tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20648552611099857682024-03-13T01:33:47.274+00:00StyleStoreyChristina Storeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469254224143703891noreply@blogger.comBlogger396125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064855261109985768.post-42318541277901658182019-06-22T07:39:00.000+01:002019-06-22T07:40:29.906+01:00Oz Adventure: Living in Brisbane<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another chapter of my Oz adventure is coming to a close so I figured it was a perfect time to write another blog post and catch up on the past three months!</div>
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So last time I wrote I was just about to start my job at Gelato Messina, and it was great. I've been working there for the past three months and have found it to be a really positive experience. The people I met were lovely, they were from all over the world and it was a very relaxed atmosphere. Unfortunately the hours didn't really add up to what I needed to save money. So in early May I decided to look for another job to fit around Messina. I was extremely lucky to get an all-rounder position at a cafe for weekdays mornings. It was weird how quickly I got that job compared to the month it took me to get my first job. However I'm so glad I was able to get the cafe job, it has been a lifesaver and means I'm able to leave Brisbane a month earlier than originally planned.</div>
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The other main thing in my life since I last wrote is my boyfriend, Tom, (which still feels weird to say, let alone type!) We'd actually just got together the last time I wrote but it was so brand new it felt weird to shout it out to world, which it still does but he's become such a big part of my life that I want to explain why 'I' has turned to 'we.' It's definitely an unusual start to a relationship - living in the same room and being together 24/7. It's intense and could definitely go horrendously wrong but we are lucky and it's gone very, very right.</div>
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As well as working, April was spent exploring more of Brisbane. We had lots of barbeques around the city- at Kangaroo Point, Roma Street Parklands and Southbank. Most Sundays were spent exploring new places like Bulimba and Redcliffe (our Redcliffe trip is possibly one of my favourite days in Australia so far.) The weekday evenings were spent in the hostel getting competitive at Killer Pool and the pub quiz, as well as many movie and card game nights. Midway through April Tom had his birthday so we treated ourselves and stayed in an Airbnb for two nights which was so lovely, it was great to have our own space, get away from the hostel and just relax. I did also have another spout of tonsillitis which meant I was bed bound for a few days, but I spent it watching Harry Potter so it had its perks.</div>
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The first two weeks of May were fab, we had a day trip to the Botanical Gardens by Mount-Cootha which was a lovely break from fast-pace city life. Tom and I also had a spontaneous trip to Byron Bay as we both had a weekend off work. This is definitely one of my favourite couple of days in Australia so far. We rented bikes, ate amazing food, drank wine on the beach, stared at the stars, climbed up to the lighthouse, Tom nearly trod on a snake and we saw wild dolphins. I think its definitely the happiest I've been in Australia.</div>
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The next week we realised that Tom's job was not continuing which caused some panic as I hadn't got enough money to travel further but, he didn't have a job. We both started cleaning for the hostel in exchange for accommodation in an effort to save money quicker. This was such a saviour for me as although the next three weeks were 50 hour work weeks, it meant I was able to achieve my money goal in a much shorter time. Tom ended up getting a construction job for a month so we decided to leave Brisbane at the end of that job and travel up the coast - which we are doing on Monday!<br />
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It's odd that I've been in Brisbane for over four months now. I’ve been in the same hostel all this time, some friends have been constantly there and others have come and gone as they travelled through Brisbane. I've met some really amazing people here that I know I will either see somewhere else in Oz or back home. It's bittersweet leaving Brisbane, I'm so excited for the adventures to come but I feel so comfortable here, comfortable in my job, my relationship, my living situation that it honestly scares me a little that I'm leaving.</div>
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I don't know what our plan is after we get to Cairns. Ideally we will travel to Melbourne or Perth to work some more to save up to do the West Coast but one thing I've learnt about this backpacking lifestyle - you can't really plan anything. That part is completely out of my comfort zone but I'm learning to live with it. I feel so happy right now with my life and really do feel like I'm thriving in Australia, who knows what comes next but I'm sure I'll update this blog once I know!</div>
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Well, I haven't written on here in absolutely ages , but that's okay. My blog is just here for me to write whenever I feel like it, and it's there for whoever wants to read it. If you know me, and you most probably do because why else would you read this, you probably know that I'm currently on a 'gap year' type thing after Uni travelling round Australia (basically just running away from actual adult life.) After Uni I was just so tired and I was apprehensive of starting my career straight away so I decided to save up some money and to make 2019 a year of travelling.</div>
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I've been in Australia for two months now and it has been such a rollercoaster of a ride. Right now I'm in Brisbane, and I've been here for a month. I decided, along with the friends I've made to stop here to get some work, settle down for a bit and save up some money, and after a lot (and I mean a lot) of searching, I finally got a job! I start working in a Gelato store mid next week so this week I am just chilling. I decided to use this time to write because I know my future self will be annoyed if I haven't got any written thoughts about my time here (and my attempt at keeping a diary failed within the first week.)</div>
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When I boarded my first plane in January I was panicked and excited and scared and anxious but proud of myself. I just could not believe that I was doing this - flying across the world to be away from my family, to be on my own, surrounded by people I've never met before for a whole year - and it was all my own choice. I stopped off in Dubai to see my sister for a few days before I continued to Australia so I had a little taste of home before officially going my own way. My first day in Australia was a bit of a blur. I did a group introduction tour for a week as soon as I arrived called Ozintro (another thing I'll recommend and explain in a different post) so my first day was spent awkwardly meeting these people and asking everyone the exact same questions. 'Where are you from?' 'How old are you?' 'How long do you think you'll be in Australia?' Ozintro was the best thing I could have done and has honestly made the past two months amazing. After spending a week in Sydney for the tour and another week exploring the city to be there for Australia day I travelled up the coast with two girls, plus bumped into lots of other people from my group along the way - and met loads of new exciting people!</div>
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I then travelled to <b>Spot X Surf camp in Arrawarra Beach</b>, some of my highlights were</div>
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From Spot X we then travelled to <b>Byron Bay</b> where I actually had Tonsilitis. This meant I didn't really do Byron Bay as much as I wish I had. Most of my friends say that Byron Bay is their favourite place that we have visited and although I loved the few bits I did see, I mostly spent it in bed or lounging around the hostel. So I really want to head back there for a weekend to have another explore!<br />
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From Byron we visited <b>Surfers Paradise.</b> I was definitely feeling better here and just felt happy and content that I found these two girls (Missie and Becca) that I could be an absolute weirdo with and it be okay. We went on a bar crawl in the evening which was just a weird, and not great experience (the best part was leaving the club early to get pizza and singing Dancing Queen wandering down the street.) This was also the first hostel we had a pool in so it was absolutely lovely to have a break from a sandy beach and to chill out by a pool. Before we left we went up the Skypoint deck which had some amazing views and made the 48 hours we spent there feel productive.</div>
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And then I came to <b>Brisbane</b>! Where I have spent most of my time in the Library searching for jobs, or sunbathing by the lagoon. The first two weeks were great as lots of friends that we had met along the coast were travelling through the city but the last two weeks there has definitely been some ups and downs. Finding a job is hard and I really needed one so I was feeling quite stressed and anxious. The thought of finishing up the coast on little money and having to go home straight after was a horrid thought and when my friends all had jobs and I didn't, I panicked. But you just have to persevere and eventually something will go right, and it did! I'm excited to start, to settle into a routine of work and chill, to feel productive and to earn some money.</div>
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The past two months have been incredible, it's been mainly ups but of course, there has been some down moments but everyday I find myself thinking back to this time last year when I was knee deep in university work and all I wanted to do was go to Australia, and I'm here, and I'm happy and I still just can't really believe it. As much as I do love exploring new places, it's the people that really make travelling incredible and I have been so lucky to meet some people who are just the funniest, weirdest and most caring people. I genuinely don't think I would have been as happy as I have been the past two months without them, and I consider myself so lucky to have met them!</div>
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So thanks for reading a lengthy, fairly boring blog post but it really does feel good to write again.</div>
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I figured when I am just here living in this beautiful city on the other world I'll attempt to write some more but if you want to see what I'm getting up to day by day, definitely check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/christinastorey/" target="_blank">my instagram</a> where I'm posting photos everyday (I also had an absolute nightmare uploading photos for this post s please look at my insta for more photos!)</div>
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So I've been quite behind on my 'Recent reading wrap-up' series as I said I would upload it every other week, yet here I am four weeks later! I have read a ridiculous amount of books in the past month and I didn't want to post my reviews until I was fully caught up but I'm starting to realise that the is just a bit pointless! So below are a collection of mini reviews of some of the books I've read in the past month, hope you enjoy! </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bookshop Girl follows Paige Turner as she embarks on a mission to save the only bookshop in her town where her and her best friend work. I saw someone link it back to Louise Rennison and I totally agree, it had all the humour and awkwardness of teenage life but also showcased some great friendships. I didn’t love this book, but potentially if I was a young teenager I would. I felt the characters were slightly underdeveloped and the plot a little too simple, but I did really appreciate all the quirks you find out when you work in a bookshop. I read this book so quickly that I’ll definitely pick up the second one in the series. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Alena lives in East London with her brother and her brother’s boyfriend who have been her guardians since her mother died when she was three. This book was such a fresh new read, the family relationships and dynamics were so interesting and well-written, I struggled to relate, and with the immaturity of the protagonist that I actually wished we knew more about her brother and her brother’s boyfriend! It’s set in East London, which is a place I am obviously very familiar with, which I loved! It’s always great to be able to imagine a real life place when reading a novel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I read this as it is Waterstones Children’s book of the month for June and really enjoyed it. I haven’t read a novel aimed at 9-12 year old’s since I was that age so took a bit of time to adjust but I truthfully recommend this book to customers on a daily basis. It has some great humour and some the plot took me by surprise, I appreciated how it dealt with tougher subjects and made mental health just a normal problem that everyone deals with. This is such a lovely book for young girls and boys. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Emery Lord’s book always do something to me, and this is my favourite of her’s that I have read. The main character was flawed and complicated, the best friend was pure and good-hearted and the love interest was literal swoon worthy and all that I would want in a guy. Lol at me saying that, I’m cringing at myself don’t you worry. But it made me feel things. Made me feel things for old love, new love and barriers being broken. It reminded me of the beauty of being vulnerable, of the fact that however much you plan, your future is unknown, and the fact you don’t know the future, shouldn’t hold you back from going after something you want! This was such a lovely, </span>summer read but that made me feel all types of emotions and really contemplate life. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This book meant so much more to me than I thought it would. We follow a group of five friends; Rae, Aubrey, Clara, Jonah and Gabe on their interrailing trip around Europe the summer between the end of high school and beginning of college. It was very much a character based novel over a plot based novel – my favourite. Plus just such a summery read. But it dug deeper as well, it tugged on heartstrings between friends, and that feeling that nothing wil ever be the same once you leave somewhere and the knowledge that you have to learn to live with that, that the future may be scary, and the past may be nostalgic but you have to live in the present. The relationships between all the characters were glorious and well played out, I was rooting for the couples so much! Plus just all the adventures in all the different cities bought me back to my interrailing trip last year – I loved reading about places that I’ve been too! Honestly this book was a dream, a perfect summer adventure filled romantic love and friendship story. If you need a book to escape to, I would definitely recommend this. </span></div>
