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The Picture of Dorian Gray book review

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I wanted to enjoy this as the premise is such a fascinating one, however the characters do nothing to draw the reader in (they are all very questionable in terms of personality and not at all likeable) and the descriptions and dialogue are often far too drawn out. The pace feels a little slow at first, then makes large jumps in time as the book progresses. That being said, the writing style is, for the most part, enjoyable to read. Lord Henry enjoys the sound of his own voice (as far as this can apply in a novel) far too much, and rarely adds anything of particular merit to the plot. He serves only to reinforce a belief that beauty is the most valuable asset a person  can possess and also to further corrupt Dorian Gray by way of enabling his sins. The titular character of Dorian Gray begins as a naive young man, but as soon as he learns that his somewhat unintentional wish has allowed him eternal youth and beauty, at the cost of the portrait of himself that he was gifted by the artist,

Hocus Pocus 2 Review

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This review was written as part of the Rebel Badge Club Halloween Challenge. 29 years since the original (why not make it a round 30?) and the Sanderson sisters are back in Salem, but only half as menacing. We meet our terrible trio as children, back in 1600s Salem, and very quickly notice that nothing about them has EVER changed. Their younger selves are exactly as one would expect based on the 1993 film, which throws away any ideas of there ever having been any form of character development for these three main characters. Upon running away from the people of Salem, having been apparently banished forever (how does this affect their living situation as we see them in the first film?), the trio meets Hannah Waddingham as The Witch Mother. It is from this powerful being that they first receive the infamous Book, with a stark warning never to perform the Magica Maxima spell. We can all imagine how this will end... Back in the present day, we are met with a trio of teenage girls, whose f

2021 Temperature Blanket

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Hello! So I have decided this year to crochet a temperature blanket. This is a blanket that has a row crocheted each day in a colour that is chosen to represent the temperature for that day. Here are the colours that I have chosen and the temperature ranges that they represent: They are all Paintbox yarns in the colours: 0° and below - Pansy Purple 1° to 4° - Kingfisher Blue 5° to 8° - Marine Blue 9° to 12° - Washed Teal 13° to 16° - Spearmint Green 17° to 21° - Grass Green 22° to 25° - Mustard Yellow 26° to 29° - Blood Orange 30° and above - Rose Red Border - Paper White As I started on the 1st of January (and I live in the North of England), I have only used the first four colours so far. I'm looking forward to seeing the changes throughout the year. For now, I will leave you with a picture of my blanket as far as January 31st.

So, I'm bad at this...

Erm, wow, hi... I really am not good at using this thing, am I? I am fully intending on actually using my blog more! My plan is to document all of my makes and any other random bits and pieces I fancy. This is mostly to help me to keep track of what fabrics, patterns, sizes, etc I have used for each project as I am terrible at remembering this stuff, but I hope that maybe someone else may also enjoy some of this! I don't know, we'll see...

Stratford-Upon-Avon OOTD

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We went to Stratford-Upon-Avon in January for a few days on the anniversary of our engagement. I thought I would have a go at an outfit post and show you what I wore whilst we were away. Please excuse the black hair bobbles around my wrist on all of these!

I'm still alive!

Wow! It has been so long since I posted on this blog! I haven't published anything on here since (runs off to check...) 14th August 2015. I'll be giving this blog a bit of an overhaul as Photobucket has died on me so none of my pictures on here work any more :( Watch this space!  

Recent Primark Haul

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Hello! I am here with another Primark haul! This stuff was all from a shopping trip a few weeks ago. I bought some LED lights for my bedroom and potentially to string up as part of a background for future YouTube videos. I bought this tinned, 3-wick candle to use in my bedroom. It smells lovely and the purple tin matches the colour scheme of my room. I will be able to use the tin after the candle has burned out to store various small bits and pieces. I have wanted a collapsible hula hoop for a while, so when I saw this in Primark, reduced to £2 I couldn't resist. I'm looking forward to using this soon. I wasn't looking for new makeup brushes, but these ones were next to the tills when I went to pay and for only £1, I couldn't really say no. This nail varnish twist pot is very useful and easy to use. It removes nail varnish pretty quickly and is less messy than tipping it from a bottle onto cotton wool. I decided to try these makeup sponges as I