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Mickey Mouse Bookmark Tutorial | Mickey’s 90th Birthday Celebration
Published 18/11/2018

Mickey Mouse Bookmark Tutorial | Mickey’s 90th Birthday Celebration

Today, the world celebrates a truly momentous occasion – the 90th birthday of Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse is one of the most recognisable and iconic characters in cartoon history and played a huge role in catapulting Disney to where it is today. I loved (and continue to love) everything Disney-related and knew that I wanted to take part in celebrating this milestone in some way. I decided to do just that by helping you create a fun Mickey Mouse bookmark with this tutorial!

A pair of scissors

A pencil

A coin

A glue stick

3 sheets of paper (one white, one red, and one black)

You can choose the quality of the paper depending on how sturdy you would like the bookmark to be. I used project board paper but I would recommend using a quality of paper closer to printer paper as it is much thinner and easier to work with.

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My Predicted 5-Star Reads!
Published 16/11/2018

My Predicted 5-Star Reads!

I consider a number of factors when it comes to rating a book that I’ve read. I think about the characters and their development, the progression of the plot, the author’s success (or lack thereof) in discussing or challenging certain themes, and much more. Over the past couple of years, I’ve tried to be more critical in my reading and to not hand out 5-star ratings to every book that merely keeps me entertained. However, I sometimes get an inkling when I read the synopsis of and reviews on a book that I am going to thoroughly enjoy it and thus give it 5 stars. This does not happen often but I always find it interesting how my gut instantly knows that I’ll love a book before I have even opened it. Here are a few books that I feel I will be giving 5-star ratings!

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Books I Want to Read Before 2019
Published 07/11/2018

Books I Want to Read Before 2019

My “to-read” list gets longer and more daunting with each passing day. I am always coming across books that I want to read, whether that be in the bookstore that I work at or on social media. There is no rhyme or reason when it comes to adding books to my “to-read” list – I just add whatever piques my interest. The problem with this is that there is simply not enough time to read all of these books in the foreseeable future. Unfortunately, some books take priority over others, leaving a few hanging on to the threads at the very bottom of my list for dear life (*cough* A Game of Thrones *cough*). But, there are some books that no matter how long they have been on the list, I know I will get to them someday. In today’s case, there are a few I want to read as soon as possible. All three of these titles have been on my list for ages and I am so excited to (hopefully) read them before 2019!

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Published 05/11/2018

A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas | Review

Title: A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1)

Author: Sarah J. Maas

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Publication Date: 5 May 2015

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Where To Purchase: Takealot, Exclusive Books, Book Depository

Rating: 

Sarah J. Maas is one of my favourite authors to read in the Young Adult Fantasy genre mainly owing to her Throne of Glass series. Whilst I’m not completely caught up on the series, I do thoroughly enjoy it and find her writing style easy to read and her stories multi-layered and spellbinding. A Court of Thorns and Roses is different to Maas’s first series in that it is marketed towards an older audience what with its mature content. Being a Beauty and the Beast retelling, I was interested in reading the novel but was not looking forward to the New Adult take on the romance since I am not one for steamy/sexual content. It’s safe to say that the latter definitely impacted my 3-star rating of the novel, but I did not expect the problems with the pacing and romance itself. Whilst I enjoyed A Court of Thorns and Roses enough to want to pick up the next book in the series, it is not a groundbreaking retelling by any means and I was left slightly disappointed. What ultimately saved this novel from a lower rating was its gripping ending, despite the issues I had with the pacing and romance.

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