Top 10 Books of 2013

Hey guys! 

Today I have my top 10 books that I read in 2013!

This year has been an amazing reading year, and I've read so many good books!!

These aren't in any particular order (possibly order I read these top 10) so here we go!

1. My Life Next Door- Huntley Fitzpatrick

This was such a beautiful story, and has become one of my favourite books. I also found out that there will be a sequel!! So exciting! But the book itself was a lovely love story and some of the characters are just amazing and awesome!

2. The Enemy- Charlie Higson

One of my all time favourite series (the series is not finished yet and I haven't read the newest book yet!). Oh goodness gracious I love this series! This is the first book and just represents the entire series in a way, it's got zombies in it and crazy kids and it's just brilliant. I recommend it highly!

3. Boys Don't Cry- Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman is known for writing beautiful and brilliant books based on difficult stories. This is about a boy who is going to get some exam results and gets this baby left with him and it's his baby apparently! His whole life is turned upside down and this is how he deals with everything. Its so good and I think Malorie Blackman will very quickly become a favourite author of mine!

4. Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen

Bet you guys weren't expecting a classic! This is such a good book, and I just want to read so many other Jane Austen books (lots are free for Kindle) and just makes me appreciate all the classics we have in the world. It's a beautiful story, if you haven't read it, please do, you won't regret it.

5. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour- Morgan Matson

I had no idea what I was going to think of this and ended up loving it! It was a lovely summer read with a beautiful story. Amy and Roger were really awkward at first but you end up loving them! This road trip book is perfect for summer, so if you choose to read it, do it during the summer.

6. Uglies- Scott Westerfeld

Once again, I've picked the first book in a series and it sort of represents the entire series. This is such a good series. The whole world and technology sounds so cool yet so scary! Tally is a confused character, I guess there are some moments where you love her, some you hate her. I sort of felt like that throughout the series! It's a good series though!

7. Anna Dressed in Blood- Kendare Blake

The first and only horror book I read in October! It was brilliant! It was hyped up so much all over the internet that I was worried that it was overhyped and that I wouldn't enjoy it, but it was brilliant! There were some moments where it was quite slow, but I guess that didn't really ruin it for me. I liked it!

8. The Book Thief- Markus Zusak

This has become one of my all time favourite books. I like reading about the time of WW2 and the Holocaust because that's always interested me, even as a child, so when I hear about fiction to do with that period of time, I will read it, and it's also in Nazi Germany, which adds to how interesting I found it. It's narrated by Death, which I found quite cool and original, and he's quite witty too. It's just a good book, read it!!

9. Geek Girl- Holly Smale

This book was published this year, and I kept seeing it around and amazon recommended it to me, so I went onto goodreads and had a look at it and I thought it was interesting. So I bought it, read it and loved it. This is the first book in a series (Holly Smale recently announced on twitter that it'll be a 5 book series instead of a trilogy) and the only book in the series I have read (only the first 2 books are out at the moment) and I loved it! The character, Harriet is so cool, she's a geek and the things she comes out with are brilliant. I recommend this highly!

10. Anatomy of a Boyfriend- Daria Snadowsky

This is a book certainly not for young children! This is quite a sexual book. I'm kinda ignoring that bit when putting it on this list. I did enjoy it, even though it was sexual. I guess the whole plot ans the awkwardness of the characters was quite good. The fact that these two people who are new to the whole sex thing are together and so awkward with it all is quite funny. I don't really know what to say really. It's good and I'll probably read the sequel at some point. I also just remembered I should probably do a review on this at some point (don't hold your breath. If you want a review, let me know. I guess I feel awkward revewing it, but I'm not sure if I will or not) .

So, if you read up until the end. THANK YOU!

I hope everyone had a good 2013 and have a lovely 2014.

Bye!

Christmas Haul- 2013

So, 2013 is almost over and Christmas has come and gone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Boxing Day!

So, here is my Christmas haul for 2013!

THIS IS NOT BRAGGING, JUST SHARING. I LIKE WATCHING AND READING THESE SORTS OF THINGS SO I WANTED TO JOIN IN WITH THE FUN!

Here we go!!!

I got 8 books this year.

