Bria Lou Reviews

Hey Guys x As you can see from the title, today's post is a Favourites post. I'm so excited to share what I've been loving this month with you! Favourite Movie: Star Trek: Into Darkness In all my life, I never thought I was the kind of person who could be obsessed with the Star Trek franchise. However, I am now completely obsessed with the Star Trek reboot, and this is a great addition to the franchise! Benedict Cumberbatch is introduced as a new Villain (Khan) and he does an amazing job. The acting in this is brilliant, but I love that the seriousness is broken up with small, subtle moments of levity and, at times, comedy. Even if you don't think you'd be a fan, definitely give this franchise a chance! Favourite TV Show: Gossip Girl I am loving this right now! I love watching all the rich kids on the Upper East Side and seeing the drama that they get themselves into. Season 2 was incredible, and so I've started watching season 3. I know that this ...

Hey Guys x I watched a film a few weeks ago, called 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' - and no, this isn't a review. The loose plot of the film is that, a couple that have had a messy break-up get in touch with a company that can erase them from each other's memory. However, what I really wanted to talk about was the amazing title of the film, which I have to admit, took me a while to figure out. But it means that, if your mind is void of memories, it's constantly happy. In other words, if you have no memory of any bad things that have ever happened to you, your life will always be happy, like the sun is always shining. And I have to say, I kind of disagree with this. As much as, yes, if I didn't have to relive all of my embarrassing, anxiety-provoking moments I might be happier, but if I never knew sadness, I wouldn't really know happiness would I? Like, if you've never had a lowest moment, how will you ever know what your highest...

Hey Guys x I'm running out of ways to introduce my favourites! Comment below some things that you've been enjoying this month! Favourite Movie: The Adjustment Bureau I love this film so much! It's about a couple who try to be together when fate is truly against them, it's a love story with a twist. I loved this because I felt like the main couple (Matt Damon and Emily Blunt) were truly in love, and I could picture their characters together forever. But also, I loved it because I felt like it's underrated as romance, and more about the action, but for me, the romance is amazing and easily the best aspect of the film. Favourite TV Show: Britannia High OK, so if you're not from the UK, you probably won't have heard of this. If you are from the UK, you might still not know what this is. Britannia High is like the UK version of glee. It ran for 1 season (aka 9 episodes) in 2008 and 11 year old me completely fell in love with it! Thankfully, 16 year ...

Hey Guys x Aside from the Fletchers, I've been steering clear of YouTuber books lately - mainly because none have really been appealing to me. However, when I heard about this book, I pre-ordered it immediately because it was right up my alley and just the kind of thing that I'd love to read. This book is a collection of letters (and emails, pictures and words). Secret admirer letters, not-so-secret admirer letters, love letters and break-up letters. Through these, Will was trying to explore love in the modern era, with the addition of technology and social media. People from all over the world, of all ages, sent in their letters, pictures and words to help determine the messy business of relationships and what makes them worth it. I loved this book! I mean, the idea is so simple, but I've never read anything like it before! As someone who is a huge lover of romance, of course I'd love a book about a collection of letters, and I found that wheth...

Hey Guys x Welcome to 'Like A Writer' - I haven't done one of these in a while, but basically this series is just different pieces of advice and my own opinions about writing a novel. Today, I want to talk about naming characters - particularly the characters whose names are going to be mentioned a lot. Now, for me, my favourite thing about writing anything fiction based, is creating my own characters. And the best part about creating characters, I think, it giving them names. Lots of people do this differently - Author Giovanna Fletcher said that she sometimes takes the names of friends and changes them slightly. Carrie Hope Fletcher gave her characters in her debut novel 'On The Other Side' surnames relating to seasons - everyone does things differently. For me, I spend days before even planning anything searching baby naming websites. Normally I have a small idea about the character, maybe one or two details, and choose a name based on this - however...

Hey Guys x So, there are a lot of things that I miss about my childhood. So when I was contacted by Invaluable and asked to write a post about some of these items, I jumped at the chance! ' Invaluable ' have lots and lots of collectibles and things that will really make you miss your childhood, so after you read this post, definitely check out their website! But for now, here are some things that I miss from my childhood! Videos I really miss videos! I know a lot of people are all about Netflix and watching stuff on the internet. but I will never get tired of having physical copies of things! I mean, even now I collect DVDs. But for me, videos are something that will instantly remind me of being a child, of watching Rugrats of the Simpsons as much as I wanted! Old Computers Does anyone else remember these computers? The ones that needed a keyboard and mouse to be attached and that you definitely couldn't take anywhere with you? I miss this! Of...

Hey Guys x On Thursday, I went to Woburn Abbey Safari Park and it was a really good day! Of course I took my camera so that I could take pictures of all the animals. And then I realised that this post would literally just be pictures of animals - if that's not your kind of thing it's fine, it wouldn't be my kind of thing either! And I have to say, as good a day as it was, it made me realise that I'm not that keen on animals at all! However, I still took pictures, so take a look! Definitely go to Woburn if you haven't, it's a great Safari Park! Thank you for reading. Comment below your favourite animal! Keep Smiling - Lou xx