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I am now splitting my time between being a bookseller at Waterstones and working at a local pub/restaurant so any spare time I have at the moment is spent reading/ sunbathing in the garden and I'm really okay with that. So I would apologise for the lack of posts but actually, I've just been enjoying settling into my new life back at home and haven't felt the need or worry to post consistently - I'll just post when I can. I've read some really really great books over the past two weeks that I'm excited to share soon!</div>
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Hope everyone has a good weekend! I'll be working two 12 hour days - luckily I enjoy both of my jobs! Let me know what books you've recently been reading! Christina xox</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This year I have learnt how to let go of one-sided friendships. I’ve had lots of different conversations with some of my university friends recently about friendships and what we should do when a friendship isn’t equal, or doesn’t make you happy. Now, I’ve had quite a bumpy ride with friends and friendship groups my whole life really, all I ever wanted to do was please my friends, but sometimes life happens or personality’s clash. Eventually I realised that a friendship needs to be equal and I like to think I’ve learnt what it takes to maintain good relationships with the people who you value the most (obviously I’m only 21 and I am well aware that I don’t know everything about life, but I wanted to share my thoughts of friendship as I move into a different chapter in my life). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With most of my friendships throughout my life I have been the one who organises things – whether it is an activity or what film we are going to watch. I have a side of me that needs to be in control and organised, and this has flowed into my friendships. However, I’ve found that with me taking control in organising things, sometimes friends stop trying and just wait for me to organise when we meet up, and it hit me in the past six months that I’m fed up of being the only one who ever suggests to do something (which I therefore feel like I’m the only one making an effort in the friendship.) For example, there have been moments in my long term friendships when I decided I’m not going to be the person who texts first, I’m going to wait until they message me, but in reality, that experiment actually is quite sad and has gone with me not speaking to that person for a month or so, then finally giving in and texting with a passive aggressive ‘we haven’t spoken in so long!’ Some of those friendships have continued but others just haven’t; not because something happened, but I gave up trying to push for a friendship that wasn’t natural, or two-sided. Other friendships survive on a text every month, but those are the people who although I don’t speak to them everyday, I just know that they are there. All friendships are different, but this is just a trend I’ve noticed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At university I often became close with someone through an activity – whether that’s because I saw them weekly in a seminar, or through clubs/work - and once that ended I tried to continue the friendship because I genuinely really wanted to, but sometimes people just don’t reciprocate and after a long while, I just stopped trying. And I’m not saying this to paint myself as a great person or anything, maybe I’m a hypocrite and maybe I never tried with a friend and I was the reason we grew apart. But I am just describing what I have noticed over the past year and what I’ve learnt from it: You have to put in effort for a good, balanced friendship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve never really properly argued or fallen out with anyone, all my friendships just grow apart because of the way life has taken us. In a sense, it almost feels worse. It’s such a horrible sinking feeling when you realise you’ve grown apart from someone you used to speak to everyday. Some friendships withstand distance and can survive on occasional texts, others just can’t, and that’s okay. Every person you’ve had in your life was there for a reason. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But what I do preach is that if someone wants to be your friend, they will try – they will make time for you, they will text you, they will care about you – and if they don’t, then go and find someone else because everyone is worthy enough to have a best friend that they can text absolutely anything to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have had this blog post written for about two weeks but was actually quite nervous to post it. I’ve always wanted to write more personal posts on my blog, but have been scared with how much to share and conscious of the people in my life. The topic of friendship is something that has grown incredibly interesting and important for me and I just wanted to share my thoughts. I’d love to know anyone else’s thoughts on one-sided friendships and what it takes to maintain a good friendship. Feel free to drop a comment down below, or tweet me your thoughts!</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks so much to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatchicknic_/" target="_blank">Nicole</a> for snapping these fab photo's! </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Torch Against the Night, Sabaa Tahir <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Contains spoilers to An Ember in the Ashes, but not a Torch Against the Night. If you’re a fan of YA fantasy and Sarah J Mass or Victoria Aveyard’s book I’d definitely recommend this series. Go read the first novel then come back to this review!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I absolutely loved <i>A Torch Against the Night</i>. I’ve had these books on my bookshelf for two years and finally got around to starting the series in April. After not being entirely won over by the world in <i>An Ember in the Ashes</i>, I loved <i>A Torch Against the Night</i>and the world Sabaa Tahir continues to build. In a journey to save Laia’s brother from Kauf prison, Elias and Laia meet lots of different characters and obstacles on the way, reuniting with old friends and finding new ones, all whilst having the trail of Martial Soldiers (and Elias’ former best friend, Helene Aquila) eager to catch them. Having the three points of view (Elia, Laia and Helene) made the story very well rounded and it flowed well. As I’m not the greatest fan of fantasy I still struggled with certain magical and otherworldliness elements of it but I learnt to get used to it – The Waiting Place was such an interesting concept. Both Elias and Laia are compelling characters in their own right, but as a pair, they are one of my favourites. Tahir doesn’t shy away from ensuring her characters have flaws and I really appreciated how those flaws impacted the characters. This was a gripping page-turner with some twists and turns that I did not see coming. I didn’t want this book to be over, and am so glad I only have a few more months until the next one is released!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This book took me by surprise, and I loved it. I’ve never actually read any of Juno Dawson’s books, but I’ve heard her speak many times at YALC and this book was just as amazing as her panels are. She takes on such a huge topic of addiction, but does it so well. There are so many great pop culture references that situate the novel in contemporary life - from youtubers to Gigi Hadid – this book feels real. But even more than these random references the topic of addiction, a subject rarely tackled in YA fiction, was tackled so well. The ups and downs were shown through all different types of addictions – drugs, sex, food, alcohol –through, what I thought, a realistic view. I loved the filthy rich element of the character’s lives – I’ve heard this novel been described as a mix between Gossip Girl and Girl, Interrupted. Read this book, it’s a fun, easy read, but also an important read, it’s definitely on my list of favourite YA contemporary novels<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I unashamedly LOVED <i>Red Queen </i>(the first in this series) when I read it about three years ago. I loved the world, the characters, the twist and turns (that big one took me by surprise completely.) I still liked <b></b><i>Glass Sword</i>and <i>King’s Cage</i>, but perhaps not so much. As with a lot of series, the second and third books become a lot more political, and <i>King’s Cage </i>in particular was a bit too political for me. I understand that the book is about more than just Mare, Cal and Maven, but it’s the relationships between those three that interest me the most and make me continue reading, and I continued reading (in a haste – I read this hefty book in three days) in search for moments between Mare/Cal/Maven. I did love getting Evangeline’s POV (and hope there is more in War Storm) and although I did not find Cameron’s POV exciting, it was necessary to understand the plot. The end shocked me, but not a huge amount, I would love if we were able to read Cal’s POV as I just want to know what’s going on in his head! I’ll definitely be reading <i>War Storm</i>soon, but mostly because I still love the first book so much that I’m intrigued to see how it all ends. I would love Mare and Cal to end up together, but I actually think it would be more of a statement if Mare ends up alone, and happy to be all on her own and not to rely on anyone – we shall see!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hope you enjoyed reading the first of my ‘what I’ve been reading posts.’ I loved writing this post so am planning on posting these updates and reviews every two weeks. I shall also be putting these reviews on my </span>Goodreads<span style="font-family: inherit;"> so be sure to check out my page for some sneak peeks. If you pick any of these books up let me know what you thought of them either in the comments or tweet me! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have a lovely weekend, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Christina xox<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Christina Storeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469254224143703891noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064855261109985768.post-25244206440076824912018-05-22T17:55:00.002+01:002018-05-22T20:04:16.066+01:00Here's another 'I'm back' post for you, but no seriously, I'm back for good now <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo taken by the beaut <a href="https://www.instagram.com/charlotte.cuthbert/" target="_blank">Charlotte</a> (at Roof East, Stratford) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Remember me? It’s been (once again) a while </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">since I’ve written here but, I’m definitely back. Throughout my last year of uni I had moments of motivation to come back to the blogging world, but they would disappear after one day due to so much going on. So, now I’ve finished with university back in the blogging world for more than just one post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s weird, I’ve had this blog for seven years now! I started it in 2011 (please don’t go back and read my first crappy posts) and a small part of me didn’t want to come back to it as I thought - <i>what have I achieved with my blog in seven years</i>? - But then I realised that I would often lose myself reading posts from four years ago and found myself wishing I had kept up with this documenting of life. I couldn’t, and didn’t want to blog at uni if I’m honest. I wasn’t inspired, all my creative energy was zapped out of me by reading books I didn’t necessarily want to read and planning essays that I had little joy in writing. Not that I didn’t enjoy my course, I did, but academics is just not my passion (that’s a whole other blog post.) Now I’ve had a week and a half since I’ve handed in my dissertation, all my passion for books and writing has come flooding back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m moving back home to my parent’s house permanently in a couple of weeks, I’ve got a part-time job at Waterstones which is exactly what I wanted. I’m getting a foot into the book industry and five days of work into it, I’m absolutely loving it. I want to take full advantage of this by building up my online portfolio; I want to document what I’m reading, discuss my time at university and share some photography. I just want to read, write and take photos and share it with the world through this little website. