My Crazy Life||❤

Hi Guys
I just want to warn you guys that this week my blog might be a bit hectic. Mainly because school is starting this week and moving up a year means a whole load of workload.  I have to be way more organised than I already am which is kind of tough for a person who ends up doing homework on a Monday morning, yep that is what I do. Anyway, school means an excuse to read like 3 books at once. Plus I can get access to books which I can't find or am not bothered to find in Waterstones in the library (I have a phobia of public libraries they just scare me!). I think I am going to ditch my blog on Mondays because;
 A) My violin lessons are often after school on these days. Carrying a pe kit, instrument and a whole lot of books puts me in a bad mood when I get home so I will be moving it to Tuesday to do TBR piles and book reviews on Fridays and Saturdays. I will be posting quite late and my posts might become a bit messy because I will write them up all in advance so all I have to do it press the publish button.  B)It is Monday, the worst day of the week for me!
I would love it if you guys would point out my typos and stuff so I can correct them right away and not look silly. I'm doing Art as one of my main subjects and homework/workload we are going to be given is going to hard and would have to be detailed. So basically my weekends will be spent trying to scrape through maths, yawning through science work (I despise that subject so much), slaving over music I forgot to learn, flicking through a history textbook and laying in bed exhausted! That is school life people for such a lazy person like me. I am also doing music more this year which is flicking through music theory books, I have 2 ABRSM examinations in December which will take from now till then for me to squeeze in extra practice. I have never had issues of falling behind in class but doing my blog and school work will be tricky. It is a challenge I am willing to face! Hello to stopping off at Starbucks/Costa every morning before school for some coffee to boost myself to the end of the day and multiple cups of tea and biscuits. Not that I have problems with the odd Hobnob.

Basically this is what I want to do!!

Me at the table eating breakfast;

And myself all the time;

Also, my posts will be later than usual and will be more into the evening than my ususal lunchtime posts.

See you guys on Wednesday when I offically begin this dreaded school year!!

Keep Reading,

Naomi...xxx

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Book to Film Adaptations||❤

Hi Guys
Loads of books this year are being adapted into films and most of them I haven't read yet. I can't watch a film without reading the book and I vow to that and will never change that rule of mine. So these are a list of books I want to see the film of this year!

So my first pick is the Maze Runner. I watched the trailer of the film and didn't like it a single bit. I didn't like the book either but I'm just watching it so I can cringe and laugh at the emotional parts, Apparently in the film they don't have the telepathy thing going on and that was my favourite part of the book. I just want to see it so I can grill at it for not meeting my extremely high expectations. When it comes to films I am horrible, I didn't even enjoy The Fault in Our Stars that much *shock face*, yep I am quite a picky one,

I am a massive Hunger Games fan and stuck right by the books when people said that Divergent was better, I yawned through Divergent I found it boring and predictable. They have split the films into two parts which I find better because cramming that much action in 2 hours would be mind blowing!! I read the last book was confused for ages and ages about the whole thing, read it again, partly understood it but they say three is a lucky number so maybe if I read it once more I will understand the book. The ending just spoilt the book and I even warned my friends not to go through that gruelling end to such a wonderful series. I won't say what it was but I can't get over how much it hurt me when I was at the final blank pages searching for a bit more to make up for it.

So this is the film I am most excited about! It has already come out in cinemas but I need to read the book. The trailer is meh standard, didn't blow me away but apparently it is an amazing book. I am trying to creep away for Dystopia so this book will be essential for me. The Telegraph gave it a 2star rating like most newspapers and film review website so I'm hoping that the book the book will be amazing. Fingers crossed!

So these are the book to film adaptations I am yet to see. Hope you guys enjoy it and see you Monday!!

Keep Reading,

Naomi...xxx

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Waiting On Wednesday||❤

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

The book I can't wait to be published is.......

The Remnants 

by Anna Scanlon

Publication Date: November 13th

The Nazis have won WWII (or as it is now known, The Greatest War) almost 70 years ago. Having established an Elite class of descendants of former leaders during WWII, Stella Goering, great-granddaughter of Hitler's right-hand man, Hermann Goering, enjoys a privileged life in the capital of city of New Berlin (formerly New York City). There, citizens of the Reich live happily without the burdens of the racially inferior who have since become extinct. 

As a daughter of the Elite, Stella has attained celebrity status. But she finds the bright lights and magazine write ups a constant distraction from her self-imposed destiny of serving the Reich as a doctor. She even finds the yearly ritual of all citizens testing their blood for purity more of a nuisance than a patriotic gesture. And as a daughter of the Elite, she must have it done publicly, in front of all of Germania. But this year, Stella's tests are showing something she never expected: her genes link her to a race she thought was long extinct: the Jews. 

