The social media book tag

Hi first up I know it's been a while since I last posted on here but I had I guess you could say writers block. I just really didn't have any ideas and then I got ill,as in a cold and cough ill . But today I busted out my writers block! I watch a lot of book tag videos on YouTube and I really wanted to do some on here! So that's what this is its ...... The social media book tag! I am also doing the Taylor Swift book tag which will be a two parter, which will be up soon! (fingers crossed!)

I am really bad at tags because I am a terribly indecisive person, also due to the fact I know nobody to tag to do it. Also I think these tags are slightly old but yknow that doesn't matter, at least I hope it doesn't. Lol. So I think rather than tag a bunch of people, I tag anybody who wants to do it!

This tag was created by Faulty Devices on YouTube and then Ariel Bisset changed some of the questions a bit so I will be doing the modified version. If it's terrible and really long, sorry and just a disclaimer, I am a massively indecisive person. 

So the first question is .....

Twitter- Your favourite short book?

To that I say... Fallen in love by Lauren Kate. It's a novella in the Fallen series, which was bought out for Valentin's day a couple of years ago. It's set in the time space between the end of 3rd book Passion and the final book Rapture. And it's a bunch of short stories with the theme of love about a bunch of the characters.

Facebook- a book everyone pressured you to read.

And for that I would have to say....A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. I had seen so many reviews saying how great it was, so I thought I would see if it was as good as the reviews were saying.

Tumblr- a book that you read before it was cool

Now I have two choices for this one (like I said I'm indecisive)

The first would have to be Cinder by Marissa Meyer, I remember reading this not long after it first came out and before the sequels were out and before everyone started raving about them.

My second would have to be the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I remember I was on YouTube one day, must of been 2010, I came across a fan made trailer for a set of books called the Hunger Games . It was after I had read Twilight so I was looking for my next book to fall in love with. I watched the trailer and I knew I had to read those books. It was just before there was talks about making them into movies I believe. I even have the The Hunger Games book in an edition that I'm not sure they do anymore. 

MySpace - a book you can't remember if you liked or not. 

A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton (sorry). I can't remember whether I liked because I found it a bit slow and I think it took me quite a while to finish it. Then again I liked the concept of it being about witches and I think it was set in England?

Instagram- a book so beautiful that you had to Instagram it.

 Now I don't actually have Instagram but my answer to this is... 

Daughter Of Smoke And Bone by Laini Taylor, I love the cover and I know that America has a different cover but personally I love this version and if I had or planed to get Instagram, I would be taking a picture of it.

YouTube- a book you wish would be turned into a movie.

The Summer I Turned Pretty series by Jenny Han, I love that book series and whenever I reread it I can imagine it as a movie, I also always image shailene woodly as Belly. I don't know why I just always picture her as she was in the decendants as Belly. Obviously I picture myself as well! Lol!

And the last question is,  

Goodreads- a book you recommend to everyone.

This is the easiest one, Vendetta by Catherine Doyle. It has to be one of my favourite books of all time, and that's a bold claim. I already have recommended it to anyone who will listen! So anyone who hadsnt read it, go read it and we can be friends and talk about it!

So this was my Social Media book tag I hope you enjoyed it! 

On a side note, I actually have a journal to now plan posts in to try and get it more organised! As I have a lot of posts that I'm currently writing up I should be more active on here as the past week I haven't been so active. It's just been busy as I've had sort my things out from Sheffield, going to a home education group that my brother and I go to and then I'm still doing my life skills type thing with blind children uk only now I have two new people instead of Kirsty. It's been all go and for the past week and a bit I've been ill so yeah! I hope you liked this post, weirdly enough I enjoy book tags, it gets my brain thinking lol, even though I think they suck. Also writers block is terrible. But yes now I'm rambling. I have a post on concert tips and advice which I'm also hoping to have up soon! Yeah until I get this whole organised thing down a lot of my posts will be up soon. Hahahaha! 

Thanks for reading

Until next time

Sophie 

A Shake up of my TBR List....

Hi there, I have shaken up my TBR List after another failure in my shrinking my 'To Be Read Shelf'. So fingers crossed this works.
But first!! I will tell you about the book I did read and about the book I am currently reading. Also since we're shaking it up a little I thought I'd show you a tv show that I have recently started watching and loving!!!

