The Mortal Instruments

I recently read The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare in the The Mortal Instruments series. It was really good. The book I read before was The Power of Six, which has such big spacious text that the text in this book seemed tiny! It was very good though, kind of like Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick because of the bad boy in it.

I definitely recommend reading it. Unfortunately the library didn't have the sequel, and neither did any of the other libraries in my borough, so I may have to ask for the set for Christmas. Because of this dilemma I chose to read a book I already had read, Anne Franks diary. I think I read it a few years ago so I couldn't really remember much, but it is absolutely amazing. I think I appreciate it now that I'm older how she was such a normal person (and teenager). I'm glad I chose this over I Am Number Four.
There are so many versions of her diary, one was the one Anne had edited herself when she heard publishers would be looking for documents, like diaries, to publish after the war to tell the story of the Jews from someone who went through it, one which Otto Frank edited from the original and Anne's version and one that is the original which has had bits from Anne's edited version added. I think I have the last version, I'm not sure, I was kind of confused when reading about it...
Whoever hasn't read this definitely should, especially if you love history and this time period, and just so you can get an idea of how she felt and how many other people must have felt during that time.

I can't remember if I've mentioned this before but I can't be bothered to check all my other posts, but a few years ago I read Witch Child, which is another diary by a young girl. I'm not 100% sure if it is a real diary account because it is set up realistically in the 17th Century and I once found a website dedicated to it and to finding more information about it as the diary was found in an old mattress, but there is an author and it's called a novel but that might be because they had to adapt it and guess some information like dates...

But it doesn't matter, you should read it anyway! I thought the cover and name made the story look like it was going to be scary but it is very good and amazing :).

                                               

Just a reminder

Just to let you know: Just Dance 3 is out!

I've been waiting for this ever since I got Just Dance 2 and played all the songs non-stop ^.^ can't wait to get it! I think my mum might actually be more excited than me.
LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem is on it, that should be fun ;) and the Scissor Sister's I Don't Feel Like Dancin', oh the irony - I love it!

Procrastination

Half-term is over in a couple days and it has gone way too quickly!
I haven't done much, I'm just too lazy.
It was my Physics friends birthday and she had an awesome partay - with pizza and the best chocolate cake ever; I think it had about a thousand layers of chocolate cream, that should be impossible.
Then on Tuesday I went to London with Sam and we had McDonald's, which I had literally been craving all week, and it was so good. Then I went back and turned Sam into an ice queen. Just in time for Halloween ;).
I think I have managed to do all my homework, spending about 10 minutes on each day I think I managed to complete it ;).
Also, I got braces, whoop! Joke, they are so painful. The bands hurt the most though, so when I got the wire put in that didn't hurt as much. And I can't bite my nails anymore so they've been growing like crazy. It's really weird to type because it feels like my nails in the way - nail biters will understand :P.
I was bored yesterday and procrastinating as I really didn't want to start doing Biology flash cards so I painted my nails. I didn't want to do just boring colour so I looked up some simple designs and managed to create these:

Sorry about the dryness of my hands - winter does that to me...
So in conclusion I haven't done much :) Peace Out!

Alex Pettyfer

So if you didn't already know I love Alex Pettyfer. But thats not the point. My friends lent me the sequel to I Am Number Four, called The Power of Six and it was really good! The ending had a cliffhanger, which totally means there's got to be a new book.

I also found this video on Youtube, if you're a Harry Potter fan you will love this (i think). I nearly died of laughter witching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZW_dwd_WJY . Sorry it's so random but everyone needs to see this!
Yeah, so school started, and I'm so tired all day everyday. I don't know if i'll be able to stay up watching Big Brother for much longer, but it's just so funny. Can't wait to watch it tonight!
Peace out!

