book'em: children's addition

hello all and happy easter. which so much time off you might if you are a bookworm like me be spending your days and nights living a book lover's dream.

one of my favorite things to do is reread childhood classics as there's nothing better than feeling like a kid again so here are five childrens books i would recommend.

1. Anne of green gables

first published in 1908 by L.M. Montgomery. the story follows Anne shirley an orphan girl as she comes to terms with her new life. Anne is outspoken and a daydreamer she reminds me a lot of little me. the book is full of dramatic irony and the cover is illustrated beautifully, by Anna Bond in this the puffin in bloom 2014 edition.

2. the secret garden

first published in 1911 by Frances Hodgson Burnett the secret garden is an absolute joy it has mistry, a sense of romanticism and in this oxford children's classics hardback edition sunning colours and pattons on both the cover and binder. it one of thoses book additions that remind me why i do not by ebooks as much as actual copies

3.mary poppins 

this is one of my all time favorite books, mainly as i am obsessed with the magic of mary poppins, i loved the film as a child and adore saving mr banks now. this book gives more depth to mary and introduces us to some characters cut out of the film. the 2008 Harpercollins addition is a thin paper back and fit perfectly into hand bags so you can read it on the go, plus it has a note from Cameron Mackintosh one of the creators of the disney mary poppins musical!

4. alice's adventures in wonderland 

this is the newest book in my children's collection and just like mary poppins this story has been very inspirational to me throughout my life, its amazing and fun and just spectacular. the book was first published in 1865 but this new version of lewis carroll's masterpiece by puffin is enchanting. its part of the puffin chalk collection meaning its cover is made to look like a chalk drawing and is sides have been hand cut making them ruff and rustic looking. it really adds to the story and again it is small and portable. 

5. the famous five run away together

 by far my favorite famous five books, its great to imagine children having that much power and i think this book was and still be inspiring to all children. my particular edition is the hodder children's book 1997 paperback, complete with illustrations which i feel really enhance Blyton's work.

that's all for this post i hope you look into my suggestions and taht you enjoy whatever it you read. comment your favorite books bellow or books you want me to read. have a nice evening :) and see you soon.

(all images are original images, and all books are available in other additions these are just my preferences)

the book'em book club

As the very tumblr virginia wolfe quote it my room says "books are the mirrors of the soul"so i felt a good way for you to all get to know me and to get some great literature into your noggins (do people say noggins?) is to recommend you some of my favorite books it is not gonna be a top 5 becasue i can't chose between my babies.

book 1. Elizabeth is missing by Emma Healey: this book is one of the most realistic representations of  dementia i have found in modern literature so far, the book also involves a mystery that seem completely unsolvable, even one who is a master of deduction would find it hard to foresee the events that follow as Maud begins her search.

book 2. the 4.50 from paddington by Agatha Christie i am a huge Agatha christie fan i have watch all teh tv adaptations, have read most of the novels and have been a river boat tour to see her boat house. teh 4:50 paddington like many other of Christie's novel always keeps you guessing and the cover part (the harper addition) is simply beautiful (i love that orange tones in it it's so pretty)

book3. Miss Peregrines home of peculiar children by Ransom Riggs this book is a sci fi/ period/ mystery/ghostly whirlwind of a novel and i love love love it. its one of these books you can envision in your mind when reading. i have not actually reached the end yet, although and i am very close, and i already know this will become one of my all time favorites.

book4. we all knew harry potter was gonna be on here. i am a massive harry potter fan and order of the phoenix is my favorite book of all, i love the progression of harry's character and how even though he's growing up he's still so clueless plus this book has luna, fred and george and serious in  it is the only one which my four favorite characters all alive and having major roles in the plot so yay! 

book5. the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams. Adams is liek teh terry prachet of sci fi and i love him. the book is funny unique, inventive and oddly deep if you think to much about this i took this book to the beach last summer and i literally read it from when the tide when out till when it came in.

okay well thats it for now i many do another instalment of my little book club soon i hope you enjoyed it :)

Absoluaty potty: aloha! more 'arry potter

for those of you who are not aware i am a huge huge potterhead. I literally can not describe how much these books, films and the harry potter community in general  means to me (well i could but it might be hard to understand with all the crying).

as you know the book series started in 1997 and ended in 2007 (9 years ago!!!!) which was a really rough year for the harry potter fans but at least the story continued in the form of the films until 2011 (excuse me while i process how it has been 5 years!). i remember balling my eyes out in the cinema as i saw it fade to black for the last time. in 2011 i visited the harry potter studio tour in london. since then i have gone a second time and am currently planning another trip because i'm a sad sad human.

