(Sigh...) Hello again

   Ok so clearly this blog has not had the best of starts, as sadly i have only been back at Uni- for 3weeks and already i have 3 essays due for next month - (please insert sound of face hitting desk). so i am already ass deep in crocodiles and the pressure is rising daily. SO i have finally decided what is going to be my first book review!! Yeah finally!!
   So as im sure i have previously said, i am a HUGE Sherrilyn Kenyon fan and i am nearly vibrating with excited for the release of the new Chronicles of Nick novel coming out -13th March, which is the UK release date :) which is the perfect excuse, if i ever needed one to have a re-read of the first two books.
   I am progressing steadily through the first book - Infitiy - at the moment and hope that means i will be able to have reviewed the first two YA novels before the release of the New book :) Infamous.

Here are the links- just beware dates may vary between the UK & US.

http://www.sherrilynkenyon.co.uk/uk-books/infinity/ -book 1 in the series
http://www.sherrilynkenyon.co.uk/uk-books/infamous/ -newest book!

Let me know if any of you's have read them and what you's think and if you are excited for the up coming release.
Hopes yous are keeping well,
   Mwah,
       Friday x

hello...

kk i wanted to make an effort to make my first review, to try and make it not just something i love, but something i think will appeal to alot of people, because admittly alot of my books are probably a little mushy for the average guy being more fantasy-Rom than straight up Sci-Fi. So im struggling to decide on what to re-read or to buy a new book :s, so im a hopeless procrastinator... :) so im hoping to go for a run in the morning and hopefull get my brain in gear - weather depending, i dont do running in the snow.... brrrr hope to be back very soon, Mwah! Friday x

Cutest little Valentine!

I was snooping about on Etsy as i loove to do and found this adorable little love note or love 'art'. My heart squeezed a little, hope it does the same for you, :)

Mwah,
   Friday x

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Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines day Everybody! (esp. the singles)

I am sending you's this little message from Uni- at the moment :)
But just wanted to say have a fab day, even if -like me- you are single, this doesnt mean it has to be a terrible day, more like the perfect excuss to eat sweet watch dvds or preferably -to me :)- pick up a fab book, probably a Romance in respect of the season, but whatever you 'love' to read, and have fun.

Although i am "Romantically Challenged" - not single, i've found this is the perfect day to get together with your single girl/guy friends and have a giggle and even laugh at the mushy couples make you want to scream PDA! all around. lol

Although my day is not perfect-

• it is freeeezzzziiiinnnngggg in Ireland today!
• i forgot my Uni- card so i can't get any work done..... pity :)
• the only valentines i bought was buying my Mums Valentines from my Dad :D (Just called me Cupid)
• and the only valentines pressie was a really cute heart covered mug my dad bought for me & one for my mum too.

Is not going to make me enjoy my day any less.

Have fun, laugh and know that im sending a Valentines Hug to each and everyone of you!

Mwah!
    Friday x

Hi...

Okay i am in the process of finding which book i want to be my first review but i am a little swapped with Uni cause i back for my 2nd semester of my 2nd year, so things have started getting a bit cray-cray again....what can you do :) so i hope to back soon with my first review. Excited!!!!
But i thought i'd leave you's with my favourite quote for today

“I wonder,” he said, “whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

-which i love just as an inspirational quote to follow your dreams and to never give up on achieveing your dream. Obsticles dont mean its not meant to be, just that you have to take a different path, i discovered this to be true since recieveing a rejection letter from the schlorship programme i've been working towards for 2years. So it hurts now, but you gotta pick yourself up, dust off and try a different avenue. :) Just know i believe you can -Mwah!

p.s. just an extra quote from Sherrilyn Kenyons Infinity, Nick has to beonw of my favourite of her characters and makes me giggle soooo much along side Acheron, Love! -control yourself Friday! :)- so i thought i@d soo you these too, from my favourite quotes in Goodreads-
Enjoy

“Not half as much as I’d miss me if you killed me. (He blinked like a girl and leaned against Ash’s shoulder.) Please don’t hurt me, Ash. Please. I don’t want to die while I’m still a virgin. At least let me get laid before you kill me – which according to my mom I can’t do until I’m married and I can’t do that until I finish college. So you have to wait a good ten years before you snuff me. Deal? (Nick)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Infinity

 

“A monster. I despise my true form. (Acheron)
I can’t imagine why. Other than killing me, you were actually cute in a very Papa Smurf kind of way. (Tory)
Papa Smurf? I don’t look like Papa Smurf. (Acheron)
No, baby, you don’t at all. You look like sex on a stick. Now is your ego all better? (Tory)”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron

  

Definatly go out and read her Dark-Hunter novels, they are like the perfect mix of Romance, Action and Humour, even her YA, the Chronicles of NIck, are amazing just less focus on the romance, but they make me laugh sooo much.