Chameleon Circuit

I just realised that I have actually met Charlie McDonnell, and I can cross that off my Bucket List. I think this is more exciting than when I actually met him!
He was at a CD signing with his band, Chameleon Circuit, consisting of Alex Day, Ed Blann and Liam Dryden.
It was absolutely amazing to meet him! When we got there though we had the choice of either getting a photo with them or getting a CD, both signed. Me and Emma (a.k.a Physics Friend) were changing our minds constantly, but we decided to get a photo. So I stood next to Charlie :O. It was amazing. I think he's more perfect in real life, don't care how ;). Then we waited for it to be  printed and we met them again to get it signed. Best day ever!
The shop they were in was called The Who Shop, I told my Mum that it was probably Doctor Who related, but my Dad wasn't convinced. Turned out it was! You could get anything there, even Doctor Who postcards.
We'd been waiting in line for about three hours, with a fear of leaving to buy lunch. After we finally got our photos signed we went to this little cafe and had ice cream for lunch. And it was the most amazing ice cream ever, with chocolate chunks and a flake. A great way to end a great day!

The next day I went to the V Festival, it was awesome :). But i'll do a blog about that once I upload my photos...

P.S. My excuse for not posting is that I was on holiday for two weeks and I still haven't gotten over the shock of meeting Charlie... ;).

Reading and Stuff

Guess what i'm reading?
Harry Potter!
I'm finally reading the books, I feel really crazy for not starting before, but I have tried. When I got Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, when I was eight, I tried so many times to read it but never got past the first chapter. Now I can kind of proudly say i've finished it and I've started the second book :). The films are very close to the first couple books but there are little extra magic bits in the book that don't happen in the film, like an extra room to reach Voldemort and the Philosopher's Stone and Garden Gnomes in the Weasley's Garden. It's really fun.
I have seen all the films though, I watched the final part of the Deathly Hallows yesterday and it was really good, much better than I thought it would be. For the past four Harry Potter films I've never really understood what has been going on, but I actually enjoyed the last one! That's another reason why I want to read the books, the films are exciting and I'm pretty sure the books will be better and make the films easier to understand...

This is the only book in the series I own,  my Physics buddy
has kindly lent me the next two ;).

So, it's the summer holidays now. I think i'm too tired and worn out to appreciate it but hopefully after a little break I'll be so happy and desperate to never go to school again!
As well as reading the Harry Potter books over the holiday I've got to read some Biology books. I've just finished Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, it was interesting because it went against a lot of stuff that has been in the media, and has revealed shocking stuff about how scientists have manipulated data to get a positive result to support their ideas, when there obviously wasn't. I'm glad to have finally finished it though, it took a lot of concentration, like Bill Brysons book, but I can actually say i've finished this one :). I've got to read Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond now, which looks the same size as Bad Science but it's so much heavier, i'm scared to start it!

Kent

Yes, another open day!

I thought after going to four university open days they would start getting a little boring and basically be the same, but Kent was absolutely amazing! The accommodation was the best so far, it was so clean, so modern and there wasn't a bad thing about it. Even the shared bathroom was lovely! I think it was because they built into a little house/cottage so it was more homely and cosy, rather than there just being a large hall with a few rooms. However, the flats were lovely too! And the kitchen was three times bigger than the one at the houses. It may have been because those rooms were more expensive, as they were en suite.

The labs were nice too, they were open and large. But most of them have been to be honest. I didn't really like UEA though, they were more claustrophobic, still big though.

The grounds were amazing too. nothing like a university, more like a village. There was a giant hill (which meant it was always windy :/) that lead to Canterbury and you could see the Cathedral from there. It was lovely. I think its a 10 minute walk down the hill into Canterbury, so that means a 30 minute walk back up. Might have to get the bus, they wouldn't stop saying how it comes every 8-10 mins, I was a little suspicious.

Pretty sure it looked better in real life...

The Biology course here also has a year in industry.  That's the main reason why I wanted to go to Bath but I can go to Kent now! With Kent you have to arrange the work experience yourself, setting up interviews etc., but at Bath they sort it for you. I suppose the experience of applying to get a job is good, but I'd be so worried about not getting a placement :/.

Kent is a campus university so there's shops on site, but there's also a cinema, theatre, nightclub and a job shop. Loads of comedians went there and are going to go there to perform, like Omid Djalili and Dom Joly, who I love! The cinema is apparently cheap for the students too, which is great, but the films come out there about a month after their release so that could be annoying... The Job Shop sounds awesome. They help the students get jobs and have a list of employers who are good and bad to make sure we get a good job. That could come in handy :).

I have to say Kent is now my first choice. It was the first university I seriously considered and definitely the best I've seen so far.