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So yes, my blog may not have achieved that much in the blogging world over the past seven years, but my blog is my way of documenting my life and expressing myself. I love taking photos, hence why I love Instagram so much, but I love writing about life and my blog is the way to do that. I’m planning on posting every Friday with fortnightly book updates and other fashion and lifestyle posts, so if you have any other blog posts you’d like to see please let me know! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Whilst you’re here, why not go follow my other social media channels – I updated my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/Stylestorey" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> last night, my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/christinastorey/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> is my favourite thing and I’m slowly starting to <a href="https://twitter.com/Cstoreyy" target="_blank">tweet</a> more! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Talk soon, </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Christina xox</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Christina Storeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469254224143703891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064855261109985768.post-26858814802725795042018-01-24T16:46:00.000+00:002018-01-24T16:46:51.295+00:00The Barbican Observatory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
On Sunday, Madeleine and I wanted a 'free and fun' afternoon as A) The January blues had taken full effect and B) I think we are both feeling the need to do London things as we will both be leaving the city summer. So we went to the <a href="https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2018/event/conservatory" target="_blank">Barbican Conservatory </a>after I had spotted an article on my university's magazine, <a href="http://cubmagazine.co.uk/2018/01/the-barbican-conservatory-it-is-free/" target="_blank">Cub</a>, and it was perfect. This free conservatory opens up for four hours to the public most Sundays and it was wonderful, we walked around for just over an hour, I had my camera with you so I took full advantage of the beauty and snapped away. I really wanted to share my photo's on here as I'm not going to lie in saying I'm rather proud of some of them! So grab a cup of coffee and enjoy scrolling.</div>
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Happy New Year!</div>
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This post is probably a little late but today is my official day off university work. I handed in my last essay yesterday so in celebration I am having a lazy morning in bed and going shopping this afternoon! </div>
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So, because I struggle to not do anything productive in a day I come to you with a blog post talking about the start of 2018 and what I would like to achieve this year. As with many people, I don't like setting out resolutions. I don't like having that pressure, having that sinking feeling that I didn't complete what I wanted to and feel like a failure. So I'm just going to call them my *thoughts* for the year. What I envision and what I hope to accomplish:</div>
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<b>Finish my degree with a 2:1 and feel proud of it!</b></div>
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This is my absolute main focus for the first Half of this year I have 126 days left of my degree, 126 days until I hand in my dissertation. Wow, that's a scary thought, but also actually really a welcoming thought. These next few months are going to be tough and are just going to be head-in-the-sand studying to get to that finish line. I will be so unbelievably happy to have finished. To not have anything to read anything, or do essays or feel tied down to finishing a book quickly. I want to do my best so I can be proud of what I accomplish. </div>
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<b>Having a more positive outlook overall</b></div>
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I think a lot of people would describe me as a positive person. And I think I used to be, and I can still seem on the outside. However in the latter part of 2017 I feel like I slowly lost that part of me, I started becoming negative and would worry constantly about things I know can't change. I need to get my positive thinking self back, I need to start weeding out the bad thoughts and ensuring I wake up the day with at least one positive thing to look forward to.</div>
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<b>Being more kind</b></div>
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I don't think anyone would necessarily call me unkind, but I don't think kind is specifically a word that people would use to describe me. I want to care more about people, I want to be there for them, and for them to know I am there for them. I would like to be more forward thinking about what I say, and how this can affect people, or how I can help.</div>
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So those are the three things I'm going to try and focus on in 2018. I don't want to put pressure on myself but I just want to being positive and kind throughout life. In my head this forthcoming year is split into two halves - uni and after uni. After university my immediate plan is to look for an easy job back at home and save up some money to go travelling this time next year. I want a gap year, I want a break from everything and I want to travel more! So that is my motivation to get through the next five months (which hopefully I will actually end up enjoying!)</div>
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Hope your first week of 2018 has been grand, don't forget to check out my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/christinastorey/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> for new posts everyday! Christina xox</div>
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For the past few years I have attempted to keep track of what books I've read. I start January with a list and slowly add to it throughout the first month, but once February hits, it completely goes out the window, and this year was no exception. However the other night, I thought I would attempt to get a list together. So I looked on Amazon at my past orders, looked at my university website at my past modules, and tried to remember the books I read over summer because of YALC and the list was created (however not in order). I'm pretty sure I have missed off a few I read over summer but overall I read at least read 52 books, and I'm really quite proud of that number if I'm honest! So here it is, all the novels I read in 2017: </div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Baumgartner’s Bombay, Anita Desai</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>How Hard Can Love Be? Holly Bourne</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,
Sherman Alexie</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Burnt Shadows, Kamila Shamsie</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">What Maisie Knew, Henry James</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The Once and Future King, T.H.White (Not all chapter but most)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Mas</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Lord
of Shadows, Cassandra Clare</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Idylls
of the King, Alfred Lord Tennyson</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>The
Hate U Give, Angie Thomas</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Tales
from a Shadowhunter academy, Cassandra Clare</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Wing Jones, Katherine Webber</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Anne
of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Once
and For All, Sarah Dessen</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Always
and Forever: Lara Jean, Jenny Han</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Upside of Unrequited, Becky Albertalli</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">A
Quiet Kind of Thunder, Sara Barnard</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Truth about Forever, Sarah Dessen [re-read]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">This
Lullaby, Sarah Dessen [re-read]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Names They Gave Us, Emery Lord</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Geekerella,
Ashley Poston</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">This
Raging Light: But Then I Came Back, Estelle Laure</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Malory
Towers, Enid Blyton</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Peter
and Wendy, J.M. Barrie</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">City
of Spades, Colin MacInnes</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Girl
in pieces, Kathleen Glasgow</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">This
Raging Light, Estella Laure</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Simon
vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Love
& Gelato, Jenna Evans Welch</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Dark Days Club, Alison Goodman</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Mansfield
park, Jane Austen</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Lock
and Key, Sarah Dessen [re-read]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Under
the Net, Iris Murdoch</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>The
L-Shaped Room, Lynne Reid Banks</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Saturday
Night and Sunday Morning, Alan Sillitoe </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Disreputable
History of Franke Landau Banks, E. Lockhart [re-read]</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Am
I Normal Yet?, Holly Bourne</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Girlhood,
Cat Clarke</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">It
Only Happens in the Movies, Holly Bourne</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Moxie,
Jennifer Mathieu</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Exact Opposite of Okay, Laura Stevens</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Everless,
Sarah Holland</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">One
of us is Lying, Karen McManus</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Freshers, Lucy Ivison and Tom Ellen</b></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Loneliest Girl in the Universe, Lauren James</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Truth and Lies of Ella Black, Emily Barr</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Juniper
Lemon’s, The Happiness Index, Julie Israel</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
End of the Affair, Graham Greene</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
Moonstone, Wilkie Collins</span></li>
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As you can tell, with my course and my own personal taste, I read quite a range of novels! I had thought I would pick my few favourites, but I honestly am struggling to pick out just a few, so I have put my favourite eleven books in bold, although I would recommend most of these books to anyone! </div>
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Hope you all had a lovely Christmas, surrounded by friends, family and lots of food. I had a lovely few days break, however it's already back to essay writing for me as I've got 6,000 words due in next Thursday! But it makes it so much better being surrounded by home comforts and all my family. I'll hopefully write my year round-up, or 2018 hopes soon. Christina xox</div>
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I remember that feeling in the last year of school that you knew it was the last chapter of that part of your life, and I felt so nostalgic and confused. Because on one hand, I was so excited for the next chapter, but also, I didn't want to leave my school, dance school and living at home and say goodbye to the things that made me feel most comfortable.</div>
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And a friend reminded me of that feeling today, and I realised, I'm having it all over again in my third and final year of University. I think that's why I felt the need to document my life over on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/christinastorey/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> by taking a photo every day - to acknowledge to myself and the world, that this part of my life will be over at some point soon, and I'm not quite ready for that yet.</div>
