British Crush | Kate's shoes
11 August 2015 • crush
I LOVE the UK, the Queen, the scones, the telly, the tea, the shops, the humour, the different accents, well... you guessed it pretty much everything about the British culture. Hence the title of this series 'British Crush' where I will talk about something that I love about the country and its lifestyle.
One year ago, nearly to the same day, I saw a princess for the first time. I haven't seen another one since then, no. That was enough for a lifetime. I saw Kate and William and Harry for real, standing at about two meters away from me. I still feel the excitement!
August 4th marks the anniversary the start of WW1. Last year, there had been a numerous of events to remember such sad times and many countries' representatives were invited to attend a few celebrations in Belgium, where it all started.
Books | To-read Pile
9 August 2015 • books, list
Here I share a few books I meant to read a long time ago and finally got around to select and start reading. I might be cheating a little here considering I already have finished 4 books of this list, but I'm thinking I'll share another pile of random books from my extensive home library with you again very soon.
You see, I buy many books (secondhand is best) so I pick up various titles either because I've heard of them, I like the fancy cover or because I'm looking for them on purpose and wait patiently for them to be on the shelf of my favourite bookstore. Sometimes, I like a book I see in a fancy store (that sells new books) and I ask the bf to get it from the library of our city if they have it.
1. Miss Charity, Marie-Aude Murail
This is a book the bf got me from the library and it's already gone back to its large home. Originally I saw it in a kid's bookstore and got drawn by the voluminous aspect of it and its author name on the cover.
Marie-Aude Mural is a French writer for young adults and sometimes younger ones and I used to love reading her books as a kid. Miss Charity is a English little girl who lives in London in 1880. Everyone thinks she's weird, she likes animals and being alone.
I thought the book was a bit inspired by Beatrix Potter's biography but I'm not sure. All I can definitely say is that it would have been fantastic for me to have read it when I was younger. It shows little girls that they can become successful and live a happy life through being independant. Beautiful message for younger ones!
2. Shopaholic to the stars, Sophie Kinsella
New in the Shopaholic series. It's not the best story so far but I enjoyed being back in Becky's mind. Luckily there will be a next book as I can't get enough of her stupid mistakes and misunderstandings about what other people might think of her!
For those of you who don't know Becky Bloomwood, she simply is the best shopper out there. She can find in any shop the most exquisite thing and might urgently need to bring it back home this exact second!
Becky needs to move to Hollywood because of her husband! She's excited to be soon walking on red carpets and meet celebrities! As you must have guessed, her American dream doesn't happen as she had planned and she might be on the verge of a divorce...
British Crush | GBBO comes back tonight!
5 August 2015 • crush
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