Tuesday, 19 February 2019

A Very Large Expanse of Sea- Tahereh Mafi BOOK TALK

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This is such a beautiful and important read! The characters are amazing, the romance swoon-worthy and, more importantly, the representation is on point! It was so lovely to read in Shirin's perspective and the whole story is truly eye-opening.
This is the first contemporary I've read by Tahereh Mafi (having only read her Shatter Me series) and I think she suits this genre perfectly. The romance was so compelling but there was also a lovely message and deeper meaning to the story which I always love. Discrimination and racism are big aspects within this book and it was so eye-opening to read about and Tahaereh Mafi handled the subject superbly.
Honestly, I can see this book becoming a movie one day (especially with other ground-breaking reads like The Hate U Give becoming so popular).



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Starting with characters, I absolutely loved Shirin! She was so funny and intelligent and sarcastic and cool and... just perfect. She's definitely someone I'd want to be friends with. And she's such an easy character to admire because she goes through so much but she's extremely resilient and strong.

Saturday, 16 February 2019

Valentine's Day BOOK TAG!!!

To distract from my startling single-ness, I'm gonna to spend the month of love professing my undying love of books... I'm perfectly sane, I assure you.
I found this tag on the Epic Reads Youtube channel so definitely go check that out if you're interested.

1. First Book Crush
Zachary Goode- The Gallagher Academy series by Ally Carter 
Zach is the first proper book crush I can remember having and I still love him to this day. The Gallagher Academy is one of the series that truly got me into reading (a secret school for girl spies who go on all sorts of missions? Sign me up) and I fell in love with Zach. He's cool, he's mysterious, he's sassy and my ten year old self was infatuated. (Still am, to be honest).

2. What book would you want as your Valentine?
Since You've Been Gone- Morgan Matson
This has become one of my all-time contemporary reads. Every time I re-read it, I fall more in love. This book contains a very slow-burning romance but, as I've grown older, I've learnt to really appreciate that. This book (and the superb characters in it) would definitely be my Valentine.

3. Candy hearts or Chocolate?
Chocolate, any day. I mean, who ever heard of candy hearts getting rid of dementors? How ridiculous!

Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Game of Thrones 6x03 'Oathbreaker' TV TALK

A lot happened in this episode. A lot. A lot. A lot. So many characters, so many plot lines, so many feels!!
I've said it once (I've said it many times) but I'll say it yet again, this show is the show of all shows! You just can't beat Game of Thrones' characters, world-building and plot twists.







TV TALKS:
Season 1:  1x01  |  1x02  |  1x03  |  1x04  |  1x05  |  1x06  |  1x07  |  1x08  |  1x09  |  1x10
Season 2:  2x01  |  2x02  |  2x03  |  2x04  |  2x05  |  2x06  |  2x07  |  2x08  |  2x09  |  2x10
Season 3:  3x01  |  3x02  |  3x03  |  3x04  |  3x05  |  3x06  |  3x07  |  3x08  |  3x09  |  3x10
Season 4:  4x01  |  4x02  |  4x03  |  4x04  |  4x05  |  4x06  |  4x07  |  4x08  |  4x09  |  4x10
Season 5:  5x01  |  5x02  |  5x03  |  5x04  |  5x05  |  5x06  |  5x07  |  5x08  |  5x09  |  5x10
Season 6:  6x01  |  6x02

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In Essos, Daenerys is back with the Dothraki (talk about full circle) and has been taken to the temple for the Khals' Widows. They don't seem very impressed by her and Daenerys has to go through a trial of sorts to see if she can stay there.... not that she wants to. Jorah and Daario will turn up and everyone there will end up dead. I'm placing my bets now.

Saturday, 9 February 2019

Archenemies- Marissa Meyer BOOK TALK

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Marissa Meyer is officially one of my favourite authors. I've always loved The Lunar Chronicles and these books are just reminding me what an absolute genius Marissa Meyer is.
Archenemies is the sequel to Renegades and, while it's a little more slow-burning, it's still amazing. I love how the concept of good vs evil is explored and it makes the whole plot so much more interesting and compelling! The characters are as amazing as always and make every page so easy to turn.
Renegades Book Review





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The whole book starts with Sketch's team pursuing Hawthorn and I was so pumped! Our crew work so well together and it was super fun to see them in action.
The whole Agent N plot line was explored in this book and it's such an interesting debate because I feel so conflicted! On one hand, I totally agree with Nova because it's an infringement of human rights and it could totally be abused by the Renegades, but if a prodigy is using their powers to kill people, then they don't deserve any human rights!! You could totally apply this debate to our own world in terms of prison sentence conditions or capital punishment and it just makes everything so much more interesting!