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Now this term has not been nice at all. It's included many breakdowns, much stress and a lot of feeling down, I'm not going to lie to you. Third year is F****** hard (I'm sorry about the profanity but it's how I honestly feel.) A part of me just wants to be done with uni, and already be on the other side of the world, meeting new people which I will (fingers crossed) be next year!<br />
Quite a large part of me also is just so over never being finished with work, always having another novel I need to read and always having something I should be working on. However another part of me is sad (who knew one person could hold all these different feelings!) I had my last seminar with my favourite tutor today and whenever I think of the fact I won't actually be learning new things next year it does make me grateful of life right now. Because I do like my course, however much stress its giving me at the moment, I do really like it. I love reading novels, I love learning about history linking with novels and I love my dissertation topic. So although I am so ready to say goodbye to essays, there is a part of me that isn't ready to say goodbye to studying texts. Then there is uni life - my job at the student union bar and my cheerleading club - things I am no way ready to say goodbye to and the thought that they will go on next year without me is very disheartening at the moment.</div>
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Life's weird basically, I have so many contrasting feelings about Uni at the moment. Who knows what life will be like this time next year but right now I just need to get through the next week - write one essay and get a good start on my two other ones, then finally Christmas will be here!<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Sometimes all you need
to do is curl up with a blanket, watch a Disney film on your mum's sofa and
zone out from the world for a bit.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Last week I wrote about how I was struggling with <a href="http://stylestorey.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/keep-pushing-forwards.html" target="_blank">motivation</a> etc,
but the thing that got me through was the idea of a weekend in the countryside
at home, I thought it was all that I needed - and it was. It's now Monday
morning and I'm almost feeling back up to scratch. So, I thought I'd share some
snapshots from my weekend at home.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">This weekend was a break from everything. A break from the rush of
London, a break from the library and a break from work. I struggled to fully
relax but when, on Saturday afternoon I could have gone and read a book for my
course or snuggled up on the sofa and watch Frozen - I watched Frozen. I
worried I was wasting the day, but also, I just wanted to sing-a-long to Let It
Go if I'm honest, so I did. I didn't do much at home - the main events
were going to a local pub for food, going on a country walk and heading to
Primark to get my fancy dress costume for this week - but that was lovely. I
could catch up with Madeleine, see the new kitchen we got done over the summer
and get catch up with everything!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">So now I'm going into the second half of the uni term, I've got
five weeks of uni ahead of me and a heck load of work but it's okay. I'm
excited for cheer at the moment, we got our team name and we are doing All-Girl
Level 3, a level that QMA have never entered before - so that's a new challenge
that I'm excited to be a part of. Plus, I'm looking forward to getting back to
work, I had the week of with it being reading week but I've got a shift this
evening and I'm actually kind of looking forward to it! So, life is okay, sorry
for my slight breakdown last week (and the worry it caused my Dad) but I've got
my positive pants on for this week and I'm taking it one day at a time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i>Also</i> I have be loving some new albums this week so thought I'd share with you:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kelsey Bellerini's new album, <i>Unapologetically</i>, is beautiful! My favourites are 'In Between', 'Legends' and 'Music.' If you are a fan of old school country Taylor Swift I would definitely recommend her! The other album I am loving is Niall Horan's, <i>Flicker</i> album. My favourites are 'Seeing Blind', 'On My Own' and 'Too Much To Ask.' Such a lovely chilled album with some great lyrics! </span><br />
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Don't forget to follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/christinastorey/" target="_blank">my Instagram</a> to keep up with my photo-a-day challenge!</div>
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The past few days have been fairly shit if I'm honest. My brother came to London yesterday which was lovely, and I've had some laughs with flatmates but other than that, I feel fairly crap right now. And sorry about the swearing, but I write how I speak and that's the best way I can describe it at this moment.</div>
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This week is reading week, meaning I have a week off lectures/ seminars plus my student's union bar where I work is closed, so I have a little bit of a break. However, it being third year, I had an assignment due in today and another logbook thing I am already behind on that I want to work on, plus, you guessed it, reading! So actually, it hasn't been a break yet. On Friday I had the opinion that the next four/five days were going to be very boring, but also very productive. In a sense they were - I got my essay in, and although I don't think it is the best piece of work ever, I think I had some good ideas and hopefully that came across. However, this afternoon I sat down to do my logbook and my motivation honestly just flew straight out the window. I briefly planned my ideas but I could not make myself write down one single word, even with the novel to hand. And now I feel a horrid sense of guilt that I haven't accomplished what I'm supposed to do today and I shouldn't enjoy my evening with friends that I have planned. This guilt isn't healthy, I know that, and my work won't stop my evening with friends tonight but I feel bad and I don't quite know how to explain it. The past few days I've not been feeling 100% either if I'm honest, I just feel a bit groggy with a headache and stomach ache. I don't know. But this is where I try to turn it all around and make myself feel motivated and happy again.</div>
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I just watched Lucy Moon's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lekXQMqY5U" target="_blank">'When You're not making progress'</a> video and one little thing that stuck out to me was her motivating words of the fact that you just have to 'keep pushing forwards.' That yeah, you may hit a brick wall in your studies or work but you have to take a breath and eventually break down that wall. Whether it's in half an hour or by tomorrow I cannot not do this work. It has to be done sometime soon if I want a degree and if I want my degree to reflect what I am capable of doing. And once this degree is done I can escape to Australia and forget all my worries (although need to save up that money first, another thing to worry about...!) </div>
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Third year is hard. Reading week is hard. But I really need to see the positive side of things, I'm not a negative person and I really hate it when I am so I need to flip my switch and get my positive pants back on. I am going home on Thursday which can't come soon enough, I can't wait to relax on the sofa with my mum, catch up with my dad and giggle with Madeleine, a break is very much needed! </div>
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Hopefully next time we'll speak to you I'll be more positive! Christina xox </div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "-webkit-standard" , serif;">Since my final year of university started I've felt the need to
document everything. Deep down in my gut I know this is the last year of going to
Queen Mary's. The last year of living in this little random bubble where there
is a grave-yard in the middle of campus and 'Red Beer' is a normal phrase that</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: -webkit-standard; mso-hansi-font-family: -webkit-standard;">’</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "-webkit-standard" , serif;">s just a part of everyday
life. I felt this need so much so that I set myself a challenge - to take and
post a photo on Instagram everyday of third year (this started a week or so
into the year, but still!) and I am loving it. I can already look back and see
what I've done this month and already relate the photos to feelings I had at
that time. So I thought I'd share some with you. </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard, serif;">But sometimes photos aren't enough.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "-webkit-standard" , serif;">I do not do a photography degree, I do an English degree. Where
everything I study is to do with words and stories. So, over the past few weeks
I found myself looking back at my blog. The last time I posted here was a year
ago. Where I wrote about how busy I was and how much I was loving life.
Although I was loving life then, I was struggling as well - and that</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: -webkit-standard; mso-hansi-font-family: -webkit-standard;">’</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "-webkit-standard" , serif;">s a part of university
life that isn't talked about very much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "-webkit-standard" , serif;">I want to come back to this blog. I want to write my thoughts,
anecdotes and random ramblings down. However, I don't want to feel pressure to
post, to write beautiful amazing things, to take incredible photo's or to get
this many page views. I'm writing for myself. I'm writing because this year has
already been full of ups and downs and why not write about this for the
internet to see. But also for me to look back on. I love looking back on my old
posts from sixth form and even earlier - I remember specific moments when photos
were taken or how I was feeling when I wrote a post. And I crave that now. I
crave writing about my life. I crave oversharing everything on this random
corner of the internet that not many people will see. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I wish I could tell you that I've been writing in my own time. That I've been writing in my journal, that I've been writing creative ideas and noting down everything I notice about the world. But that would be a complete lie.</div>
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I've been busy with life. And I could say I haven't had the time to write it down, but in reality I haven't made time to write it down. I've been so busy that I've barely had space to breathe, and when I have had time, the last thing I want to do is read a book or put my brain to thinking.</div>
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My life at the moment is balanced (and not often an even balance) or studying my English Literature degree, working behind my student union bar and captaining a cheerleading team. And I love them all. My degree is pushing my boundaries, I'm reading books I would have never set my eyes on, I'm discussing topics that I shy away from and I'm learning so many new and exciting things. I feel cultured learning all these things that I'm starting to dread when my education finishes (although that is still a year and a half away - in the whole span of my life I've been in education, so its seeming near the end which is crazy.)</div>
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I love my job. Although it can be stressful, make me super tired, and be frustrating dealing with drunk customers. I've met so many different people through it and have felt way more involved in the community of my uni. Plus I'm saving up to go travelling next summer so there is a definite incentive behind the 3am finishes.</div>
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Cheer is amazing once again. I'm on committee this year which means I am one of the faces for the club and I am co-captaining the freshers team with another captain. It's odd having the freshers look to me for guidance when I was only in their position this time last year but already I've felt like I've gained so much from being in an authoritative role. Plus all the freshers are absolute babes and are so motivated to work hard so I know this season is going to be awesome.</div>
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I'm currently sat in a cosy coffee shop, after a day of studying and just reflecting on how much I love London and how much I love my life here. But also how much I wish I kept a documented account of my time here. So, I would lie if I said I'll try and get back into this blog soon, because I know I won't write here for a while. But, in the meantime, hopefully I'll start writing casual again and reflecting more on my life through pictures and words.</div>
