Okay, so this is a bit late for my new year challenges. I am sorry but the past two weeks have been filled with deadlines and assignments! Hope you can understand.
Now, if you don't know what Good Reads is, here is a quick explanation.
It is a site (there will be a link below) which allows you to list books that you want to read, read reviews and also keep record of the books you have read. Now you can set yourself a challenge for how many books you want to read in a year, which I think is awesome! Especially if you are competitive. My target last year was to read 20 books.. I got no where near! But I personally think this is down to the number of scientific papers I read over the year (they should account for at least 10 books!). So this year I have set myself the same challenge and with hope that I will complete it, with the aim of reviewing my books on here and compiling a list of my favourites at the end of the year.
If you are signed up to the site or thinking about it, what will be your target?
You can keep an eye on my progress in the side bar.
Keep Reading!!
Monday, 27 January 2014
Saturday, 4 January 2014
December Month!
December has been a mixed month, with lots of deadlines but lots of fun at the same time. The main theme throughout this month is Christmas. My housemates and I have our own Christmas Eve and Christmas Day earlier in the month before we go home. We have a house party on Christmas Eve, this years involved Articulate and a Harry Potter Drinking game, which was a lot of fun! On Christmas day we have secret Santa and we cook a Christmas dinner, we cooked for 8 people and there was plenty of food for everyone. I was very lucky and I got a small box which had a photo frame in and had been decopauged with animals on it, a large cross stitch of African savannah and a book on how knit zoo animals, I am going to need to get a lot better at knitting before attempting any of those! Sadly, I don't have any pictures of them as they are still in Bangor.
After deadlines, it was time to go home and get ready for the real Christmas, I was also very lucky and got lots of craft things and other objects to keep to occupied! I helped with Christmas dinner and made the roast potatoes and helped prep the veg and serve up. On Boxing day we went over to my Grandmas, to have my third and final Christmas dinner!! It was lovely to see them all and we had several hours of fun playing cards after exchanging presents.
The day after arriving I joined my dad and his partner on a walk through an area near Oldham, the details of which are on the previous post.
My next adventure after this, was heading over to Birmingham on the 29th to see friends. I stayed over in a hotel by myself for the first time and it was quite weird, I have to admit. I didn't feel comfortable to head to into the big city for tea so I had my left over sandwich from lunch! But I am sure I will be better for next time. I went around the bullring and was treated to a visit to the SeaLife centre there, it was very good. On the second day, me and some other friends went to the art museum, in which I saw a beautiful quote.
Later we went around the bullring again, this time I did treat myself to a book journal and a address book. Who wouldn't?
On New Years Eve, I went back to my dads in Liverpool, we didn't really do a lot but stare at the TV but it was nice to be there. Plus his partner has two cats, which are lovely and I got lots of cuddles off one in particular, which makes a change.
Well as you can see not a very interesting month but it is the busiest I am going to be for a while. The only thing I have to look forward to in this month is exams and deadlines!! Hope you all had a wonderful December and that your January isn't as dull as mine!
After deadlines, it was time to go home and get ready for the real Christmas, I was also very lucky and got lots of craft things and other objects to keep to occupied! I helped with Christmas dinner and made the roast potatoes and helped prep the veg and serve up. On Boxing day we went over to my Grandmas, to have my third and final Christmas dinner!! It was lovely to see them all and we had several hours of fun playing cards after exchanging presents.
The day after arriving I joined my dad and his partner on a walk through an area near Oldham, the details of which are on the previous post.
My next adventure after this, was heading over to Birmingham on the 29th to see friends. I stayed over in a hotel by myself for the first time and it was quite weird, I have to admit. I didn't feel comfortable to head to into the big city for tea so I had my left over sandwich from lunch! But I am sure I will be better for next time. I went around the bullring and was treated to a visit to the SeaLife centre there, it was very good. On the second day, me and some other friends went to the art museum, in which I saw a beautiful quote.
This hath no end,
My sweetest friend,
Our loves be so,
No ending know.
-English Posy 17th Century
Later we went around the bullring again, this time I did treat myself to a book journal and a address book. Who wouldn't?
On New Years Eve, I went back to my dads in Liverpool, we didn't really do a lot but stare at the TV but it was nice to be there. Plus his partner has two cats, which are lovely and I got lots of cuddles off one in particular, which makes a change.
Well as you can see not a very interesting month but it is the busiest I am going to be for a while. The only thing I have to look forward to in this month is exams and deadlines!! Hope you all had a wonderful December and that your January isn't as dull as mine!
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