Tuesday, 5 February 2019

February Releases and TBR 2019

RELEASES
On The Come Up- Angie Thomas 
Bloodwitch- Susan Dennard
Fame, Fate and the First Kiss- Kasie West 
Crown of Feathers- Nicki Pau Preto 
The Blood Spell- C.J. Redwine 



TBR
A Very Large Expanse of Sea- Tahereh Mafi 
I've actually started reading this already and it's spectacular! This is a contemporary about a Muslim girl in high school in the year after 9/11 and it's so powerful so far! I've only read about 100 pages but I'm absolutely loving all the characters and plotlines.

The Lunar Chronicles- Marissa Meyer (Re-read)
We're finally there- the first books I'm planning to re-read this year. I think I've done pretty well to avoid re-reads for this year, though. I haven't re-read this series since first reading them all the way back in 2016 so I'm excited to jump into them again. I've been reading Marissa Meyer's Renegades series so I can't wait to jump back into more of her amazing work. I'll likely love it even more than the first time. 

Thanks for reading! Feel free to comment your thoughts. Stay amazing!
Chloe

Saturday, 2 February 2019

January Wrap Up 2019

I'm so happy that, this month, I didn't re-read a single book! Last year, I re-read way too much (about 70% of my total books read) and my aim this year was to read at least 50% new books and I started really well this month! I read a total of 6 books and none of them were re-reads!! It was a great start to the year!

The only problem with only reading new books is that I'm running super behind on book reviews so... stay tuned for many of them!

BOOKS
Uprooted- Naomi Novik 
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I've always heard so much hype about this book and I can now agree that it totally deserves every bit of praise. This story had such an intricate plot and concept of magic and it was fascinating! I loved the characters and so much happened! By the time I'd reached 100 pages, I felt like I'd read an entire novel arc.
Review to come.


If There's No Tomorrow- Jennifer L. Armentrout 
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In my eyes, Jennifer L. Armentrout can do no wrong. This book was stunning and, while it was a lot heavier emotionally than what I was expecting, it left me awestruck and captivated. This is a drama, romance Young Adult book and it's just so easy and interesting to read.
Review to come.

Thursday, 31 January 2019

January and Birthday Haul 2019

January is always a pretty successful month because it's my birthday so I got lots of awesome fandom stuff and I'm so grateful!!!!!

Pre-Birthday
Walking Disaster- Jamie McGuire
The first buy of 2019 and it was a steal! I found this at a charity shop for £1 and it still in pretty good condition! Walking Disaster is effectively the story of Beautiful Disaster but in the guy's point of view. Beautiful Disaster was a total guilty pleasure read for me so I'm sure I'll like this one just as much.
Beautiful Disaster Book Review

Kingdom of Ash- Sarah J. Maas (American Hardcover)
Please don't judge me!!! I really needed this! Yes, I already have a paperback of this book but this was the American Hardback edition! It was too beautiful to resist! I read this book last year and it's one of my all-time favourites so, when I found the stunning American hardcover in a bookshop, it would've been a crime not to buy it. I also have the American copy of Empire of Storms when I went to New York a couple of years ago so that beautiful hardcover was feeling lonely and needed a friend... which I couldn't say no to.
Kingdom of Ash Book Review (Part 1)
Kingdom of Ash Book Review (Part 2)

Saturday, 26 January 2019

The Breakfast Club TAG

It's tag time! As The Breakfast Club was one of my favourite movies last year, I thought I'd do a quick tag revolving around it! I found this on Joely's Reads Youtube channel so I'll link that here in case you want to check it out.

1. Don't You Forget About Me- a book you can't forget for the right or wrong reasons
Holes- Louis Sacher
This is such a nostalgic book for me. I remember my primary school teacher reading it to my class when I was about nine and it was the best story I'd ever heard. There was a major plot twist, I loved the characters and I was just captivated by the plot. I'll always remember this book for the very best of reasons as it's such a lovely part of my childhood.