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This month was a quiet month in comparison to June, but it was still pretty great. As you can see in this post - I've loved having time at home and working/chilling. I was able to read a fair amount as well but couldn't remember off the top of my head what specific books I read. I started The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick and gave up about a third of the way through - which rarely happens for me. I think the fact that I read it just after A Court of Mist and Fury didn't really help. </div>
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As you are reading this I am currently either on the plane or in Bulgaria for my summer holiday! Keep an eye on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/christinastorey/" target="_blank">my instagram</a> for some snaps, and my snapchat (christinastorey) but apart from that I won't be posting on the blog as I'm only away for the week. </div>
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<b>A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Mas - 4.5</b></div>
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This book. It was just amazing. I had heard so many people rave about who great it was, that I didn't think it would live up to its reputation - but it definitely did! </div>
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Following straight on from A Court of Thorns and Roses, Feyre is returned to the Spring court but is held by Rhys's promise. Full of so many good twists and development of characters that I was hooked. The main thing in this book was the character development. Being able to see the development of Feyre and the honest side of both Tamlin and Rhys really was different to the first book but worked so well. I loved the Night Court - Sarah J Mas's description and imagery was beautiful, I really imagined in my head lying under the stars like Feyre does. </div>
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As I said with ACOTAR, I don't read much Fantasy but I was really plesantly surprised and picked up Sarah's Throne of Glass series at YALC because I was so impressed with ACOMAF.</div>
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<b>The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E. Lockhart - 4.2 </b></div>
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One of my favourite things is when my friends text me about what books they're reading, or think I should read - and this is why I picked up this book. My friend Lucy recommended it saying E Lockhart wrote women really well and has a good message - so I was intrigued. And, I loved it. About an ordinary girl who goes to boarding school and how she works her way up the social ladder through her boyfriend and how she realises the exclusiveness of secret societies and unfairness in the world we live in. </div>
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E Lockhart has such a different and interesting writing style that immediately tugs you in. She was great at building up the exclusive effect of the society and fraternity culture. Overall I just loved the positive equality message Lockhart presents, it got you thinking about life and the power you could have.</div>
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<b>The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout, 4</b></div>
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This YA contemporary novel was an interesting but fun read. About Mallory, a girl who suffered verbal abuse and used silence as a weapon throughout her childhood at a foster home, going to high school for the first time after years of treatment and love from her new foster parents. However she meets someone at high school she never thought she'd see again - Ryder, her only companion through the dark years.</div>
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I love when contemporary books handle hard subjects, as well as a lovely love story - the theme of abuse and post traumatic stress was present throughout this book and gave a lot of the characters depth. The difference between Mallory and Ryder was perfect and the emotional journey they go on throughout the book was necessary. I really enjoyed reading this book and is one of my favourite YA contemporary's that I've read in a long time. </div>
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I read this book leading up to YALC, hoping to see the co-authors panel (which I did - and loved). I didn't really know what to expect, but I really enjoyed it. It takes place during San Diego pride week where Mark is in love with his best friend and Kate is about to meet the love of her life. Mark and Kate have sat next to each other in Maths throughout the year but one night they instantly becomes friends.</div>
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This was such a sweet book about friendship, growing up and coming out. It really made me want to go to a Pride parade and dance around like the world doesn't matter. Told from dual perspectives and two different authors it had such a good rhythm between the characters and hearing both David and Nina chatting about the book at YALC made it even more special.</div>
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<b>Nothing Tastes as Good by Claire Hennessey, 3.6</b></div>
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This was an interesting read - I mostly read this because there was a chance I would be interviewing Claire Hennessey on the second day of YALC, although that didn't happen I'm still very glad I read this book. Spoken from the perspective of Annabel, who is dead - but has one more task before she dies fully - to try and fix Julia, a fat old classmate. </div>
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Annabel didn't believe she was sick, and still doesn't - but she died from anorexia so it was a really interesting perspective to read the novel. We travelled through Julia's school year and followed her ups and downs as Annabel tried to help her, but failed in some aspects. </div>
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This book had some interesting characters and a really sensitive message to get across, I didn't particularly love reading it, but I'm glad I did.</div>
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This month I read a lot of good books, and I'm so excited for the books I'll be reading at the beginning of August as I'm tackling most of the books I picked up at YALC - plus I'm on holiday - so I'll be reading at lightening speed! Although I know when I return I need to start on uni reading which will be interesting to return to, but I'm excited to start my new modules so it's all good!</div>
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Hope you have a good week, Christina x</div>
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I feel a bit like a fraud to be honest. For the last few weeks I've been meaning to write an update on my novel as, since before the weekend - it was going really well. I had hit some obstacles but had moved over them quickly and had written around 16,000 words. Which in terms of a whole novel, isn't that much, but it seemed like I was getting there. I was writing some really exciting scenes, getting into the characters more and just getting my feel of my book, it's world and it's characters.</div>
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Then Sunday came at YALC. I still haven't finished my YALC wrap-up video (another thing on the long list I have to do) and I did have an amazing weekend. I was surrounded by so many inspiring people all different ages. But half of me, especially on Sunday felt a bit, well, pathetic really. </div>
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I went to the 'Publishing 101' talk on Sunday which was really interesting. It gave me an insight of how you get your novel published, and all the little steps you have to take - and it's a lot. That didn't really bother me, I knew I had a long way to go before my novel would be finished and it was just useful to get a vague idea of the process I would have to go through eventually. </div>
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Then I planned to go to the 'Agent 1-2-1's were you got five minutes to sit down with a literary agent and ask whatever you want. I had always planned to go to this, but an hour or so before I realised I didn't really have any questions - I knew what the basis of my novel was but it is still so much in the early stages that I had nothing. My heart beat rose and I started to feel really quite anxious (not a feeling I really ever get.) So I texted my sister in a panic saying there was no point of me going etc etc and she just told me to stop being silly and just go and talk about my book.</div>
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So I did. That was the first time I ever spoke about each of the characters and the world out loud to another person. And it scared me, and almost put me off. Now the literary agent was absolutely lovely, don't get me wrong. She spoke probably about five sentences in between me rambling and those five sentences completely threw me. It got me questioning the whole world I've created. </div>
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Fast forward to today, Thursday, after a few days of putting of writing and the glaring target of 25,000 words by Sunday I decided to sit down and write. With the aim to try and re-evaluate my world and to try and adapt something it. I opened up my document and only 10,000 words were there. I've looked everywhere but I've lost the last 6,000 words I've written and that has killed me. </div>
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I didn't write the last 6,000 words chronologically. As I wrote snippets edited in between the words I've already written. </div>
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I just feel like I should give up. </div>
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And I know I shouldn't. I know this is supposed to be hard. I know it is not easy. </div>
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But I just feel a bit lost in my story now. I have less faith in myself as a writer and world builder. And I just feel a bit of a fraud, when I mention to people 'Oh, I'm writing a novel' - but am I when I've only got <strike>16,000 </strike> 10,000 words? Not really.</div>
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I'm not fishing for compliments or motivational comments here at all. I want to showcase the ups and downs of this process. Last week I was very positive about it, this week - all I want to do is close the laptop.</div>
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Hopefully next time I'll see you with a more positive post, sorry about that! Christina x</div>
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Once again I disappeared off the face of the earth from this blog. But, I seriously do not know how?! I came to my computer today thinking 'Oh, I better get writing my July wrap-up' - HOW WAS MY JUNE WRAP-UP MY LAST POST?</div>
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Seriously. Yeah I was busy in July - I was working plus I wrote a fair amount for my novel (that's a whole other story) but I'm quite baffled if I'm honest with how my blogging game just flopped but I'm back (for the moment..)</div>
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So I have just come back from YALC this past weekend, and have started writing this blog post for a break in-between editing my YALC wrap-up video (on which I spoke solidly for 45 minutes, so it's a long task.) A part of me wants to chat about the weekend and all the in's and out's of my amazing weekend, but I am going to save that for a post with the video. Now I just want to chat about life, because I haven't done that in a while on this blog and I suddenly feel the need to.</div>
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I am nearly three quarters of the way through my summer holidays, I finished exams on the 16th May and go back to Uni around the 20th September, I came back home from London early June and to be honest, I didn't think I would feel as comfortable as I do now.</div>
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This summer has been a dream so far. I've been on holiday, I've worked and I've read. When I initially thought about coming home, I didn't really want to. I wanted to spend time with my family and I looked forward to seeing my home friends, but I didn't want to leave Uni. Uni feels like your own bubble, and I didn't want that to pop. </div>
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Looking back I feel like the first few weeks at home before and after I went to Croatia all I was thinking about was September - my new modules, my new house and my new job. But since mid-July when I started working at a box office assistant for a festival I found myself getting back into a routine. I was starting to feel comfortable, I was spending a lot of time with my mum and seeing friends and it just felt, well, normal. </div>
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In my head, I didn't know where my home was. I love my small little village but compared to the bright lights of London, it seemed sad to return to for three months. But a month in I realised that this will always be my home. And yes, of course I knew that before, but home sometimes isn't a place - it is a person. It is that person, or group of people that you feel comfortable and content with. Whether that be my family or my uni friends, I have somewhere to escape and I have somewhere to come home to.<br />
