Monday 11 January 2016

My hopes for 2016

Hey guys! This is a slightly late post on my hopes for the new year. Last year I did a post all about my resolutions for the new year, and instead of making "resolutions" I thought I'd make some "hopes" instead, because let's face it resolutions rarely ever happen. So these are a few things I hope to happen this year.



1) I pass my first year of uni with a 2:2 or higher
2) I eat healthily and look after my body more by nourishing it with good food
3) I exercise more regularly and do yoga
4) Be more loving to myself
5) Don't beat myself up too much if I get things wrong when I've tried my best
6) Keep blogging as regularly on all my blogs as I can
7) Try and read 15 books for my own pleasurable reading ie not books purely for uni 

There we are! What are your hopes for the year?
Eleanor x

Thursday 7 January 2016

Books I read in 2015




Hey guys! As I did last year, I wanted to show you all the books I read in 2015. Unfortunately I read less books than last year as I have been reading my course books rather than books for pleasure however I did manage to read 26 books which isn't all that bad considering! In order here is a list of the books I read.

1) The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgeson Burnett
2) Emma- Jane Austen 
3) The Handmaids Tale- Margaret Atwood
4) Clockwork Angel- Cassandra Clare
5) Clockwork Prince- Cassandra Clare
6) Clockwork Princess- Cassandra Clare
7) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larrson 
8) The Changeling- Middleton and Rowley
9) Frankenstein- Mary Shelly
10) The Girl Who Played With Fire- Stieg Larrson
11) The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest- Stieg Larrson
12) The Girl On The Train- Paula Hawkins
13) Fangirl- Rainbow Rowell 
14) The Accident Season- Moira Fowley- Doyle 
15) Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
16) The Bane Chronicles- Cassandra Clare
17) The Moonstone- Wilkie Colins
18) The Maze Runner- James Dashner
19) The Scorch Trials- James Dashner 
20) The Death Cure- James Dashner
21) The Kill Order- James Dashner
22) Endgame: The Calling- James Fray and Niles Johnson- Shelton 
23) Royal Wedding- Meg Cabot
24) Zoli- Colum McCann 
25) I Capture The Castle- Dodie Smith
26) I am Malala- Malala Yousafazi 

My favourite book is quite hard to pick but I am going to go for the Millemium series by Steig Larrson, I adored this trilogy it was quite dark and I would definitly say it has some triggers in like rape, but they were clever and very gripping. 

My worst book that I read was Zoli by Colum McCann, I had never heard of the author before and although it was written well I found it difficult to follow and didn't really enjoy it. 

Some other books which really stood out to me were The Moonstone which I thougherly enjoyed and would reconmend to anyone who loves a mystery. The Handmaids Tale, which I loved/ The Accident Season which was given to me to review was written beautifuly. I also loved Royal Wedding which was all about Princess Mia from the Princess Diaries all grown up. I loved that series as I was growing up and it was lovely to return to her world again!

What books did you read last year? Did you read any of these?
Lots of love,
Eleanor x