Post Presents

Everybody loves getting mail aka "post presents", especially presents from amazon. Back in April I pre-ordered the Vampire Diaries Season 2 and this week, it arrived! I've already watched the entire season. It took me about two days because I am that addicted! If you read my old blog, you would know that there are quite a few Vampire Diaries Season One posts. My next post will be the Vampire Diaries Season 2 update and how much I love Damon Salvitore and how there is a sneaky kiss between him and Elena!
Also this week, I had to order my books for uni. This year I'm studying Victorian Literature and Children's Lit. There are a lot of books on the reading list.
I ordered all of my Victorian books and one Children's as I'm supposed to read that before my very first lecture of the year! I'm going to try and ready it. Hopefully I will.

These are my post presents.

You can probably guess which one I was most excited about!

faye xoxo

Inspiring

This is not the usual inspiration post full of fashion shoots and editorials that make me want to go out and embrace the world. No, this post features the writers who inspire me.

Of course we have Stephenie Meyer, creator of the Twilight Saga. She is the woman who inspired my writing back in 2008 with the words of her first book. Now look where she's at six years later... The last book is becoming real as we wait for the 18th November when Breaking Dawn comes to cinema screens. In truth, although vampire stories came long before 2005, her stories triggered the theme dark romance that is now an official section in Waterstones' nationwide.

Cassandra Clare. She has created a spectacular and beautiful world that Stephenie Meyer wants to be a part of. I too wish to be a part of that world. As well, the fact that she created a love story that was supposedly between siblings who fell in love before they knew that fact. Any person would read it and think what are you thinking you sick freak? But, instead every reader wanted the Jace and Clary to be together even knowing they were supposedly brother and sister. It takes a true skill to persuade an audience to think that.

Adele Parks is a woman who writes about real lives and the troubles of real women in London. Stories of women who don't want children or those who have affairs make good reading. She is explicit in her sexual and sensual writing and she makes raunchy writing a part of the world we live in today. Afterall it is the great 21st century.

Alice Sebold has written one of the most extraodinary novels of my lifetime: The Lovely Bones. It is beautifully written although it expresses pain and hatred of a man who raped and murdered the narrator Susie Salmon. She is a survivor of rape herself which she tells the story of in her debut: Lucky.

The editor of Britain's number one women's magazine, Jo Elvin is an inspiration. She didn't go to university and yet she is the one who runs Glamour magazine. She worked hard gaining experience in newspapers and small magazines before she came to Britain and became editor's for magazines such as Top of the Pops and Sugar. 

Scarlett Russell, the features and entertainment writer for Glamour. She has the job I want when I grow up. How amazing would it be to go around the world and interview many different kinds of people from soldiers to celebrities in just one year or even in one month for that matter.

So, these are my career inspirations. Notice how all of them are women. Don't get me wrong, I love male writers too but for this post lets keep it female orientated just to show that women can have their dreams and aspirations fulfilled. In this day and age, women are going up the ladder to greatness and I will be a part of that in the writing career in my future.

faye xoxo

Book Review: Water for Elephants

Usually with books it takes me a while to get into it and then I can never put it down. However, with Sarah Gruen's bestselling novel, I couldn't put ut down during the first chapters, especially with Mr Jankowski as the ninety (or ninety three) year old witty, sarcastic senior. I prefer this Jacob Jankowski just because of the sheer humour and how his speech made me laugh out loud.

The middle was when I could put the book down. It would take me a while to pick it back up again. Days would literally go by before I read another page. I found things to write about for Senorita Glamourista and enjoyed spending time with friends and family.

Nevertheless, here we are.

I took Water for Elephants to York with me hoping that during the two and a half hour car journey I'd be bored and not flowing with ideas for my story. Therefore, I'd start reading it again, giving the novel actual time before I lay it aside again.

Instead, I fell asleep due to getting up before I usually arise.

So instead, the night before I was to return home, I picked up Gruen's novel and read a chapter, then another chapter and another and another and finally I fell in love with it again.

The story of the young Jacob Jankowski picked up with the affair became clearer to me. Jacob's love for Marlena was so passionate it was close to a fairy tale romance and with Marlena's husband, August (a bad tempered animal tamer with the evil role in a fairy tale), in the way it was nearly impossible.

Then another bit of circus flavour was thrown into the mix - Rosie, an elephant and protagonist of the story.

The love between Jaco and Rosie is a heartfelt part of the narrative. He shows her affection and she replies with cheeky smiles and human-like gestures. Gruen also illustrates Rosie as a joker. Perhaps the joker of the large circus family she now belongs to.

August is cruel to her through misunderstanding and she retaliates by embarrassing him infront of his audiences. It is humorous and made me side with Rosie even more so. Even Rosie being a murderer made me smile a little as she did it with such glee and I understood why she did it.

That happened during the main act of the novel. The huge stampede and the collapse of The Benzini Brothers Circus. This part of the novel, nearing the end is something no reader will be able to let go of. It is full of excitement and anxiety all at the same time as Gruen's words tumble after one another, making you feel like you are a part of one of the greatest accidents in circus history.

