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Thursday, 31 December 2015

New Resolutions 2016

Another year has gone so I have decided to set myself some new resolutions that I probably won't actually keep. But hey, time to give it a go, right? 1. Read more books. Although I did beat my reading goal all the way back in June, I feel that I have lost a fair amount of momentum with my reading so...

Wednesday, 30 December 2015

Peter and Wendy

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This year on Boxing Day (which is 26th December for those of you who live outside of Britain) I film was aired on ITV called 'Peter and Wendy'. If you hadn't guessed it is a retelling of the wonderful story that is Peter Pan under its original title. I want to add a little disclaimer here before I...

Sunday, 20 December 2015

Struggling To Read

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Am I the only person at the moment who is finding it really hard to read? At the moment I feel like I have so much work to do that I barely have anytime to read. I mean this month I've only read one ... and a bit books this month. December is usually the month which I read the most but I feel like I...

Friday, 18 December 2015

I have a question ....

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Before I started this blog I had a youtube channel. I started it on the summer holidays of 2014 and I had a plan that I would upload a cover of a song and maybe more as I got used to being on it. In the end I uploaded a little intro video and three covers which I have to admit were not the greatest...

Monday, 14 December 2015

Landing a Role

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Recently I had an audition for my FMP (Final Major Performance) and it was announced that I am playing featured ensemble role. Now I am absolutely fine with this. Yes it would have been amazing to land one of the main roles, but I am fine with being in the ensemble. In my experience, being in the ensemble...

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!!

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Excuse the capital letters in the title but I had to get all of your attention. I have some amazing news to give you all. If you will kindly think back to August I uploaded a post called 'Something Just Dawned On Me'. In this I expressed the small panic attack that I had had about university and/or...

Monday, 7 December 2015

Auditions

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For the past month and a bit I have basically been living in auditions. Not only am I in my final year of compulsory education (so I'm auditioning for drama school) but I am also auditioning for some shows. Basically auditions are my life. Even though I am basically living a constant audition at the...

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Review | Illuminae, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

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What You Need To Know: Title: Illuminae Author: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Number of Pages: 599 Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Romance, Adventure, Thriller Series/Standalone: Standalone Publisher: Knopf books for young readers Publication Date: 20th October, 2015 The Plot: This...

Inside Out Book Tag

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Inside flap / Back of book summaries: Too much info? Or not enough? I think that this really depends on the book. I've read a few books when there has been literally no summary what so ever but that just pulled me into the plot. I wanted to know everything that was going on. However some books...

Friday, 27 November 2015

I have failed | NaNoWriMo

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So today is the 27th November, 2015 and I thought that I would do a little NaNoWriMo update. I have completely and utterly failed NaNoWriMo. There are three days left and I have only written 23809. There is no way that I am going to reach the goal of 50,000 words by monday. So I have made a decision....

Sunday, 22 November 2015

The Reading Habits Tag

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Do you have a certain place at home for reading? Usually I read on my bed as I have a lovely little read nook with a lamp and some fairy lights, place to put my book and drink, and a bookmark pot thing. Also my bedroom is relaxing because I can surround myself with my books and wrap up in my quilt....

Review | The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown

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What You Need To Know: Title: The Lost Symbol Author: Dan Brown Number of Pages: 509 Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Action, Drama, Fiction Series/Standalone: Standalone but revolved around the same male character as previous works Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 15th September, 2009 The...

Review | The Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard

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What You Need To Know: Title: The Red Queen Author: Victoria Aveyard Number of Pages: 383 Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Romance Series/Standalone: 1st book in the Red Queen Series Publisher: Orion Publication Date: 10th February, 2015 The Plot: This is a world divided...

Review | All My Friends Are Superheroes, by Andrew Kaufman

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What You Need To Know: Title: All My Friends Are Superheroes Author: Andrew Kaufman Number of Pages: 120 Genres: Fantasy, Contemporary, Science Fiction, Romance, Humour. Series/standalone: Standalone Publisher: Coach House Books Publication Date: 19th October, 1999 The Plot: All...

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

Review | Anna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins

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What You Need To Know: Title: Anna and the French Kiss Author: Stephanie Perkins Number of Pages: 372 Genres: Young adult, Romance, Contemporary Fiction Series/Standalone: Standalone Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication Date: 2nd December, 2010 The Plot: Anna Oliphant is looking forward to her...

Sunday, 15 November 2015

Review | Fairest, by Marissa Meyer

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What You Need To Know: Title: Fairest Author: Marissa Meyer Number of Pages: 256 Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Fairy Tales, Retellings, Romance, Novella Series/Standalone: Prequel/Bridge book to the Lunar Chronicles Publisher: Fiewell and Friends Publication Date:...

