Month: Dec 2018

Rumor Has It – R.H.Tucker

by melissay1, posted in Book Review

Rumor Has It was one of the last books that I finished 2018 reading and boy did I finish on a high. You know those books that just make you make noises that don’t make sense because it is just that much of an adorable read? Well, this is the ultimate in that category of book.

The story is about two high school students Carter and Emma. Emma keeps herself to herself, she is super focussed about getting into an art school and hopefully being good enough to warrant being awarded a scholarship. Carter on the other hand is star basketball player and as far as the school believes, he’s the schools ladies man and he is more than happy with that reputation and does nothing to curb the rumours. Then one day thanks to a accidental mystery text message Carter and Emma’s lives intertwine without either of them knowing.

Carter and Emma couldn’t be any different people on the surface yet underneath everything they’re actually quite similar people and that is one of the things that makes this book so good. Its fascinating to read about them getting to know and really like each other over text message but still despise each other in real life. I associate more with Emma than the popular basketball star but you can’t help but like them both, I suppose part of this is due to the story being told from both perspectives.

I did find myself frustrated with Emma for being so thick at times as the parallel’s between mystery texter and Carter were insane at times and I found myself wanting to jump into the pages and just point out the obvious for her! However, her not finding out until the end just made me love it even more! I definitely loved this book far  more than I should admit, to the extent I read it in one sitting and stayed reading until the early hours of the morning until I’d finished.

Honestly, this book will just fill you with those happy feelings and I loved it. Now if you don’t mind me I’m off to go and get cracking on reading the rest of the books in the series…

Synopsis – 

Carter Dixon deals with rumors every day. That’s the way he likes it. One little hookup, combined with a bathroom scandal during his homecoming dance, sent the rumor mill into overdrive. Now he’s The Man. At least, as far as everyone believes. Who cares if he’s not really what everyone thinks. But when he accidentally texts the wrong person, he starts to wish he’d never let the rumor mill run rampant.

Emma Sanchez couldn’t care less about high school drama. Senior year is halfway over, and she’s only focused on applying to a good art school, graduating, and not getting involved. Okay, there is the occasional boy talk with her best friend. Then she gets a text message from an unknown number and starts to think maybe there is a guy out there, unlike every other high school boy. Especially guys like Carter Dixon.

One wrong number can lead to the right person.

Netflix Recommendations

by melissay1, posted in Television & Film

First things first…Merry Christmas to anyone reading this blog!

Well as its the festive season, I’m sure I’m not alone when I say I’ve watched an excessive amount of Netflix shows and films. So I thought I’d turn my hours I’ve spent watching things into something productive and do a blog post about my favourite things that I’ve watched this holiday season.

The Princess Switch

The Princess Switch is pretty much exactly what the title says, a princess switches with a normal girl after they accidentally meet and discover they look very similar. I’m a huge fan of all films like this, I love The Parent Trap, I love Monte Carlo…plus I like Vanessa Hudgens who plays both the normal girl and the princess, so it was always going to be a safe bet that I would love this film. Its obviously not a new idea for a film but it is one of those light hearted kind of movies that makes you feel all happy inside with all of its cute moments and that is exactly the kind of movie I want to watch this time of year. To be honest I think one is my favourite Christmas movie Netflix has released so far.

Christmas Inheritance

This was actually released last year and frankly I have no idea why I haven’t watched it sooner. Christmas Inheritance is about a heiress whose partying ways are out of control. her father doesn’t want her to inherit the company whilst she is like this so sends her on a task to delivery the annual Christmas letter to this business partner, who lives back where the company started in a extremely rural town that doesn’t even have phone signal. I wasn’t sure that I was going to like this movie but Ellie ultimately did end up likeable and it definitely gave you those warm fuzzy feelings which is why its on my recommended list!

A Christmas Prince – The Royal Wedding

Basically I think if you like cheesy romance films even slightly you’ll have repeatedly watched A Christmas Prince last year. Well now, Netflix has bought out the sequel, A Christmas Prince – The Royal Wedding and it is everything you would expect it to be. Personally I think I liked the first movie slightly move than this one but if you loved the first one you will still adore this film. Its still got everything you loved about the first film with the added bonus that they’re actually getting married! If you haven’t seen the first movie and love a good cheesy romance film then what are you waiting for, get watching it as soon as you can, you will not regret it!

Taylor Swift – reputation Stadium Tour

Yes I know this isn’t actually out until the 31st December but I mean, what else would be in my must watch list? I love Taylor and this tour was amazing. I didn’t think the reputation era was going to be one of my favourites of hers, I just didn’t connect with the songs as I did with previous albums. I was quite vocal about how I didn’t like reputation as much as her previous albums. Then, something happened in my life and I completely understood what Taylor felt like to be called out and for the world to hate you even when they don’t know you, and then suddenly that album clicked with me and I related to so many of the songs. Taylor knows exactly who she is now and isn’t letting anyone bring her down anymore, she just has a new stronger, more powerful stage presence. Seeing this tour live was incredible and did you see the amazing performance of I Did Something Bad at the AMAs?! This is going to be just like that but the entire show and I just cant wait to watch it! Expect me to be watching this tour very frequently and I’ll even try do a full blog post about my thoughts on it next week.

I’d love to know if anyone has a recommendation of a show/movie I should watch next!

Blogging Update

by melissay1, posted in Uncategorised

I started this blog again at the end of September and I had good intentions of writing weekly again but as ever even the best thought out plans never go well. As previously mentioned my last blog (which I wrote weekly for years) I became scared to post anything that wasn’t a book review, I just became pigeon holed into that being my thing. Then I felt pressured to read even when I wasn’t particularly enjoying alot of the books I was reading and then became even more pressured to write a review up of everything I read – it just lost the enjoyment for me. I love reading and I don’t think I’d actually stop writing book reviews but at the same time I don’t want to be restricted in that being the only thing that I’m allowed to write about. So, I started up this blog in a bid to post up what I wanted, when I wanted and give myself the freedom that I so badly wanted back .

However, the last month or so I’ve become obsessed with trying to figure out what my blogs ‘thing’ is. People keep telling me that my blog needs a thing, which I guess in my previous blog that was books. I feel like I’ve been using trying to find what my thing is basically as an excuse to procrastinate – because doesn’t everyone need the littlest excuse to not to do things? I watched a vlog recently and they were saying how Netflix and phone games and whatever else you chose to do instead will still be there after you’ve wrote things, and you know what that is so true. I spend too much of my life putting things off. Maybe yes I spend too much time watching Netflix lately and I definitely spend way too much time talking myself out of writing this blog with a million stupid reasons as to why I shouldn’t write it. Who cares if no one else but myself reads it? Who cares if people disagree with my opinions on things? This year was certainly an eye opener for me that people aren’t always going to like or agree with the things you do in life but why should that be a reason not to do things?

The truth is, I’ve missed blogging. I’ve enjoyed taking a few months out and have just read what I’ve wanted read and I’ve watched what I wanted to on Netflix but I’ve missed that little weekly burst of writing I used to get from doing a blog. Maybe I don’t need to decide what my thing is. Maybe just writing every week will help me discover. Maybe just writing up weekly waffle is a thing? Who knows, but I’m back giving this another go.

The diary is back out, the weekly blog planning is happening again and I’ve talked to people about doing the occasional guest post on here. I’m excited about doing this again and for the time being that is all that matters.