January TBR

Hello! I thought today I'd share my January TBR with you.. So yeah here's what I'm planning to read in the month of January:

Peter Pan by J M Barrie

I've actually already started this and I'm about half way through. If you didn't know, Peter Pan (2003) is all time favourite movie EVER. I'm constantly watching it and could probably reenact the whole thing word for word. Anyway, for Christmas I received this beautiful edition from my sister, Diana and it's just,mwell it's Peter Pan, it's perfect. 

Heir of fire by Sarah J Mass

Another one I've already started and I'm 100ish page in SO good, I don't know why I've been putting it off for so long. Probably the sheer size of it. If you're not familiar with the throne of glass series, this is the third book and is very hyped in the book worlds. I highly recommend you go start this series. It's got magic, an assassin, mystery and Chaol Westfall *melts into a puddle* I fancy him almost as much as I fancy Peter Pan ;) 

Harry Potter and the philosophisers stone by JK Rowling 

I've been meaning to read this for years.. I doubt I need to tell what this series is about or tell you how good I know it's going to be and how much I personally will love it. It's about wizards and witches for crying out loud. I've decided I'm going to read one book of this series a month so starting in January with the first book (duh). 

With the size of heir of fire I'm going to taget myself with just three because I'm a terribly slow reader and I'm back at school now so I'll have things to read for class and a sh*t ton of essays to write *cries*. 

What's on your TBR list this month? 

- Alice :) xx

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Wonder Day Sunday

Hey guys! Happy Sunday, hope you're are well and happy :)

I thought I'd do a Wonder Day post because they're probably my favourite to write and I- well, I just feel like blogging.

So where do we begin..

Sixth Form

So I'm back at sixth from now in Year 13, my last year (agh!) and It's more laid back this year since I dropped maths. Well its more laid back with the work load. I still have to worry about Personal Statements and Universities, which are very exciting yet daunting at the same time. I'm actually going to visit Canterbury Christ Church in November for an open day which I;m looking forward to, not only because so far it's my number one uni at the moment, but also because I'll be on a train to London and back alone for the first time and the idea kind of thrills me! Being and adventure enthusiastic and all. I'm staying and my big sister's and going with her and her fiance so it won't be overly scary. I get loss in hull -in fact I still get lost in Brid- so I doubt I'd do very well in Canterbury alone. not only that but I'd look lonely as fudge!

Boxing

Yesterday was my boxing club's home show and I got carded! Whoo hoo! Which means I can fight competitively now. I had a whole medical test which I though I was going to fail the eye sight part off because I'm kind of partially blind in one eye. The doctor did like five different tests after discovering this but finally -at which point I was so nervous that I were worried I have actually sweat marks- he said everything was okay and then handed me a cup to pee in for a dip sample. But Alice got nervous and couldn't go so they gave me the cup to take away and bring it back somewhere in the night went I could (am I being to ope about this? Eh I don't even care, it's just pee haha) It had a happy end though after supping two bottles of Dr Pepper and being asked several times be=y one of the officials, she was really nice though and just found it funny to my relief. It would of been horrible if she was like "URINATE NOW OR I'LL KILL YOUR FAMILY!" yeah, that would of been awkward. I can't go under pressure okay.

Anyway speaking of horrible, at school earlier that day I was get digs of someone people who were saying they don't think I'll be a good boxer because I'm to "nice". I shouldn't really take it to heart because they weren't very nice people who said it and they have never seen me boxing so they can't make judgement. But you know it still hurt. Anyway I felt loads better when I got to the show and talked to my fellow boxers about it would said that I'm good and I'm going to do good plus if I'm carded it must mean my coaches think I'm good enough.

 I'm  just going to have to kick arse at my first fight to prove it to them ;)

Party!

I went to my friends party yesterday which was fun until this girl throw a bottle at this guy and the sh*t went down. To say the least. Theirs a whole long drama behind why the girl threw the bottle, over an ex boyfriend would you believe aha. But anyway good night apart it ending early because of the incident.

