A Few of My Favourite Things

For VEDA today I decided to make a video of a few of the things I've loved recently. It would mean a lot to me if you could check it out. But for now I thought I'd talk about a couple of the things mentioned in the video.

September Favourites

I probably say this every time but I can't believe how fast September has gone. For me September was very busy and as I mentioned last time, I am tired. Like really tired. To be honest, it was a difficult month for me but today lets take a look at some of the good things. October is going to be another busy month but hopefully it will be more exciting because I have a few things planned that I'm looking forward to. But for now, here are some of my September favourites:

August Favourites

Tomorrow August will be over. Meaning an entire month will have passed by in what felt like a week. VEDA will be over with just one more video. And more importantly, Summer will be over. I go back to school in three days and I am not even slightly prepared which is why today I decided to share my August favourites. I will post about going back to school on Wednesday when the reality of the situation becomes clearer to me. But until then, here are some things I liked this August:

Favourite Books:

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. It had been a while since I found a book that I genuinely felt I couldn't put down but this was one. I love the characters, the story, the style of writing. Everything I guess. I finished this on the boat home from the Isle of Man and got completely lost in it that I forgot about the possibility of sinking.

Truckers by Terry Pratchett. I haven't actually finished this book yet so if it turns out to be the worst ending ever, I'll unrecommend it next month. At first I struggled to get into this story because it's a little confusing for me when there are so many names and things to remember but now I'm really enjoying it. The idea is great and it's such a nice world to imagine while reading.

Favourite TV Shows:

Torchwood. In August my mum and I watched all of this show because we were obsessed. We love John Barrowman so we had to watch Torchwood and now we love him more. To be honest, I wasn't a fan of the last season but maybe that's just me. (I wasn't sure how to casually mention Janto so here it is casually being said. You're welcome.)

Game of Thrones. This month I finished season two and as much as it is taking me a long time to watch, I do love it. Despite not having a clue what's going on, I find myself trapped in the show every time I hear the opening titles. 

Community. My brother and I watched the whole first season of this in one day and since then it has been a competition to see who can watch the rest first. I am losing at season 4 episode 3. Community is one of those shows I didn't expect much of but then absolutely loved. The only thing is; are supposed to like Jeff? Because my brother hates him and I only just started to find him not awful. 


Favourite YouTube Channel:

NotJustBlonde. This is Zannah and I found her channel because she was doing VEDA this month. I've really enjoyed watching VEDA on her second channel and going back to watch everything I've missed. 

Favourite Songs:
Knuckles- NotJustBlonde (Zannah) This song is amazing and makes me jealous of her musical abilities as I have none. 
One for the Road- DoddleOddle (Dodie) Another musical person who writes amazing songs and makes me jealous
Flame- Sundara Karma

Favourite Films-

Paper Towns. This film was great and I wrote a full review here if you'd like to see that.

Fantastic Four. I heard a few people say they didn't like this film... but I did. Why I, personally, think this is is because there isn't as much action as you'd expect from a superhero movie. It's basically just a whole film of back story which I love but maybe that's not for everyone.

The Sisterhood of Night. Honestly, I don't know what this film was about or what actually happened but I know that it was pretty great and I know that when it was over I wanted to see it again. 

Horns. I had no idea what this film was really about before watching it and so I had quite a nice surprise. (Well not exactly nice) I'd definitely recommend it and you an see how far into it you get before making a Harry Potter joke. 

My Fake Fiance. We watched this film as a joke but I felt I should mention it because it made me laugh so much. My sister and I love films like this and she moved out this month so we had a day where we watched this, After the Ball (another great film), and the newest episodes of Bachelor in Paradise. 


I had quite a lot of favourites this month. Comment below some of yours. It is currently 12:16 so I have missed the Sunday post by a little bit but I'm sure we can forget about that one today. That's all for now, hope to see you next time. Bye

July Favourites

I'd first of all like to apologise for missing my Friday and Sunday post last week. I know that I've only just started the new schedule and I'm already not sticking to it but I was busy. And I also had one of those moments of fear when I was convinced people I know will read my blog which if you've been here before, you'll have heard me mention. But it's fine now and I decided to keep going with my July favourites.

June Favourites

I know, I know. It's late but I was excited about all the other posts I had planned and just never got round to doing a favourites. There are quite a few favourites this month, especially TV and films so lets get started.

Favourite Films:

Super 8. This easily became one of my favourites films. There isn't anything I didn't love about it and would definitely recommend it. For me, the friendship between the group of boys the film is based around made is so real and beautiful in a way I've not seen in a film before.

Men, Women and Children. I didn't know much about this film but I had heard quite a lot of good things about it and rightly so. I tend to get emotional invested in any film, book, or TV show but this was different. It felt as if I were switching from understanding one character to then understanding another. Each person seemed believable and no one was romanticized for the audience to like them more. This made the film better because it was like real people with real lives. 

