August & September 2016 – Favourites

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Well, I took a break from Blogging during the summer months and therefore missed my August favourites post… so I thought I’d just throw it in with my September Favourites and you get more reading material 😀 hope you enjoy that.

 

 

July 2016 – Favourites

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Holy canoly… is july really over already? Where the hell has my summer been so far? 😀 I really start thinking that someone fast forwqards my year when I’mnot looking.

Let’s see what I’ve been up to in the month of July.

 

June 2016 – Favourites

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Another month over and I’m not gonna talk about how the year is halfway over, but let’s talk about how it’s summer and holiday time! I hope you are almost on vacation and have a great and Long one at that… I have to wait quite a bit for a longer vacation, but I’ll have a week mid-july so… I’m okay.

Let’s see what I’ve been up to in the month of June.

 

May 2016 – Favourites

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We’re almost halfway through 2016 and I feel christmas is hust around the corner… JK! I really hope we will have a great summer before we have to think about christmas.

Let’s see what intrigued me over the last month, shall we?!

 

April 2016 – Favourites

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April is over and I hope that means that summer is just around the Corner or well, that spring is finally here 😉 Let’s see what I loved in April:

 

March 2016 – Favourites

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There it is again… another month over and it is time for a favourites post. I’m not gonna say time flies by… but it kinda does. At least, I think so.

 

February 2016 – Favourites

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A little later than usual, but today I want to talk about my Favourites for the month of February and honestly… there hasn’t been much going on. Apart from work that is, that was hectic and kinda stressful. But let’s ignore that for now and get going!

 

January 2016 – Favourites

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Today I am back from my (roughly) one month break on this blog and will share with you my favourites of the first month of 2016. I hope you have a great year and started nicely into 2016. I needed a bit of a break here, but I hope to be going on fresh and full of motivation now. So, let’s begin.

 

December 2015 – Favourites

Song/Music: „Whip it“ by Lunchmoney Lewis
When I first heard the song on the radio, I was kinda surprised. For me this was the intro for one of the daily vlog channels I watched: Daily M and T
I’m pretty sure I like the song because I’ve heard a part of it nearly every day for quite some time and it grew on me. Whenever I hear the song on the radio now, I start singing and dancing. The intro for the vlog channel, however, has now changed ^^

 

 

Book: Tiger’s Curse by Colleen Houck, Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout, After the end by Amy Plum
It is for sure something different… I like the writing style and the story a lot. The book begins so differently from other fantasy romances and it is a great read. I think Kelsey is an awesome girl that maybe accepts a bit too quick what Ren throws at her, but she is good-hearted and has a backbone. Ren on the other hand is… again, different, but that had to be expected given who he is and all. Overall a great read that I kind of devoured and I’m looking forward to the rest of the series.

Oblivion was, unfortunately, not an amazing read for the first third of the book. It was very superficial and Daemon came off as an even bigger jerk than when we had the story from Katy’s perspective. It could’ve given much more insight into Daemon, but maybe it was just written in a rush? Or maybe it really was just to make money.

The plot idea sounded so good! And it is a good story idea, I just struggle with the characters. Somehow I don’t get them and after finishing the book I am still not sure if or why they would work out together. The characters lacked depth in my eyes and that made the book rather boring. I wish I could’ve loved it.

 

Movie: –

 

Series:  Constantine, Broadchurch Season 1, Heartland Season 4
Finally, I started watching Constantine… after having seen John Constantine appear on the Arrow, I was intrigued. I binged the whole Season (unfortunately, that is all there is… WHY?!) and loved it. The character of John Constantine is right up my alley and I might actually try the comics…

Broadchurch has been on my „To watch“ list for quite a while because of David Tennant obviously. Whilst I had some days off, I wanted something to watch and just started it. It is addictive! You never really know who was the murderer and why. I was kinda surprised of the why, even at the end. I would never have guessed the motive. Not Tennant’s most brilliant role (that will probably always be the Doctor), but he’s doing a great job and I liked it.

After all the demons (both the supernatural and the human ones), I needed something a little more light-hearted and ended up on Heartland. I would only repeat myself, here, so all I’m saying is: if you like horses and/or cowboys, watch it.
Haul: christmas presents
I’ve been hauling quite a bit, but had my focus on gifts for other people (as is should be around this time of year!). Be it online shopping or in the city, I think I’ve found something for everyone and from what I know so far, people have been happy with what they got. Yay me. I have been doing quite a bit of DIY around 2015’s christmas presents and I think they were a hit. Maybe I should try to do that a bit more in the future…

 

 

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November 2015 – Favourites

Song/Music: Raise your glass by Pink
Why? Because it is the Ring*Con song and I have had the conblues for quite a while this year (probably because it was the last Ring*Con). This song makes me wanna sing and dance and just tell everyone to f**k off. Yes, I may be weird at times, but it doesn’t matter —> So raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways 😉

 

Book: Scherben der Hoffnung (Shards of Hope) by Nalini Singh, Whispers at Moonrise by C.C. Hunter
Yes, the second month in a row… I’ve still been reading this book, because a) I read less and b) it’s a thick book to read. Many pages. Great words. I love Aden and by now I like Zaira too, even if I think I’d have wirtten another character for him. But hey, that’s how it is. You don’t always agree with the author, but that’s fine. I still liked this book for what it was: a big development in the overall story arch.

Finally, I’ve started the last book in the Shadow Falls Camp Series and it is a great „laid back read“ as I like to call it. I am loving this series for exactly that. Kylie is once again faced with her enemy and has problems solving her lovelife… that’s basically the whole series 😀 but I like it a lot. We’re getting some heartbreak, romance, great frindship moments and lots of action (or that’s what I am expecting at this point…).

 

Movie: Spectre (James Bond)
Ever since I was old enough to watch James Bond, I used to watch it with my mom and we have seen all the Daniel Craig Bond’s at the movie theatre together. So when the new one came out, I asked her if she would enjoy a mother-daughter-movie-night and she was delighted! We rooted more for Christoph Waltz in this one though… xD we love Christoph Waltz‘ acting. He is an incredible actor. The movie was good, however, to me the best Bond will always be Sean Connery before Pierce Brosnan and then all the others.

 

Series:  Arrow Season 4 and Flash Season 2
I’m still watching all the new Arrow and Flash episodes pretty much as soon as they come out. But besides that, nothing really. This was a busy month in terms of watching youtube videos and reading and just going to bed early ^^

 

Haul: Black Friday Hauling and Sephora VIB Sale
I picked up quite a few things in the Sephora VIB sale, but I’m not getting my products before quite some time… the sale is not international, unless you have a US shipping adress. So I asked a friend of mine who is working as an au pair in the States if I could send the package to her and she then forwards it to me (with me paying shipping obviously!)…. She agreed and even asked me if I would like her to give the parcel to a friend who’s coming over to visit and who can then send it from Germany to me. I obviously agreed as it saves me some shipping costs 😉

Black Friday is something that’s hard to withstand… but I didn’t want to spend too much on the sales, so I only waited for an offer from one site: Victoria’s Secret. (I love their lace panties!) But then, as it is, I ordered some christmas presents in the Black Friday sales too and will ship all of it together through Shipito once everything arrived at the warehouse.

Other: Ring*Con 2015
I have posted a little recap of my con weekend (that you can read here), but I’m not getting tired of talking about the fantastic experience that is Ring*Con. Or, well, was Ring*Con. It was the last in this form this year and it was sad, but we all made it a worthy end by partying hard and having as much fun as humanly possible. We will see what comes next and if the new concept for a fantasy convention is something we can all enjoy… see you in 2017!