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I'm so excited to go back to university in September, but as my summer is over half way gone, I want it to slow down - I want to spend more time with my family, more time with my friends and want to make my way through a massive 'To Be Read' pile before I start my university reading!</div>
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I think it's a common thing to live for the future - always looking forward to Friday, to the next holiday or even next year. Sometimes you just need to have a reality check, and remember this is your life, and you should make the most of each day and live in the present. You can't change the past or the future, but you can live now - just live in the moment and maybe time will end up doing what you want it to do.<br />
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Hope your having a good week, keep an eye out for my July wrap-up and YALC talk! Christina x</div>
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So June is over, and July has begun. I can't believe I'm already about two months into my summer holiday, in a way I keep on saying I don't know what I've done. But I relaunched my blog and was proud of all my posts throughout June and I've started my novel - as well as had a holiday, moved out of Uni, found a house for next year and have started catching up with friends back home. June was a good month and although I don't think July will be as exciting - I am working for most of it, I plan to really focus time on my novel and just enjoy another month of Summer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I read a fair amount in June, although I hit a week's reading slump in the middle - I tried to start Jane Austen's Persuasion, but I'm still not in the mood to read classics, I'm now waiting for my uni reading lists before I start reading classics again. The last week was my best, being on a festival/ party holiday I hadn't planned to read as much as I did but as seven hour beach day on my last day served me well. So here are the books I read:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Hapgood - My rating, 3. Goodread, 3.6</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Square Root of Summer follows Gottie the summer after her Grandfather has died and her dealings with time. She's marked by losing her Grandfather, her past love Jason and her best friend who moved away when they were twelve, Thomas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I loved the premise of this book - a big loss in the family, a past relationship and a promise for a new one however I struggled with the time travel and physics parts. Gottie has a summer project to see if she can figure out who to time travel, and her grandfather's old diaries help - it is about discovering moments of the past, looking to the future and living in the present. The setting of this book, in this cooky family with a hippie brother and a best friend who loves to cook was lovely, it has such lovely summery vibes, that I almost felt the time travel was not necessary and often confused me, therefore I rated it 3/5.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">One by Sarah Crossan - My rating, 4. Goodreads, 4.16.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It follows Grace and Tippi, who are conjoined twins, as they go to high school for the first time. Written in verse from Grace's point of view it is such a unique point of view and book. It had me laughing and it had me crying, I can't expand much more on it to be honest. In one way I wished it was written in prose so we could dive deeper into the characters but I understand how unique and how it worked so we<span style="font-family: inherit;">ll to be written in free verse. An easy read but a heartwrencher at the same time, I would seriously recommend reading this book this summer. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard - My rating, 5. Goodreads, 4.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">When We Collided by Emery Lord - My rating, 4. Goodreads, 3.8.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When We Collided is one of those summery beach reads. It follows Jonah, a boy who's struggling to deal with the death of his father whilst trying to keep his family afloat whilst his mother deals with depression, then the wild Vivi who is enthusiastic and happy and lively but has bipolar disorder - and this book is a summer love story of when the two characters collided.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I laughed and I cried at this book (when I say cry, I mean sobbing in the middle of a very busy Croatian beach trying to hide my tears under my sunglasses...) I loved the character Jonah, he was so kind and thoughtful but also so innocent and vulnerable, his family was also crafted in a heartwarming way. However in a way I struggled with the character Vivi, I loved that Emery showcases bipolar in this book but in a way it felt like it didn't need to be a love story. I'm not too sure if I'm making any sense but Vivi was the light in the dark to Jonah and because of that, it was a really beautiful story. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Mas - My rating, 4, Goodreads 4.3.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I started this book after hearing so many rave reviews about the sequel, A Court of Mist and Fury, that I just felt the need to be a part of this series - and I'm so glad I did. A fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast follows Feyre, a human huntress who, in payment for her killing of a wolf, is dragged past the wall and into the world of faeries. But not 'happy-go-lucky' faeries, a dark world of faeries - her captor, Tamlin is one of the High Seven Lords, a lethal and immortal faerie whom their kind once ruled the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sarah J Mas's writing and plotting is amazing, it has so many twists and turns and subtle changes of relationships that it gives you so many feels. I loved the change in the relationship between Tamlin and Feyre - and also Lucien, possibly my favourite characters. Although I did find it get a bit slow nearer the end, I really enjoyed this book and raced through it extremely quickly. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Manson - My rating, 4.5, Goodreads, 4.1.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I read this book in a day - that is how good it is. I loved it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It follows Andie, a politicians daughter who has her summer all planned out - to go to a medical summer school in preparation for her senior year. However after her father becomes involved in a political scandal she is forced to re-think. It is the perfect summer book, it makes you want to go and hug all your friends and go on a massive scavenger hunt together. It makes you want to go and watch movies with dad. It makes you want to find a boyfriend who is a writer (well, I already wanted that before the book, this just exaggerated it...) It makes you want to expect the unexpected and take joy in it. Clark is possibly one of my favourite love interest's in a contemporary book ever, and is definitely my favourite guy out of all the books in June. If you want a fun-filled book packed with family, friends and romance this summer, pick up The Unexpected Everything and you won't regret it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My To Be Read list for July:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Mas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L Armentrout</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I haven't got that many other books planned but I'm sure I'll find something. I know I've recently started writing much longer blog posts in bit of a sporadic posting pattern but I'm just getting my head back into the blogging game properly - as well as working on my novel - and just finding my way again, and I seem to have a lot to say in each post! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hope you've had a good first week of July, Speak soon, Christina. x</span><br />
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(Also, Thanks to my brother Matthew for taking the photo's for this post!)</div>
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<b>I’m an English literature student, I read ‘Young Adult’ books,
and I’m not ashamed.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Ever since University lectures finished way back in April I
have been on a reading sprint. I found a different appreciation for literature.
I love my degree and all forms of literature however, since I was about fourteen
I have been encouraged by my school teachers and mum to widen my range of
reading to literary classics. And I did, and I loved them. Studying <i>Pride and
Prejudice</i> in year eleven introduced me to the exciting world of Jane Austen,
whom I now love. Throughout this year my degree has enabled me to read a broad range of literary classics – <i>Great Expectations, Frankenstein</i> and <i>Robinson
Crusoe</i>. My knowledge of literature was broadened to a huge span that makes me
excited to study it for another two years and research even further.
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However once my lectures finished I
suddenly found myself at the liberty to read whatever I wanted, and that
thrilled me, I was instantly drawn back to my old favourite category of Young
Adult fiction. I found 'booktube' - people like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/abookutopia" target="_blank">Sasha</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/emmmabooks" target="_blank">Emma</a> who are obsessed with books and Young Adult fiction that I felt inspired and excited to dive into this world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Young Adult fiction seems to have a stigma attached in the literary world, people assume that because it is centred around teenagers, they are easier to read and do not deal with deep and
meaningful subjects, or do not challenge the reader, or do not make them think.
People assume everything ends happily in a YA novel, which, if you’ve read
<i>Divergent</i> (spoiler alert) it definitely doesn’t.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At the beginning of June I went to a book panel at
Waterstones Piccadilly as part of the #ThisiswhoIam tour, and the author Leila
Sales stated that to define a YA book it has to be three things:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Many people think YA books are exactly like <i>The Hunger Games</i>, and are all dystopian novels. However YA just means the
protagonist is a teenager! There are still all the sub-genre’s such as
contemporary, dystopian, fantasy, historical fiction – and if they are from an
immediate point of view of a teenager, they are YA!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Teenagers are honest narrators. They have a sense of the
world like no other – like that they are the only people that matter, that the
world is at their fingertips, like they could change the world. They don’t have
taxes, or a family to support that turns their world into worry. They are
finding out how they stand out. They are falling in love for the first time, an
honest raw type of emotion. They are relatable, immediate and exciting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However they are not afraid to talk openly about hard
subjects. YA books increase peoples knowledge around certain subjects - they
have definitely increased my knowledge about abuse, for example from <i>Beautiful
Broken Things</i> by Sara Barnard, anxiety and panic attacks from <i>Girl Online </i>by
Zoe Sugg and suicide from <i>The Programme</i> by Suzanne Young.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My two favourite genre’s of YA are contemporary and dystopian. I was first introduced to Dystopian through <i>The
Hunger Games</i> and the hype it got throughout all media. I then went on to read
and love the <i>Crossed</i> series by Ally Condle, <i>Divergent</i> by Veronica Roth, <i>The
Selection</i> by Kiera Cass and, more recently, the <i>Red Queen</i> series by Victoria
Aveyard (my new obsession.) I also followed many teenagers into the pits of the
Shadowhunter world (<i>The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices and The Last Artifices</i>) by Cassandra Clare.<o:p></o:p></div>
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All these books are not happy-go-lucky. The authors have
created in-depth different worlds with different problems. The worlds may be
different to what the readers know, but the emotions and relationships are similar
to what teenagers face. Like Alec’s battle with his sexuality in The
Mortal Instruments series, like Mare’s difficulty with trust in Red Queen and
America’s defiance against rules in The Selection series – the characters are
relatable. These books take you to a different world. They let you escape from
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Young Adult contemporary is possibly my favourite
sub-genre (although that is a bold statement to make!) I started with
Sarah Dessen in my early teens, I could not put these books down, the
characters and the various settings of different small towns in America, and
the sweet but challenging romances – they just have the perfect mix of
everything. I then moved onto Stephanie Perkins books, which have such lovely
characters and twists and turns in their romances. However in the last year or
so I’ve broadened my horizons to books which tackle a range of difficult
topics, (which I think reflects the publishing world being more open to diverse subjects) such as <i>All The Bright Places</i> by Jennifer Niven and <i>We Were Liars</i> by E.