2. Sincerely Yours, The Breakfast Club- a group of book characters you love
The Morganville Vampires series- Rachel Caine
This is a 15 books series... 15 books! And I've read each and every one multiple times. You don't do that if the characters are sloppy.
The Morganville Vampire series has some of the best characters ever- that's why everyone keeps reading! The plot lines can be a little sub-par sometimes but the characters make everything so worth it. They're all so bad-ass and loyal and sassy and it makes for one hilarious cast of characters.

Thursday, 24 January 2019

Game of Thrones 6x02 'Home' TV TALK

This episode we switched back to a couple of characters that we haven't seen in a while.... characters I was perfectly happy I hadn't seen. This wasn't my favourite episode but it was still extremely entertaining and the beautiful show it always is.








TV TALKS:
Season 1:  1x01  |  1x02  |  1x03  |  1x04  |  1x05  |  1x06  |  1x07  |  1x08  |  1x09  |  1x10
Season 2:  2x01  |  2x02  |  2x03  |  2x04  |  2x05  |  2x06  |  2x07  |  2x08  |  2x09  |  2x10
Season 3:  3x01  |  3x02  |  3x03  |  3x04  |  3x05  |  3x06  |  3x07  |  3x08  |  3x09  |  3x10
Season 4:  4x01  |  4x02  |  4x03  |  4x04  |  4x05  |  4x06  |  4x07  |  4x08  |  4x09  |  4x10
Season 5:  5x01  |  5x02  |  5x03  |  5x04  |  5x05  |  5x06  |  5x07  |  5x08  |  5x09  |  5x10
Season 6:  6x01

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Starting with Bran... he's back! Yay.... We haven't seen him in over a series but he's doing fine- just learning... everything. He may not be my favourite story line ever but I didn't mind seeing into the past- meeting a young Ned and Lyanna as well as a young Hodor- or should I say Wylis!!

Tuesday, 22 January 2019

Renegades- Marissa Meyer BOOK TALK

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I had to give this book five stars because I was addicted from the very first page to the end. It's no secret that I love superheroes (Marvel is my life) and Marissa Meyer took on the challenge so well! There's such a flurry of cool and original powers and I fell into the world so easily.
Renegades reminded me a little of Vicious (V.E. Schwab) because it plays a lot on the idea of good vs evil and how it isn't always an easy binary to distinguish. Renegades really makes you question who's the hero and who's the villain by providing different perspectives and angles on everything which I loved! It was such a fascinating debate to explore and made everything so beautifully complex.
Another thing that Marissa Meyer aced was representation and diversity!!! Because there's such a large cast and selection of prodigies, there was so much for room for diverse characters; ethnicities, sexualities, physical disabilities, ages and appearances! This was just the icing on the cake for me because it was so refreshing to see such a diverse set of awesome and inspiring characters.


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With books like this, it's inevitable you're gonna think about what power you'd want and personally, I'd go straight for Nova or Adrian's... though, I'm kinda leaning towards Nova's. Sure, I'd love to be able to create something just by drawing it but I'm so addicted to being productive and getting things done and just imagine having an extra 12 hours of the day! I wouldn't need to feel guilty about binging TV shows and wasting time ever again!

Saturday, 19 January 2019

Dear Evan Hansen- Val Emmich BOOK TALK

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It's hardly surprising that I loved this book. The musical is one of my favourites and I was super excited when they announced a book was going to be written around the story. This story is perfect for a book format and I was really excited to get even more detail out of the plot! Don't get me wrong, the musical is amazing and heart-felt and relatable but... it's a musical! Like with movies, there's not enough time to get a real in-depth backstory for every character and the book really expanded on certain characters that may have been in the background of the movie.
This story revolves a lot around social anxiety and different relationships which makes it so beautifully relatable. Honestly, this story, book and musical, is a warm hug saying 'it's alright. I understand. You'll be okay and here's why...'




