Life at the moment...

Bonjour encore! Sorry that it's been a while...

I know that I promised a 'Love Lettuce' face mask review for you which I haven't finished as of yet, but now that I've got a few days to put my feet up, you'll expect to find a few new posts soon. 

Here's a few photos depicting my life at the moment: 

1. I've discovered a new love for Twinings hot chocolate...especially when made with hot milk, cream and mini marshmallows in my new Tigger mug.

2. Happy belated Halloween everyone! I had a lot of fun carving my cute little pumpkin. Thinking of Halloween, happy belated Bonfire night too! I spent Bonfire night at my auntie's eating all of her delicious butternut squash soup and toffee apples...

3. Even on the freezing cold days I'm still taking Ozzy for walks, he loves going out... apart from when the wind is blowing towards him and when I don't walk him on the concrete.

4. I finally bought the cat cushion that I've been staring at for weeks... as well as two other cushions for my collection. 

5. Ozzy finally got a haircut! Hurrah! He looks a little skinny and strange but his fur is growing back rather quickly...

6. We also bought Oz a new Frisbee, which he can't carry because it's huge, so he decides to run around with it hung around his body.

 Anyways, I'll leave you with a lovely cover of Mcfly's 'Love is Easy' by Barnaby from Dive Bella Dive.

Thanks for reading.
Bisous
Beckie Adlington (and Ozzy)



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The Book Thief Review.

So here goes, I'm starting with a book review of something I've recently finished reading which has now become one of my favourite novels of all time.

The Book Thief.
If you take a look at the blurb of the book itself it's quite obvious what the story will entail.

The story takes place during the war in Germany, more specifically on Himmel Street and it follows the life of Liesel Meminger. The story is narrated by death who cannot stop his curiosity and visits Liesel on numerous occasions as she seems to 'dodge the bullet' so to speak. 

To briefly describe the book without giving any insight or ruining the story is to say that it's beautifully written.
I have not previously read any of Markus Zusak's books but a quick google search would tell you that he began writing young adult fiction. The Book Thief is known to be his first adult novel. If you scroll through reviews on Amazon you may find various individuals criticising the style of writing in The Book Thief due to the fact that Zusak has only previously written young adult fiction. Some claim the prose is 'abominable' and the book is 'aimed at people with the attention span of a gnat'. I completely disagree with this as not only is the book 553 pages long (which someone with 'an attention span of a gnat' wouldn't be able to complete), I don't view the prose as abominable at all. In terms of the character Liesel, the prose is immature but this is of course is intended by Zusak as Liesel is supposed to be viewed as childish and vulnerable.

I will admit that because of the change in viewpoint i.e. how Death will discuss his life and flash back through time, then return to Liesel's story, that the book is flawed as sometimes it does get a little confusing. But in a nutshell I thought Death as a character was a stroke of genius, I found his little tales and ramblings enjoyable and overall I thought he told the story very well.

I'd also like to point out the ending (which I won't go into detail about as it will obviously ruin the story). The ending was hard to describe as I found it very emotional yet somewhat too short compared with the overall book. In one way, Zusak spent too much time in the beginning and middle of the book meaning less time was spent on the ending which I would have wanted more elaboration on.

Overall, the book is very well written and definitely one to check out as it has been appearing in the book charts recently.

I hope my review was helpful...

Bisous 
Beckie  

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