The five books I swear by.

Hey Guys,

I love books, and through my sixteen years on this planet I have collected a mini library. However, instead of boring you all with the long winded explanation of each book in my bookshelf, I thought I`d share my top 5 books that I have read again and again...

Firstly The White Princess by Philippa Gregory.
Wow. A Tudor book. How did I know at least one historical book was going to pop up. This is honestly my favourite book from Philippa Gregory. It tells the story of Elizabeth of York wife of Henry VII. It follows her being accused of plotting, have to make decisions whether to turn against her children and deciding where he loyalty lies. I absolutely love this book and if your just getting into history try it... Honestly.

Next Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah.
The story behind this book was I got it free from a magazine called Puffin Post, which was a magazine that let it subscribers pick out a free book every month. This was my first one. I loved it. It is about a girl who`s birth killed her mother and as such is shunned by her family, when her father remarries she is still seen as worthless even though she is the cleverest child at her school, this book follows the true story of Adeline. Her writing ,for me, is mesmerising and I could not recommend it enough.


The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Now before you roll your eyes and mutter "hipster". This book is not only wonderfully written but touches on subjects I have faced in my life and as such I almost use this to comfort myself and just to reassure myself Charlie and his family got through so can me and mine. This book makes me laugh, cry and cringe inwardly almost at the same time. It is such a good little read....

Everyday by David Levithan
When this went on a circle around my friends, I was itching to get it back. I love the idea of this book and because its so well written I often find myself waking up going... Am I A today? or even walking down the street looking at people going are you A? That is how much the story of this book grabs me. If you want just a book that will make you feel  everything...... then this is it.. Kudos to you David Levithan.


Last but by no means least Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
This book. This series, This blooming author. Has made me obsessed with myths behind the story.  I basically knew nothing about the Greeks until I read the book 4 years ago at the recommendation of a friend and now I`m doing Greeks at A-levels... The characters are so addictive and you end up needing to know what happened next... me and my friend are a little obsessed with the two series he has written ( the second series is honestly amazing as well although its on my kindle or I would have added it in). I could go on about this book all day but all I`m going to say right now is read then come back and we can talk about Percabeth...


Hope this gives you inspiration on what to read next, let me know yours in the comments


Love,

LadyoftheRivers x

And the award for the most clumsiest person goes too....

Hey Guys,

I have a secret. I am the clumsiest person ever to walk the face of the earth. If there`s a door ajar or even closed... I will walk into it. If there is a slight dip or raise of the pavement. I will fall over it.

Which is bad, as right now in Britain. It`s cold... which means ice. And as any fellow clumsy knows ice equals danger. I found this out a few years ago when me and my friend were sliding on the ice in our no-grip-shoes ( I know I was flirting with danger... what can I say I was a wild kid). When all of a sudden she gave me a push, which meant I fell over and... cracked my front tooth in half. Yep. Clean in half. Since then I`ve always been wary of the slippery power of the ice. But so far ,touch wood, the rest of my teeth are all intact and ,apart from the odd bruise, there has been no other major ice disaster.

This is just one story, I have countless stories where one of my teachers lays out their desks in such a way that I never go a lesson without tripping over at least one table leg.

And then there`s the dreaded "friend trip" where your with a group of friends that seem to be made from grace and elegance and just glide through life... and then there`s me. The one who trips over everything. so when I get up I am greeted with the dreaded look of bewilderment and confusion about how I can do it.

It is just a skill I have...

Love,
Lady of the Rivers x

Finding happiness

Hey Guys,

Exams are approaching at warp speed... ARGHHH. So in light of that I am off out searching for things that make me happy, just to try and ease the stress...

1. Chocolate. aka food from the gods. At the moment I am loving having a tiny bit of dark chocolate when I come home form school kind of like a reward for completing the day.

2. 5 seconds of summer. This band makes me so happy, if I am having a rough day I just go on Spotify and get them on ( or Fall out boy) and I am in a much better mood. I love everything about these four: their music, personalities, everything... ( Although Ashton is my favourite... It`s the hair...)

3. Youtube. If I have had a rubbish day, when I get home I`ll watch one of my favourite videos ( Dan and Phil photobooth challenge or anything by Jack Howard) and suddenly I just feel so much better cause even if its for 5 minutes I am distracted.