AMAZON

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Warning: This review will contain many comparisons to the musical because, let's face it, it's kind of hard not to compare them.
What I loved most about this book was learning more about Connor. Yes, he has a big presence in the musical but you don't actually find out that much about him- I didn't even know why he'd committed suicide!! I desperately wanted the book to provide more insight into his character and it definitely did! I loved Connor's chapters. It was so interesting to learn about his life, what he really thought of everyone and, especially, his relationship with Miguel! Miguel isn't even mentioned in the musical but I loved his importance to this book. And, honestly, it broke my heart to find out that Miguel didn't reply to Connor's 'I miss you' text because he was at work!! I nearly cried at that point.

Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Mean Girls the Musical SOUNDTRACK REVIEW

Here we are again, getting obsessed with yet another musical.
How to describe Mean Girls? Well, seeing as though I describe Heathers as "Mean Girls with a lot more death", I'll describe Mean Girls as "Heathers with a lot less death." The 2004 movie Mean Girls is actually based off the 1988 movie Heathers so... it sparks the debate of which is better (spoiler alert: it's Heathers).
Despite my overwhelming loyalty to Heathers, I thought I'd give Mean Girls a try and I'll be brutally honest and say that, at first, I didn't like it at all. Sure, there were a couple of songs that were okay but I wasn't all that fussed. Then I saw a Youtube clip of the entire musical and everything changed! Seeing Broadway songs performed is always better and I grew to actually like most of the songs (though I do still skip quite a few)! And since then, I've listened to the soundtrack non-stop and wanted to write a review!!
My favourite songs of the soundtrack are Apex Predator, Someone Gets Hurts and World Burn (mainly because Taylor Louderman who plays Regina George has the most stunning voice). Other than Regina, my favourite characters is also Janis because I can relate to her on a personal level ad she's also played by Barrett Wilbert Weed who is phenomenal (and incidentally played Veronica in Heathers).

A Cautionary Tale
I didn't really like this song at first but, after seeing a Youtube clip of it, it's grown on me! Janis and Damien are easily my favourite characters and this is a nice little introduction to the musical. This song can get super catchy and caught in my head for days on end so be careful!!

It Roars
I do like this song but sometimes it gets a little tedious. This song is nice to listen to but it gets boring after a while and goes on a bit too long for my taste. Cady isn't one of my favourite characters, so I also tend to prefer the songs she doesn't solo.

Saturday, 12 January 2019

Forever Fictional is Three Years Old!!!

It's that time of year again when Forever Fictional is officially a year older!!! We've sped through the terrible twos and now we're three years old!! My baby's growing up so fast *wipes away stray tear*
So, like always, I wanted to look back over the year and check out my highlights and favourite posts!
As always, thank you so much to every person who follows, likes and comments on my blog! I love you all so much!!!

Strings- Original Poetry
I didn't post as much poetry as I wanted to last year but I'm really happy with the pieces that I did. Yes, there are many other poems that I wrote last year but... maybe a little too personal to post. Sorry, not sorry.

World Book Day Baking w/ Kailtin

Like always, World Book Day is a great highlight of every year and last year was super fun as me and Kailtin (Liber Amoris) made bookish cupcakes!! Honestly, we're running out of fun bookish activities to do every year so, if you have any suggestions, we're all ears! But this ended up being super fun and the cupcakes looked amazing by the end (maybe a baking career will be a fallback if I don't become a writer... but let's hope not).

Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Game of Thrones 6x01 'The Red Woman' TV TALK

After the huge events of season five, it's hard to fathom how this show would improve.... and yet it always does! From the title of this episode, I was hoping for a certain thing to happen... but alas, it is not the time just yet. I have been spoiled for a major plot point so I know what's coming but it doesn't make the show any less entertaining.





TV TALKS:
Season 1:  1x01  |  1x02  |  1x03  |  1x04  |  1x05  |  1x06  |  1x07  |  1x08  |  1x09  |  1x10
Season 2:  2x01  |  2x02  |  2x03  |  2x04  |  2x05  |  2x06  |  2x07  |  2x08  |  2x09  |  2x10
Season 3:  3x01  |  3x02  |  3x03  |  3x04  |  3x05  |  3x06  |  3x07  |  3x08  |  3x09  |  3x10
Season 4:  4x01  |  4x02  |  4x03  |  4x04  |  4x05  |  4x06  |  4x07  |  4x08  |  4x09  |  4x10
Season 5:  5x01  |  5x02  |  5x03  |  5x04  |  5x05  |  5x06  |  5x07  |  5x08  |  5x09  |  5x10

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Let's start in the North with the aftermath of Jon's demise. Davos, Ghost and a few other members of the Night's Watch stay by Jon's side to defend and protect him from the other mutineers (basically the whole of the Night's Watch). I'm beginning to really love Davos- he's a loyal and righteous guy in a world dull of psychos. We need to appreciate men like Davos more often.