So the book I did manage to complete in September is ....

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo!

I personally loved this book, I felt after reading A Court Of Thorns And Roses it was what I needed, to prove that it wasn't just I don't do fantasy books. No offence! I really enjoyed the pace of the book. Now after my issues with Feyre, I was very cautious with Alina but I really liked her and thought she was quite bad ass. I didn't really get her love for Mal though, I mean I get she loved him I just found it very one sided, but then again it was first person narrated. I just didn't see  that Mal was interested in nothing more than friendship. The Darkling though, I loved the Darkling even when he was at his worst, I just really liked him. Oops. Also I didn't feel any kind of connection with Mal, like it was almost like he just faded into the backround. I was just felt a bit meh with him. (great describing there I know!)

Two characters I found really well rounded and quite interesting were Baghra and Genya, their reasons for doing things I found fascinating. I just found them very interesting characters. I have the 2nd and 3rd books on my bookshelf which I can't wait to read!

The book that I am currently reading is .....

Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen!!!

I am really loving this book, I'm about 70% through this book so I will probably spend the rest of October finishing this book. I love Elizabeth Bennett, her wit and sarcasm. She seems ahead of her time in a sense. I'm loving her relationship with Mr Darcy, how they bounce off each other and they both give as good as they get with each other. I also really liked Mr Bingley and Jane, they seem genuine and just lovely people, I also in a quiz on Jane Austen characters got Jane. So yknow!
As you know I am reading this for my IGCSE's but it has definitely made me want to pick up more Jane Austen novels. If you would like to keep up to date on my progress with Pride and Prejudice on Goodreads, here is my page - Goodreads

Excuse the fact it's in a coffee pot turned my mums penny jar, hey I'm reusing it, totally being eco friendly!

So now onto the shake up of my TBR list, well I have decided since I'm pretty good at reading two books a month, I still don't know how people read four or more, I've written down all the books that I still have yet to read on my bookshelf, put them in a jar and pick two out. Those two books will be the books to read for the month! Athough if they are part of a series, say the mortal instruments for example, I will put the book that is next/first in the series and then when i've finished that book add the next book to the TBR Jar!!! Because otherwise I might pick a book out and I haven't even started the first book!
I hope that makes sense.
I picked the first two books the other day, so the two books I will be reading this month are...

Sorry about the terrible cutting skills, I wrote it so nice and then just chopped it to pieces! 

I'm soo stoked to be finally getting round to reading Days Of Blood And Starlight by Laini Taylor! I read Daughter of Smoke and Bone which is the first of the trilogy and I loved it. My old headteacher actually helped me find this series! Weird how little things influence you isn't it?! 

Now I'll be honest with you, I am a little apprehensive about the throne of glass series as its quite hyped and is meant to be really good,but I am slightly aprehensive especially since I had such troubles with ACOTAR.  But I want to see if it's as good as people say.  If you have read any of the books I have mentioned let me know what you thought, no spoilers though! Talk books with me!

So now the tv series I'm currently binge marathoning is Greys Anatomy, there's 11 seasons! I'm currently just started season 4 as of today! I really like Christina and Meredith. Meredith and Derek, I love! Lol! My favorite character though would have to be Dr Bailey. If you like Greys Anatomy, Hi! I actually went to this home ed group that my brother and I attend every Thursday and I got talking to one of the parents about it, turns out shes a fan as well. I mean mcdreamy! 

So hopefully that works, it just may take more time to finish my TBR list but at least I may actually do it! I feel like I have put a ban on buying anymore books except for one, very special book that I pre-ordered as an early birthday treat to myself. Some people might think I mean the new Twilight 10th anniversary book that came out recently but no as much as I am a Twihard for life! I will buy that but not in the near future. The only book to be pre-orderered (I've never actually for myself pre-ordered a book) and be added to my TBR list is Inferno by Catherine Doyle!!! Okay lets be real thats not that much of a shock is it really! When it comes out on the 7th January, I will put whatever else I am reading on hold, its the one book I literally would give anything to read sooner! A highly anticipated book!!!

