A Few of my Favourite Things

With exams coming up and studying to be done I have typically found my blogging motivation. In fact this is the third post I've written! Not sure whether this will be the third to be uploaded however...

It's going to be a short one on just a few of my favourite things of the moment. 

1) First and for mostly the wonderful book to screen adaptation of John Green's little gem 'The Fault in Our Stars'. I read the book a while back and let me tell you (I don't want to be cliche but...) it changed my life. Whilst I cry in every single sad movie (and some happy ones) I rarely cry reading books. To the best of my knowledge I've only cried in two books in my 19 years of life; The Cat Mummy by Jacqueline Wilson when I was 12 and more recently Allegiant by Veronica Roth. But let me tell you, there's crying and then there's TFIOS crying. I'm talking curled up on the floor sobbing and howling; snot dripping down your face ugly crying. I don't want to give too much away because spoilers are one of my major pet peeves but I'm sure it's no secret that TFIOS is a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. Now I don't want to put you off because it is an incredible story and the cast who portray Green's wonderful characters simply do the best job anyone could have asked for. With some wonderful life lessons, words to live by and deep questions posed this is certainly a movie to see (or if you'd rather; book to read) I'd just ensure you have some tissues handy. 

2) This could have been a part of 1 but my next favourite is the TFIOS soundtrack. It heavily features two of my favourite artists; Ed Sheeran and Birdy as well as M83, Charlie XCX and Kodaline. I've been playing it on repeat for a couple of days now 

3) Some other music I've been enjoying recently is Broods (I'm holding out for their album, the EP isn't cutting it any more). Having attended her recent concert I have been rocking out to my queen Ellie Goulding (much to the chagrin of my flatmates). Two new purchases I'm really getting into are Passengers new album and Lucy Hale's recent debut album. I wouldn't say I'm a country fan but I've been really getting into a few of these songs. 

4) This may be a little random but I've been loving coconut chips as a snack. I often feel like eating, especially late at night and these are a nice, healthy alternative to toast or chocolate that often leave me feeling full despite not eating all that many. And as an added bonus, if you know where to look that can be fairly cheap!

5) Last one I promise! I bought a new phone a couple days ago and love it! It's the Samsung Ace 3. I purchased it for $299 (nzd) and I feel it can be quite reasonably compared to the Samsung S3 mini. It is however a newer phone and it's cheaper (it was a whole $60 cheaper for me). I personally prefer it to the S3 mini and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a small, relatively cheap smart phone.

And I think I'll leave it there. Of course there are a whole heap of things I've been enjoying but these I think are my favourites. What are yours?

xx