Holly's blog

Hello! Sorry I have not blogged in a while but I am back now with my November Favourites!

My first favourite of this month is The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J K Rowling. It is a short fairytale book which includes 5 short stories. The stories have been written in the style of a fairytale and are written as something that would be read to young Wizards and Witches in the Wizarding World. It so cute and I absolutely love the stories. My favourite story is the story about the 3 brothers, the same as Dumbledore haha!



Keeping with the Harry Potter theme, my film favourite of the month is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. This follows the character of Newt who goes to New York with his suitcase full of magical creatures. Whilst in New York his creatures escape and he meets Tina, Jacob and Queen who help him. Newt is adorable and I love the friendship in this film! Also, the acting and plot line is superb!



For my clothing favourite I've actually been loving my Hufflepuff socks from Primark. Boring I know, but so cute and cosy!

I've also been loving my Harry Potter charm bracelet that my friend Zoe got me! The charms are so cute and sentimental to me!



For makeup I've been loving the Revolution Flawless 2 eyeshadow palette, particularly the pinks and browns in it as I'm a neutral girl who doesn't wear that much makeup. Plus if I mess up then nobody really notices!

My favourite perfume has been Wonderstruck Enchabtwd by Taylor Swift. I know it's a typical teenage girl perfume but it's perfect for winter as it's warm and slightly musky whilst also being girly!

In terms of tv shows I've been loving both Lucifer and Gilmore Girls. I've been watching Lucifer with my boyfriend and we've only just started season 2 but it is so good! I love the storyline although it can sometime be predictable. I've also recently started season 3 of Gilmore Girls and I love it! It is so cute and funny and I love the relationship between Loralie and Rory!



For music, I've really been enjoying 7 Years by Lukas Graham. I listened to it all throughout summer and I started listening again to it this month too!

Let me know what your favourites have been this month!

Hi everyone! I move to university in a week and thought I'd show you what books I'm planning on taking with me.

The first book I want to take with my is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone illustrated by Jim Kay. I love the Harry Potter series and it always makes me feel cosy and at home. I thought I'd take this book to stop me feeling homesick as Harry Potter always makes me feel better and my edition was a Christmas present from my boyfriend so it is also quite sentimental. Plus the illustrations are beautiful!

The second book I'm planning on taking with me is The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. This is quite a short coming of age story. I read this a few years ago and loved it as the story is so beautiful yet sad. I love this book and find it quite comforting so I thought I'd take it with me.

The next book I'm planning on taking is Jane Eyre . I've been wanting to read this for ages and still have yet to read it. It is a well loved classic and the rest of the books I'm taking are YA so I thought taking a classic would give me a bit more of a variety!

Another book I want to take is The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern. I read this last year and it was one of my favourite books of 2015. It is a lovely and magical story with wonderful characters.

A fourth book I want to take is Am I Normal Yet by Holly Bourne. This is my favourite book I've read this year which is why I want to take it!

I also want to take one book from The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. The Mortal Instruments is one of my favourite book series. At the moment I want to take City of Glass as it is one of my favourites from the series.

The last few books I want to take are the Throne of Glass series. This is because I'm currently reading  the Throne of Glass series and am still only reading the first book in the series.

So those are all of the books I'm planning on taking to university with me. Let me know what books you're planning on taking!

I have been asking myself a lot recently "Is university right for me?" and "Am I doing the right thing?". Neither of which I know the answer to.

I passed my A Levels and although my grades weren't great, I managed to get high enough grades to get into my firm university and do my chosen course of single honours History. I love History and am so glad I've gotten in. However, in the long term I would love to have a career in journalism or the media industry or social media so it would probably make more sense for me to do a media degree. Saying this, I've been told that to get into journalism it is better to do a degree such as History, English or Politics rather than Journalism.

Honestly I have no idea what I'm doing or what I want and hope I'm not making a mistake. What do you think I should do???

Today is Thursday 18th August 2016 and if you are an A Level Student you will know that today is A Level Results day!

When I woke up this morning (not that I'd ever really fallen asleep because I was worrying so much), I went on the UCAS website and waiting until 8am when Track would be updated and tell me whether or not I'd gotten into uni. I was so happy when I discovered that I'd been accepted to my first choice university and had been given an unconditional offer because I'd met the exam requirements! I'm going to be studying History at a university that seems perfect for me!

However, I still had to go to college and get my results. I went with my friend Zoe and got there around 10am. Zoe had amazing results (I wouldn't have expected anything less from her!) and my results were okay - at least I'd passed and gotten into uni even if they weren't what I'd wanted! I got a B in English Literature and Language overall, and C's in History and Media Studies overall. I'm slightly disappointed because of how hard I worked this year but I know that my AS grades are what dragged me down. For some reason I'd found AS level's so much harder than A2 and this reflected in my grades. This year I managed to get an A in my History coursework but because of exam results last year I ended up with a C overall.