Entertainment

I'm currently reading Girl Online On Tour at the moment (which made me want to blog) and I'm loving it so far. I just love the characters that I don't think I'd mind what the plot was but that's great so far too! I still adore Elliot. I'm still in love with Noah. And I've come to the conclusion that I'm Penny. Sure I don't have anxiety or a super hot boyfriend (or any boyfriend aha) but 1. I was going to be called Penny if not Alice 2. She's awkward and clumsy and I am FAMOUS at school for both 3. I blog and 4. she just reminds me of me :) 

 

I went to see Suffragette yesterday and I had goosebumps the whole time and I almost cried twice. SO GOOD.

I've also been kind obsessed with a show called Fairy Tail because you know wizards..

NaNoWriMo

 November is National Novel Writing Month and this year I'm joining in! 'm going to be finally writing the story I've had stuck in my head for the past two years. I'm nervous but excited. Even if I don't complete all 50000 words, I'll have more words then I started with!

Halloween 

And lastly, Halloween! Yay! I can't believe it is so close, I'm so excited! For the whole of October I've been on pinterest, instagram and youtube just stalking Halloween. My room is all decorated and I'm just so ready! This year I'm going as a cat burglar cat because I'm punny like that and I'm going the sixth form party and then Ginger's (code word for my bff). I can't even.. this is actually the best time of the year because it's Halloween then bonfire night and Christmas!!! Not to mention it's my favourite season (autumn) now :)

Well that's all folks ;)

Bye!

-Alice :) xx

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Huge Summer Book Haul

It may be October now but that's because I procrastinated writing this. In summer it was my 17th birthday (august 2nd) and I received quite a few books (thanks fam!) and because I was in a book reading phase I also bought a lot of books. So I thought I'd show and tell them ;)

 Here's the whole pile, I told you it was huge!

 

Here's the pile of books I purchase myself... oops haha

Hers's the pile I got for my birthday. (Minus the bottom 2, they just snuck in there)

Okay dokey, I split the pictures up into categories of where I got them from. The picture above being the books I got for my birthday (again minus the Saga books 1&2)

I'll go from left to right, Ah hem...

YOUNG ELITES by Marie Lu

This is a fantasy novel where there has been some sort of disease thing which have left some with powers..? I'm not entirely sure but it does sound good, just go online and read the blurb!

RED QUEEN by Victoria Aveyard

This was a gift from my older sister Lucy. I'm not entirely sure what it's about but I think it's quite game of thrones-y and hunger games-y... I could being confusing this with something else. All I know of it is that the world is separated by blood, the red bloods -the common people- and silver bloods -the elites. It's all very fantasy and magic so I know we'll get along.

DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Taylor

Fantasy romance? I have no idea what it's about but I've heard nothing but good reviews.

CINDER by Marissa Meyer

Fairy-tales in space? Or the future? I'm so bad at this aha but again I've heard nothing but raving about this.

THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUS by Rick Riordan

This is a random book from the heroes of Olympus series which I don’t have the first one two, but thanks for trying mum ;) I'm sure I'll get to that series soon and then to that book haha.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN by Jandy Nelson

I've heard this is a good cometary novel and the pages are yellow so it's going to be awesome!

 These ones are books I bought myself from amazon

THE FINAL EMPIRE by Brandon Sanderson

I've wanted to read this for ages because I heard his work is fantasy gold and his plot twists are insane! All I know about this particularly book is that it's the first in the mistborn trilogy and that the magic system is something to do with metal...

THE ISLE OF THE LOST by Melissa De Cruz

I've already read this one so I could watch the movie. It's a prequel to the Disney channel original movie DISNEY DESENDANTS. This book is about a world after the fairy tales where all the villains have been trapped on an island, the isle of the lost, to be forgotten by the world. However four of the Disney villain’s children embark on an adventure to try and lift the seal of the island and return to the world.

THE WRATH AND THE DAWN by Renee Ahdieh

This is based on the story of 1001 and 1 nights which I also know nothing about but its fantasy and romantic and a dystopian and sometimes I'm in the mood for the three mixed in a story.

PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan

This is the first book of the Percy Jackson series I'm sure you've heard about and since my mum got me two random books from the series, I thought I'd pick up the first book.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen

EMMA by Jane Austen 

These two books I got for my English class. I started reading Emma but -and I don't want to offend you if it's the air your breath- it was quite boring. Pride and Prejudice on the other hand was a little more juicy and I'm sure you know the story (or maybe my family is just old aha)

 These books are books I bought at Tesco or a charity shop

PERCY JACKSON AND THE TITAN'S CURSE by Rick Riordan

PERCY JACKSON AND THE LAST OLYMPIAN by Rick Riordan

These are the books my mum got me from a charity shop and are part of the Percy Jackson series, so thanks mum! 

FINDING AUDERY by Sophie Kinsella

I've already finished reading this and I loved it. It's about a girl named Audrey who suffers with really bad anxiety where she can't even make eye contact with her own family and she meets a boy and stuff.. It’s a story of her finding herself basically. The plots not mind blowing or anything but I love the writing and all the characters, epically the relationship between her brother and their mum! He's so sarcastic and she's just mental, it's LOL worthy, trust me!

SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater 

I picked this up from a charity shop because it was like 50p and I've heard it's good. I think it's about werewolves... I could be wrong.

PAPER TOWNS by John Green

I'm half way done with this and it's quite good, good to read on a miserable day like today where you want a little excitement in your life and a little john green cosiness, if you know what I mean ;)

QUEEN OF THE TEARLING by Erika Johansen

This one I know is like Game of Thrones (which is my fave TV show of life, if you didn't know)

It's got a strong female protagonist -which sounds like Daenerys- and she’s on a mission to take back her throne, I think :)

These two I also got at a charity shop I just forgot about them

ERAGON by Christopher Paolini

ELDEST by Christopher Paolini

 These about a dragon. That's all I know. 

Number 1 I got for my birthday, 2, 3 and 4 I ordered from amazon

SAGA VOLUME 1-4 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

I'm loving this series so far! I'm on number three and I believe volume 5 just came out so I'll have to pick that up in the future. This series is very Romeo and Juliet where they're star crossed lovers (literally in this I guess aha) on the run with a baby, trying not to die. Just a little warning, it's quite adult themed with swearing and naked people... which I discovered the hard way! But the storyline is great so just ignore that bit.

 TAD-AAAAH!

I think I'm set for reading all cosy in these colder months :)

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed ^.^

 Are you currently reading anything? (I'm reading a series of unfortunate events, the bad beginning)

Leave a comment!

 I hope you have a super fantastic day,

BYE!

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Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas: Book Review

(Before I start, can we please appreciate my efforts of photography, I mean.. well I'm proud of myself aha :'D)

I wanted to read this book as soon as I heard about it from a book-tube video on YouTube. Being undeniably obsessed and in love with fantasy this book went straight on my tbr and it being compared to Game of thrones (my fave) AND having a strong female protagonist who just happens to be an assassin sent this book to the very top of that pile.

This story takes place in Erilea, a fantasy land banished of magic and ruled by the ruthless king of Adarlan (oh more or less.. he rules a lot of it). It follows 18 year old Celaena Sardothien, the most notorious Assassin in the land, send to the salt mines of Endovier to pay for her crimes. After a year of torture the crown prince makes her an offer she can't refuse; to compete as his champion in a series of tests to become the king's personal assassin and as a reward one day earn her freedom. Along side her battling to take her 23 competitors down she finds herself lost in the mystery of what other evil is lurking in the castle that is taking the champions down.. one by one. DUN DUN DUH!

Crappy synopsis but I tried :) Here is where you can buy it and read the actual synopsis if you like.

If you haven't read Throne of Glass I suggest you stop reading now because I'm about to go into detail about the plot and characters etc and would hate to spoil it for you. YE BE WARNED! So goodbye non-throne-of-glass readers-who-don't-want-to-get-spoiled AND ENJOY!

Okay so where do we start...

