Bria Lou Reviews

You may have seen this book in last Friday's 'What's In My Bag' post, and it you haven't, you can read it here ! I had never read a Sarra Manning book before I read this one. I bought it on a whim because I read the burb and I thought it looked like an interesting read. I was not disappointed! The book is about Bea. Bea is a  'dull' girl who doesn't have proper friends and has a fixed routine. She is a 17-year-old who behaves like a 50-year-old. So Bea finds it a bit weird when her ex-best-friend Ayesha invites Bea to join the 'popular' clique, with an extended invitation to join the girls in Malaga. But things like this never go to plan, and Bea ends up on the train to Paris, to see the father she never knew in the place she's always been in love with. Along the way, she meets 6 American students, one of which, she develops an instant crush on. His name is Toph. But sooner or later, Bea has to decide. Will she be the good girl she alwa...

I can't believe I'm saying this, but this post is my 4th 'favourites' post! I can't believe that I've been blogging this long. I remember when blogging was something that I was scared to do because I thought that no one would care what I had to say. If you've even read one post, let alone more than one post, thank you so much. I hope you enjoy what I've enjoyed this month! Favourite Movie: Oculus I only saw this a few days ago, but I loved it so much that I had to put it in. However, if you're a horror enthusiast like me you may be disappointed. The film didn't scare me at all, which is something that I look for in good horror movies. The reason that I loved this was because of the story. I liked the way it was portrayed and I love the fact that you couldn't guess what would happen in the end. Favourite TV Show: Two And A Half Men I. Am. Obsessed. I watch this show at least once every day, sometimes I watch the same episode on ...

I can't believe it, but this blog has been properly up and running for 3 months! I know that this won't seem like a long time to most people reading, but for me, it's a huge amount of time! I'm the type of person that starts a million different things at once and gets bored of every one of them. And I never had long-term plans for this blog, it was always something that I wanted to do but I never thought that people would like it. I never expected to have followers, or have people tweeting about my blog or commenting on it. But the amount of support that I have got for my blog is amazing! If you've commented on my blog in any way, whether on the hopeful forum, on twitter or on the blog itself, thank you so much. On Thursday, I played around with my blog a bit. If you're not reading this on a laptop then you may not have noticed (I've not worked out how to change anything on the phone version yet!) but if you are reading on a laptop, then you would ha...

Hey guys This is going to be completely different to anything that I've done on this blog so far. Normally, the people who have done this have been labelled 'beauty gurus' and have lots of their make-up in their bags. My version is going to be a bit different. I have unintentionally filled a bag with everything that I have used over the last week, and decided to wait to unpack it until I was ready to take pictures for this blog. All the pictures that I have taken have been on a white Fujifilm Finepix L55 and I love this camera so much. I'm not very good at photography and this is the first time that I have used a proper camera in a post rather than my phone, so I hope that the pictures came out well! This post starts with the bag itself: The bag I've been using is a pink Michael Kors bag that is shared between me and my mum. I love this bag because it's spacious and I can pack a lot of things into it without it getting too heavy. This is the i...

If you've been following me for a while now (or have read all of my posts) you will have seen me review 'I've got your number' which is also by Sophie Kinsella. If you haven't seen my post, you can view it here ! At the end of that post, I recommended this book and said that I would be reviewing it at a later date. Well, the time has come for me to review it and I am so excited to share my thoughts on this book with you. The book is about a successful lawyer called Samantha. She is Cambridge-educated and has an IQ of 158. Everything in her life is going...ok. It could be better, but she's happy with the way it is. Until she makes a mistake. A mistake that will single-handedly ruin her career. So, like some of us, instead of facing up to her mistake, Samantha runs away. She ends up walking into the house of Trish and Eddie Geiger, a rich couple in desperate need of a new housekeeper. Enter Samantha. She doesn't know it, but she has unknowingly signed up...

I am a huge lover of BoyBands! Seriously, since I was about 11, I have been in and out of love with various different BoyBands. But, as well as that, I am someone who only really listens to 'mainstream' music, and BoyBands generally make up most of today's 'big top 40'. Here are my current favourite BoyBands and my favourite songs of theirs. 10) Boys II Men I have loved Boys II Men from a young age. Although they are American, I would always hear their music growing up and I have heard covers of their songs sang many times by many different people. I haven't heard them in a long time and have no idea what any of them are up to right now, but I will always listen to their songs, as I love them so much! Favourite Song: End Of The Road   9) The Backstreet Boys I don't know that much about The Backstreet Boys as people, but I know that some of their songs are my favourite songs ever! As with Boys II Men, I listen to people covering their songs all th...

