{"id":4,"date":"2022-02-18T10:23:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T10:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:45:13","slug":"about-miss-mcmillan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/about-miss-mcmillan\/","title":{"rendered":"About Miss McMillan&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l3MpXaVnAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/missmcmillanreads\/uploads\/sites\/40093\/2022\/02\/18101440\/AMcM-904x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/missmcmillanreads\/uploads\/sites\/40093\/2022\/02\/18101440\/AMcM-904x1024.jpg 904w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/missmcmillanreads\/uploads\/sites\/40093\/2022\/02\/18101440\/AMcM-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/missmcmillanreads\/uploads\/sites\/40093\/2022\/02\/18101440\/AMcM-768x870.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/missmcmillanreads\/uploads\/sites\/40093\/2022\/02\/18101440\/AMcM.jpg 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Hi everyone!<\/h1>\n<p>My name is Miss McMillan and I am a History &amp; Modern Studies teacher at Brannock High School, North Lanarkshire.<\/p>\n<p>I have always loved reading. I have been reading since I was at primary school and have read hundreds of books over the years.<\/p>\n<p>My favourite genres are fantasy and science fiction but I also enjoy crime, thrillers, factual, historical, comedy and self-help.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone always asks &#8220;Oh so what&#8217;s your favourite book then?&#8221; and I reply &#8220;I have no idea &#8211; there are too many!&#8221;. If I&#8217;m honest my favourite book changes a lot. It depends on a lot of things. But some of my all-time favourites are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/the-book-thief-tiktok-made-me-buy-it-the-life-affirming-international-bestseller\/9781784162122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Book Thief<\/a> by Markus Zusak<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/his-dark-materials-gift-edition-including-all-three-novels-northern-lights-the-subtle-knife-and-the-amber-spyglass\/9781841593425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His Dark Materials<\/a> by Philip Pullman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/p\/books\/small-things-like-these-shortlisted-for-the-booker-prize-2022-claire-keegan\/6161216?ean=9780571368709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Things Like These<\/a> by Claire Keegan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/the-hobbit-the-lord-of-the-rings-boxed-set\/9780008376109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lord of the Rings<\/a> by JRR Tolkien<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/memoirs-of-a-geisha-the-literary-sensation-and-runaway-bestseller\/9780099771517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memoirs of a Geisha<\/a> by Arthur Golden<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/p\/books\/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-betty-smith\/3650065?ean=9780099427575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Tree Grows in Brooklyn<\/a> by Betty Smith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can find useful links for learning <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/missmcmillan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hi everyone! My name is Miss McMillan and I am a History &amp; Modern Studies teacher at Brannock High School, North Lanarkshire. I have always loved reading. I have been reading since I was at primary school and have read hundreds of books over the years. My favourite genres are fantasy and science fiction &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/about-miss-mcmillan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Miss McMillan&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44363,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/missmcmillanreads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}