The Writing

I haven't read a book written in third person for a while so it was a nice change. Being written in third person meant there was a lot more detailed descriptions, world/character building and scene setting.. those sort of things. I think Sarah J Maas is a beautiful writer and really brings the world she's created a live and makes her readers fall in love with it and everyone mostly everyone in it. The only part of her writing I struggled with was the language, she uses some terms that before reading this I had no idea they even existed but I think that's just because I haven't read many young adult fantasy novels... or I'm stupid.. haha. This wasn't a huge problem because I just googeled the words I didn't know the meaning to and throughout the book she more or less uses the same "fantasy/medieval"  terms so with in a few chapters or so I could go Google-less ;)

The World

Erilea is a medieval fantasy world filled with knights and nobles and has elements of magic. Despite being a magical made up world I think Erilea is a realistic sounding world, well as realistic as fiction can be. It's not a magical land of froufrou where everyone lives in harmony and skip through meadows together singing, here there are real world problems like slavery and rebellions due to being run by a pants king.. it reminds me and awful lot of Westeros ;) The first book did an excellent job of building a world for the rest of the series can pan out.

The Characters

I think the character were also very realistic and I couldn't help but get attached to most of them. Which is something I sometimes have trouble with in a book and a book is never really great when you don't really care about the characters.

Celaena Sardothien

Probably one of the coolest female protagonists ever! And undoubtedly badass when I comes to assassinations and fighting.  Every time she whoops someone and full blown owns them I find myself with a huge smirk on my face. GIRL POWER! An example of this whooping would be in the duel where she beats Grave and is like "my name is Celaena Sardothien.." .. It was just awesome okay! Aside from being a kickass assassin she's also sassy and witty and all around hilarious, however I found her a little too arrogant for my liking but she tones in down the more it goes on and everyone has their flaws, plus it makes her who she is. Another thing I loved about her was she loved books which is an odd hobby for a killer but non the less a great addition to her character. 

Chaol Westfell

I'll start off with the warning I think I'm in love with him. I'm not sure why either. He's Captain of the guard so he's all kickass and muscly which is something. He hides is emotions but still has them bottled up and he's funny but at the same time always serious and I have a stupid grin of my face every time he talks to Celaena.. I don't even know but I'm in love #TeamChaol

Dorian Havilliard

I was half expecting the crown prince to be like Joffery from GoT but it turns out that's his brother ;) He reminds me SO much of Adrian from Vampire Academy; rich, good looking, womeniser, charming, falls for the girl. I mean I like Dorian and I think he's funny and all .. but he's not Chaol. I feel like he's a bit too feely for me (yeah that's now a word xD) and wears his heart on his sleeve plus I think he fell in love too quickly.. I'm also probably just making excuses because he's not Chaol aha ;)

Nehemia Ytger

I'm going to be honest, I didn't like her at first. I'm still not overly fond of her but she's growing on me. I just found her a little rude at first where she was like "I hate everyone but you, Lillian because you can speak me language so I can slag everyone off to you" and then a little full off of herself when she was like "I'm not gonna lie, I saved your life because I'm super magical and awesome and I've been saving you're ass for weeks, it's been dreadfully exhausting!" .. okay so maybe she didn't say it exactly like that and she's not too bad I suppose.

Cain

Ew. There's no need for an explanation why I hate him and I totally knew I was him all along.. ha this kid ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Plot

I loved how their were little sub plots to go along the main plot of the competition. Like the murder mysteries, the romances, the world problems and the magic. I was surprised actually how little it was focused on the competition because although it updated us on what the rankings were and stuff, it only showed us a few of the tests. Like the rest off this book, I loved the plot :)

Annnnnd.. I think that's pretty much it. This is definitely one of my favourite books by far and I'm so so excited for the rest of the series!!

Here's a fanart I did of Celaena and Chaol.. (Inspired by Linneart)

Thank you so much for reading, and I hope you enjoyed ^.^

Don't forget to leave a comment if you've read this and what your thoughts were and if you have any recommendations I might enjoy.

Have a super fantastic day,

CYA! 

- Alice :) xx

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Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas: Book Review