Good and Bad Times at University By Diana Holbourn
Paperback published by Windy Seaside Publishing 10th July 2023
ISBN 9781739180959
Becky Bexley the child genius goes to university at a much younger age than most people do. She copes with the coursework, but has a few unexpected difficulties.
Things begin well, as she makes friends she has fun with, and finds herself giving one of her psychology tutors some psychological help.
She has a laugh working on a local community radio station with other students, and interviews the brother of a founder member of the pop group Fleetwood Mac.
The paranormal comes up for skeptical and sometimes amusing discussion after a student tells the other about scary night time experiences he’s been having that seem to be supernatural.
However at a Christmas party in the psychology department, a succession of stressful events begins involving tutors behaving badly that makes Becky worry she risks being thrown out of university.
MY REVIEW
Becky’s advice is based on genuine therapy techniques and psychological research, and the books in this series combine humour with handy information.
I simply love escaping to the fictional world of Beck Bexley. I can’t get enough of the Becky Bexley series. So far I’ve read, Book 1, The Early Life of Becky Bexley the Child Genius, Book 2, During Becky Bexley First Years on the Planet.
Now I’ve absolutely loved reading Book 3, Good and Bad Times at University.
I know there are a few special children that are extremely brainy, that pass an intelligence test who score 145 that are cast profoundly gifted. That’s what makes Becky Bexley special she could be described as an oddity, having been a genius from birth.
At the age of 10, Becky Bexley started at University, as she is incredibly bright having a brain of an 18 year-old. She is extremely clever taking two degrees at once, with psychology, and Media Studies. Her psychology teacher is in a bit of state crying. With Becky’s adult brain she is well known for giving teachers advice.
My favourite chapter is where Becky has a friend, Karen, in her psychology course. Karen becomes an incredible friend.
The church where Karen goes with her family, know a man called Michael Green,who was the brother of one of the founder members of the pop group Fleetwood Mac. Peter Green. Becky wants to interview Michael Green, but in order for Becky to see if she can interview Michael, she will need to go to church with Karen and Karen’s family.
Becky has to find out more information she discovered that Peter Green had started playing in bands in 1960, before he was 20. Then he got a lucky break he was asked to stand in for Eric Clapton and a few concerts in a band for John Mayall’s Bluebreakers . He became a full-time member when Eric Clapton left and then he left to start Fleetwood Mac.
The only thing is when Michael Green meets Becky, for the interview, he isn’t sure how a ten year old can interview him. Michael thinks someone is playing a trick on him telling him that Becky is at university.
When all of Becky’s friends get together, the topic of conversation gets a little weird talking about ghosts and aliens, switching to another topic that they are all questioning, if people can have surgery under hypnosis.
Everyone love’s Christmas parties, but at the Christmas party with the university, Becky is listening to one girl’s confessions, and Becky at the age of 10 is given too much beer.
I would like to thank literallypr for sending me a printed copy and for inviting me to take part in this wonderful blog tour.
About Diana Holbourn
Diana Holbourn has written self-help articles and is the author of The Early Life of Becky Bexley the Child Genius and other books about the same character.
Taking short psychology courses, working on a helpline and reading psychology books has prepared her for writing the self-help information that appears as part of the story in the Becky Bexley series. Diana lives and works on the south coast of England, where the sun shines…sometimes.
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