Books, Films, Life.

Released: 2017 Publishers: Simon & Schuster Format: Paperback Pages: 385 My Rating: 5/5 Never let anyone make you feel ordinary... 

 The Academy Awards (also known as The Oscars) were held Sunday night in Los Angeles, and here in the UK that meant staying up late to watch them. I mean 1am late. But nevertheless the Oscars were worth staying up for. 

 I'm a huge film fan, a cinephile. And so I thought I would bring something new to my blog where I can record and recommend new films that I have never seen before each year in a list. Much like the GoodReads challenge I will challenge myself to watching a certain amount of new films. I currently use the Letterboxd app to record what films I have seen and leave reviews so I will use that in partner with the annual film watching list. 

  Here it is again, the annual countdown of how many books I have read in the year. The last couple of years I had done so well in achieving the target or reading more than what I had initially set myself. This year was different. I had set myself a target of 30 books and I only read 20. A lot of the time I felt unmotivated to read throughout lockdown but some books I whizzed through and others I struggled with. 

 It's been a weird old year 2020. There have been many negatives to the year but equally as many upsides too. I've made some amazing memories this year despite spending half of the year in some sort of lockdown or tier restriction. But now a new year is afoot I thought I'd reflect on my end of year favourites...

Director: Michael Fimognari Writers: Sofia Alvarez, J. Mills Goodloe, Jenny Han (author) Genre: Teen, Comedy, Romance Running Time: 101mins Cast: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Jordan Fisher Country: USA Production Companies: Ace Entertainment, Awesomeness Films, Netflix Studios Distribution: Netflix Certificate Rating: 12 My Rating: 3.5/5 First Love. Last Letter. 

Rating: 5/5 I have been playing this game for just over two weeks now and it's safe to say that I am obsessed with it. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the latest release in the series and is available only on Nintendo Switch. As a huge fan of Nintendo and Animal Crossing, having played Animal Crossing: Wild World on the Nintendo DS for years, I finally caved and purchased the game and the Switch and it's probably one of the best things I have done this year.

I don't want to mention the pandemic that the world is seeing right now too much on my blog but it is a serious matter. With that being said I hope each individual is using best practice for good health and hygiene and most importantly stay safe and at home where possible. A lot of my friends have been saying that during isolation they have been feeling demotivated and miserable at the fact that they can't get out very often and have to stay indoors. With that being said it is very easy to fall into this routine of boredom and lacking the motivation to do anything really, so I have come up with simple suggestions that you could do a little or a lot of each day to make you feel accomplished or even motivated. These really are easy steps to take and remember that this time isn't about how you use it, it's about protecting everyone so it's ok to do nothing too.

Released: 2007 Publishers: Atom (UK) Format: Paperback Genre: YA, Vampyre, Romance Rating: 4/5

After months of waiting the UK has finally received Disney+ and during times of uncertainty and being homebound it couldn't have come more at a perfect time.

Creator: Ronald D. Moore Writer: Diana Gabaldon (novel) Genre: Drama, Fantasy Cast: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies Country: USA Production Companies:  Tall Ship Productions, Sony Pictures Television et al. Certificate Rating: 18 My Rating: 5/5 Sing me a song of a lass that is gone, Say could that lass be I...

8th March 2020 at The O2 Arena, London. I would've followed all the way to the graveyard...

Can you believe it is already March?!

When: 29th February and 1st March 2020 Location: Olympia, London.

First of the year, let's begin...

I love having the GoodReads app on my phone and for the last several years I have used the app to challenge myself to read more books every year. I've had a busy year and instead of pushing myself to read more books I thought I would keep myself consistent with last year and challenge myself to read thirty books...