January
- Les Miserables -Victor Hugo
- A Brief History of Montmaray -Michelle Cooper
- Behind the Beautiful Forevers -Katherine Boo
February
- Why we Broke up -Daniel Handler
March
- A Visit From the Goon Squad -Jennifer Egan
- The Book of Disquiet -Fernando Pessoa
April
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close -Jonothan Safron Foer (re-read for Uni)
- Catching Fire -Suzanne Collins
May
June
- The Night Circus -Erin Morgenstern
jan 10 2013 ∞ dec 30 2013 +
A compilation of what I found to be the most memorable/beautiful/heart breaking endings.
aug 26 2012 ∞ nov 14 2013 +
- an assortment of cold cuts and cheeses
- rustic wholemeal bread
- fresh berries; mulberries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries
- hot chocolate in a thermos with homemade marshmallows
- scones with jam and cream
- leafy greens; spinach, rocket and salad lettuce
- wildflower honey
- cherry tomatoes
mar 31 2012 ∞ mar 31 2012 +
- almond
- blueberry (with milk too, so I can drink purple tea)
- english breakfast
- mixed berry
- pepermint
- punjabi chai
- rose and vanilla (with honey)
- peach iced tea
feb 6 2012 ∞ oct 1 2013 +
- be brave
- be motivated
- be organized
- continue to create
- cry a little less
- do well in my studies
- keep a journal
- learn to love
- remain magical. Never grow up
- remember that I am beautiful; no room for doubts or comparison
- remember to study the stars (and wish on them regularly)
- stay healthy (perhaps lose a bit of weight)
- tend to a little garden of my own (fruits, veggies and flowers)
jan 6 2012 ∞ feb 7 2012 +
- Canadian woods (to get lost)
- Cottingley (in search of faeries)
- Isolated countryside (small cottage with a vegetable garden)
- Narnia (tea with Mr tumnes, playing in the snow and turkish delight)
- Netherlands (clogs and bicycles and windmills and boats)
- Neverland (dancing all night with Peter)
- New Zealand
- North Pole (via the Polar express)
- Oxford in England (antique/vintage shopping, bookshops)
- Paris, France (shopping, Laduree, food markets and the Lourve)
- Scoatney (in search of a crumbling castle)
- Secret Gardens (planting silver bells and cockleshells and marigolds all in a row)
- The Lake District
aug 7 2011 ∞ feb 11 2012 +
- A Little Princess
- Atonement
- Bambi
- Bright Star
- Finding Neverland
- Harry Potter
- Hugo
- I Capture the Castle
- Lady and the Tramp
- Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
- Marie Antoinette
- Midnight in Paris
- Miss Potter
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Peter Pan
- Tangled
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Titanic
jul 18 2011 ∞ jan 1 2013 +
- brownies
- butter cream
- caramel fudge
- caramel slice
- chocolate
- cupcakes
- devonshire tea
- faery floss
- homemade jam
- lemon meringue pie
- lemon delicious
- macarons
- mashmallows
- muffins
- ooey gooey biscuits (toffee, choc bits)
- pancakes
- shortbread
- sticky date pudding
- sugar mice
- victoria sponge
- apple pie
jul 18 2011 ∞ may 12 2012 +
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- ✔ tartan shift dress
- floral pinafore
- ✔ polka dot pinafore
- ✔ gigham circle skirt
jun 26 2013 ∞ jan 26 2014 +
- ✔ Anna Karenina
- ✔ Ballet Shoes
- Before Sunrise
- Before Sunset
- ✔ Daisies
- Days of Heaven
- Dead Poets society
- Eternal sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Farewell, my Queen
- ✔ Kill Your Darlings
- la tête en friche
- ✔ Le renard et l'enfant
- Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
- Lolita
- ✔ Nowhere Boy
- Picnic at Hanging Rock
- ✔ Populaire
- ✔ Renoir
- Russian Ark
- Sleeping Beauty (2011)
- The Duchess
jan 1 2013 ∞ apr 17 2014 +
- abandoned books
- dead flowers
- the diving bell and the butterfly
- forgotten hopes and dreams
- letters from soldiers to their sweetheart
- nostalgia
- old porcelain dolls
- Peter Pan
- photo albums
- sad eyed boys
- starry skies
- the knowledge that childhood has slipped by
- the old woman who tries to sell her antiques every Sunday
- the rare occasions you see someone cry
- the titanic wreckage;
- treasures at the bottom of the sea
may 12 2012 ∞ may 31 2012 +
- be a 'Tumbleweed' at Shakespeare and Co. Paris
- fall in love
- find a forest and become completely lost
- find a perfect vintage bike. Ride it more regularly than driving
- go on an art tour in Italy
- go to Antarctica
- have a party for my 18th. Theme: Marie Antoinette
- live in Paris for a year at least
- master another language
- meet Eddie Redmayne
- own a bakery
- paint a book for children (like Beatrix Potters tales)
- ride the carousel in Paris
- see sadness in someones eyes and fix it
- send a message in a bottle
- study overseas
- take up saxophone as a hobby again (I mis...
mar 4 2012 ∞ oct 1 2013 +
Indicates for school*
January
- Extremely loud and incredibly close -Jonathan Safran Foer.