 

Mwah!

   Friday

How a Book can improve your day :)

   My day has gotten progressivly worse since my post after discovering my email from Uni- informing me that i failed to progress within the schlorship to the U.S. and then my uni- group failed to turn up for our project so my afternoon has turned rather depressing. So i pulled out one of my favourite novels by Kresley Cole, Dreams of a Dark Warrior. Regin has to be one of the funniest heroines ever written, with the maturity of a pre-pubesant boy but also tough as nails and loyal to a fault. But she is a great pick me up read. As despite her struggles she retains her biting wit and continuiously makes me giggle. One of my favourite quotes by her has to be-
 “Seconds passed, then ... La Dorada skulked into view. She was half-mummified, but sodden. Gooey.

Regin let out a low whistle. "The Mummy Returns meets Dingoes Ate My Face."--

--La Dorada swung her head around, peering at Regin with her one eye. "Okay. That's freaky. Lookit, Gollum, if you spring me, I'll help you find your precious."

Although coming in a close second is -
“He shot to his feet, faced off against her. "No more mercy for ye, Valkyrie." Holding nothing back, he launched a haymaker at her head.

She ducked and laughed. "That accent you work so hard to hide is coming out! Are ye feckin' Oirish this time? Eh, boyo?" She leapt atop his desk, punting the side of his head. "Those swords are mine! Touch them, and I'll use 'em to slice off your n*ts**k! For a coin purse!”
Probable has more to do with the fact that the Hero is from the same country as me, which was a new experience for me when its mostly american writers that i follow.

But this went a long way to improving my mood after failing in something i'd worked over a year for, however the chocolate did help. But i have discovered that its true that -

"you can't go through your life without failing at something unless you live so carefully that you fail by default."

 A favourite quote of mine from J.K.Rowling, who im sure from my previous quote, Harry Potter must be one of my favourite books of all time. But we have to move on from our failings and try to achieve our dreams by another avenue, but that we must never give up.

Hold on tight to your dreams despite those who dont believe in you and even when you begin to doubt yourself. Turn your weaknesses into your strengths and know that if no one else does that i believe you can do, and i hope you believe the same for me.

Friday,
    Mwah!

FridayHeartsHarryPotter

Just found this on Twitter and i'd made me giggle and brought some light to my day inbetween trying to organise a group to do work for Uni-, Stessful. But Harry Potter lightens my day :)

createyourself42:

HARRY POTTER FANS, YOUR LETTERS ARE STILL OUT THERE. HAVE FAITH

http://prepstergrunge.tumblr.com/post/17101529633/voldemort-rose-to-power-in-1997-he-destroyed-allVoldemort rose to power in 1997. He destroyed all records of muggle borns. Therefore, all muggle borns that would have been younger than 11 at the time of his takeover would never have gotten their letters because he’s an evil wizard and destroyed our records. The Ministry is still in the process of finding all muggle borns.

First DIY :) Hollowed Book &/or Clutch

Okay since this is fairly new to me i thought i'd start of slow and give a little tutorial on how to make my fabulous book clutch, which has been become my latest crafty addiction altogether it took 3days to make but should only take 2 if you have everything at hand...unlike me :), however it does need to be left over night ot dry.

However this doesnt just have to one for the Girls but with one minor subtraction one a bright red ribbon it can simply become a hollow book to hide anything your please: from hidding your money from your siblings or your favourite sweeties, while looking to all the world like your doing something educational....reading a book :D

So What your going to need.....
1. a good sized hard back book - mine is a 437page long novel so because your dont want to go through all the pages, some need to be left dor support, its needs to be a good size or you'll struggle to fit anything into it. But dont worry to much about weight, because it becomes lighter without the pages unless your going for a very large book. Mines also just has a plan black finish with silver writing on the spine but you can get a prettier one if you like :)
p.s. charity shops and 2nd hand bookshops are great for getting cheep hardbacks - dont destroy any important books, or your parents without asking :s
2. a Stanley knife - To remove the pages to great your hollow space - just be careful please.
3. PVA glue and a OLD small paintbrush - to make your hollow space solid and to atach your ribbon or magnet (alternitive closure).
4. Felt or fabric - to line your hollowed book. p.s. is a little finiky to do.
5. A ribbon or fabric - to act as a closure for your book. Or a magnets - i didnt because it seemed harder on some of the tutorials. Sorry.
6. Clingfilm or Cellophane

So lets get started.....

