Searching for that rush...

               The story begins with a chance meeting between Christian Grey and Ana Steele when she steps in for her friend at an interview. Every girl wants to believe that she could meet some dark, sexy stranger that takes her on a toe curling adventure, so the beginning of the story stands every woman's inner sex goddess to attention. But let's not just think of this as a book just for us girls, for men it's practically a 'how to' guide to keep your partner satisfied or even spice up any sex life. Plus deep down, all men love a good romance. Personally I don't think I'll ever look at cable ties the same, there not just the things that stop all my leads getting all jumbled up... They can be so much more. However this isn't just a normal chick-lit where the man pursues the woman, they go get together and go skipping of into the rose tinted future. Oh no, here we have...

It's here! The Diamond Jubilee finally.  Growing up I always thought that The Royal Family is something that older people were interested in. But now, I couldn't be more excited proud that Queen Elizabeth has had 60 years on the throne. Most likely due to the fresh new spotlight on the Royal Family, it all started off in 2010 when Kate Middleton and Prince William got engaged. A 'commoner' marrying a Prince, every girls fairy tale. The Royal Family seem to be embracing the new interest in themselves and have been doing more interviews, more appearances and even the odd weather forecast. The usually private family had a new wind in their sails and are happily rolling with the public and are more accessible to all ages. Everyone admires the Queen and Duke, women everywhere want to look like Kate and secretly want to marry Prince Harry.  On saturday, a cocktail night at my friend Alice's house was the perfect way to kick off the weekend, classic British co...

             As a student I have to revise for (and pass) 5/6 exams a year to continue with my Uni career. Currently I'm studying for my 'Gender and Creativity' module, I've chosen to write two essays, several Carol Ann Duffy poem's, two films (Brokeback Mountain and My Own Private Idaho) and a play, Sam Shepard's Fool For Love. As it stands my exam in on Monday, (which we were only told about last Sunday) and my brain is ready to melt. Absolutely clueless about Carol Ann Duffy's poems and the amount of notes I have can actually fit onto two A4 pages. The themes we were 'learning' about in class boil down to, politics and time. STRANGE as this section in the module is about 'Queer theory' and the sexuality issues raised in her poetry.  As far as I can tell from the selected poetry, the only politics are about the Iraq war and the place where time is mentioned is mentioned is when she talks about her childhood. I'm pretty sure she didn...

Hey guys,              I bought these books last summer, started the first one 'Dangerous Lady' but never finished them both until now. Must be something about crime novels on sunny days, can't seem to do it. The beautiful weather whispers about hope, love and wonderful things, not violence or drugs. However this is exactly what these novels give, and they were impossible to put down.   Cole has an insight into the crime world that is frightening, she describes bursts of violence that are horrifying and physically make you cringe away from them. The lead character Maura is probably the most pitiable, we can understand why she's as ruthless as she is. Her story begins with the murder of her brother, loses the love of her life and then the brutal event that renders her unable to have children. What's even more heartbreaking is, all she ever wanted was to get married and have children.  These books showed me the inner workings of a strip cl...

Hey guys, sorry this blog took so long! As usual, exams, coursework and the cheeky night out took over which resulted in hobbies lagging behind... 'The Help' is about African American maids in Jackson, Mississippi working in the early 1960s. The story is revolved around three main protagonists  Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter, two maids and a white upper class woman who not only go against society but their families.   Not gonna lie, absolutely loved this novel! The depiction of not only how the maids are treated, but how the upper class women treat each-other is very realistic. The bitchiness between this group of women is almost as horrific as how they treat their help. They moan and bitch about the other wives as much as they bully and repress their maids. Hilly Holbrook is the worst of the lot. She's the one who attempts to introduce separate toilets for the different races.   I absolutely loved it when Minny stood up for herself against the 'Queen Bee' of the ...

Sheila O'Flanagan is an Irish novelist with a seemingly particular interest in feel good novels, which reflect everyday problems that include a vast audience. 'A Season To Remember' is your typical, quirky rom-com novel, it's a collection of short stories about how a few days at the Sugar Loaf Lodge can change your perspective on life and love.  I did like this book, it was cute, romantic and everything that a girl wants to hear but I wasn't completely grabbed by it. Every couple of pages or so I'd start thinking about how I should clean my room or now would be a good time for a cuppa... Perhaps my head just was not in it and maybe there was just too much going on around me, (parents decided it was a good time to 'chat' to by brother about his well, pretty crappy results) but this book just seemed too predictable and that made it, well boring.  However, the interlinking of each characters individual stories and their connection to the county hotel ...

Dear fellow bloggers,                                I'm a huge fan of reading and always have a book stuck under my nose, so I've decided to start a blog about the books that I've read and hope to read. Might as well attempt to write about something I love, well here goes. :)    I've just finished reading 'The Brightest Star in the Sky' by Marian Keyes. The first pages of the novel are absolutely gripping, we're first introduced to the strange new presence that's arrived on 66 Star Street. At the beginning the reader feels a bit wary of this 'thing' that interjecting itself onto the street, what is it? An angel, a ghost here to stir up trouble or even Death? The development of the plot is so engaging that I couldn't put the book down, so much so that it was my constant 'tea, lunch, dinner and just need a minute to myself break ' companion throughout the day. As the story unfolds, we see ...