The end is a fantastic way to finish the novel with the ninety three year old Jacob Jankowski returning home, to the circus.

faye xoxo

Twilight Mania

It is obvious to any friend who knows me that I am a Twi-hard... I love the books as well as the films and I love the stars, characters, location, everything.

This post was inspired by the brand new trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn which I saw yesterday morning! I have been watching imdb.com for most days, waiting for any new updates of the November 18th film and I saw the trailer on facebook! 

I was so excited that I clicked the link straight away and watched the trailer twice over. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIpeBi6SG4A

It illustrates all the characters emotions as they prepare for the wedding including Edward's happiness, Jacob's anger and Charlie's fear and worry as well as the Volturi's pleasure. 

There is no doubt that I will go to the UK premiere of the film later this year which will no doubt be in Westfields, a mere twenty minute drive away from me, as other huge blockbusters have been premiered there such as Water for Elephants, POTC4 and, more recently, Kung Fu Panda 2. 

The Twilight Saga is what inspired me to start writing my story in Christmas 2008, three years ago. I have written over 70,000 words which is saved on my old and broken laptop which I desperately need! 

A common theme between the two (as it always is with dark romances) is unrequited love. 

Stephenie Meyer's writing sparked a love between a vampire and a human which makes everything in the world tip upside down for the characters, something that a reader wants to read about: their anger, their frustration, their pain and eventually, their triumph. 

This saga spreads their love across four amazing books that I personally, could not put down! I loved reading them late at night, in bed, with the lamp on so I could disappear into their world. A mystical world full of dark creatures that a person can only dream about, or have nightmares about. 

The films on the other hand put everything onto screen and believe me, you want to watch it in the big screen! All the drama and action is to be watched on the big screen. 

It is difficult to choose my favourite film as they are all different from one another due the different directors. 

At first, I wondered whether new directors would be a bad thing, bringing new equations to something that another director had already given. However, it is as if the first director, Catherine Hardwicke planted the roots of the tree and every other director has spurted a new branch, each branch getting higher as the films become more triumphant. Yet, they are all planted to the same trunk, keeping the simplicities of the story linked close to the novel, and the place where everyone fell in love with the story. 

Just waiting for the official Breaking Dawn poster now.

It is very exciting! 

It is evident that the Twilight cast are a close knit group off screen as well as on screen.

An amazing saga created by Stephenie Meyer, inspired by one dream.

faye xoxo

Coming Up in May!

I thought that for this month I would do a little contents post of what to expect due to the fact that I had a lot of ideas for last month but no camera to take the pictures to illustrate each post. 

The camera is not yet fixed. 

I'm getting on it asap! 

So, (hopefully) coming up this month:

Fashion

Neon

Denim

Ball/Prom dresses

Style

Tattoos

Bracelets

Rings

Beauty

Hairstyle how to: Fishtail 

Life

Pandora

Curvy Girls

Food Swap

Saturday 8th May - Party time! 

Film

Thor

Pirates of the Caribbean

Music

Alexis Jordin @ Liverpool

J.Lo's Comeback

TV

Vampire Diaries

TOWIE

Books

Vampire Diaries

PLUS other daily life inspirations of Señorita Glamourista!

Granted most of these will be posted after I've done my exams (and completed my First Year of Uni!) on the 17th May. However do expect a rant about revision!

Much love!

faye xoxo

Water for Elephants

You can't deny that the next Hollywood hit which premiers in Leicester Square on the third of May is going to be fabulous. 

Water for Elephants is not only deemed to have a great story line but has two of the most famous actors (and stars) of today. The gorgeous Oscar winning actress Reese Witherspoon plays the star in a circus as well as the wife of the circus owner and along with the Twilight star Mr Robert Pattinson, you know that there will be a beautiful love story twisted into the narrative. 

The movie is based on a best-selling novel by Sara Gruen, writer of Riding Lessons and Ape House. It seems that all her stories surround animals which is effective in the movie world. 

For me, movies with animals in are amazing! I love them! From films like Black Beauty to Free Willy to Two Brothers, I love them all! 

Now that I have learnt about the film, although I haven't seen it yet, believe me I'm desperate!, I think that one of my summer reads will definitely be this. It is everything that I want in a novel: love (unrequited of course!), animals, an actual story with hope rushing through its' veins! 

A few images from the film including posters, 

Now then, this is an amazing piece of photography! I love the way Robert Pattinson and the elephant are so comfortable around each other as well! 

A beautiful woman in a beautiful red dress! It is a known fact that red on a woman can get a man's heart racing a thousand miles, and Reese Witherspoon knows how to work it with those 1930s curls and rouge lips! 

Get the look: 

Image 1: £760 Alexander Mcqueen

Image 2: £995 Alexander Mcqueen

Image 3: £25 asos.com

Image 4: £25 asos.com

Image 5: £40 asos.com

Image 6: £50 asos.com

Team a red dress with red lipstick, a slick of black eye liner and mascara with curled hair and you are ready for the circus ladies! 

faye xoxo