Giovanna Fletcher is someone that I love, as an author and a person. Of course, this is largely due to my obsession with McFly! Giovanna is married to Tom Fletcher from McFly and they now have a child together, called Buzz, who is the cutest baby ever! She's also the sister-in-law of one of my favourite female YouTubers, Carrie Hope Fletcher. I have her second book, 'You're The One That I Want' waiting for me to start reading, which you can see in my book haul ! Billy and Me is about a girl called Sophie May. Sophie has always lived in the same place, never wanting to try anything new. When all of her friends decide to go to university, Sophie decides against this, choosing to stay at home to look after her mum, working at the local tea-and-cake shop. But things change when Sophie finds out that a film crew is coming to her small town, to shoot a remake of 'Pride and Prejudice', one of Sophie's favourite books. The star of the film? Only Billy Buskin,...

Hey Guys x Sorry for the shortage of posts within the last few days, due to me feeling incredibly sick. Today's post is going to be the more 'vlogging' day-in-the-life style post that I've only done once before, but people seemed to really enjoy. Last Friday (11th July) was the 17th birthday of my best/oldest friend, Lilly,  but unfortunately, we couldn't celebrate on that day because we were in college. On that Friday was Arts Evening at our college, a day to celebrate the artists in our school. Different people showcased their artistic talents. Friends of mine showcased photos, paintings, sculptures and it was amazing. Lilly played an amazing piece on the piano and my sister sang with the choir, it was a great event. As well as this, each form class created a stall based on a childhood novel, selling food and decorating, and they all looked amazing. This picture is from my friend's 'Alice In Wonderland' Stall, and can be found on Li...

This is going to be a short, slightly discombobulated post, nevertheless I can't wait to post it! As girls, we have to admit, we've all had that thought when something goes wrong: "I wish this was a dream, I wish this could just end, why is this happening to me?" and this is completely normal. I have these thoughts at least twice a day and it doesn't get any easier. However, if our lives were movies, would we have the best lives? Which genre would you want your life to be? Action The best mix of danger and fun. You'll have to risk your life in more ways than one, but it will all work out in the end. You're the main character, and the main character never dies. Comedy   A laugh a minute, this is the genre for you if you enjoy laughing and making other people laugh. There is no life-risking involved and, at the end of the day, the first person laughing is the last person to stop.   Crime   Fancy being a detective? Join the crew! Yo...

You probably saw this book (not this exact version) in my book haul. If you haven't seen it, you can read it here ! As you may know, I was a huge fan of 'The Fault In Our Stars' also written by John Green. In a way, I'm annoyed that I read TFIOS first because it raised my expectations for all other books that I will read by him. So, for that reason, I was slightly disappointed with this book. I loved it, and if I had not read TFIOS first, I would have loved it even more than I already do. The book is about Quentin Jacobson and his next-door neighbour Margo Roth Spiegelman. Margo, out of the blue, summons Quentin on an all-night adventure, which leaves him excited and reeling. He has been in love with Margo for years and thinks that tonight will finally be the night, the night when she falls in love with him too. However, this doesn't go to plan. Margo disappears. Quentin is worried, has she been kidnapped, has she been killed? It doesn't seem likely, espe...

I hate public speaking! Whether it's in front of 10 people or 100 people, I will always hate having to give presentations to people that I don't know well enough to be comfortable around. Like most bloggers, I express myself much better in writing than I ever could speaking, which is why I have so much fun writing on this blog. The main reason that I dislike public speaking is because, as the title of this post suggests, I always tend to over think it. So instead of giving you tips about not being scared of speaking in public, I am going to give you 3 tips about how not to overthink public speaking. 1) Some People Aren't Listening. This is something that I find comforting. When you give a presentation, in class, for example, not everyone is going to be listening to you. Some people will be nervous about giving their own presentation, and other people will just be waiting for the presentations to end. So if you make a small mistake, take comfort in the fact that ...