Sunday, May 3, 2015

Sunday Musings: New Books & Only Lovers Left Alive [2]

After doing some more blogsphere discovering, I stumbled upon The Sunday Post Meme hosted by the lovely Caffinated Book Reviewer. It is quite similar to what I'm doing here with my Sunday musings and so, I will be linking to it from here on - check it out if this is something you're interested in as well!

This week went by rather quickly. Between work and blogging and reading - I barely slept. That's okay though, I'm use to that by now after three years of university procrastination development! I did get a chance to watch one of my favourite movies this week- Only Lovers Left Alive. It stars Tilda Swinton and tom Hiddleston and is a loose modern interpretation of Adam and Eve as vampires. The soundtrack is beautiful and the cinematography is dark and grungy. Great vibes and mood set with Tilda and Tom! I definitely recommend checking it out if you're in the mood for a dark and twisty romance!
Photo by Sandro Kopp - © 2013 - Sony Pictures Classics

As the month of May rolls in, I begin my #monthofmaybookchallenge over on instagram. Again I am so amazed by the support and love of the book blogging community across all platforms (Blogger, Instagram, Wordpress, Bloglovin' etc.). If you don't do the whole Instagram thing fair enough I'll post some of the challenge photos here for you lovely lot!

Day 1 : May TBR

Day 2 : Book & Glasses

Day 3 : New Books

The two books pictured on Day 3 of my #monthofmaybookchallenge are the newest additions to my bookshelf and boy are the covers pretty! The first one pictured is Finding Paris By Joy Preble. Based off the synopsis on the cover sleeve, it seems to be about a pair of sisters who set out on an adventure to have fun but one of them ditches the other making the one sister set out on a journey to find her. All the while learning about herself. It sounds extremely interesting and so now it has been added to my ever growing TBR pile of books!

The second book is How to Be Bad By E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle. These three authors have written other great teen novels and so I was super excited to stumble upon this read! I believe this is a new cover of the original book - not a new book in general. The sounds of this one are three friends who seem to be stuck in their hometowns dealing with boy problems, school problems and family ones. Together they set out on a drive with no destination in mind and no clue what their goal is but ultimately, each one of them will find answers they never knew they were searching for. 

Both of these books sound like great summer reads for me and I cannot wait to read them!

Question for you guys out there: What are some of your favourite movies? Any recommendations?
Let me know in the comments below!

AS ALWAYS,
HAPPY READING!
-Sherry

10 comments:

  1. I never think of Instagram (or Pinterest for that matter) as being a useful platform for readers or book bloggers. I'll go and check out the challenge (thanks for sharing the hashtag)!

    Deb

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    1. I really find inspiration with Instagram and Pinterest. There are a lot of pretty things to look at sometimes that I just can't help but find ways to incorporate some themes into my own blogs! Definitely do browse around the tag - some awesome stuff out there! Thanks for stopping by! ♥

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  2. I don't have an Instagram, but it looks super fun. I think I'd definitely like to start one someday for my blog. Your May challenge looks like so much fun!

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    1. The May challenge is a good way to get myself use to posting on a schedule xD Plus there's so many pretty pictures of books on there! Thanks for the love ♥ Totally let me know when you get on Instagram ;P

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  3. Glad you found the Sunday Post and linked up. I love Instagram and will follow your challenge. Yep, I guess after 3 years of school you are use to limited sleep but I hope you get to indulge in a little R&R

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    1. All the people who linked to Sunday post are awesome! Got to find some really cool books that I haven't heard of before! I'd rather spend time reading anyways ;P Thank you so much for stopping by ♥

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  4. Thanks for sharing your bookstagram, I'm following you now! those monthly challenges are great for inspiring you, but I found I couldn't keep up with posting and taking photos daily! I now take a bunch on the weekend now and space them out.

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    1. That is a really good idea! I find it hard to take daily pictures now too! I will try that trick out! Thanks for sharing that info!

      & thanks for following over on the 'gram! Love your feed on there! ♥

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  5. I love Only Lovers Left Alive - the acting in it is pretty damn wonderful and the soundtrack is awesome! It looks like you got some sweet books this week! I really enjoyed How to Love and I'm hoping I have time to read Me and Earl and the Dying Girl before I see the film version of it. Happy reading!

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    1. I love like that gritty pyschdelic feeling Only Lovers Left Alive had! It was really damn wonderful! I've heard such amazing reviews of the movie adaptation of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl but I totally need to read the book before I see it!

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