Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For 2016

I'm changing it form 'first half of 2016' to the entire 2016. I was struggling to find books (& movies) that are being released in the early half of 2016. I'm also including movies!

1. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
The conclusion to the Raven Cycle series. There are certain things that I know will happen in this book that I'm not ready to read. One) Gansey and Blue making out. Okay this one is a more I-wish-it-will-happen. Two) Gansey's death. Three) How everyone will react to his death.

2. The winds of winter by GRR Martin
Now this one does not even have a set publish date. But from most accounts, GRR Martin wants to release it before the 6th season of the HBO TV adaptation. So, hopefully it'll be out around April 2016 *fingers crossed*

3. Fantastic Beast and where to find them
I'm so excited for this movie. When there were news that they planned to make this into a movie, my friend and I freaked out. We. Freaked. Out. And when the teaser trailer came out. OMG. It looks amazing. I'm very excited for it. In case you miss the trailer: here it is. It didn't receive a whole lot of attention cause another Star Wars trailer was released the day before.

4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 
Speaking of Star Wars, there's apparently news that there will be a new Star Wars movie every year till whenever. This is the one planned for next year and I'm really really excited for it. The Force Awakens that was just released is amazing. If you haven't seen it, go and watch it!!! It's really good. Rogue One is suppose to fill the gap between the Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. It follows a band of Rebels as steal plans for the Death Star.

5. Bridget Jones's Baby
More Colin Firth? Why, yes please.

6. One would think deep by Claire Zorn
I just finished The Protected by Claire Zorn and it was an amzing contemporary read. I'm so excited for what else Claire Zorn can offer!!! Plus, she's an Australian author! #supportthemaussies

Vivian apple vs. the World by Katie Coyle; a review (of sorts)

Okay, so I just found this sitting in my notes app on my phone. I read it at the start of the year. Here we go:

My thoughts right after finishing Vivian Apple Vs. the World

• Who renames them self Gallifrey?!?!? Like the planet. Okay. Sure Mr. Planet. 
• Harper and Vivian are #friendgoals
• Also, how amazingly strong is Harper. 
• It's 100% totally plausible that people would do some crazy sh*t in the name of God. I'm also 100% terrified.
• OMG Goliath is so comical
• Is the author a socialist? or just very anti capitalism?
• I'm not ecstatic that everything boils down to this one giant evil corporation. 
• Some crazy ass fanatic Christian would have murdered Fick because of his interpretation of the bible. 
• why is the ending so ?????
• Probably going to be a sequel
• I'm probably not going to read it 

In short, the premise of the book is promising. However, the execution leaves something more to be desired. It's very unique though. I haven't come across a story like this one in the YA dystopian genre yet which is impressive considering there's so many recycled plots in said genre. 

I'm terrible

I'm really bad at managing blogging and uni. When there's uni, I just completely neglect my blog whereas when I don't have uni (ie I'm on holidays), I remember my poor abandoned blog. I really really want to try to make consistent posts. Initially, when I decided to start blogging again, I had very unrealistic expectations. I thought I could do two posts a week but that's just not going to happen if I'm being honest. So, I'll aim lower this time with at least one post every fortnight.

Another change that will be happening is that this is not going to be a dedicated book blog anymore. I'll still primarily talk about books as that is my one true love (i'm so sad, i know) but I'll sprinkle in some other cool (in my humble opinion) things as well like maybe my sewing projects, baking, my life, etc. The etc. is added to add an element of mystery, so now you're hooked and you're gonna want to keep on visiting this blog. Boom. Presto. Blog magic.

To get into the hang of blogging again, I'll start with a simple post. I'll catch you guys up on what I've been doing for the past 8 months or so. I'm looking through Carousel to remind myself what I have done....what is this terrible memory of mine.

I am done with second year!!! *pops confetti* There were lots of notes made, lots of studying and an insane amount of chocolate consumed.

I started journalling again. I mean, I have always journalled but in the past few years they weren't as 'artistic', they were just entries with huge chunks of paragraphs. Before, I used to do a lot of doodling and drawing and painting. I made more of a conscious effort to include more drawings/art in my journal. Mainly, I was inspired by the painting class I took in the summer and thejournalclub.tumblr.com.

I read books and visited bookstores. The two bookstore pictured are City Basement Books near Flinders and Book Book at Brunswick.

Many hours were spent on the train. I like taking the train. Yeah, sometimes during rush hour it gets so packed and it's really uncomfortable to be sandwiched between two sweaty men but I enjoy observing the myriad of characters I see on the train. I love telling train stories. If you have any train related stories, please share them ASAP!!!

I also learned how to use the sewing machine!!! And I made things!!! I'm proud of myself!!! I also realised that I love going to the fabric store. Who knew looking at fabrics could bring me such joy?!?! Did I ever envision myself as someone who would love going to fabric stores? No, I did not. But do I regret loving fabric stores? Heck no!!! (my my wallet does though).

I went to the National Gallery with my friends. Art was seen and immersed in. Felt inadequate at the display of such beautiful things, questioned my own ability to create such things. Ultimately, art made me feel lots of things.