- More Than This by Patrick Ness

- Noble Conflict by Malorie Blackman

- Geek Girl: Model Misfit by Holly Smale

- The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

- Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini

- Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

- Goddess by Josephine Angelini

- 11 Doctors, 11 Stories by Eoin Colfer, Michael Scott, Marcus Sedgwick, Philip Reeve, Patrick Ness, Richelle Mead, Malorie Blackman, Alex Scarrow, Charlie Higson, Derek Landy & Neil Gaiman

I got 2 DVD Boxsets:

- An Idiot Abroad: Seasons 1, 2 & 3

- Game of Thrones: Seasons 1 & 2

I got 2 CD's:

- The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem

- Midnight Memories: The Ultimate Edition by One Direction

I got 1 game:

- FIFA 14: Ultimate Edition for Xbox 360

I got some girl stuff:

- One Direction: Our Moment perfume & body lotion set

- The Body Shop Strawberry set

- The Body Shop Chocomania set

- Cherry Lip Balm from Next

- Spotty Makeup Bag

- The Body Shop gingerbread man sponge

- Set of 3 Nail Files

- The Body Shop nail care set

And some other stuff:

- 2 pairs of cat socks

- One Direction 2014 Calendar

- Pokémon Eevee Plush

- Tube of Rowntree's Randoms

That's it!

I am very thankful to have gotten all these things from my wonderful family and boyfriend. I love them dearly and appreciate everything I got.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day. I hope you have a lovely rest of 2013 and have an amazing 2014!

Bye!!!

Collection- Barry M Nail Polish

I just want to say this now. I am NOT bragging. I just want to share this with you guys so maybe you can get some ideas of things you want or things to try. 

First, the ones you've all seen before if you saw my last review. The Gelly nail paints!

Order: Blood Orange, Plum, Guava, Dragon, Prickly Pear, Blackberry, Lychee

Next is standard Nail Paints!

Back: Mushroom, Lemon, Block Orange, Spring Green x2 (I don't know why I have 2), Mint Green, Indigo, Shocking Pink, Bright Purple, Red Glitter.

Front: Red Wine, Dusky, Mauve.

Now for the Special Effects!!!

Order: Black x3 (number 311), White x2 (number 316), pink x2 (number 314), blue (number 315)

So, in total I have about 26 nail polishes by Barry M alone! I love Barry M nail polishes though, they are so pretty and lovely.

Let me know if you want more posts like this, and what on. I can do it for books, CD's, DVD's, games (for DS, 3DS, Xbox, 360, gameboy advance, psp, gameboy/gameboy colour), consoles, lip products, other nail polishes, other makeup, jewelry, you name it! I may do more in the future actually because I'm honestly struggling with posts. I'm trying to find interesting things and failing miserably! I may even do a kind of 'what's on my iPhone sort of thing', who knows!

Bye!!!!!!!

Beauty Review- Barry M Gelly Nail Paint

Alright, another beauty review to kick off these scheduled posts!

The reason I'm not writing this one on the day is because the day of release (23rd of December) is because it's my boyfriends birthday and I'm spending the day with him!

Let's get on with this review.

Barry M Gelly Nail Paints are brilliant, seriously. They really shine, don't chip easily from my experience, are easy to put on and are available in some seriously beautiful colours. I adore them. Now, because I'm not really a beauty reviewing expert, I'm just going to tell you about how brilliant they are and my overall rating.

The colours are so nice, they really stand out and are available in a variety of colours. I have quite a few so below are my colours.

Image taken with an iphone 5, no filter, flash was on. 

In order the colours are: Blood Orange, Plum, Guava, Dragon, Prickly Pear, Blackberry, Lychee

As you can see, there are some seriously nice colours for all seasons, all skin tones, all occasions. They just have a colour for everything. My personal favourites are Blood Orange and Prickly Pear. I just have no clue what to say really, they are just so nice! 

When you've put it on, and it's fully dry, they feel so smooth, even without a top coat (but I would recommend still putting a top coat on). The brush is very good with application, though I still manage to mess up, I have very shaky hands and my left hand is just a mess, but not as bad as it would be if the brush was different. (I'm left handed and definitely not ambidextrous so when I do something with my write hand, it looks like a small child did it in a rush.) 

Price wise, these are quite cheap. I think they are about £2-£4 each and are available in a variety of different places, I get mine from Boots and SuperDrug, which are UK/Ireland only stores (I think). I think you can still use these with the Special Effects nail polishes by Barry M too. They should be...

These polishes also don't seem to smell much. Some nail polishes really stink up the room when in use, but these don't seem to. My cat is very sensitive to smells, and these didn't seem to bother her at all when she was right next to me while I was painting my nails. It's great!