Convinced this is a plot from the Japanese to destroy the Reich's confidence in its leaders, Stella relies blindly on the Elite to protect her until the situation can be proved a conspiracy; otherwise she will be punished by death. After all, the Reich has always protected her. But Stella quickly learns that what's true and false in the Reich isn't so black and white and that those she's always trusted don't always have her best interest at heart…

Why I'm Waiting This Wednesday?

First of, I love historical books about the war or even before that so it ticks one box. Again, I have picked another book which has been made by a blogger called Anna. She is a student and has already written other books about the war, which have actually received excellent feedback on goodreads. What I really love is that she hasn't just done the casual beauty or fashionista type book but has actually dug deep enough to be able to talk about serious issues. I just love the description Amazon gave and it tells us how Jews were still an issue post WWII. I can't wait to buy this book and will preorder it later this week. This is probably book I am most excited about waiting for.

Keep Reading,

Naomi...xxx

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Liebster Award||❤

So I was nominated by Anna @Enchanted By YA (Check her out!) and I was very excited about it. It was the first time my blog had been nominated an I never thought that with such a small blog I would even be asked to do this so I am very thankful. I found out a bit more about it and I'm just saying what I remember from the top of my head. So it is an award for upcoming bloggers and is sent around to different blogs. Once someone has nominated you and you have accept it and answered the question you then nominate other upcoming blogs and so on. It is like an ongoing thing. After all the nominating and stuff then the award is yours to keep.

The award also has some rules (That you complete after accepting it) I got these from Anna's blog.

1) Link and thank the blogger who nominated you

2)Answer the 11 questions they asked

3) Pick eleven other bloggers with no more that 200 followers to nominate.

4) Ask them 11 question and let the know you nominated them by commenting on their blog.

1) Why did you start blogging?

I was bored and wanted to share my love of books with the internet.

2) What's your favourite experience related to blogging so far?

Recieving this award! Also getting to know different bloggers and taking part in weekly events
3) What is/are your favourite book blog(s)? 

I absolutely love Happy Indulgence Books, they have brilliant reviews.
4) What's your favourite book(s) so far this year?

I love the book Rebel Angels, it is a mix of historical fiction and fantasy.
5) What's your favourite book/series OF ALL TIME?
6) If you were shipwrecked on a desert island which 1 series would you want with you?

The Georgia Nicolson Series, at least I would be able to have a laugh.
7) Any book turn-offs?

When dystopia books are compared to the hungers games, no. Just no.

8) What do you eat while blogging/reading?

Biscuit, I do love a good old custard cream.
9) If you lived in a book and could have the love interest for yourself with the female protagonist out the way, what book and who would you choose?

The Hunger Games, Peeta is just so cute and heart warming.
10) Is there a character you love to hate in a book?

Draco Malfoy, I was alway buzzing whenever he came in.
11) Do you read books more than once?

Yes I have to read a book at least twice to see if I really like it or to understand parts which left dazed more.

I don't have 11 blogs to nominate so I will only do a few:

Beatrice @Confession Of A Pinay Bookaholic

Amber @My Bookshelf is Hungry

Naban @The Literary Oracle

Question Time!!

1) How long have you been blogging for?

2)What is the worst book you have come across?

3)What do you look for in a book before you buy it?

4)Where do you blog from? e.g. your bed or your desk.

5)Which genre do you secretly like? 

6)Do you prefer e-books or paperbacks?

7)What do you enjoy most about blogging?

8)Which books/series are you excited about being released this year?

9)If you could only read one genre of books for your whole life, what would it be?

10)Who is your all time favourite author?

11)Who are your favourite bloggers? (any type of blogger)

Hope that you guys can answer and participate! Thank you once again Anna and go and check out the blogs I nominated.

Keep Reading,

Naomi...xxx

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Products I Am Yet To Try&Exciting News||❤

Hello guys,
So I am yet again doing another beauty post because I am feeling like one at the moment and at the end of the post I will tell you what the exciting news it so look out for that part.

1.

These are the lipglosses I always find at superdrug but they never have the shades I would prefer. I always intend to buy them but never end up doing it, so, I really need to try it out seeing that Tanya Burr is one of my favourite youtubers and I feel bad for not even testing out her products months after they were released.

2.  

Image from fanpop.com

So these lipbalms are what everyone is talking about. People claim it to be super moisturising and easy to use. I am on the hunt for a better lipbalm because vaseline is just not doing me good at the moment. I ran out of my nivea lip butter in caramel cream but my local boots and superdrug didn't have them and I didn't have time to travel that far to collect lipbalm. This is only currently selling at selfridges for £5 which I find ridiculous for not much product in the sphere. I don't want to waste £5 and then find it rubbish but I am praying that Superdrug or Boots decide to include them in their stores. Plus I know if I end up in Selfridges I will just spend all my money on high-end products and forget about the lipbalm completely. (I just noticed how much I have used the word lipbalm!)

