Lets Talk: Hello, 2016.

Last New Years Eve I wrote a letter to the readers of this blog in which I gave myself some resolutions that I more or less stuck to. (As a matter of fact, I'm actually sitting in the same bed sheets that I was in last New Years Eve too). Now, I don't have any resolutions this time around, mostly because I'm happy with the way that everything is going, and well, what will be will be. I just wanted to write this post to say Hello to 2016 and to welcome everyone reading this onto this new adventure.

Favourite Quotes of 2015

I love quotes, I adore them, half of the time I speak in quotes and confuse most of the people around me which only goes to cement my love for them even more. Anyway, I keep a note on my phone of all of my favourite quotes of the year (so far) and today I decided to share them with you.

Let's Talk: Vaginas!

So today I have a bit of a different post to share with you all and it comes from a very difficult experience that I and a lot of other women have to deal with each month and that is, you guessed it, periods.

Unpopular Opinions Tag.

So, Xan over at Twirling Pages actually tagged me to do this which is super cool because it's a really fun tag and I am so excited to get going on this one.

P.S. These are just my thoughts and opinions. I don't mean to offend anyone with my answers. (If you don't agree with something though, please feel free to yell at me in the comments because there's nothing more fun for me).

Things I've Been Loving: November Edition

This a little late, but late is better than never, as the old saying goes. November was a weird month for me, it sort of fluctuated between being a really great month and just desperation for December to come. I can't remember most of this month so we'll see what actually happens in this post.

Mini Reviews

Mini Reviews is a feature on this blog that allows me to review books even when I don't have a full post full of thoughts!

Natalie's Adventures: An Ode to Paris

Dear Paris,
You've left me confused. You see, I left London thinking that while I would encounter a beautiful city it would be just that and yet in the days that have passed since my return I have found myself dreaming of your architecture, your people, your autumn.

Things I've Been Loving: October Edition.

As I said in my previous post, I'm no longer doing the original Wrap Up's that I used to write because I found them dreary and I wanted to instead just celebrate the things that I've been loving. Sort of like a favourites, just better. Without further ado here are the things that I loved during October.

Lets Talk: Catching Up

It feels like I haven't updated you guys in a while on what's been going on and what I've been up to so I wanted to take time today to write a post that catches you guys up on what's been going on. I've also been feeling a lack of connection lately between me and the readers and my posts and the entire community in general so I want to use this post as a way to get some things off my chest, too. Like a cheap therapy session, except probably not as deep.

A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston

A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston

Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. She vows she will not let her be next. And so she is taken in her sister's place, and she believes death will soon follow. Lo-Melkhiin's court is a dangerous palace filled with pretty things: intricate statues with wretched eyes, exquisite threads to weave the most beautiful garments. She sees everything as if for the last time.But the first sun rises and sets, and she is not dead. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awoken by the sunrise. Exploring the palace, she begins to unlock years of fear that have tormented and silenced a kingdom. Lo-Melkhiin was not always a cruel ruler. Something went wrong. Far away, in their village, her sister is mourning. Through her pain, she calls upon the desert winds, conjuring a subtle unseen magic, and something besides death stirs the air. Back at the palace, the words she speaks to Lo-Melkhiin every night are given a strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. With each tale she spins, her power grows. Soon she dreams of bigger, more terrible magic: power enough to save a king, if she can put an end to the rule of a monster.

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Thoughts On The 'Fangirl' Culture

The word 'Fangirl' usually brings along with it a lot of negative connotations, for most people I'm sure they picture screaming, crying, hysterical girls ogling the new boy band on the scene but for me, the definition of 'Fangirl' or 'Fanboy' is very different. For me, Fan-whatever means someone who loves something and is not afraid or embarrassed to be excited about that thing. I just want to discuss this a little bit because it's something that has been playing on my mind a lot and I want to get it out.

Twenty Before Twenty

I'm a huge lover of Bucket Lists but I've never been one to stick to them and continue to cross things off or even make much of an effort to complete the things on said Bucket List. Hopefully, by putting my Twenty Goals Before Twenty list on this blog you guys will keep motivating me to complete this list and I won't just be someone at university who hasn't done anything that they've wanted to do. I might explain some of these just to give a little insight but I'm sure you'll get the gist of most of them.
I did make a Pinterest board for those who would rather see the list in picture form but some of the goals are not on the board.

Mini Reviews: Contemporary Edition

Mini Reviews is a feature that I post whenever I want to review some books for you guys but don't have the words or the feelings to flesh them out into a full review so instead I do a mini rave or a rant and let the powers that be do the rest of the work.

Books to Music - Halsey Edition.

My 'Books to Music' posts are usually just me sharing my bookish playlists but this time I was inspired by Alexandra's post 'A Bookish Ode to Badlands' and decided to share with you which books I think about when I listen to Halsey's music. I hope you enjoy because I had some serious fun making this list.

Yay or Nay: The Read More Button.

Let me tell you guys a story. There I was, sitting at my desk, about to reply to some comments when I realise that my posts layout is seriously messed up. There were huge gaps between my pictures and the text and it just didn't look good at all. I'm not even going to talk about the fact that this has since given me serious nightmares about how each of my blog posts look (I promise you, if anything is wrong or out of order, I will find it and I will fix it) because that should be pretty clear. But after this fiasco of a post I realised that another thing was messing up the overall look of my posts and that is the 'read more' button.

The Cinderella Book Tag

I wasn't tagged by anyone to do this but I saw Chiara do this and I knew that it was a tag I wanted to do. Tag was created by Tiffany!

Dark Room by Tom Becker

Dark Room by Tom Becker

When Darla and her feckless dad, Hopper, move to Saffron Hills, Darla hopes it'll be a new start for the both of them. But she stands no chance of fitting in with the image-obsesed in-crowd at her new school. Then one of her classmates is brutally killed when taking a photo of herself. A murder Darla herself predicted in a bloody vision. When more teens die in a similar fashion it appears that a serial killer is on the loose - the 'Selfie Slayer'. Darla aone is convinced that the murderer might not be flesh and blood...

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The City's Ours Until The Fall - Halsey 2015: Natalie's Adventures

This instalment of 'Natalie's Adventures' is a very special and exciting one for me because it is my Halsey Adventure. A few of you may know that I have been a huge fan of Halsey for a while now and she recently came to London to perform her very first two shows here and I had the absolute pleasure of attending both of these shows and let's just say it was very...interesting.

One by Sarah Crossan

One by Sarah Crossan

Grace and Tippi are twins – conjoined twins. And their lives are about to change. No longer able to afford homeschooling, they must venture into the world – a world of stares, sneers and cruelty. Will they find more than that at school? Can they find real friends? And what about love? But what neither Grace or Tippi realises is that a heart-wrenching decision lies ahead. A decision that could tear them apart. One that will change their lives even more than they ever imagined…

I was provided One via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my review.

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A Few Fave Blogs

I love reading blogs almost as much as I love writing one and I definitely have my favourites. There is just something about seeing your most loved blogs have posted something new and then immediately reading them. Catching up on Feedly is either the first thing I do when I wake up or the last thing I do before I sleep. Here are some of my 'must-reads'.