Serenity. Obviously you have to watch Firefly first or it isn't as good. But oh boy is this film good. Anything I want to say will give stuff away so I won't say anything, just watch it.

 Favourite TV shows:

Firefly. Watch this before Serenity.

Pretty Little Liars. It started again and it's not long left till we find out who A is (I think). I've been enjoying the new series so far. Only problem is that we need more Ezra please. 

Orange Is The New Black. I waited very patiently for the new series of this show and it certainly did not take me long to watch it. Something that happened about half way through the series really upset me which ruined the rest a little but it was still very good. 

Songs:

Hopeful By Owen will never shut up

This Is Gospel cover by Bethan Leadley

Fallout Shelter

I don't know why I got obsessed with this game in June but I did and still slightly am.

Hope you enjoyed my late June favourites. Comment below if you've liked some of the same things in June or July or any month. That's all for now, hope to see you next time. Bye

May Favourites

If I'm honest, I feel like May was over in the space of a week. Which is why this months favourites are going to be a little different. I don't feel like enough happened during May for me have the usually type of favourites post but I guess that doesn't really matter. So here are my May favourites for 2015:

It's May...When Did That Happen?

Recently my blog has felt like a constant circle of apologising and complaining. This is something I never wanted to happen. I always wanted to be completely honest on here about whats going on in my life which isn't always what people want to hear. Today I've decided to explain things and tell you some of my new ideas for The Art of Being Invisible in the future. I'm actually in a pretty good mood, which is new for me, so I'm looking forward to getting back into writing.

March Favourites

Honestly March wasn't a good month for me. I didn't post on here much for many different reasons. As you may know from my previous post, my mental health hasn't been so great recently so I just didn't feel like I could write anything. And there were times when I was genuinely busy (I like went outside and stuff). A few days I'd planned on posting but got suddenly very scared that someone I know will find my blog and I couldn't do it. But I got here in the end and this is my, kind of late, March Favourites.

February Favourites

I know that recently I haven't been posting much and what I have been posting isn't as good as I'd like it to be but today I thought I would come back with a favourites post. These are some of the types of posts I enjoy writing most and although February hasn't been the best month for me, I thought I would share with you what I did like. 

January Favourites 2015

Lat week I missed another Sunday post which, again, I'm sorry about. But I thought today I'd share some of my January favourites although I have been doing it a little early in the past few months.

Favourite Film: 

December Favourites

It is currently the 26th of December (Boxing Day) and every year my family have another Christmas day which is very exciting but I got some spare time and thought I'd write a post. It's been a fairly average month and here are my favourite things from it:

Favourite Film:

Holiday In Handcuffs. In December I try to watch as many Christmas films as possible. I especially love watching quite bad, low budget Christmas films and this one was definitely my favourite.

Favourite TV show:

Some Girls. I love this show so much and the episodes of the new series have been incredibly funny and entertaining. 

Favourite Book:

Christmas For One by Amanda Prowse. I haven't actually finished this book but so far I've been loving it. At first, I didn't have very high expectations and I was only reading it because my sister told me to but it's actually been very good.

Favourite YouTube Channel:

Chewing Sand (Hazel Hayes). I've been watching Hazel for a while now and in the run up to Christmas she did a series called Collabmas which was such a good idea. My favourite of her Collabmas videos was the Festive Tag with Evan Edinger. (You can see her Channel here.)

Favourite YouTube video:

Festive Day in the Life of Dan and Phil. As you may know, Dan and Phil are my favourite YouTubers and their day in the life videos are amazing. There isn't anything I don't love about them. (You can see their festive day here.)

Favourite Song:

Gravity by Sara Bareilles. At first I found this song quite boring but now I won't listen to anything else. 

Random Favourites:

Looking at Christmassy things on Pinterest.

Little Shop of Horrors at the Royal Exchange. On Christmas eve I went to the theatre with my family and it was incredible. I love everything at the Royal Exchange but this play was definitely the best I've seen.

Eddie. About a week ago my family bought a puppy called Eddie and he's been an amazing edition to my month. I thought he deserved a mention because he's been a very good part life recently.

So this has been my December favourites. (It's actually no longer boxing day as I didn't have chance yesterday to finish writing.) Comment below some of your favourites from this month, that's all for now. Hope to see you next time, bye.

Top Five Christmas Films

Today I thought I would share with you my top five Christmas films. It's been difficult to just pick five but I think I'm confident in the list now. 

5. 

Scrooge- I love this film so much, mostly because of the songs. 

Fifteen Festive Favourites

I was tagged, along with the rest of the Beau Bloggers, by the wonderful Lou's World (who you can see here) to do the Fifteen Festive Favourites tag. 

