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Break Up Survival Tool Box: 11 Pieces of Advice That Go Me Through

Break Up Survival Tool Box: 11 Pieces of Advice That Go Me Through

If you’ve ever had your heart broken you will know that paralysing mix of emotional pain and physical exhaustion. It really hurts. You probably won’t be able to sleep much, and I could barely eat for two weeks. Everything will remind you of Them. Your mood will be unpredictable and everyday will feel like a roller coaster.   It’s a waking nightmare… but it will eventually end. Every relationship…

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What is a Bullet Journal?

What is this #BulletJournal thing that I'm always going on about?!

I keep going on about this Bullet Journal thing, but I’ve not explained what it is! Or you may have already heard of it if you frequent Pinterest or Instagram. Even Buzzfeed have picked up on this trend with an increasingly annoying number of posts about it! It’s something I started in April last year and even in that relatively short space of time it seems to have really taken off. It is a…

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2017: Goals, Goals, Goals!

My 2017: Goals, Goals, Goals! How I planned an awesome new year!

2016 was pretty crap right? I think most of us would agree. Globally it’s all pretty fucked. I don’t watch the news any more, it’s not good for my mental health. And for me personally.. Well.. read this. 2016, not a good year overall. For the first time I ever I did buy into the whole New Year thing. I was looking forward to December 31st ending and January 1st beginning because it does feel like…

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Review : Cress by Marissa Meyer

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I LOVE these books. I don’t even care who knows it!

The third book in the series introduces Cress (Rapunzel). We’d seen glimpses of her before but now we meet her at least. She is a Lunar shell and hacker genius imprisoned in a tiny satellite orbiting Earth where she has been keeping all the Lunar ships hidden for years (and not getting haircuts). Cinder and the rest of…

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Review : Feed by Mira Grant

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book is not what I thought it would be! I think the blurb on the back should contain some hint or big fat warning that the first 300 pages is a terminally boring exploration of US politics and the inner works of a blogging website set to a zombie backdrop. If you like US politics great (this is no House of Cards), but if you don’t.. Wow, it was a slog. What kept me going was being told by a few people that it would eventually get really good.. and it did get pretty awesome.. but after 300 pages when the promised conspiracy finally kicks in (and I was possible desensitised to its faults)! This is one you have to really plough through to get to the good stuff.

Stick with it!

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Review : The Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

True to life fiction is never really my genre, I prefer a bit of fantasy escapism, but I thought I’d give this one ago because I’d heard good things about it. The Year of the Rat was an alright read. Nothing that felt very original or especially affecting about it for me, but then I don’t have any shared experiences with the characters. It’s just another one of the stories about grieving for a dead parent and going slightly off the rails in the process.

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Recap : Made in Chelsea LA (Series 1, Episode 5)

Pretty much everybody has something to say to Jamie and Jess, and Louise in particular is super feisty. Binky finally asks JP to make a decision about their relationship and it turns out he is a massive prick after all! It’s devastating.. I thought he was good one.. He could not have handled this situation worse if he’d tried!

Just get a f***ing boyfriend!

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The most BAMF of them all! Carol arrived to join the others on the shelf. I'm reading through her Ms Marvel and Captain Marvel runs right now and I 💛 her so much!!! 😍 I prefer the helmet head to this figure because it's awesome and also on the other head the eyes are painted so she's looking up weirdly, plus she has the short hair, which isn't Carol to me. #captainmarvel #caroldanvers #carolcorps #marvel #marvelcomics #actionfigures #treatyoself

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Review : Sword Art Online: Aincrad, Vol. 1 by Reki Kawahara

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Sword Art Online is one of those where I absolutely love the idea but am really disappointed by the execution. I probably should have known better because I didn’t really like the anime when I tried to watch that, but I thought maybe I’d get on better when the novel. The novel pretty much reads like a description of the anime (I know the novel came first), although I’ve not read anything Japanese before so I don’t know if that is the style to exaggeration emotions and psychical responses. I dislike far more anime and JRPG games than I like (so far found two I only two I did like – Eternal Sonata and Tales of Vesperia) so I probably need accept that these are genres that aren’t for me!

