So, this is a post I am going to title ‘things that I have
seen and liked’ (and who knows, I might make it a semi-regular feature, because
I could do with some of those) and in it I’m going to talk to you about, well,
about things that I have seen and liked. It’s pretty self-explanatory really:
over-complicating things is not something I am fond of.
Basically ,this is
totally just an excuse for me to get stupid excited about books and albums and TV
shows and pretty shoes and other such things that have caught my eye. It’s a
small glimpse I guess into what makes me tick.IT'S ALL ABOUT THINGS I LIKE.
So, where else would I start than with books?
I treated myself last week to Sarah Pinborough’s Poison.
I read Sarah’s The Death House
earlier in the year and I loved it and you know when that happens, when you
find a new author and just want to devour every word they’ve ever written,
shopping lists and all? Yep, that happened here, so I checked out Sarah’s book
list and then did some kind of crazy flappy dance because GUESS WHAT:
REIMAGINED FAIRYTALES. I LOVE a fairytale, I especially love a twist on a
fairytale and that’s exactly what this book – Poison
– is. It’s Snow White’s story, but it’s told from a different angle and it
sounds like all kinds of excellent and it’s also really freaking pretty.
Hurrah.
I’m dreaming of Book 2 in Cathrynne Valente’s Fairyland series. I’ll come back at some point and talk about
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of
Her Own Making soon but til then you need to know only that Jen made
me read it, and not since Harry Potter, or His Dark Materials
have I fallen like this for a series of books. So, I need the second one. Stat.
(I amuse myself when I get to use phrases like that. Ha) I tried to buy it in
Watersones at the Trafford Centre last night but alas, they only had books 3
and 4. Instead I bought these pretties for my 2015 book challenge.
I’m not
going to buy another book now til April, which is a shame for Fairyland but
very good for my bank balance.
However, and this may come as a total shock, but, I don’t only read books. sometimes I watch things
on Netflix, oftentimes on my iPad in bed because I love my bed, I love it a lot. Right now I’m watching The Vampire Diaries because we
lost track of it a while back due to a Sky+ fail and it’s all there being shiny
and pretty on Netflix and I have like, a series and a half of Damon Salvatore
to catch up on so WOOP WOOP for that. Oh, Ian Somerhalder you are an attractive
being.
I’m also crazy excited because Netflix has just added Once Upon a Time to it’s catalogue (see above re my love for
fairytales) which Channel 5 cancelled and I feared I would never see again until
this weekend when I opened the app for said Salvatore fix and THERE IT WAS!!
All the episodes I missed plus the latest season updated weekend. I did a happy
dance, from the comfort of my bed. More of a head bob than a dance really, but the
feeling was there. Once is so good and it has the added bonus of Robert Carlyle. I have
had a crush on Robert Carlyle for 20 years omg.
On the commute to work I’ve been listening to Taylor Swift’s
1989, which holy excellent album batman. I kind of love Taylor unashamedly. I do. Gimme all the catchy
pop songs on my drive please.
So yep, I’m listening to that and also to The Overtones and also to an old Bon Jovi album I found
whilst tidying up. If you’re new here then here’s a thing about me: I have
pretty much loved Jon Bon Jovi my whole entire life. All of it. Forever. I have
always loved him and I will always love him because THAT ASS. And also because
of other reasons that do not involve my objectification of his being such as
I’ll…I’ll come back to you.
And, just to tie this post up nicely, other random things
that I have seen and liked:
I am in desperate need of these two t-shirts, this one, which
tell me about it, stud. Why would I not
need that in my life?
and also this one because The BFG
is right up there with Matilda and Danny as my fave Roald Dahl book of all time.
I feel I would
be much happier, generally, if these were nicely folded in my t-shirt drawer. I
really want a t-shirt with ONJ’s face on it ok? I just really do.
Also, cowboy boots. I spend so much of my life lusting after
pretty cowboy boots. There’s a pair of tan ankle ones that I am totally going to
get a pair of for the spring, but what I really want is some of of the amazing Corral or Durango ones (that I should have bought when I saw them in NYC 7 years ago dammit. Regrets, I have them.) I’m
clearly not getting any because wow the price tag on those babies but still, SO
MUCH PRETTY.
I want (need, want, who knows the difference) a new bag. I also know exactly what it looks like.
The closes I have seen to the bag that lives in my head was in Debenham’s last night. It was £115.
River Island has this though,
which is cute:
And lastly, I'm on a storage box hunt because people (me) need
storage and I’ve seen all these ‘shabby chic’ trunks that are just so old and
beautiful and perfect so I’m all about those right now too. How many books I
wonder, could one get in a trunk..and I wonder if my Dad still has one in the
cubby hole at their house? Oooh, there’s a thought…..
So, talk to me: what are you reading/watching/listening to right now? What pretty things are you spending your pennies on? What things have you seen and liked?
