A Hungry, Happy, Hippie

I'm only one month into university and I have already read SO MUCH LESS. It's not my fault okay. It's because every unit I'm doing makes me read like 50 pages each and it kills me. It's not even like novels (which you think you'd get when doing creative writing) but it's like reading on what diegesis and the power of language. Tell you what, if anything, I feel right smart! I do know yes, this is September. I'm struggling ok. Please tolerate me haha. I'm going to do two read's and one reading and just skip the 'to be read.' Read This month I finished reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgernstern. I didn't actually know this, but this book came out of Nanowrimo (National Writing month for November. You should look it up it's very good for aspiring writers). I just think it's really cool that this novel came out of a writing competition basically anyone can enter. The book is about Celia who is a magician. She operat...

You know those books that you want to read that you've placed at the back of your mind? You've either got the books on your shelf or every time you go past the library or a book store you remind yourself that you've got to pick that one up and then go and pick up another book. Well I understand. I've got a whole bunch of books that I have been telling myself I need to read and then never read. I've had a load of time on holiday to think about what I want to read (see picture below) so, really more for my own benefit, I have compiled a list of books/series that I want to read in 2016. Maybe next year around this time I'll let you know which one's I've read and not read! 1. The Maze Runner Series by James Dashner  To be quite frank, I really did not give much of a care for this book series until recently. I went to my cousin's house and they were saying we should watch the movie version, being all "It's really good! You should watch...