As you know there has been many spin off books from the harry potter universe that make up the hogwarts library collection but this year JK rowling is releasing the cured child book, play and fantastical beast and where to find them. and as you can imagine i am dying with excitement.

even though we may have lost alan this year the potterhead fandom is still going strong after almost 20 years!!!  

this is so inspiring to mean is it show how much book can shape and change people's lives and perspectives, even in this computer centric age. Harry potter teaches children about friend ship and bravery and it teaches adults its okay to be childish. The long the story continues the more lives it can touch and i find that so beautiful. 

everything has to end at some point and harry potter has ended but these spin off stories show that with every end there will ALWAYS be a new being.  

tonight at the floor show: musicals that i love - up date

i am an huge musical theater nerd and i'm proud for that so i thought i would share with you my favorite musicals and my favorite song from each.

1. sound of music = do ray me
2. les mis = one day more
3.hairspray = welcome to the 60's
4. mary poppins = spoonful of sugar
5.heathers = beautiful
6. the rocky horror picture show = science fiction
7. wicked = popular
8.chicago = cell block tango/ we both reached for the gun
9. grease = summer nights
10. oliver = reviewing the situation
11. scrooge = thank you very much
12. walking on sunshine = title track
13.phantom of the opera = maskarade
14. cats = mr mistoffelees
15. addams family musical = pulled
16. annie= hard knock life
17. big fish= witch song
18. into the woods = last midnight
19. bugsy malone= so you wanna be a boxer
20.chitty chitty bang bang =hushabye mountain
22. sing in the rain= make em laugh
23.south pacific = i'm in love with a wonderful guy
24. Oklahoma= its a scandal
25. anything goes= title track
26. the king and I = whistle a happy tune
27. little shop of horrors= feed me
28. my fair lady= on the street where you live
29. calamity jane= whipcrack
30.lion king = circle of life

help full quotes for dramatically sad people aka me

"just keep moving forward and don't give a shit about what anybody thinks do what you have to do, for you"-Johnny Depp

"turn your face to the sun and the shadow falls behind you"-Maori Proverb

"even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise" Les miserables - victor Hugo

"it's not what you take it's what you leave" -all the bright places- Jennifer Niven

"at some point, you gotta stop looking up at the sky or one of these you'll look back down and see that you floated away too" -paper towns- John Green

"what's coming will come. we'll just have to meet it when it does"- JK Rowling

"True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid"-L. Frank Baum

get back to where you once belonged

yes that is beetles reference all the points to you for realizing

okay so i though i would do a happier-ish post to bust the mural. so this is my high lights of the year 2k15!!!


okay so lets go from may. during may i had the opportunity to go on a coach trip to Spain with some of my best friends we went in a big group and stayed in Barcelona. during our say we visited the new camp stadium, porta ventura and hit so many different beaches. allow the 26 hour coach ride there was hell on earth the hole experience was quite enjoyable and was one of the first times i had a hole week with out stressing.

another amazing experience i got to do in 2015 was my trip to the harry potter studios in London. Now i love love love love London so much and the same goes for harry potter so to be able to go back there and check out the new exhibits was amazing for me. Harry potter was so important to me as a child and it still is. i literally can not describe how magical both my trips there have been.

another second this year has been the doctor who studio tour which i took with my best friend in the hole wide world ginger snaps. it was so fun to travel with her and see her exprenec the exhibits for the first time i just made my day seen her happy and enjoying her self and i am so thankful that she has allowed me to spend these past couple of years as her friend. you'er great!!!it now says it on the internet so it must be true.

there has been some other mile stones this year including:

an important birthday of mine

an new place of work

probably the lest amount of emotional stress i have been under since 2011

i have make 3 paintings which is more than i have motivated my self to do in the last 3 years.

i joined a creative writing course but i still have only one short story published and that was though  competition in 2014

i have read 8 books which is a lot for some one with dyslexia trust me 

i have learnt basic Russian

and

composed a song 

i hope you did lots. share some mile stones your proud of in the comments bellow and just try and stay positive.

until next time

-elf girl 

bah hum good

okay lots to talk about this time guys. I'm going to start with my main point Christmas although amazing and fun as been difficult this year. due to global warming the weather has been abnormally high, many Christmas films have been over show and local events have been canceled or have had cut backs due to the government reducing council funds.

In short this Christmas is a shaping up to be a bit of a flop. I don't know if it because have gotten older or because of the over commercialization of it all but Christmas is simply not as magical as i remember.

Now don't take this the wrong way i am not a scrooge but in sum ways i seen not being overly excited as a good thing. Christmas can be a difficult time for many people you normal get your self hipped up and after the holiday experience your self going down. Not getting overly involved in Christmas helps you to plato and keep your self in a good place.

Some people may not want to go though Christmas as they aren't close with there family's or have bad past experiences.

I suppose what i'm trying to say is if you now some ones whos not to much in to the Christmas cheer don't push them they will have there reasons.