My rating is 5/5 stars and I would recommend these to anyone who loves to paint their nails but doesn't want to spend too much money on getting good polishes, these are great value for money.

I apologise if this wasn't very helpful but I'm terrible with these reviews but hope to get better at them.

Almost Christmas

Once again I apologise for the lack of posts. School was awful! I had so many 'end of term' exams and homework and family issues. (Yep, I'm sorry). But I am off for the holidays now.

I am honestly not sure how many posts I'll do during this holiday. I just want to spend time with my family and friends, but I don't want to neglect the blog. So I'm thinking of making a bunch of posts and just putting them up for whenever. This will most likely include a variety of things (books, makeup stuff, maybe a bit of phone related stuff. Anything really) and I'll probably have enough stuff for 2 things a week for about 2 or 3 weeks (it really does depend). I'll most likely put these things up every Monday and Thursday, so look out for those! I'll also have a bonus post of 'what I got for Christmas' because those are fun and they aren't bragging, I'm just excited! And maybe a post of things I bought with Christmas money because everyone likes spending and receiving money, and maybe it's things you'll enjoy too!

On a slightly different note, in 2 days it's my boyfriends 15th birthday! (Yes, I'm the older one, but I look younger and I'm about 1 foot shorter...) and in 4 days it's CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!! Those two events are so close together it's unbelievable. It's always hard for me to spoil him but I'm going to try a bit harder with buying earlier next year so he gets double the amount of things this year, because I like to spoil him but don't ever have much money to spend (£20 a month is never good) but I do try!! I got him stuff that he asked for, it's hard to buy surprise stuff for him because he spends money quite frequently, and I'm quite difficult to buy things for, so we just have to give each-other lists. 

On another note, picture quality in reviews and things where I have to take pictures myself should be improved. Why? I got a different phone. Basically, because of having so many phones in my house with different contracts, one phone is always up for upgrade, and my iPhone 4S broke! The power button doesn't work anymore!! So my dad remembered he had an iPhone 5 that wasn't really used because he got his free-ish upgrade and got an iPhone 5s and gave me the iPhone 5! (Oh how I love contracts) and I'm very happy! I did have to get a new number though because of SIM card changing would cost an extra £10 and we didn't really have the money for that because of Christmas stuff! That part was annoying but I'm very happy and the picture quality has improved. I don't use a proper camera because I use my iPad and phone to make posts and it would be too much hassle but the phone is decent!

I'm not sure what this post is but look out for more posts soon! BYEEEEE

Where I Buy My Books

Hey guys, I'm off sick today from school (and have been this entire week so far) so I have decided to make a little post on where I get my books. 

As you already know, there are many places to purchase books (either physical books, audiobooks or e-books) but I personally only have 4 main places where I buy books. So let's get this show on the road!

1. Amazon

Everyone knows about amazon so not much explanation needed here but don't just buy directly from amazon. You may be able to find books cheaper in the 'New & Used' section! :-)

2. Waterstones

I think waterstones is a UK & Ireland based book shop only so sorry if you're not from the UK or Ireland. Waterstones does sell books at full price but do usually have some good deals going on like 'buy 1 get 1 half price' and deals along those lines. It's a nice shop too.

3. The Works

This shop is a bit muddled up, it can be hard to find books in there but it's good. You can get nice collections for really cheap and some books for £1.99 each! There are also always deals like '3 for £5'. It's lovely.

4. Any Charity Shop!

I love going into charity shops. Where I live, there are quite a lot and there's always something to buy and such great deals! You know that your money is going to a good cause too so it's even better! 

And that's pretty much it. I'm sorry this isn't anything big or fancy but I wanted to make a post and feel utterly rubbish. I'm probably gonna sit on YouTube for a bit and then have a nap! 

Bye guys!!!!

Book Wrap Up- November 2013

Long time no see guys! Sorry, I've been on a reading & blogging slump and I've had lots of tests to revise for! (So many tests!!!!!) 

But anyway, this month I read 3 books (which is still terrible for me!).

1. Geek Girl by Holly Smale

2. Assassins Creed: Renaissance by Oliver Bowden

3. Diary of a Chav: Slinging the Bling by Grace Dent

It took me forever to get through Renaissance and I really don't know why...

Hopefully December will be better!!!

Bye!!