4. My cat. Even though he can sometimes be a dick, he is just the cutest ball of stupidity and fur...

5. My family... I know cheesy, but if I have had a bad day, yes they can be the most annoying people ever but a hug  and a mug of hot chocolate later and I am back to my sarcastic self.

6.  Make it or Break it. The. Best. Show. Ever. I have literally been obsessed with this using my brother`s free Netflix trial I almost got through the last series, then the trial ended... boo. So now I am in the lurch.... I don't know if Lauren gets better or if Payson, Jordan or Kayile get into the Olympic team....

7. Naps. These have been overlooked for the longest time. At school in break I get down under my desk pilling up my coat and jumper into a pillow, put on some slow music ( Amnesia or The Call are personal favourites) and have ten minutes of eyes closed and relaxing time. Absolute bliss.

8. Belting out song lyrics and bringing out my best dad moves. I know there is that sciencey reason behind this as listening to music releases endorphins. But there is just something so satisfyingly happy about dancing and singing like no one is watching.


These are a few of my favourite things (might have just sung Sound of Music there) to do when I am feeling down, I hope this helps if any of you are feeling down.

Love,
Lady of the Rivers x

My favourite jewellery

Hey Guys,

I thought today I would show you guys my absolute favourite jewellery pieces. These are what I wear literally everyday...

Firstly my Pandora bracelet, The reason for Pandora is because I like the idea of adding charms from where ever you go or whatever you experience and how others can add to that too.
This and my first charm was my present for my 16th birthday from my family. It is an oxidised bracelet and the charm on the far left is a clip ( for people who know Pandora that means something) and it has a sun on one side and a moon and a star on the other. Then for my GCSEs my mum gave me the "good luck" one... it might have worked as I did get an A in maths.... then the only coloured one is my end of exams present to myself, for me it means freedom from revision ( for a little while) then my newest ones are the crown and the little rabbit both from my parents for Christmas. The crown is because of my love for history and the Tudors and the rabbit is because I have a rabbit called Charlie.

My next jewellery is my two necklaces, the shorter one is my Tudor Rose necklace is because, well, I love the Tudors and I really like what the Tudor Rose stands for. My second one is a necklace from my aunty and it is a Viking symbol for strength and honour. I love it, I know it won`t just magically give me super human strength, but I like the idea.

Anyhow I hope you liked this sneak peak into my jewellery, let me know if you have any pieces like these.

Love,

Lady of the Rivers x

New years resolutions. - cue cliches...

                                                            Welcome to 2015!


 New years has always been my least favourite holiday, I become "attached" to the past year and what it has brought me, however crappy, I don`t know whether it is the scary prospect of the new or me knowing that I might not make the most out of the year and I want 2014 to last longer as I wanted to do more with my time that I didn't`t....
However as is tradition I have a series of resolutions for 2015. But this years I am mixing it up by STICKING to them! I know it is a bold claim....
So here they are, you guys are free to make sure I am keeping up with them because I will need your help!

1. KEEP blogging, I am going to become so much more organised with my life especially blogging to make this little corner of the internet the best I can make it.

2. be NICER to people e.g. limit the bitching ( we all do it....) I feel like if I work at this one I will a) become a nicer person and b) it will just make the world a little bit better.... hopefully....

3. ACTIVE, this year I am going to try and get up and go... do more exercise, meet more people, try new things... all very exciting.

4. Inject some CONFIDENCE into your life. I am going to try and accept myself and be confident in who I am and what I want to be and not be afraid of telling people this is who I am.

5. WORK HARD. A-levels this year and only two more years left of school so I really need to buck up and get my skates on...

6. SAVE, save, save.... I need start being frugal with my money and keep it for big things rather than lots of little spending... remember focus on the big things I want... like travel and a new laptop and film for my camera rather than sweets.

I know six resolutions is ambitious but there are 12 months in a year so if I get it wrong once I can try again one month at a time. I really want to keep these and hopefully I will, who knows what 2015 will bring, I just know I am going to keep on blogging!

Work hard and read a book

Love,

Lady of the Rivers x