Books, books, books...

I need to get more into books. I love reading but never make time for it and I am going to try and make an effort to. I have so many books on the go but am no where near finishing because I start new books that I just feel like reading. I think it may be becoming a bit of a problem...
Yesterday, I watched the last episode of this series of Call the Midwife and it motivated me to start reading the book it is based on which was just standing on my book shelf waiting to be read. Also, I can't resist book shops, they are just brilliant. I have to stop myself from going into 'The Works' for fear of spending more money on books when I have a pile waiting to be read at home.
I'm not to fond of buying books on-line or eBooks although I do have some on my tablet as I got given a Google Play voucher for Christmas it I felt it was the best thing for me to spend it on. I do like eBooks but I prefer the feeling of holding a book in my hands (although it is hard to do when lying down).
Some of their books I have on the go are 'Call the Midwife' - Jennifer Worth, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban' - JK Rowling, 'The Fault in our Stars' - John Green, 'It's not rocket science' - Ben Miller (all physical books), 'Les Misérables' - Victor Hugo and 'Uglies' - Scott Westerfeld (all eBooks). I have also purchased 'An Offer You Can't Refuse' - Jill Mansell and 'Billy and Me' - Giovanna Fletcher on my tablet, waiting to be read. Both of those books I bought on recommendation from Carrie Hope Fletcher in one of her many videos on books. I have previously read TFioS and wanted to re-read it to see if I missed anything the first time I read it. I wanted to read the book of 'Les Misérables' (or 'The Brick' as it's known because of its length and in a single book it would be rather huge for a book) for a while, so that I can compare the film and West End production to what Victor Hugo originally wrote. I hope to one day read it in its intended language, French.
I will make more time to read books, I am certain of it. I need to stop being an internet addict and do some revision for my exams and use reading as my break rather than YouTube videos as they can lead me into a downwards spiral and I never get back to doing revision. Reading is the way forward in my opinion, not enough people read for fun, at school, they have to have 'BookFest' which is basically reading week and make people read in form time and all they do is complain.

Would anyone like to see a review of any of these books? Or any other books? Leave a comment below of any books you would like to see my opinion on and I will tell you if I have read it or not. They could all be in one blog post if they aren't very long but if it's long enough it will have its own blog post. Toodles:)

MAC goodies!

I have wanted to get some MAC lipstick for years and a couple of weeks ago, I made my first MAC purchase in Harrods, in London. I didn't take any photos as I was too eager to use them but I restrained myself this time and have saved them to write a blog post about, just for you! (the first products were a Paintpot in Vintage Selection and a lipstick in Fanfare for anyone that's interested).

I went in to the MAC shop in Nottingham with the intention of buying another lipstick and an eye shadow, but what I came out with was very different. I did buy a lipstick in See Sheer (lustre) but I also got an eye shadow quad.

See Sheer (Lustre finish)

I asked one of the assistants in the shop as I was having trouble deciding between a few colours so she suggested one which I really liked and, I had purposely not worn eye shadow, she applied the first colour (satin taupe) to my eye lid and it looked really nice on its own. To better it, she added a dark brown (embark) to the outer corners and crease then a light matte brown (wedge) to blend them together and finished with a pale colour (shroom) in the inner corners and as a highlight on my brow bone. It was lovely! I was initially only going to get Satin Taupe but my Mum offered to pay for the quad palette as a late Christmas prezzie so I could get all four and attempt to recreate the look myself. Thanks Mum!

Clockwise from top left - Satin Taupe, Shroom, Wedge and
Embark

Mascara is L'Oreal False Lash Flutter midnight blacks