, so off we go...



15 year old wannabe astronaut Christopher Boone lives in Swindon with his father and pet rat Toby. Christopher has "a memory of a film, a maths genius (knowing all the prime numbers up to 7,507) and is studying for his A-level maths during the book. However, he doesn't understand human emotions and finds it hard to communicate, sometimes "not talking to people for a long time".

“I would make a good astronaut. To be a good astronaut you have to be intelligent. I am intelligent”

This book immediately draws you in, Christopher has already found the corpse of his neighbours dog impaled by a pitchfork in the first chapter. This discovery leads him on a mission to find the culprit of the murder, using inspiration from his favourite writer Sherlock Holmes.

Christopher has severe autism which ultimately affects how he goes about solving the case. Confronting his neighbours and the public in order to ask questions regarding the case is frustrating for Christopher, resulting in him groaning and covering his ears in order to retreat from the situation.

 "I put my hands over my ears and closed my eyes and rolled forward till I was hunched up with my forehead pressed onto the grass. The grass was wet and cold. It was nice."

Writing a detective novel from the perspective of an autistic teenager is a very difficult task Mark Haddon has taking on. The ingenious idea of creating Christopher to love Sherlock Holmes has kept the novel flowing  as he has the much needed motivation to try and be like his icon and break his strict social boundaries. Because if this, Christopher quickly progresses in solving the case and uncovers many more intense mysteries.

Because Christopher is such a visual thinker, Diagrams are frequently used in this book as this is what he understands. In order for something to make sense to Christopher, there must be science and logic behind it. In order for the book to make sense to the reader, you must un-train your mind of the conventional way we are taught to read. 

This book isn't just a child detective novel nor a book about disability, but an insight to readers into how people with autism see the world and undertake tasks. This is why I love The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time a very touching and intelligent  novel that I feel everyone should read.

Hope you all enjoyed that!

Have any of you read the book? What did you think? Let me know in the comments below and if you enjoyed my review:)

Cheerio! Milly x




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