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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

  • Paper Towns -John Green

June

  • The Night Circus -Erin Morgenstern
jan 10 2013 ∞
dec 30 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 +
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  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
  • tartan shift dress
  • floral pinafore
  • polka dot pinafore
  • gigham circle skirt
jun 26 2013 ∞
jan 26 2014 +
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  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
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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

  • Medea -Euripides*
jan 11 2012 ∞
dec 21 2012 +
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  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
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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 +
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  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
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  • 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 +
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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 +