So, as you may have guessed by the title this is the second part of my bottom shelf tour! I'm going to get right into it because I have nothing else to say and this post is going to be preeeeeetty long anyway!
So, as you can see, this is where the bottom shelf morphed into notebooks and fiction (totally of it's own accord, the books literally flew and perched themselves on this shelf.) Next to the Children's British History Encyclopedia mentioned last time are three notebooks and an English to French/French to English Dicionary, there's not really much I can say about the notebooks other than they're pretty so I don't like writing in them (defeats the purpose really, doesn't it?) As far as the dictionary goes, as I mentioned in my 'Me?' page I am far from bilingual and need all the help I can get (However, I don't use it nor do I see myself using it at any point in the near future.)
After that we come to Jacky Daydream and My Secret Diary both biographies by Jacqueline Wilson. I read these when I was around 8-10 years old and loved them, mainly because I was a huge fan of Jacqueline's writing. I've kept them mainly in case I ever feel the urge to delve into my childhood (which I do on a regular basis, in the means of watching Disney films.)
The next three books are Slide by Jill Hathaway, Elixir by Hilary Duff and The Blessed by Tonya Hurley. I read both Slide and Elixir quite a while ago, but remember them for having quite interesting plots and have kept them because (although I very rarely re-read books) I may want to re-read them. The Blessed, however I have not read. (Tried, but not read.) I decided to keep it because I keep on picking it up, starting to read it and then putting it back. In other words I WILL, I repeat WILL, read it.
Lovely, Dark and Deep by Amy McNamara, Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs and A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking are the last four books on this shelf. Lovely, Dark and Deep- was bought by my mum during the weekly shop at Asda and has somehow landed on my bookshelf, she's read it- I haven't and that's that. Wreck This Journal was bought for me by a friend, Elke (Pronounced, El-Kah) for my birthday, I've started to 'wreck it' but it's apparently a rather slow process. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was borrowed from someone and I apparently haven't given it back. My reason for borrowing it is: I heard great reviews of it on the interweb. I did try to read it but, again- it just didn't seem to happen for some reason. Which is sad, because this particular book had a very intriguing plot line that I'd like to learn more about. (Maybe I'll get my own copy/ borrow it from the library to give it another go.) Finally, I bought A Brief History of Time whilst shopping with my dad. *Insert possibly irrelevant yet brief information (not about the history of time, hahaha!)*
A Brief Story:
My dad is a huge space enthusiast, he owns two telescopes, has multiple apps for star gazing (and whatnot) as well as forming quite the collection of space related trivia.
*Back to whatever I was saying earlier*
Where was I...Oh right "Whilst shopping with my dad." We were in the non-fiction section of Waterstones and I came across A Brief History of Time. Now, because of my dad's passion for space and astronomy related things- I am all the more interested in the ways of the world. I decided, what a better way to understand the working's of the Earth than from the beginning. Taadaah! I bought the book and (this seems to be the theme of this blog post) started to read it, then picked up something else.
Advice of the day: Never put yourself in the situation where you're reading 3+ books at once. It doesn't work. Unless it does work for you, in which case- bravo to you, fellow friend of the interweb!
Gonna hit the road spotted toad-L