Lockhart. Young Adult contemporaries teach you to see the positive side in
everything, they whisk you away to a new town with exciting characters and more
often than not, a great love story!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I'm off on holiday today so I'm away from the blog for a week, but go and follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/christinastorey/" target="_blank">instagram</a> and follow me on snapchat (Christinastorey) for updates! Have a lovely week - and go read! Christina x</div>
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I'm still living in the past to be honest. Still dreaming of the last two weeks I had in London. Still dreaming of the laughs and giggles we had, the days we explored our city until our feet bled (okay, only my feet bled from these sandals - but they look cute, so they were worth the pain.) But I've already talked about how great this day was in a <a href="http://stylestorey.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/tower-bridge.html" target="_blank">blog post</a> (and video which you can check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk_MLeIYOmg" target="_blank">here</a>.)</div>
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So I wanted to come to you today with a good old outfit post. Throwing it back to my early days of blogging where all I did was outfit posts. I still love fashion, and still love creating outfits from various pieces. This off the shoulder black dress is a piece I got from Missguided last summer and I still love it. Its a very versatile piece, so here I wore it for a day trip but last summer I wore it over bikini's for trips to the beach and for chilling around the pool. The extra embrodied edges add a lovely boho type feel to it. It's a perfect dress to wear to a festival! On Saturday I'm going to Hideout festival in Croatia, and I can't wait. Not only for the sun and the music, but to be able to dress all summer-y. I've done a lot of shopping in Primark who had a great selection of denim shorts, and had an Asos delivery of some tops today.</div>
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The past week has been really relatively quiet, as I'm back from Uni but none of my siblings are home, and my parents are at work. I've spent most days relaxing at home, working on my novel and going to the gym. Apart from the last day or so when I've fallen into the Gossip Girl hole again. I started season 6 yesterday and finished it today. It just reminded me how much I love it, and how much I love New York. A couple of my friends and some bloggers have all been snapchatting New York recently and I forgot how much I love it. I've just watched the first episode of Teen Wolf and can tell that I already will love it, Netflix is a slippery slope kids. </div>
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Also, I'm going to be snapchatting my holiday in Croatia, so feel free to add me 'Christinastorey.' The title of this post is an ode to one of my favourite songs at the moment - Lost Boy by Ruth B. Hope you've had a good week, Christina x</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dress and Shoes: Misguided. Necklace - Pull and Bear. Glasses - H&M.</span></b></span></div>
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This is quite a daunting post to it publish, but here we go. About a month ago I woke up from a dream and couldn't shake off the feeling that the dream was real. I got thinking about it, and suddenly in my mind I'd come up with a dystopian world and a skeleton of a novel. And that's where my idea for my own novel came from. </div>
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Now I'm no professional writer or anything but I have said for the past two years or so how I'd love to write a book, but now I've finally decided the time is now. I don't know if it's very good- it probably isn't - but this summer I'm focusing on building the world and the characters in depth, and plan to just write - not caring how bad or how good it is, but just get the words onto paper and see where it takes me. And I thought, why not keep my blog up to date on where my novel is going and how the process is for me? So here we go, here is my first instalment of 'Writing with Christina' - I'll probably update it once every two or three weeks this summer (kind of inspired by this series of videos by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY0UceE3xBWlV-221GDfBR_tcJi9Ewxzz" target="_blank">Christine Riccio</a>.)<br />
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My inspiration for my book came from my dream. In my head I had the main two characters and where they were going, but I needed to create the world. This came fairly easy, I started taking messy scribbly notes about the plot, once I'd got the idea of having three main characters - two females and one male, I started figuring out the world. It is a type of dystopian book, which obviously means a complicated world accompanies it, this was so fun to create and imagine. I tried to put a little spin on it, and at the moment as a base to my novel, it works well (in my opinion.)</div>
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From here I started writing, I started with an epilogue which flew out of me so quickly and got me very excited to write. However then about 2,000 words in I hit a wall, I wasn't too sure of my characters and their personality. I realised I needed to differentiate between them and make each individual different. So I set out to make character profiles. I've found it hard, with two main female characters, to differ between the two. Now I've finished the narrator's character profile and can see a precise difference between the two. Whilst creating this world/characters I have started an inspiration board on Pinterest. Cassandra Clare (author of the Mortal Instruments and the Shadowhunter world) often does this for her books and I can really see how it helps. It helps vision characters and settings. Here's a <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/stylestorey/novel-inspiration/" target="_blank">link</a> to my pinterest board - you can see the names and overall themes of the novel if you fancy.<br />
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This is quite scary to shout to the world that I'm writing a novel. There is a slim chance anyone will ever read it (apart from maybe my family) but I wanted, for my blog and for myself, to create a document of my journey, struggles and positives of this huge task! Hope you've had a good week, Christina x</div>
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On Tuesday, as part of our mission to be tourists in our own city during our last week in London before the summer, Lucy, Lyndsey and I headed into central. We planned on going up Monument and Tower Bridge however Monument was closed for maintenance so after a quick stop off in Pret we headed towards Tower Bridge.</div>
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Tower Bridge has always been one of my favourite landmarks in London. It's just so traditionally London and so so beautiful - I even have a big poster of it in my bedroom. Walking up to it, the day already felt special. I still can't believe (and I don't think I ever will) that this is the city that I live in. Surrounded by school trips and foreigners and with my camera around my neck, we were tourists for the day. Going up Tower Bridge was amazing because although it is stunning to look at , it also has stunning views! </div>
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When you in Tower Bridge you're able to walk along a corridor on both sides on the bridge, meaning you can see both East and West of London which is pretty cool. The newest feature to the attraction is the glass floor. Having this on both corridors was really exciting, you could look down and see the water and people below, which was strangely relaxing. Then above the glass floor was a massive mirror so you had the reflection of yourself on the glass floor which was slightly freaky but really cool. This was such an easy fun thing to do, and pretty cheap - we prebooked student tickets online for £5:65! A simple but way to see a good view of London.</div>
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We then wondered along the Thames and made our way to Maddison Rooftop Terrace. We wanted a great view of St Pauls Cathedral, as it is Lyndsey's favourite building and Lucy was christened there! However as soon as we got to the terrace everyone was leaving as the thunderstorm was just coming in. Us being the stubborn people we are decided it wasn't going to ruin our fun so sheltered under the railing and had one of our favourite moments of the year. We were alone, with St Pauls right in front of us, the London Eye in the distance and could not see another human in sight. We were at the top of London, and everything was quiet - apart from the loud thunder and the noise of the rain hitting the pavement. It was warm, it felt like we could have been in a different country, but with the view of St Pauls, we were definitely in London.</div>
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Hope everyone had a good weekend - I moved out of Uni halls and am back home for the summer now - Have a good week! Christina x</div>
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Now, I don't want to make this blog just about books but I want to introduce a new feature of a 'wrap-up' of books I've read this month, and a quick list of books I plan to read in the up-coming month. (Also sorry but I read most of these on my kindle, so they aren't in the picture.) I figure it's a quick easy way of giving my views on each book without doing a separate post for each! Now this month I read a lot, I'm in a very good reading mode at the moment, I'm feeling motivated to read and am really enjoying the range of different books! So let's jump right in...</div>
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<b>The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah</b></div>
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This book follow two sister's in France during World War II. One is caught up in the French Resistance but the other is just trying to survive in her small village. It is a wonderful story, it really opened my eyes to that point in history, I loved how even though it was a wartime story, it showed the effect war has on civilians. It had high and lows but, that's what make it a fully rounded story. I really enjoyed this historical fiction novel!</div>
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This was the last in The Selection series - one of my favourite series over the past few years. I read it in about two days so honestly, I can't really remember it! It follows Eadlyn in the last few stages of her selection process - Eadlyn, the future queen of Illea, had to pick a husband out of a pool of 35 suitors, having narrowed it down to six suitors in The Crown, we see Eadlyn's struggle with making the biggest decision of her life. As well as seeing her parents, the King and Queen, struggle with health issues whilst ruling the kingdom. I loved this book because we saw the characters we know from the original Selection books, as well as the progression of Illea. It wasn't my favourite Selection book, I didn't particularly warm to any of the suitors of Eadlyn herself, but it was a nice final conclusion of one of my favourite easy read series. </div>
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This is a Young Adult Dystopian novel which takes place in a divided world. Where the 'silvers' have silver blood and have different powers to do with the earth, who are thought to be above everyone, they run the government and do the top positions like Lawyers etc. Then the 'Reds' who are normal people who have red blood, they are poor and struggle with money etc. The protagonist, Mare, a red who suddenly find out she has silver powers is thrown into the royal household, betrothed to one prince but has a connection with the other. She has to find her way round the palace, whilst also part of the resistance against the monarchy. This book is amazing, I was hesitant going into it, and it took me a while to get into it, but wow. It is so so good, the characters, world building and plot are incredible and unpredictable. It has elements of The Hunger Games and The Selection but is in no way a similar story. I loved it.</div>
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My Life Next Door is an easy summer read. It follows Samantha, a girl with a 'perfect' life who longs to know the manic family next door, the Garretts. Until one evening Jase Garrett climbs on her roof and begins to change her world. It is a very easy read has a lot of elements to do with family and questioning whether you love them just because their your family, even though they are in the wrong. This wasn't my favourite book ever but it was a fun easy read.</div>
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I did a review of Beautiful Broke Things <a href="http://stylestorey.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/book-review-beautiful-broken-things-by.html" target="_blank">here</a>, but it follows Caddy going into year 11 with her best friend Rosie by her side. I won't say much as you can read it here but I did really enjoy it!</div>
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I've read a lot of Young Adult books this May, which I have really enjoyed but I'm looking forward to reading some classics near the end of June. </div>
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My To Be Read list for June:</div>
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The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Haploid</div>
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One by Sarah Crossan </div>
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Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard</div>
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1984 by George Orwell</div>
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The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson / or Persuasion by Jane Austen (whichever one I feel like to be honest!)</div>
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I don't know if this type of post is interesting to anyone, but it's handy for me to keep this record, I hope I've potentially given some recommendations for books or something. I'm enjoying my last week in London before I have to move back home for the summer, hope you have a good week! Christina x</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I bought Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard on
Wednesday afternoon, started it on Thursday morning and finished it at 2am on
Friday morning. I had tears rolling down my cheeks and a strange lull in my
heart. I’m not going to lie, I first picked this book up because of it’s
stunning and beautiful cover as well as the vague and captivating tagline ‘I
was brave, she was reckless, we were trouble.’ I didn’t expect it to touch me
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve found this review quite hard to write, it’s difficult to
write it without spoilers as I wanted to discuss the </span>plotlines<span style="font-family: inherit;"> etc. It’s more of a
discussion rather than a review, but just to warn you there are probably hints
of the </span>plot<span style="font-family: inherit;">/characters throughout so read at you own risk!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is Sara Barnard’s debut novel about love, it’s about
how deep teenage female friendships bonds can go and the loyalty that comes with them. The protagonist, Caddy goes into year 11 at an all girl’s school
with three goals:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And she expects to do this with her absolute best friend,
the sarcastic, trustworthy Rosie. They had always been inseparable, even though
they went to different schools. However a new girl at Rosie’s school, Suzanne,
threatens to change everything about their lives. The story is about friendship -
about how you can be blinded by love and not realise the destructive qualities.