So this was actually quite a short beauty post but I just needed to leave room for my exciting news!!

The exciting news is.....

I have been nominated for a liebster award by Anna @Enchanted By YA!! I am so excited about this and was surprised when this popped up in my comments section. I will do a post on that on Sunday and I am so excited to fill it out and I honestly never expected it to happen. I want to thank Anna so much for doing this for me and seriously I can't explain in words how excited I am about this. Plus if you guys could write down in the comments below, if you want to, some YA books that I would be interested in. I haven't found my genre yet but I am currently addicted to WattPad sci-fi and fantasy books. They are just awesome!

Naomi...xxx

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Waiting On Wednesday||❤

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

The book I can't wait to be published is.......

A Thousand Pieces Of You 

by Claudia Gray

Publication Date: November 4th

Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own. But when Marguerite’s father is murdered, the killer—her parent’s handsome and enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.

Marguerite can’t let the man who destroyed her family go free, and she races after Paul through different universes, where their lives entangle in increasingly familiar ways. With each encounter she begins to question Paul’s guilt—and her own heart. Soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is more sinister than she ever could have imagined.

A Thousand Pieces of You explores a reality where we witness the countless other lives we might lead in an amazingly intricate multiverse, and ask whether, amid infinite possibilities, one love can endure.

Why Am I Waiting This Wednesday?

This is just the perfect book. I've never felt this way about something being released the excitement is unreal! Firstly, the cover is just assdfghjjkl (I just had to), Secondly, the blurb blew my mind and Lastly, parallel universes. Enough said. I just want a firebird.

Keep Reading,

Naomi...xxx

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The Maze Runner-A Book Review||❤

Hi Guys!
So today is a book review and the book I have recently finished is The Maze Runner by James Dashner. This always popped up on the Amazon page and was intrigued by the title and it did seem quite interesting. One of my friends told me to watch the movie trailer and I did which I feel bad for doing so because I always vow not to watch the film or trailer of a book before I read it. I watched the trailer expecting to be mind-blown and craving more like other trailers but it was all a big yawn for me. It just didn't get me excited enough for the book and I started to regret even buying it in the first place. It was just too much for me!
The goodreads description- "If you ain't scared, you ain't human." 

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers--boys whose memories are also gone.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It's the only way out--and no one's ever made it through alive.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying."

So...... the description is quite off putting and doesn't really fit with the book to be honest. And what made me despise the book a tiny bit was on my copy it said, 'For people who love the Hunger Games.' No, just no. What I hate the most is comparing books to other books. I love the Hunger Games the books are just phenomenal but this book is nothing like the Hunger Games. I don't see any districts or a MIXED group of teenagers killing eachother to win the Games. First of all, the characters know nothing about where they are but in the Hunger Games they do. Wait, where is the tv broadcast and the star-crossed lover................still checking...... nope can't find it. Enough of my ranting let's actually talk about the book!

So the teens have had their memories wiped by WICKED. They have been sent to the Glade, where they reside, as an experiment to see how they would react and adapt to different situations. Once every month a new boy or a 'greenie' as they say is sent in a box to the Glade and every week food and medical supplies.Obviously the main goal is to escaped but the problem is they are surrounded by walls and behind those walls is the Maze. Every day at the same time each gate made out of stone- the North, South, East and West gates- opens and closes for the night. There is a twist, the Maze's walls rotate and move every single day and have done for the past 2 years. Every single day a group of runners would go out, map their routes then race back. But, the Maze is infested with slug like creatures with various metal weapons hidden beneath their slimy skin, with one fatal sting they can kill you unless you are quick enough to recieve the something Serum which is provided by the creators of the Maze. That's all I can really say about the book either I will go on for donkey years.

Overall I would give this book a 2/5 mainly because of the slow start, the sloppy 'romance', how it dragged on, the slang for me was impossible to understand, it seemed quite boring, I didn't connect with any of the characters, it was no surprise of what was going to happen, the description was cringeworthy. The only good thing about it was the plot and the concept of having the Maze but other than that, it wasn't a biggie for me. It did not excite me at all and I am desperately awaiting a book which actually will. If only the book was written well enough and the aggressive talk, which was meant to be intimidating, didn't make me snigger. Maybe I have gotten over the Dystopia phase a long time ago, maybe I just need to find another genre which will meet my standards.

Keep Reading,

Naomi...xxx

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