Saturday, 5 January 2019

Most Anticipated Releases 2019

2019 is looking to be an amazing year and there are so many books, movies and TV shows that I'm super excited for! So, I thought I'd list out the things I'm looking forward to most!

Books
Storm and Fury (The Dark Elements #4)- Jennifer L. Armentrout
I've been excited about this ever since I heard it was a thing. The Dark Elements series was originally a trilogy but this a spin-off series starting, following a new protagonist amongst old characters and it sounds so good! The protagonist apparently has the same eye disease Jennifer L. Armentrout has so I'm super interested to learn more about that and any type of awareness creates an instant A+ in my book.

The Burning Shadow (Origin #2)- Jennifer L. Armentrout
Let's face it, Jennifer L. Armentrout could release a dictionary and it would be on this list. This is the second book of the Origin series which is the spin-off series to the Lux books. I love this world, I love these characters and I'm going to love reading every single word. I received a digital arc of the first book last year so I'm gonna cross my fingers and pray for an arc of this one as well.

Again But Better- Christine Riccio 
Christine Riccio may be better known as the Youtube channel PolandbananasBOOKS and, as soon as she said she was writing a book a couple of years ago, I was ready for this. Yes, there's a major controversy around Youtube books but I think Booktubers are naturally and genuinely going to write books because we all love reading and the dream for many readers is to become a writer one day. Nevertheless, I'm so pumped for this book and am expecting that classic and infectious Xtinemay humour from this book.

Tuesday, 1 January 2019

December and Christmas Haul 2018!!!

Pre-Christmas
G'morning G'night- Lin Manuel Miranda
I got this early in the month as a gift from my mum which was the sweetest thing ever! It was a celebratory gift for me passing my driving test and it's a book I've been needing for a while! Lin Manuel Miranda is the writer of the musical Hamilton and this book is a compilation of his inspirational tweets. I've been reading it exactly how it should be read- one tweet in the morning and one in the evening. Sure, it means I'm only getting through two pages a day and it'll probably take me months to finish, but I'm enjoying it so far.

Queen of Air and Darkness- Cassandra Clare
This book was an extremely anticipated release for a lot of people and, honestly, I think I just bought it for the sake of it. I have the giant and beautiful editions of the first two books in this trilogy so I had to get the same version before they switched it to a smaller edition simply so they would match. But, I've been thinking about this a lot lately, and I may not get any of Cassandra Clare's books in the future. I feel like the Shadowhunter world has stretched on too long now and getting myself to read each book seems like a chore. I've got so little time to read and so little bookshelf space that all these spin-off book planned for the Shadowhunter world just isn't worth it to me anymore.
(I'm sorry to rub it in your face that I have this, Shayna. I'm sure yours will come in the post soon ;D)

Saturday, 29 December 2018

December Wrap Up 2018

And 2018 is over!!! I managed to read a total of 101 books this year (a whopping pass over my target of 50 books) which I'm super pleased with! But I also realised how much I re-read books because, out of that entire 101, only 32 books were ones that I hadn't read before. So, my target for next year is definitely to read more new books and to cut back on re-reading.

BOOKS
A Bad Boy Stole My Bra- Lauren Price (Re-read)
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For some reason, I was in the mood for a cute contemporary which practically never happens to me when it's winter. But, after reading the entirety of the masterpiece that is the Throne of Glass series, I can understand my need for a simple and easy book that isn't likely to tear my heart into pieces. I only read this for the first time earlier this year but it was so much fun and I had the urge to give it a re-read. I don't think I enjoyed it as much as the first time but it was definitely still enjoyable and entertaining.