- Winnie the Pooh 80th anniversary edition - A.A Milne
- The Lost Garden -Helen Humphreys
- Frankenstein -Mary Shelley*
February
- Birdsong -Sebastian Faulks
- Looking for Alaska -John Green
- Stargirl -Jerry Spinelli
- A Little Princess -Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret -Brian Selznick
March
- Paris: A Guide to the City's Creative Heart -Janelle McCulloch
- The Hunger Games -Suzanne Collins
April
jan 11 2012 ∞ dec 21 2012 +
- baking
- buying new pajamas or night gowns
- chocolate
- dancing in your room with music on full blast
- having a bath with lots of bubbles
- helping a stranger
- laughter with friends and family
- painting and drawing
- reading
- singing
- stargazing
- staying off Facebook for a while
- tidying and decorating your room
- watching feel good movies (no matter how corny) and musicals
- watching the sun set
- writing
- buying gifts for Christmas and festive crafts
dec 1 2011 ∞ jan 26 2012 +
- Angelina ballerina
- Franklin
- Hairy Maclary
- Lizzie McGuire
- Madeline
- Modern Classics of Hans Christian Andersen
- Pingu
- The World of Peter Rabbit and friends
- The Worst Witch
jul 18 2011 ∞ sep 6 2011 +
- art galleries
- bakeries
- bookshops
- cafes
- forests
- gardens
- grandparents
- hills
- ice rinks
- imaginary worlds
- kitchen
- libraries
- lush
- museums
- my room
- the markets
- theaters
- vintage shops
jul 18 2011 ∞ jul 23 2011 +
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- Wishing for tomorrow_-Hilary McKay
- Dead Poets Society_-Kleinbaum, N.H
- ✔ Sweet Paris_-Paul, Michael
- ✔ The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories Vol. 1
- ✔ The Language of Flowers_-Diffenbaugh, Vanessa
- The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris_-Colgan, Jenny
- Picnic at Hanging Rock_-Joan Lindsay
- Crush_-Siken, Richard
- The Last Unicorn_-Peter S. Beagle
- Starust_-Neil Gaiman
- ✔ Red Velvet and Chocolate Heartache
jul 3 2013 ∞ dec 26 2013 +
- buy a second hand analog camera-take photos
- catch up with pen pal correspondence
- cook dinner more often
- ✔ DIY exercise books for uni (inspired by O-Check)
- do a lot more thrifting
- do some self study (ie French, astronomy)
- learn to drive...
- paint (and begin creating a storybook)
- ✔ plan potential 18th party
- pocket book sketch
- ✔ preserve some flowers
- ✔ read
- ✔ sew a denim circle skirt
- sew some floral skirts
- star gaze
- tend to a little garden of my own (buy some fuchsias)
- ✔ write, write, write
jan 1 2013 ∞ dec 9 2013 +
Abracadabra, wow!
- I like boys who work in bookshops and girls who keep dream journals
- I like forgotten treasures
- I like books that break your heart
- I like water droplets on rose petals
- I like swift glances exchanged with strangers
- I like lighting candles while listening to mix tapes
- I like watching a film in an empty cinema
- I like people who never smile. Ever. And I like people who smile
- I like ribbons tied around wrists
- I love peter pan collars
- Today I soaked up the sunshine
In some ways, I love everything. It's less, it's less of a thing to like, it's less distinct, it's less particular. I like things I like but I love everything. Ther...
jul 20 2012 ∞ jul 21 2012 +
- an avid baker (and eater...)
- childish
- but also more mature than most my age
- don't want to grow up, yet cannot wait for a new chapter in life
- a heart for sadness and beauty
- I have terrible wanderlust
- horrendously fragile. Find myself crying too much
- and yet, I have a fighting spirit.
- had a kidney transplant when I was eight years old
- independent
- keeps a diary of hopes and dreams
- likes vintage clothes
- loves to read more than anything
- romantic mind
- still (secretly) aches to fly away to Neverland
- terrible at math
- tiny compared to my tall family
mar 24 2012 ∞ oct 1 2013 +
- All the world is made of is faith, and trust, and pixie dust
- Can anything harm us, mother, after the night-lights are lit?" "Nothing, precious," she said; "they are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard her children.
- Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
- I'm not young enough to know everything
- If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!
- If you have it (love), you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.
- Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow
jan 26 2012 ∞ jan 26 2012 +
- James Franco
- Dane DeHaan
- Ben Whishaw
- Dylan O'Brian
- Eddie Redmayne
- Freddie Highmore
- James McAvoy
- Peter Pan
- Peter Pevensie
- Robbie Turner
- Sam Claflin
dec 21 2011 ∞ dec 12 2013 +
- ✔ a job (to earn lots and lots of pennies)
- a typewriter
- Air Mail letter set
- all twenty three editions of Beatrix Potters tales
- bicycle
- ✔ biscuit cutters
- DSLR camera
- ✔ eyeliner
- faery lights
- Flower Fairies Complete collection
- glitter nailpolish
- Kinfolk ice cream magazine issue
- ✔ Ladurees cookbook Sucre
- ✔ Lush (can never have too much of it)
- ✔ mary janes
- musical carousel
- ✔ new coat
- ✔ new letter writing stationary
- ✔ peter pan collar blouse with gold glitter collar
jul 21 2011 ∞ jun 27 2013 +
Read:
- Pride & Prejudice- Jane Austen
- The Rose and the Beast- Francesca Lia Block
- Never Let me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Bell Jar- Sylvia Plath
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe- C.S Lewis
- Lunch in Paris- Elizabeth Bard
- Complete book of Grimms fairytales
- Enduring Love- Ian McEwan
- Love in the making- Roisin Meaney
- A doll house- Henrik Ibsen
- Life of Pi- Yann Martel
- Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov
- I Capture the Castle- Dodie Smith
- The Secret Garden- Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Maestro- Peter Goldsworthy
- Chocolat- Joanna Harris
- Wildwood Dancing- Juliet Marillier
jul 18 2011 ∞ dec 19 2011 +
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