Hayley Sprout

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • #BookishSpinsters | “Is it ever a woman’s fault…”

    Today I am here with my incredibly belated first post for Bookish Spinsters! Bookish Spinsters was created by Joanne at OnceUponABookCase where every week a different feminist topic is chosen to be discussed! The posts actually go up on Fridays but as this is my first one I really wanted to get this one right.…

  • October 2015 Wrap Up

    Another belated wrap up apologies! Been exhausted and ill. Blah. Today I bring you some mini reviews of the books I read in October!

  • #SpinsterBooks | Asking For It – Louise O’Neill + We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler.

    Hello all! Sorry it’s been a while but I am going to make writing a priority from now on! In the meantime I joined a book club on Goodreads! It is the Spinster Book Club which is run by Lydia over at Something Like Lydia on Youtube (her channel is HERE!). Inspired by The Spinster…

  • Suffragette.

    Title: Suffragette Director: Sarah Gavron Writer: Abi Morgan Cast: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3077214/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 I’m going to review this a little differently as I had massive expectations for this film.

  • September Wrap Up

    Hey all! Sorry for the delay. Here is my September 2015 Wrap Up!

  • Page to Screen | The Martian.

    Hey everybody! Today I shall be talking about The Martian. First the very good book by Andy Weir and also the film adaptation directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. The plot of both works follow Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) who has been left behind on Mars after him and his crew…

  • August 2015 Wrap Up!

    Yup, I realise I’m SUPER duper late on this one so let’s get right to it! After reading a ton of books that I LOVED in July – naturally I had a very mehhhh month in August.

  • Accidental hiatus…

    OOPS. HELLO AGAIN. I’m so sorry I haven’t been posting anything lately, I’ve been feeling a bit creatively empty boooooo. But I hope to start posting once a week again and I shall see you then! Thanks for reading Hayley :]

  • The Lost and The Found – Cat Clarke.

    Title: The Lost and The Found Author: Cat Clarke Year Published: 2015 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20685157-the-lost-and-the-found Synopsis: “LOST. When six-year-old Laurel Logan was abducted, the only witness was her younger sister. Faith’s childhood was dominated by Laurel’s disappearance – from her parents’ broken marriage and the constant media attention to dealing with so-called friends who only ever wanted…

  • INTERVIEW | Cat Clarke

    Hey everybody! Today I bring you a SUPER EXCITING BLOG POST! I got the chance to send some questions to Cat Clarke. Cat Clarke is the author of YA publications such as Entangled, Torn, Undone, A Kiss in The Dark and, her most recently published work, The Lost and The Found (which I adored and…

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