It’s manipulative, it’s heart-warming and its heart wrenching all whilst being
incredibly realistic and raw. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Caddy is naïve. When I first started it took me a while to
be get into. I liked the fact that the protagonist went to an all
girls school – especially loved the description of it being an ‘oestrogen
prison’ – and I liked the fact it was set in Brighton. It was believable, she
was just a normal teenage girl. However she seemed too young at first, normally
YA books I enjoy the protagonist is 17 or 18 and develops into a more mature
character throughout the book. I felt that Caddy was very young and innocent
and didn’t participate in that much character development throughout the book,
shown in the last chapter. However I do also think this naivety was needed for
the book. It portrays an honest portrayal of a teenager – so eager to be liked
and so conscious of everyone around her. She is so eager to look on the
positive side, she wants to look after her friend and fix everything. Her
loyalty to stick by Suzanne’s side, and defend her (even when she shouldn’t have
been defended) shows dedication and a sense of faith that is just so raw and
deep when you’re a teenager. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Reading this book I was inside Caddy’s head, but could also
have an outside perspective. Sara writes in such a simple way but nevertheless is incredibly
clever. I could see the manipulative but loving character of Suzanne so
clearly, I could see Caddy’s urge to help and look after her, but also Rosie’s
view on this change in their friendship, as well as Caddy’s parents views on
how one girl could change everything for their daughter. She wrote with such subtly
that really captivated you, I could feel my heart twisting in my chest when I
realised Suzanne was changing Caddy, I literally couldn’t put the book down – I
mean I turned my light off at 12:30 expecting to go to sleep but fifteen
minutes later I turned on my light and read until I finished the book at 2 in
the morning. In that sleepy, emotional state I wrote down words I felt about
this book – Manipulative, subtle, real, heart-breaking, raw, believable,
predictable, honest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The character of Suzanne is so complicated, untrustworthy
but loveable. She had a vulnerability that came with her but also a dark side,
Sara Barnard really captivated the way she changed Caddy – for the good and the
better. She made her more reckless, more exciting but also put her in danger.
There was a romantic beautiful side to the darkness that Suzanne upheld but
this book was so real and raw that it scared me. Suzanne’s flippant changes of
mood and her ability to put on a mask and hide parts of her life were
astounding. Having the narrative from Caddy’s point of view was insightful here
as you could see how believable perfect beautiful Suzanne looked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In most books or films I read/watch there is a romantic love
story – and that has always been my favourite part, I love romance and I’m not
ashamed to admit it (even if my friends do laugh at me.) This story is a
love story, just not the romantic kind but I loved it the exact same amount. It’s
a love story between friends. The first line made me laugh – ‘I thought it was
a start to a love story. <i>Finally</i>.’ –
Just the sarcastic tone instantly drew me in, it almost mocks love story’s, but
also shows the unrealistic views they portray. It’s an ironic first line and it
really made me laugh. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don’t know how I feel about the ending to be honest. In a
way it was predictable, which should be a bad thing, but it wasn’t – it was
needed. The novel needed to be wrapped up, but it wasn’t fully, and that’s what
makes it realistic. The ending in a way feels slightly rushed, but that’s life.
It was a realistic conclusion, it wasn’t a ‘happily ever after’ situation but a
need conclusion of the past year of events. Sorry I know that is a very vague description
of the ending, but I don’t want to ruin the book completely! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So that’s it, they are my opinions on The Beautiful Broken
Things – an easy but captivating read that has complex characters that make the
book. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone, it is a great YA
contemporary novel. Speak soon, Christina x</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lyndseymcj/" target="_blank">Lyndsey</a> for shooting these photo's! </span></div>
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<br />Christina Storeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469254224143703891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2064855261109985768.post-66850985916025600892016-05-22T17:59:00.002+01:002016-05-22T17:59:55.735+01:00Why Girl Squads are Important <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Empowered women, empower women.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There has been a
lot of media speculation the past year about ‘Girls Squads’ and whether they
empower women or just exclude them. Obviously I know everyone has different
opinions and experiences </span>about this subject <span style="font-family: inherit;">but I wanted to discuss what I think, and how that
has changed since going to university.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I saw a quote the other day that said <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Girls compete
with each other, Women empower each other’ </i>and it got me thinking about my
experience with groups of girls and how in the past two years, I have come to appreciate the strong independent women I
surround myself with. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">Although I’ve loved finding a new group of friends
this year I want to take a moment and appreciate my old friends. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I remember back when I was 15 (I don’t
understand how that is four years ago) I wanted to be in a friendship group
with guys, I created a perfect picture in my head and at that time, I
don’t think I appreciated my group of girls as much as I should have. However
I’ve now come to realise how amazing that group of girls are. </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We
spent seven years together and made so many memories that it’s hard to remember
all of them. The great thing is that although we don’t see each other everyday
like we used to, we know we are always there for each other. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our teenage years are some of our hardest but I did it with this great
group of girls by my side. Yeah, we went through a lot of stupid little fights,
but we came out the other side. I am so excited to go on holiday with them
all for a week at the end of June, I can’t wait to make new memories and catch
up on the past year.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sports – </span><a href="http://stylestorey.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-importance-of-being-part-of-team.html" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Dancing</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://stylestorey.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/falling-in-love-with-new-sport.html" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Cheerleading</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> has always played a
huge part in my life, and most of the time it was the people surrounding me
that made it so great. My Cheer team this year, Destiny, was a huge part
of making me realise how strong women can be. I was in an all-girl team, meaning
we didn’t have the natural strength that men normally bring to cheer, it meant we had to
work out butts off to score high. We fought hard for our right to be on the mat, we overcame
obstacles, we powered through pain and but we became stronger because of it. We
lifted each other up, mentally and physically, and we rocked the floor. When I
danced we would also </span>normally<span style="font-family: inherit;"> be just girls (sometimes with one or two guys) and we could
create something beautiful, something so serene and gentle. I spent years dancing next to my best friends</span> and once again, although I don't see or speak to them everyday they still inspire me in many ways. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Both Cheerleading
and Dancing taught me strength in different ways, and its the fact that when
you perform, your surrounded by a group of girls who you know are going to
catch you if you fall, which makes it great.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Going to university this year taught me a lot of
things and the ‘Cheer Senoritas’ were a huge part of that. Now, I’m still not
100% sure why we call ourselves that, it’s just the name of our group message that has stuck. They taught me to be comfortable
in my own skin. They taught me that you don’t have to wear a full face of
make-up every time you go out. They taught me that it’s okay to be fully
interested and passionate in what you are studying. They taught me it’s okay to
have strong views or opinions. They taught me that it is okay for you to do
what you need to do. We are all different, none of us have the exact same personality, but that is what makes a group special. We appreciate one another and lift up </span>each<span style="font-family: inherit;"> other, we boost </span>each<span style="font-family: inherit;"> others confidence when we need it most, but are also there to comfort each other through the hard and stressful moments.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We all accept each other for who we are and somehow we all
just fit together like pieces in a puzzle. I am eternally grateful to find
these girls this year, and I know, whatever next year throws at us that we will
all still be there for each other.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I know this blog post is a bit random, and technically is just me
talking about how much I love my friends, but I wanted to highlight that ‘Girl
Squads’ <i>are</i> good. Yes, people can be bitchy but, that's just a fact of life. I wanted to highlight the positive aspects of them and take a second to appreciate these women. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a group of girls or women we have the power to support someone. We can show them that we are always </span>there for them no matter what. We can believe in them to chase their dreams. We can be inspired and motivated by their achievements. We can boost someones confidence with just one single complement. A single person has the ability to comfort someone when they are crying, but a group gives that person someone to lean on at all hours. </span>Be that person, be in that group of inspiring women and be <i>that</i> inspiring woman. Groups of women or girls shouldn't be intimidating or scary, they should be full of laughter and smiles that radiate friendliness and inclusiveness. I've learnt a lot the past two years, but the most valuable thing I've learnt is how important it is to have a group of friends who you can lean on!</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Hope this hasn't been too much of a ramble! And you all have a good start to the week, Christina x</span></div>
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