Also on a side note, I cant remember whether I mentioned on my last post that I was not going to Fall Out Boy, on Sunday just past. But one thing that I am doing, I am going to see One Direction on the last day of their tour in Sheffield! A spur of the moment decision, but at least I can say I was there at the last day, which I never have done before. Now because I got the tickets through reselling, they are obviously not disabled tickets, but I am going to take my long cane and my symbol cane with me, which is something I haven't done before. I guess I'm quite anxious about my long cane because I don't like knowing people will stare at me. I have a kind of mentality of thinking people will think, I shouldn't be there. But I'm not going to stop those kind of thoughts(hopefully!) from going and having a good time. My mum will be coming with me and we will be staying over in Sheffield overnight and hopefully if i'm not too shattered we will be doing a little bit of shopping the next day.
Thanks for reading,
until next time
Sophie

One Direction OTRA : 25th September 2015

OMG last night was amazing!!! I just can't !

So as you know I went to see one direction less than 24 hours ago, this is a good sign when I can write a post less than 24 hours after a concert it will be tomorrow the fatigue hits me.

Last night was amazing, yesterday was amazing! So I'll tell you about it! 

My mum and I got the train to Kings Cross Station at 12:56, we sat in first class as I managed to persuade my mum 'Hey lets buy first class tickets' as there was not much in the price. Very swish I know, I felt like the sign behind us was very apt!

So then when we got to Kings Cross Station, my mum pushed me in my wheelchair to the Royal Ear,Nose and Throat hospital down the road because we had arranged for a taxi from Minicabbit to pick us up there. 

Now earlier when I was doing my makeup, my eyes started watering and stinging to the point it hurt and stung to open them. I thought I was going blind, it was a scary thought. I was also slightly disheartened as my mum and I took my eye makeup off to stop my eyes stinging, which was probably the most technical eye look I've done as I had been watching lots of eye makeup videos to try a new look. I put my eye makeup back on and when we were waiting outside the Ear, Nose and Throat hospital, my eyes started watering and stinging again. So my mum and I had to do damage control and hence took my eye makeup off. Luckily I bought my sunglasses so it made my eye problems better. Yeah just in time for One Direction I thought, typical! But my eyes were left looking red and quite sore until they settled down. But after that my eyes were alright.

Our taxi came not too long after that, around 2pm, we had a really nice driver and the car was a really nice car as well! Which when its a long drive is always helpful and an added bonus.

Now you may ask why don't you drive to the 02 if its such a long drive, well for us its not a easy drive and my mum is not a fan of driving in London, especially to the 02 arena. Although we do drive to Wembley because that's an easy drive. Can you tell I can't drive?!

So we arrived at the 02 at around 3:30 and we went to the toilet which shockingly there is only 1 disabled toilet in the general area before going in to the actual arena. Last time I saw One Direction at the 02, the toilet was out of order and the queue was miles long so we got to go into the 02 lounge and use theirs. 
So then my mum and I went to go get some merchandise because I'm a sucker for band merchandise! As I didn't have a lot of money and well we hadn't had anything to eat yet, I only bought the program book and the set of 4 photo cards, the black and white ones. I also bought the poster they were selling.
The poster and photo cards were £5 each and the program book was £15.
I didn't buy any of the light sticks because I bought with me the one I bought the last time I went, which was the Take Me Home tour, it still works now actually. LOL!
My mum and I went and had a chat with my friend Elizabeth, who I met through premieres, We were both in the disabled platform nearest the stage, so we kept bumping into each other! 

My mum and I then went to go and get some food, T.G.I Fridays, we love T.G.I Fridays.

Yes those plates nearest me and the chips were mine!

After we finished our dinner, I needed the toilet, again. so we went to the toilet only this time it was out of order! So we went and asked quite a few of the staff who kept saying that you will have to go into the arena which when we first asked, the doors weren't actually open to go in yet! So then we asked another member of staff who went to talk to the security people who had this nice lady escort us to the disabled toilet actually in the arena! I don't want to say it was bad but this was the second time this had happened in about two years so I was a little bewildered about why it kept happening, I don't want to bash them because for what it's worth they arranged a solution to the problem quite quickly. Although when we first asked they weren't very helpful because we didn't want to go in yet, I just really really needed the toilet which was out of order. 

But then again it could be just every time I go!