What is your favourite:

November favourites

So the month of December had finally begun and after what was quite a horrible November, I couldn't be more excited. To say a final farewell to November I, of course, must tell you my favourites of the month.

Favourite Film:

Mockingjay Part one. In late November I went to the midnight screening of Mockingjay where they showed all three films and it was amazing. Catching Fire is still my favourite of the first three but I have been waiting for this film for so long and I'm so excited it's here.

Favourite TV show:

Video Game High School. I must admit that I did watch all three season of VGHS in a day and then had to look on YouTube for any behind the scenes. It was one of those shows that I felt like I shouldn't like but then I started watching and couldn't stop.

Favourite Book:

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I read this book in late October going into November so I think that it's alright to be included here. I absolutely loved Fangirl and read it a lot faster than I had imagined. The characters and story were so easy to relate to, it was funny and I'd definitely recommend it.

Favourite YouTube channel:

Tomska. I have only started watching Tom's videos recently and find that I don't want to laugh at most of what he does because I don't feel like I should find it funny but I really do. (You can see his channel here.)

Favourite YouTube video:

Philisnotonfire6. November brought round that time of the year for cat whiskers and a rather weird Q and A that was PINOF. I watch both Dan and Phil on YouTube but the videos where they're together are quite possibly my favourite thing ever. (You can see the video here and the bloopers video here.)

Favourite Song(s):
I just couldn't pick one song this month so I've gone for the top three I've been loving. 
1. Sam Smith- I'm not the only one
2. Carrie Hope Fletcher- The Way We Were
3. Taylor Swift- Blank Space

Random Favourites:

Songs from Musicals
Particularly Les Mis, Hairspray and Annie. 

Art Work
I have been doing a lot of art work for school in the past month and despite spilling ink on the favourite painting I did and getting nail varnish  all over one of the research pages, I've been really enjoying it.

The Beau Bloggers community
Late in November I joined a community on Google+ called Beau Bloggers. I've really loved seeing all the other members blogs and YouTube channels and sharing my own over there. 

This has been my November favourites and I just wanted to mention today that I'm sorry I don't have a schedule for my blog posts and I've maybe gone a week or so this month without writing one. Everything has been very busy and I share my laptop with the rest of my family who need it a lot too so I don't get chance to write as much as I would like. I did really want to take part in Blogmas but I knew that was a promise I couldn't keep. That's all for now. Hope to see you next time, Bye.

October Favourites

I know it's a little earlier than usual but I decided to tell you my October favourites today. So here we go with my third monthly favourites:

Favourite Film:

The Art Of Getting By. If I'm honest, I only watched three films this month. I've wanted to see this film for a really long time and recently found it on Netflix. I loved this film and I do think that has something to do with how much I love Freddie Highmore.

Jewellery Collection

I apologise that it's been a while since I've written but I'm back now and I thought I would share with you my little jewellery collection. So here we go:

I have some of my jewellery on this black tree holder which i got for Christmas a few years ago. I also keep some pieces inside this wooden elephant box which i got for my birthday a while back.

September Favourites

Here we go with my September favourites:

Favourite Film:

Submarine. This film came out years ago and I always wanted to see it but never got the chance. It was only this month I got to see it and I absolutely love this film now.

Favourite TV show:

The Mindy Project. I've found that after a few series, comedy shows go a little down hill but The Mindy project definitely hasn't. It's constantly funny and there's not an episode I don't enjoy. 

Favourite Book:

Looking for Alaska. Honestly I haven't finished this book yet but I'm loving it so far. Once I have finished I will write a review which will probably be in the next week or two. 

Favourite YouTube channel:

Dan and Phil Games. Yes it is another Dan and Phil channel for my monthly favourites but they started this channel in September and I couldn't not mention it. All the videos are hilarious and the more Phan, the better.

Favourite YouTube video:

Super Brainy Zombies. Another short film that I have been obsessed with. The cast is amazing and the script is hilarious. You can see it here.

Favourite Song:

Day Affair by Bethan Mary Leadley. I have been listening to this song on repeat this month. I love Bethan's music and her YouTube channel. The video for Day affair makes the song even better and you can see it here. 

Random Favourites:

Pinterest

Watching old episodes of Glee

Favourite Quote-
It never gets easier you just get stronger

That's been my September favourites I hope you liked them. You can see August here. Comment below some of your favourites from this month. That's all for now, hope to see you next time. Bye

August Favourites

I've decided I'm going to start a monthly favourites so here we go with August: 

Favourite Film-
                            

Guardians of the Galaxy. You'll have heard a lot about this film and believe me, there is very good reason for that. I've seen it twice now and I'm really hoping to go again. In my opinion, this is the best Marvel film there is (and that's saying something).