The numbers challenge -

Bit of a random title I know, but I couldn't think of anything else to call this post. So here I am again with a list and a bunch of challenges. I have no idea why I set myself up for these things, but they're usually the product of a very boring day at work. This time I decided to list the numbers 1 to 10 and next to each number write something I want to do (I'm rubbish at explaining myself) So for example, say I had wine next to number 4 I would have to try out 4 different wines. Making sense yet? I'll get on with the list and it should all become clear :P

1 - One different country (Woooo for a holiday)

2 - Two things that scare me (They say do something that scares you everyday, think I'll just settle for two things!) 

3 - Three things for charity

4 - Four different zoo's - Flamingo land zoo

5 - Five different cocktails

6 - Six different theme parks - Flamingo land

7 - Seven different foods

8 - Eight different landmarks

9 - Nine different cities

10 - Ten different flavour ice creams (I only ever have vanilla!! :O )


I'm unsure of what time frame to give myself to do this challenge..........let's say a year and a half. There's no way I'd cram it all into one year!

Wanna join in? I tag you all to come up with a list :P

Sxx

Book #5

Time for another book. I have to say that I'm pretty sad that I finished the 'millennium' trilogy! I'll have to watch the dvds now ;)

This weeks book is One day by David Nicolls -

What the blurb says:

'You can live your whole life not realising that what you're looking for is right in front of you. 15TH of July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after? And every year that follows?'

I'm really looking forward to reading this!!

S 

Book review #4 - The girl who kicked the hornets nest

This weeks book was Stieg Larsson's 'The girl who kicked the hornets nest'

I didn't get this review up in time (Sunday) due to the fact that I didn't finish the book before today. This is purely because I kept putting it down after a few chapters and having to make myself carry on reading, which I never found with the other two. I was really looking forward to reading this because I enjoyed reading 'The girl with the dragon tattoo' and 'The girl who played with fire' so much. This is my least favourite out of the three, for 2 reasons. 1 - The story kept going off a lot through the book, explaining background stories/details. Which I understand is important so the reader understands the full extent of the story, but it was literally every other chapter, and lasted a full chapter. I just think it would have been easier to swallow if these explanations were maybe cut down a little. 2 - There wasn't that much of an appearance from the two main characters. I understand she's laid up in a hospital bed so can't really be out and about, and he's out there trying to uncover the truth, but I'd have thought there might have been a little more of them both.

This is just my opinion, I'm not bashing the book at all I'm just stating why it was (for me) a little harder to read, and my least out of the three.

Anyway, on with the story -
To be honest I'm having trouble writing the storyline because the book baffled me with the continuous story jumping from one character to the next and the long in depth explanations of certain topics. Anyway, the jist of this is Salander is laid up in hospital recovering from, an operation to recover a bullet (or 3) in a hospital room, two doors down from her father (who was the one that wanted her dead) On the outside of the hospital Blomvkist, along with others, is trying to stop Salander's old psychiatrist from putting her back into an institution. He's also trying to uncover many secrets and conspiracies about the secret police - Sapo (who had dealings with her father) The murder charges have been dropped against Salander, however she's been charged with the attempted murder of her father, so it's all a race against time until her court date.

Towards the last quarter of this, I really got into it again. There's a lot of drama towards the end and I was once again on the edge of my seat!

Sxx

Book list:

We all know by now that I'm a huge bookworm. I've been reading blogs and getting recommendations from friends of books to read, so I thought I'd make a list of them all and tick them off as I go:

1- Stieg Larsson - The girl with the dragon tattoo Read
2- Stieg Larsson - The girl who played with fire Read
3- Stieg Larsson - The girl who kicked the hornets nest Read
4- JoJo Moyes - Me before you
5- Marian Keyes - The brightest star in the sky
6- Melissa Hill - The last to know
7- Melissa Hill - The charm bracelet
8- Tina Heavey - Where the love gets in
9- Sandra Bryd - To die for
10- Patrice Sarath - The unexpected Miss Bennet
11- Carla Kelly - Borrowed light
12- Alyson Richman - The lost wife
13- Sara Gruen - Water for elephants
14- Rosy Thornton - Crossed wires
15- Eva Ibbotson - A song for summer
16- Hannah Richell - Secrets of the tides
17- Elizabeth Noble - Between a mother and her child
18- David Nicholls - One day Reading
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Any more recommendations? I'll literally read anything but horror, I'm a wuss!! :P

Thanks for reading

Sxx

Book #4

Time for the last book of the trilogy- Stieg Larsson's 'The girl who kicked the hornets nest'

What amazon say - 

'A young girl lies in a hospital room, her tattooed body very close to death -- there is a bullet lodged in her brain. Several rooms away is the man who tried to kill her, his own body grievously wounded from axe blows inflicted by the girl he has tried to kill. She is Lisbeth Salander, computer hacker and investigator, and the man is her father, a murderous Russian gangster. If Salander recovers from her injuries, she is more than likely to be put on trial for three murders -- the authorities regard her as a dangerous individual. But she won't see the inside of a courtroom if her father manages to kill her first.'

I'm excited to read this one, the other two have been great reads!

Sxx

Book review #3 - The girl with played with fire

This weeks book was Stieg Larsson's 'The girl who played with fire'

Unlike 'The girl with the dragon tattoo' I was able to get drawn straight into this book, and it's probably my favourite out of the two purely for this reason. It's action packed and has a great storyline, and again left me wanting to carry on reading. The only thing that confused me was the amount of characters in this one (Obviously the main two - Blomkvist and Salander - were in it) and that it kept jumping to what was happening with each of them, so it was quite hard to remember all of the names. However a great book none the less :)

Anyway, on with the actual storyline:

OK, the basic plot of this book goes a little like this: There's a journalist and his girlfriend who are writing  (he) a book (she) a thesis about sex trafficking in and around Sweden. Blomkvist agrees to print the story in  his magazine and also help publish the book. Things take a turn for the worse when Blomkvist finds his two friends dead, and later finds out the Salander's guardian has also been murdered. Who becomes the number one suspect? Salander. 

The hunt is on to find the 'dangerous, psychopath' before she strikes again. The police believe she committed the murders. Her old boss believes she committed the murders. Blomkvist doesn't. He believes that the murders are connected to the book his friend was writing. The police and her old boss are doing everything they can to find and apprehend her, but Blomkvist tries to find out the real killer and prove Salander's innocence. 

Towards the end of the book we find out what happened to Salander as a child, and the reason she is the way she is. The last two or three chapters I was literally on the edge of my seat, so much drama, action and surprises. I can't wait to read the third book to find out what happens!

This is a definite must read! If you liked 'The girl with the dragon tattoo' or you like books filled my mystery and drama, this is for you

Sxx

Update

Just a quick update to say I haven't forgotten about this blog, I just haven't had all that many exciting things to blog about recently. Well unless you can count working and shopping haha However that's all about to change and there'll be many exciting posts coming up.

I'm going camping in 2 weeks......IN A WIGWAM (can you tell I'm excited???) and to flamingoland whilst down there so that shall make for action packed (I hope) post. And I've got  few little outings planned so it's all good.

I'm still posting weekly book reviews (loving 'the girl who played with fire) so keep your eyes peeled for those on Sunday's and I have my beauty blog so feel free to have a spy :)

Thanks for reading :)

S xx