The mindless rambling of yet another Sophie

I love watching book hauls. I love them because everyone has different tastes and passions and it allows you to get an idea of what is out there in lots of different genres. Take for example young adult (YA) fiction. There are so many different books and topics that it can be easy to just be swamped by the amount of choice. My haul started when amazon did a 3 books for £10 deal for January and then it all just went from there.This collection of books are the ones that I have hauled so far this year (okay technically I'll give you the sun was an Xmas present but shh). Now not all of them are visible because some I bought on my Kindle during a bit of a reading frenzy. Now I will admit I have not read all of these books yet but I plan on reviewing all of them so I will link through to those reviews via their titles. Here are the books I have hauled! I'll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson (YA) Brief overview - Twins Noah and Jude are inseparable until a tragedy drives the...

David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he's gay. The school bully thinks he's a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth - David wants to be a girl. On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal - to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in Year 11 is definitely not part of that plan. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long . . . If a book has an interesting cover I will swarm to it like a moth to a flame. I love the look of the cover and how it so simply conveys the topics within the book. Pretty cover a side I had passed 'the art of being normal' a few times whilst wasting time in a Waterstone's and before that had heard the title in a book haul on YouTube. Every time I saw the book I put it off because either I had already bought a fai...

WarHorse play promo picture - Copyright of warhorseonstage.com Unlike many War Horse fans I never read the book as a child. It wasn't until I was 17/18 that I even heard about it and that was because my friends were quoting the film non stop. One of them was beyond excited that she was finally seeing the play. This was in about 2012. It sounded amazing but I didn't watch the film until at least a year later at my friend Jenn's house.  Jenn  is a War Horse fanatic. This girl knows and loves her War Horse and she finally got to see it live herself just a  few weeks ago. To say I was jealous was an understatement, All I had heard was amazing things and here was more proof that it was amazing. Maybe some of you are wondering why there has been a sudden increase in War Horse talk and that's because the play is finally coming to an end after many years. The puppets will be packed away, the horses sent out to the field and the cast will give their final bow and it wi...

Film cover Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined. "Hey want to watch a movie?" The next thing I know I'm sat watching this film that completely blows me away. I had heard 'We need to talk about Kevin' a few years ago when looking up Ezra Miller and some of his other acting roles but like with a lot of things never found the time to watch it. The film flips between the past and present showing the striking contrasts between the lives of Kevin and his mother after 'the crime'. You quickly realise what Kevin's crime is but don't see the full effect of it until the very end. However, the film did allude to his crime through the use of red imagery through food especially. With so much red you knew there had to be blood shed and lots of it. Something...

The Diner in Camden - Sophie Brown                               Who doesn't like to try new things?  The Diner Menu - Sophie Brown As a late birthday meal my friends and I took a trip to the much talked about Diner in Camden. I can see why everyone loves it so much! The Diner serves American food with American portions. The interior and front keep with the American theme with diner booths and American inspired wall art. Red Velvet pancakes - Sophie Brown They serve an all day breakfast that meant, although it was 4pm, I could order my eagerly anticipated red velvet pancakes with cream cheese sauce and berries. I also ordered a Snickers milkshake to wash it all down. I must admit when I first saw my stack of 3 fluffy pancakes with berries and toppings I thought 'I could eat much more than this!'. Oreo milkshake - Sophie Brown No. No I could not. After my meal I was left feeling v...

Jude and her twin Noah are close until a tragedy drives them apart. Now they are barely speaking -  and both falling for boys they can't have. Love's complicated.   Wow. Just wow. I had seen the vivid black and yellow cover of this book in passing many times but other than acknowledging how pretty it was gave it no second thought. My friend Jenn had told me how wonderful this book was but I never managed to get round to reading it. That was until this Christmas when Jenn gifted this book to me. It's taken me a few days to write this review as when finishing I just had such strong feelings that they all came rushing forward at once and all I could say was - wow. Very rarely have I felt so strongly about a book in the past. Every time I put it down I immediately wanted to snatch it back up. I had to know more, more, more! I needed to devour this book and wished it was as easy as simply eating it. The last time I felt this way was when I was in Primary school readin...

So as another year draws to a close many of us reflect on the events of the past twelve months. Before the fireworks start and the countdown begins I want to review 5 of the good and bad moments of 2015. 1. Fallon - July 29th 2015 was the day my beloved dog passed away. I loved her for 13 years and love her still. This perfect little ray of black and white light came into my life at a crucial point and was my support throughout my childhood. It was a defining moment of this year but this is not the post to talk about her. She deserves something dedicated solely to her. 2. My 20th Birthday - you would think with my 21st birthday in less than a month a 20th would be nothing. However I have joked with every passing year that I'm finally becoming an adult due to the presents I've received. Except I don't think it's a joke anymore. I've started feeling more like my own person this year. One that is unrecognisable from her former self. 3. Holiday to Italy - I think ...

As the days are getting shorter I find myself more and more inclined to curl up and watch a good film. So today I decided to share with you one I found at Halloween and it is called 'What we do in the shadows'. It is a mockumentary about a group of vampires living in a flat together in New Zealand. Sound boring? Now there is where you are mistaken! They're all from different time periods lending itself to some comedic situations. Fun game for anyone that watches - see how many nods to other popular vampire films you can find (Hint - there is a alot!).The film was released in 2014 but I only recently discovered it, completely by accident, and I am so happy that I did!  As mentioned before I have a love of vampire films and this one is so different from any others I've ever watched. It's got funny parts, sad parts and what on earth parts and let's be honest what more could you ask for? Now there is no real story line to the film. There is no epic ques...