Review | All I Know Now, by Carrie Hope Fletcher

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What You Need To Know: Title: All I Know Now Author: Carrie Hope Fletcher Number of Pages: 352 Genre: non-fiction, advice, guidance Standalone/Series: standalone Publisher: Little Brown Books Publication Date: 23rd April, 2015 The Plot: All I Know Now is the guide on how to survive the stressful...

Thursday, 12 November 2015

Review | Dorothy Must Die, by Danielle Paige

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What You Need To Know: Title: Dorothy Must Die Author: Danielle Paige Number of Pages: 464 Genre: Fantasy, fairy tale, magic, young adult Series/Standalone: First book in the 'Dorothy Must Die' series Publisher: Harper Collins Publication Date: 1st April, 2014 The Plot: Amy Gumm didn't ask for any...

The Disney Book Tag

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I'm a huge Disney nerd. I think I'm as avid a Disney fan as I am a reader so upon discovering that there is a Disney Book tag. Well let's just say that I squealed quite a lot! So it's time to get started with ......... The Disney Book Tag. The Little Mermaid: a character who is out their element,...

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Review | Cress, by Marissa Meyer

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What You Need To Know: Title: Cress Author: Marissa Meyer Number of Pages: 550 Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Science Fiction, Dystopian Series/standalone: Third Book in the Lunar Chronicles Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Publication Date: 4th February, 2014 The Plot: Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives...

Monday, 9 November 2015

October Haul

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Last month I was an idiot and spent a hell of a lot of money on books. Don't get me wrong, I love my books but I'm a student and I can't really afford all the books that I keep buying since I'm supposed to be saving up for Christmas and stuff that will happen next year. But I keep buying them anyway. So...

Tuesday, 3 November 2015

I'm writing a book | NaNoWriMo 2015

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I'm an avid reader, which you really should know since you are reading this little blog. But what some people may not know is that I also adore writing. I write fanfiction and I've been meaning to write an original novel for the past millennium so I thought why not go for NaNoWriMo this year. November...

Friday, 30 October 2015

Review | Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas

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What You Need To Know: Title: Throne of Glass Author: Sarah J. Maas Number of Pages: 404 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, Mystery Series/Standalone: First book in the Throne of Glass Series Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: 7th August 2012 The Plot: Meet Celaena Sardothien. Beautiful....

Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Booktober Wrap Up 2015

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Firstly I want to apologise for the fact that I have not uploaded during the majority of booktober. But life has gotten in the way of things and the past few weeks have been so busy meaning that I had to put reading and school work over this little blog. So I'm sorry about that. As some of you may know...

Thursday, 1 October 2015

Booktober | 2015

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Today is the 1st October and that means one thing; Booktober. I was introduced to Booktober last year by Carrie Hope Fletcher (well not personally, I just saw her youtube videos and I sort of fell in love with the idea) and I instantly decided that I needed to take part next year. For people who don't...

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

The Zombie Apocalypse Book Tag

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What to do: pick 5 books at random. Each book will answer two questions. The first name seen after randomly flipping through the book will be the member of the team for that question. Sounds simply enough right? No then let's see who I'm going to kill. The books: The One, by Keira Cass Treasure Island,...

Monday, 21 September 2015

Autumn TBR | 2015

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I think this is an amazing idea of mine (if I do say so myself). Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere officially starts on the 23rd September and finishes on the 21st December. But I'm only going to run until the 1st December because no one wants to admit that winter actually starts that late. So here...

Time for change, a TBR change

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This month has confirmed my worst fears, I cannot stick to my monthly TBR. There is something really wrong with my brain as soon I say to myself 'I am going to read this this month' my head goes 'nope, you don't actually want to read these books'. Which is bloody annoying! So I came up with an idea...

Saturday, 19 September 2015

Thoroughly Modern Millie

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Some of you may know me, but others of you do not so I would like to say a quick hello. Hello, I'm Alisha and I'm in year 13 at a school in Birmingham called BOA. At BOA I do musical theatre as well as two a-levels. It being our final year, we are completing some shows (it's usually three a year...

Friday, 18 September 2015

Living the Single Life

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Why is it that literally all of my friends are suddenly being thrown into relationships and I am still single? Literally all of my friends are in a relationship and I am sat here in the corner of the room whilst they are being all coupley (is that a word? I don't think it is but it best describes how...

Thursday, 17 September 2015

Line Learning

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So rehearsals are underway for the first of our shows. It's Thoroughly Modern Millie and we're performing it at the Old Rep from the 13th of October. So if anybody would like to come and see it, then your are welcome. Sorry I had to do a tiny plug for you all. Anyway because of this, I have the obvious...

Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Your Bookish Identity Tag

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I am a tiny bit of a geek, something that I do believe most of you already know. If you don't well ... how have you not guessed this already? This tag is something that I came across whilst I was spending an age crawling around the internet. And I thought that this would be yet another way for people...