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Critic Badge - Review of an album

The album I’ve chosen to review by George Ezra - Staying at Tamara’s. I’m a bit late to the party as far as George Ezra is concerned. I knew that I would enjoy at least one of his songs, as it is one that I heard several times whilst chaperoning our local youth theatre show, and is a song that always makes me feel good - reminding me of happy times and the camaraderie of the group - how it was then (it is just as good now, but different!). The album is in general a feel good album - I’d happily listen to it on car journeys. Certainly the first five songs are quite bouncy - and have what I would call the ‘George Ezra vibe’. The feature that comes through in the first song is that lovely deep round sounding voice - I suppose some people may call it a dark brown chocolate voice. It sounds so rich - and reminds me of Rick Astley’s sound. Although the first five songs sound bouncy, there are some darker undertones - talk of anxiety, certain words that prompt some deeper thinking. It surpris...

Critic badge - Review of a Book

 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder I’ve chosen to review this book for part of the Critic badge, but with a difference. This review will be of the book and I will compare it with the recent TV adaptation. I read the book a year or two ago after receiving it for Christmas from my husband. I have since noticed that when marketed it features in the Young Adult section, but this is not detrimental to my enjoyment of the book. I was given this book, and the sequel, and last Christmas I received the third in the series, and the prequel book. I enjoyed A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder a lot - I liked the illustrations in it - the notes that Pippa made, and the transcripts of her podcasts. It all added to the feeling that there was a lot of work going on for a school project - a lot of research being done. One niggle about the book was the size of the font in some of the notes / picture sections - and this could easily be attributed to me getting older!😂 I did notice that the smaller font, espec...