Showing posts with label The Girls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Girls. Show all posts
7/25/2016
The Girls x Emma Cline
Hello and Happy Monday to you all. As the end of July fast approaches I thought it was about time I posted my review of The Girls, which I actually filmed (see below). If you want to know how I felt about the book and my opinions on why advanced publicity isn't necessarily great then give it a watch. Side note, there are spoilers throughout but given this book is based on true events you can't really avoid major spoilers anyhow. This is the first time I've filmed a proper review so be nice! I know it's not perfect but there's always room to improve, right? I'd love to know what you think of the book too so if you have opinions, leave them below or over on the comments section.
7/08/2016
An Update: Book Clubs and Writing
Hey everyone. TGIF, no really. It's just been one of those weeks. I'm sure we all have them. At least Friday's ending on a high though, I'm off to a Benefit event tonight to see all their new brow offerings. More on that soon, but as Benefit are the queens of brows I imagine it will not disappoint. Today I have a little update for y'all on the book club and some writing I've done lately. How admin-y of me. Anyway, updates...
Book Club: First things, first, Sophie's Book Club needs a new name. I am not a fan of that unoriginal name I coined very, very quickly. If you have suggestions, leave 'em below please! At the moment we are still reading The Girls. I'm hoping to finish it in the next few days and then film/write up (still deciding) a review. At the moment though I like it, but I'm not blown away. That's all I'll say for now. If you want to join the discussion, head here.
Next month, we are reading Ctrl, Alt; Delete by Emma Gannon. It doesn't seem to have been released in NZ but you can buy it online here. If you're in Auckland, you can request it here. I read an extract in one of England's Sunday papers. Unfortunately it seems to be back behind a paywall now but it was brilliant so if you like memoirs with a bit of nostalgia for the big ol' internet thrown in then you might like this one. As for September's book, I'll set up a poll very soon.
Writings: Some of you will know that I also write about fashion+beauty things over on local website FashioNZ. It's a really great place to keep up to date on all the fashion news going on in New Zealand. There's also awesome giveaways and inspiring interviews to keep everyone happy as well. Recently I've done a couple of stories for them: Fascinating Fashion Reads and I interviewed musician+songwriter Anna Coddington about her current collaboration with Trilogy. Check that out here.
I think that's all for now. Have a great weekend guys! I'm hoping to get some blogging things done and maybe have a play with the new Benefit brow bits. Keep an eye on my Insta+Snapchat (both @nanwintour) for all the 'deets. Have a good one, and I'll see you with a fresh new post on Monday!
7/01/2016
July Reading List
Another month, another somewhat hefty lineup of books. Given it's mid-semester break still I have quite a bit here so hopefully I manage to finish them all in the three (ish) weeks I have left. There's a bit of everything in there this month, just because. July's a good month for new books too; Emma Gannon's and Carrie's are released, and of course at the end of the month the much-anticipated Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be out as well. I can't wait. Today though, let's take it back to the books that are actually out now. Here's what I want to read in July...
The Girls* by Emma Cline-This is the first book that was voted for in my book club. I'm not going to lie, I was quite pleased about that because it is one of my most anticipated reads of the year. Set in the Summer of 1969, Evie Boyd is sixteen and feeling like a bit of a nobody, until she sees the girls. The free spirited, carefree girls who come and go in a jet black van. This book is inspired by the Manson Cult and from the research I did, I feel like this book is going to get rather dark. I'm reading this at the moment and find myself tentatively turning each page, waiting for something bad to happen. I'll be doing a proper review of this though when I am finished so keep an eye out for it.
Paper Girls, Volume 1-I'm quite into graphic novels and comics about women at the moment and Paper Girls is one of my favourites. I have Issue One already but this book is a bind-up of the first five volumes. Set in the late 80's, Paper Girls follows a group of 12 year-old teens who deliver newspapers and discover one story that will change life as they know it. It combines mystery, bad-assery and nostalgia. All things I love in a good graphic novel so I'm looking forward to getting into this one.
The Fall of the Butterflies* by Andrea Portes-Firstly, look at that cover. Beautiful. This YA book follows Willa, who is sent to an elite prep school where she has no intent to fit in. Other than that I don't know much about this book. It's giving me Gossip Girl vibes though so maybe there'll be a bit of drama.
Kinfolk Volume 20-Kinfolk's 20th volume is centred around all things travel. The international team embarked on adventures in twelve cities across four continents. The result is an issue laden with a bunch of travel-centric stories, inspiring imagery and of course the potential to make you want to go on holiday real bad. I love the fashion stories in this issue as well.
One by Sarah Crossan-One's been getting a bit of buzz at the moment as it's a YA-book with a bit of a difference. It tells the story of conjoined twins through verse which I don't think is very common in YA books at least. I've read and heard lots of positive reviews for this so I have high hopes.
-What are you reading in July?
*Review copy
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