Now it was just a lot of waiting around for the most part really although I did go and have a talk about the Up At The 02 Climb. It's something I have wanted to do for a while now, I was debating whether I would do it in their specialised wheelchair or if I was capable to walk but seeing it in front of me it looked like the wheelchair was the best idea as it was steeper than I thought it was. I want to do it and raise money for Guide Dogs/Blind Children Uk and Dreams Come True, both charities which are very close to my heart as people would say. Hopefully I will do it next year!

Although we didn't want to go into the arena straight away as you can't come out and then go back in once your in, we finally gave in because it was getting quite cold. 

First on stage was Jamie Lawson who is the first artist signed to Ed Sheeran's record label and he was actually really good. He does have a sound like Ed Sheeran-esque in the type of music he plays but y'know that's never a bad thing! One standout moment was when Jamie played More Than This by One Direction, an oldie but a goldie. It got everyone singing, including me.

Then was the longest wait I have ever had for the main act to come on! Even though my mum was getting slightly worried as we had a set time to get our taxi, I wasn't too fussed as I knew they had some technical errors the night before so I understood that they may have needed to just double check everything. One thing, see what I did there LOL! that did get on my nerves was the ads, its like they were on loop, oh and the constant 5SOS playing! Just the same songs over and over on loop LOL! I felt like by the time One Direction came on stage I could quote the ads word for word!

Finally at around 9:50, One Direction came on stage!!!!! 
Sorry I was a tad excited as you might have noticed! 
They powered through songs mainly from albums Midnight Memories and Four, but they did go way back and sing What Makes You Beautiful. <3 
It was amazing and they were on top form, Liam and Harry led a Happy Birthday serenade. There moments of humor and Harry was shocked to find someone eating chips, THE WHOLE CONCERT! *gasp in shock horror* It made me wish they weren't going on a break, or as some people say breaking up. 

I had an amazing time, I love concerts it just makes me forget everything, like my anxiety, troubles with my health, everything. I just live in the moment and it's like I'm just seen as Sophie. I loved feeling the same as everyone else, if that makes sense.

So then at the end of the concert, our taxi driver rang my phone, what he must of thought because my ears had popped and my voice sounded really raspy! I'm suprised he could even hear me! But we did find our taxi eventually and we arrived back at Kings cross station. Although we did almost get the wrong train, well it wasn't the wrong train, it just wasn't the one we planned to get so with literally minutes to spare we got off that train and then about 15 minutes later got the right train!

And then my dad picked us up and then I went to bed! 

So that was my One Direction concert!!

Now you may know I am meant to be going to Bath for a event with Catherine Doyle, Taran Matharu and Helena Coggan, well sadly I have no money to go. It's sad as I have the event tickets and train tickets but no money to get the taxi across London from Kings Cross to Paddington! Or for food.  
Whats worse is after that weekend I have money, its ridiculous in a ironic way really. But I shouldn't complain because some people have less then me and not as fortunate and I'm sure there will be more opportunity's, one day I will meet Catherine Doyle and get my book signed!   

Thanks for reading, I'm trying to get into a pattern of posting posts like this I started writing this thinking 'oh i'll have this finished by Monday' but then I just forgot about it. I'm also working on my IGCSES so its a balancing act at the moment, but i'm hoping to get some kind of structure sorted but until then it'll just be a surprise! 
But one post that will be up soon considering we are now officially in October is my September roundup, which yet again I failed miserably and so I am going to change it up a bit for October, which I will tell you about in that post and when i've thought about it. Which I have but only in bursts of inspiration. :-\ Just joking, sort of.

After that long signing off, thanks for reading, 
Until next time
Sophie
P.S All the photos below are to the credit of my mum! But if you do want to use my photos please ask/tell me and credit me please and thank you x
Just had to throw that out there, just in case!

Photo Reel

Jamie Lawson, who when his album comes out and I have more money on my iTunes account, I will definitely buy!

Caught in a laser cage.

my mum took a better picture of this but i'm saving it for my niece who loves Louis. I have too many photos to post.

This photo is a bit like the one my mum took from the Take Me Home Tour which is a really cool HQ group photo and for someone who can't see without their glasses, really good.

Now if you ask my mum she will swear down she focused on taking lots of pictures of Harry for me. But lets be real she likes him too! Haha!!!