November 9- Colleen Hoover (Re-read)
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Yes, I missed a trick by not re-reading this in November but I made up for it now. I always feel the need to re-read this book every winter and, boy, was I happy I did because this book never fails to pull me through every single human emotion in the best way possible.
November 9 Review

A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOTAR #2)- Sarah J. Maas (Re-read)
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By this point, I'd read a couple of books and, already, I was missing Sarah J. Maas (I think I have a serious problem). As always, ACOMAF was a delight to re-read because it's my favourite book of all time and it makes me so inexplicably happy. This book is the most character-based book of the trilogy and I love that because these characters are so amazing and it's so much fun to learn about them all and watch their relationships develop.
A Court of Mist and Fury Review

Tuesday, 25 December 2018

The Festive Christmas BOOK TAG

As it's Christmas, I figured you can't go wrong with a good Christmas themed book tag! I found this tag over at Briony Marshall's author blog so I'll link that in case you wanna go and check it out.
On with the tag!

1. A fictional family you would like to spend Christmas dinner with?
Covey Family- To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Jenny Han)
Can you imagine the Christmas dinner they'd make?!?! The Coveys have such a lovely passion for cooking and baking and this Christmas dinner would be heaven to me. The company would be good too, obviously. The Covey family are so close, very much like mine, so I think a Christmas dinner would feel very homely and comfortable with them.
But mainly, the food.


2. A bookish item you would like to receive as a gift?
Ravenclaw scarf
I've been a Ravenclaw for many years and have desperately been dreaming for a scarf for so damn long. But they're hella expensive and I haven't yet convinced anyone to get me one as a gift. Just you wait, one day I'll buy myself one as a present. Treat yourself, eh?


Saturday, 22 December 2018

Top 5 Books of 2018

This year, I read a total of 101 books which is miles better than the 50 book challenge I made myself. Having said that, only 33 of those books were new books... I've realised just how much I re-read stuff. So, actually, there wasn't a large number of books to pick my favourites from but there were some definite highlights. I've actually been a little harsh this year and could only think up five books/series but there are a few honorary mentions too...
Like always, this is list is compiled of my favourite books I read this year- they don't need to have been released in 2018, just read by me for the first time.
On with the favourites!

Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7)- Sarah J. Maas
It was no question this book was making it at the top of my list. Kingdom of Ash was the epic conclusion to the Throne of Glass series and by conclusion, I mean epic-battle-soul-crushing-gripping-addictive-and-sob-inducing finale. If you've ever struggled to get through the previous books in the series, I can say, without a doubt, that this book is completely worth it. I was laughing, I was crying, I was hysterical and I wouldn't change a single word in this masterpiece. I'm absolutely gutted that this series is over because I'm going to miss these characters so much! Watching them all grow and seeing how much they've all changed has been so amazing and it was extremely difficult to say goodbye (I may have been uncontrollably sobbing for the last 100 or so pages of this book).
Kingdom of Ash Reviews Part 1
Kingdom of Ash Review Part 2

Thursday, 20 December 2018

Top 5 TV Shows of 2018

Time for TV Shows!!! This year has been pretty epic in terms of TV shows (even with the glaring absence of Game of Thrones). Like always, this list is comprised of my favourite shows that I watched for the first time this year- they don't need to be released in 2018, just watched by me for the first time.


Killing Eve Season 1
I had to start with Killing Eve because it's become my new obsession. This series follows a female assassin and an MI5 reject tracking her. They both become sort of fascinated and obsessed with each other and it turns into a cat and mouse game of who can find who first who, who can toy with the other more. This series was so much fun. It was sexy, gripping and hilarious. You wouldn't expect an action-thriller-who-dunnit to also be a comedy, but it works so damn well. The female assassin, Villanelle, is maybe my favourite character in existence at the moment and the acting is on point! I would strongly suggest you watch this show pronto!
Killing Eve Review


Riverdale Season 1 and 2 
This year, me and my brother marathoned both the first and second series of Riverdale. I sort of have a love/hate relationship with Riverdale because it's so easy to mock! I think if I took this show too seriously, I would absolutely hate it. But, instead, me and my brother like to make fun of all the predictable plots and useless characters and we end up in stitches by the end of every episode! So, while the show doesn't create the impression it probably intends to, I absolutely love it all the same. A guilty pleasure, if you will.
Reviews:
1x01  |  1x02  |  1x03  |  1x04  |  1x05