June Favourites

As this month is coming to an end and there have been a few things that I have really loved this month, I thought I would do a June favourites post. (I have come up with six catergories and at least one thing for each category.)

              

Books: 
Obviously there is a book category and my favourite for this month would have to be Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. This books was amazing, I gave it about 4 and a half stars I think because it has a really unique premise (about a girl who leaves behind 7 tapes after committing suicide, each holding a reason why she did what she did) and was very thought-provoking and emotional. I have actually done a full review of this book which you can find here if you are interested in knowing more.

Films: 
I have two films that I have really loved this month. The first, of course, is The Fault in our Stars which came out this month and I want to an early fan screening of it as I simply couldn't wait. It was beautiful, faithful to the book and extremely sob-worthy. I have a rather long review for the film on my blog as well which you can find here.
This month I also bought Chicago on DVD for really cheap as I've wanted to watch it for a really
long time. It is a wonderful and interesting musical about murder, jazz and rivals. The songs, choreography, story line and production of this musical was fantastic and I definitely recommend it to anyone who loves both musicals and scandal.
Music: 
There hasn't been much music wise this month that has really taken to me, but I will say that I love The Fault in our Stars soundtrack. It has some really brilliant songs on it and I've been listening to the playlist on youtube non-stop. My favourites are two of the songs by Birdy (Not about angels and Tee-shirt), All I Want by Kodaline and Long Way Down by Tom Odell. They are all lovely songs that are really relaxing and make me think of the story.

Fashion: 
I recently bought this light blue denim pinafore dress with a faded blue flower print in the TopShop sale. I absolutely love it - it's so cute and will be perfect for summer. It looks great with just a baggy plain white long sleeved top underneath and I think I will get a lot of use out of it.

Beauty:
This month I decided to try out a new foundation because I wanted one with better coverage than the BB cream I'd been using previously but still felt light on the skin. I picked up the Bourjois healthy mix serum and it is exactly what I was looking for. Light enough on the skin to look natural and not be all sticky in the summer, enough coverage to hide my blemishes and redness, long-lasting (though maybe not the 16hrs that it states on the packaging) and gives a lovely radiant complexion.

Random: 
For my random favourite I decided on my new phone case. I think it's such a pretty vintage floral design with pastel colours that I love. It's quite good as well a is often wear similar colours to these so I find it tends to match my outfit which is always nice. I bought it from Etsy and it is for an iPhone 5c.


So they are all the things that I have been loving this past month. I hope you enjoyed this post- look out for my June wrap up coming very soon. What are some of your favourites of June?
Love Ellen xx

Mini Book Haul

              

On Saturday on the way home from town I popped into WH Smith just for a quick browse and accidentally left with a large plastic bag and a purse that was a little less full than when I entered. I'm really excited about the books I got though so I thought I would share them on here. 

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin  

Summers spam decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. 

As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stack counts it as a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will not what he must... and a dead enemy is a thing if beauty. The old gods have no power in the South, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.                                                                                                                                                                                            I am sure you have all heard of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, and I'm sure many have either read it or watched the TV show. There is a lot of hype around this series but I have always been unsure whether to pick it up or not because each book has a hell of a lot of pages and the series is meant to be quite challenging to follow with a complicated world and many characters. I thought I would get the first one to tackle over the summer and see how I find it. I don't know too much about it but it sounds brilliant and I am pretty excited to find out more.

An Abundance of Katherine's by John Green 

When it comes to relationships, Colim Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a blood-thirsty feral dog on his tail and an overweight Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun - but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.                                                                                                                                                                   Of course you've heard of John Green- let's face it, he's pretty much the king of witty and intelligent contemporary YA novels- however it's safe to say that this is probably his least talked about book with much less hype and slightly more mixed reviews. I love John Green's writing and the stories he comes up with so of course I had to buy it (especially as it was half price) and I will be very interested to see what I will think of it. By any means, it sounds like an intriguing story line, and boy do I love a good road trip so fingers crossed for this one.

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell   

Eleanor is the new girl in town, and with her chaotic family life, her mismatched clothes and unruly red hair, she couldn't stick out more if she tried.

Park is the boy at the back of the bus. Black T-shirts, headphones, head in a book - he thinks he's made himself invisible. But not to Eleanor... never to Eleanor.

Slowly, steadily, through late-night conversations and an ever-growing stack of mix tapes, Eleanor and Park fall for each other. They fall in love the way you do the first time, when you're young, and you feel as if you have nothing and everything to lose.                                                            Again, you've proabably heard of this book as well. I already own Fangirl, though I'm resisting temptation to read it as I think it would be perfect for summer time and I know Rainbow Rowell is a very popular author so hopefully I will enjoy Eleanor and Park just as much as everyone else. It sounds like a heartwarming and lovely (but maybe sad??) read which I am really looking forward to so I ended up picking it up even though I told myself I would wait and see if I enjoyed Fangirl first (now I have the predicament of which I should read first...). Also it has a blurb by John Green and the cover is so cute and beautiful that I simply couldn't resist.     

The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp

Sutter's the guy you want at a party. He'll get very one dancing. He'll get everyone in your parents' pool. He has no plans for university and will probably end up folding men's shirts for a living. But right now life's pretty fabuloso.                                                                                                   Until he meets Aimee. Aimee's clueless. Aimee is a social disaster. Aimee needs help. It's up to Sutter to show her a splendiferous time and then let her go.                                                                                                         But Aimee's not like other girls and before long he's in way over his head. For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference in someone else's life - or ruin it                                                                                                                                                                This contemporary YA novel sounds like the perfect mixture of character development, deepness (and all that good stuff) and funny romance which is exactly what I want this summer. The cover is beautiful, though I must say, how annoying is it when they slap a non-removable "sticker" on it to promote the movie!!! .....Anyway, this book has some great reviews, sounds brilliant and intriguing (a great coming of age novel I should think) and I can't wait to see how I find it.

I hope you enjoyed this post and are having a good day. Have you read any of these books? What were you thoughts on them?

Love Ellen xxx