• First you need to work out the size of the hollowed square space your going to cut out. The most important is to leave ruffly 2cm/roughly3/4 of an inch from the outside of the book where the pages edge is, for support whithout only about 1cm between your hollow square and the spine. and 1-2cm above and bellow.
• Also leave a couple of pages(3) at the start of the book before you start cutting - 1 to hide where you attach your ribbon and 1-2 pages to add to the hidden effect of your book.

• Next take your stanley knift and begin cutting out your square. You can draw your square onto your book with a pencil to help or cutout  a cardboard square template to help, but make your template smaller then your desired size as it will get harder the deeper into the book you go. I free handed mineand it turned out okay. Remove the cut out pages as you go to make it easier.
• If it begins to dovetail a bit, meaning the sides start to slope in a bit done panic, it wont be perfect and you can go back to touch up the edges when your done.
• DONT go all the way to the back page - I stopped at 375/437, so depending on how deep your book leave 75-100 pages to support it.
• Once you have cut to out your space, take your PVA glue and place a small amount (size of a coin) into a dispoible plastic lid or tub, and use your paint brush to coat the inside of your hollowed space. Give it a good coating as well as the seal between the next uncut page and the walls of your hollowed space to keep the bottom attached to the walls. Go back for more glue of desired.
• Now we need to leave this over night to dry. Take a sheet of clingfilm/cellophane and place this over your hollowed space - this stops the glue drying to the first couple of spare pages and close your book and place something relatively heavy ontop to force the pages together. I used a piggy bank, but you can use encycopedias or more hardback books and leave over night to dry.
• Mine was ready when i returned from Uni- next day, so remove you clingfilm and tap the sides to make sure they are hard. We are now going to attach your Ribbon. You need 2x 30com pieces of ribbon, whatever colour you like, so its long enough to tie and glue down 4cm to the back of you hardback cover. Pva on the back of your ribbon and place in the middle, on the inside of your cover as well as dot glue on the rest of the back of the cover and more on top of the ribbon.
• And the press the first page of your book to your glue coated cover. As seen below this will hide were the ribbon is attched inside your book. Repeat on the back cover .

• If you want to start lining your hollowed space right away rather than wait a couple of hours to dry, i'd advise using hair clips or bulldog paper clamps to hold the ribbon in place and try not to force the cover to wide open while your working on the inside or the ribbon might move or lift.
• As im sure you can tell from my 2nd photo my lining didnt work perfect so be careful when your measuring the lengths of the base your space if the walls of your space are tiy you can leave them or cut more felt to the length and depth required and it will help to protect the pages from things like your phone moving about inside.
• Using another coat of PVA coating the sides if attaching felt there but now also adding a coat of PVA across the bottom of the hollowed space to line the bottom and your done! but leave for the rest of the day to fully dry before filling or using.
• For the magnet closure you have to create a space using a stanley knife on the inside of the hardback cover where the ribbon alternativly is as well as a small space for the other magnet between your hollow and the outside edge of your book. make sure they match and glue securely in place. The magnet will work better for just using a hiding place but will work for the clutch also just be carefull have much weight is in the clutch.


• And Enjoy! :) :)

I hope this was help, i'd love to hear and see any of your works or version and any critiques on how your feel would improve my blogging.

But thank you for taking your time to read this and i can't wait to hear from your's soon.

    Friday,

       Mwah!

First Post on Blog! :s

Hello,
   This is to be my first post, daunting as it seems when it brand new, but i hope to be able to bring you my own review on some of my favourite books from my own collection as well as new books as i find them. I am also hoping to bring together some other review and enable people to see when the general concensise on a book is, not just what i think. :)
   I am also planning to use this as a general everyday blog to record some of my progress through Uni- and provide any help that i can. Along with some of the travels i hope to take in the next year.
   Another avenue of interest for me is also little craft/DIY projects, like the hollow book clutch i made a couple of days ago and hope to place a tutorial on in the next couple of days.
    And finally in regards to writing and life in general, use this blog as a means of encouraging anyone who want to read my blog or stumbles across it, and hopfully create a very positive and motivation place for people, for example i am aiming to start running again, not an easy task where i live when its cold and wet 80% of the time. :D
    But thank you if you took your time to read this and i hope to hear from you's soon and tell me if there are any books you's are interested in or what you's would like to hear from me.

Thank you,
          Friday,
              Mwah!