Overall I'm happy with my A2 results, just not so happy with my overall A Level grades. On the bright side I managed to pass my A levels and get into a university I've wanted to go to and will be doing a course I will hopefully love! Well done to everyone, no matter what grades you got and good luck for your futures!

Hey guys! It's almost September so it's almost time to go back to school/college/university. As I'm starting university this September, I thought I'd make a school related tag!

Here is my video version on my Booktube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o1D_0PtpbY

Questions

1) The alarm clock goes off but all you want to do is dream of summer - Pick a book that reminds you of summer.

For this I have picked We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. This is a mystery book set in the middle of summer on a holiday island.



2) When you finally get out of bed, you rush to get ready as you can't wait to see your friends - Pick a book/series that you love that is set in a place of education.

I have two choices for this one, an American book and an English book! My English pick is Am I Normal Yet by Holly Bourne. This is set in an English Sixth Form College that sounds quite similar to the college that I attended!
My American pick is The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chebosky. This is a coming of age story about high schoolers so is set in an American High School.



3) When you get given your timetable you discover your lessons are all in different places throughout  the school and you will have to run to get to them on time - Pick a book that took you a long time to read.

For this I have chosen The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater.



4) When you get to class you aren't with any of your friends - Pick a book you read in class that you hated.

I pick A River Sutra

5) At lunch you and your friends discuss the class you're taking and you wish you had taken one of theirs instead - Pick a book you wish you had read in school that you didn't.
To Kill a Mockingbird and The Catcher in the Rye.

6) The last class of the day is your favourite subject - pick a book you read in school that you loved.
Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Stormbreaker.

7) After school, you hang out with friends to discuss the first day back - Who do you tag?
I tagged TwoPaperGirls, Julia Sapphire, CarysOnReading, Neverlandbooks, TargaryenPrincess and LaLaLauren1001.

If you want to do this tag then feel free to do so!

I've been loving a lot of things recently so I thought I'd put them in a July Favourites.

My first favourite is my makeup favourite. I don't normally but new makeup or change up my makeup but this month I did. I've been loving wearing orange lipstick this month, in particular the L'Oreal Paris Color Riche liquid lipstick in the shade Tangerine Sonate. It's so pretty and summery! I don't wear lipstick very much but I love this one! It stays on for quite a while and doesn't dry out my lips. Plus the packaging is beautiful!



My clothing favourite of this month is this burnt orange top that I got form New Look. I got it in the sale so it probably won't be available now but its so comfy and breezy, which is perfect for the summer weather we're having right now!



My third favourite is my book favourite. This month my favourite book I've read is Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne. I've talked about this book way too much recently so I'll link my review of it here.

My movie favourite is Now You See Me 2. I saw this at the cinema with my boyfriend because we both loved the first one and although this one wasn't as good as the first, I still enjoyed it. I loved both the plot and the cast, as well as all the cinematography and the editing. I love magic and magician's so any movie that features magic and magicians is sure to be a hit with me!

I loved the video games Life Is Strange and Portal 2 this month which is strange for me as I normally don't play video games (other than the Sims!). I've been playing Portal 2 at night with my boyfriend as it gives us something to do together without having to actually been near each other. Although I wasn't very good at it and had to just follow my boyfriends instructions, it was still really fun! I also played Episode One of Life Is Strange and really enjoyed it. It has elements of time travel and the storyline changes with different actions you choose which I find fascinating! I also loved the characters and the scenes.

For my music favourites I've been living the album In Our Bones by Against the Current, and the songs Circles by Pierce the Veil and Something's Gotta Give by All Time Low live at Wembley. I love almost every single song on the new Against the Current album but my favourites are Forget Me Now, Outsiders, Roses, Wasteland and Running Withe The Wild Things.

I was tagged by Julia Sappire on Youtube to do this tag on my Booktube channel and thought I'd share my answers on here too! Here is Julia's video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-ZmflT0TFo

There are two Twenty One Pilots Book Tag's on youtube and the one I am doing was created by Booksoverparties. Her video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NzLEJmKQ9M&feature=youtu.be

1) Stressed Out - Pick a book which you wish you could turn back time and read for the first time again.
Angel fall by Susan EE.



2) Ride - Pick a character who goes on a decline (gets worse mentally) throughout a book or series.
For this question I pick the character of Othello from Othello by William Shakespeare.

3) Fairly Local - Pick a book or series that takes place all over the country and/or world.
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare. I won't say who travels all over the world as it will be a spoiler if you haven't gotten that far in The Mortal Instruments series.