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Recap : Made in Chelsea LA (Series 1, Episode 4)

True to form Jamie makes a mess of everything with Naz. At some point he needs to gain some maturity, but I don’t think that’ll happen any time soon. Jess is up to something although she’d never admit it. Meanwhile, Binky is still confused about JP. There really wasn’t a lot that actually happened in this episode..

We all sleep in each other’s beds

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I finally have it! 😁 Still can't believe it's been available since January and I had no idea 🙈 Got to finish The Girl With All The Gifts, then I'm back in Neptune fosho! #veronicamars #veronicamarsbook2 #mrkissandtell

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Review : The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time by Mark Haddon

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

First off all this book should not be described as a ‘mystery’ because definitely is not a mystery in the traditional sense. Christopher may not understand what is going on but older readers will easily read between the lines and pick up on the bigger picture. If you aren’t expecting a mystery story this is still an incredibly enjoyably, affecting and compulsive read. I read it in two sittings!

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Recap : Made in Chelsea LA (Series 1, Episode 3)

This week some of them go to Vegas where Naz beings to question Jamie thanks to the rampant scepticism of every single one of friends; Alik and Louise are ruined in adorable scenes; Jess meets a boy; and the Binky and JP thing still rumbles on well past the point of being interesting. At some point Alex, of all people, has become the voice of reason and dare I say it.. morality.. on this trip?! What is happening.

“Zen stuff”

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iZombie (Season 1, Episode 14 – Blaine’s World)

I know it’s taken me a ridiculous length of time to get around to writing this finale recap! I had to rewatch the episode and I’d forgotten how much I enjoy this how, I really missed it! That theme and the opening credits, so good! Anyway everything comes to a climax as Liv, Major and Blaine have showdown. Ravi has possibly made a cure but Liv has some difficult decisions to make, will she be selfish or think of the greater good?

“Nice ball sack”

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Review: Batgirl Vol. 1: The Batgirl of Burnside by Cameron Stewart

My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I expected to like this but wow, I really hated it. What have they done to Barbara! Why is Batgirl now an annoying hipster? And the villains in this are laughable, they’re so cartoony it’s almost childish and yet there is a weird imbalance with the more adult content about drinking, hangovers, sex and dating apps.

I do not like the new Bat suit, the doc martens and leather jacket combination is so try-hard hipster it upsets me. All the integration of social media – it’s everywhere – into the art and the story grated on me too. I’m clearly too old for this, I felt like to was trying hard to be cool and I hated it. The idea of Batgirl being on Instagram is just wrong to me.

I HATED it

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Comic Book Adventures: The Story So Far..

I keep saying I want to write about the comic books I’ve been reading because they’re super awesome and I’m really excited about it. The reason I haven’t so far is because I can’t quite work out how I want to write about it. In March I did a month where I read nothing but comics and I posted up reviews for those. That kind of works for collected volumes but not everything I read, I read in that way. Especially not since I got a Marvel Unlimited subscription (which is the best thing ever FYI). Even then they’re usually very short and without a background knowledge to draw from I can struggle to find much to say in a “review” (or more accurately: just some thoughts I had on it).

Today I decided I just need to get on with it, just write something and see how it turns out! It might work! (Disclaimer: I’m very tired and not quite on the planet today so this stream of conscious might not be the most articulate piece I’ve ever written…)

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Comic Book Adventures : Marvel Movie News

I thought I’d tell you about something a bit different today! I’m not really into YouTube so much, it’s just another world of stuff that I can’t fit into my day between the TV, games, books, comics, having a job and housework that is necessary. My boyfriend loves it though and there a few channels that I do really enjoy. There is one show that has become an integral part of my week, and its kind of nice because it’s ran for most of my relationship and its been something that we’ve always tried to watch together.

That show is Marvel Movie News which airs live and weekly on the Popcorn Talk Network on the YouTube. The first show aired in September last year and it features a panel of regulars and guests who are all big Marvel comic books geeks. They discuss Marvel movie news (duh), review the movies, get excited and geek out. They also explain characters and plots from the comic books and speculate how that might play out on-screen which is what I really like about it.

Read more & watch the show because it’s awesome