Book review idea - also my ideal english module is in Wales *grumblegrumblegrumble*

[alicia_h]

I have an idea for a series of reviews of Second World War books. This is partly inspired by my growing collection of novels, non-fiction books and films based around WWII.

My idea has also been prompted by justkissmyfrog's reviews of novels she studied for a module on war novels for her English degree. Her reviews are here: Part One and Part Two and this is the module she studied.

I am extremely envious because I would love to do that module. However, my idea would save me nine thousand pounds in first year tuition fees followed by student loan debts for the following two years piling on top of the two years of debt from chemistry. Oh and I would have to move to Aberystwyth as well, which is a wee bit further away from Sheffield than Huddersfield is. Perhaps I'll reconsider real university when I'm old enough to be considered a mature student or have another look at doing an Open University course.

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[wytchcroft]

what about film? either through media or history of art or in combination - studying British film from 1930 to 1955, say; documentary and fiction. Lot of scope; would allow you to look at he novel as source, e.g. The Small Back Room. Manchester does such courses, York and probably many others.

[alicia_h]

It's a possibility, though the whole thought of actually going back to uni feels like a far off thing at the moment so I can't say what I'll find by the time I'm ready to go back.

At the moment I'm starting to make videos on youtube talking about books and writing. There's an incredibly friendly community of book people on there and I'd really like to get more involved with that. I'm still shy about talking to a camera and extremely embarrassed about watching myself but it's definitely a good way to get into talking about books and finding new friends in the short term without getting myself into more ridiculous debt.