Love The Little Things | Week 2

My favourite weekly link up, hosted by But Why Mummy Why in which you appreciate the little things that have made up your week.

Read.

I entered the 'Dusting Of The Shelf' Read-A-Thon the other day, and so naturally, I have started to read The Maze Runner by James Dashner. And The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 

Woop.

Watched.

I have been watching ... The Commonwealth Games. And surprisingly, England are beating the Aussies. 

Woop again.

I feel as if every emotion should be portrayed by a cat gif.

Heard.

P!nk. Her music is incredibly relatable, and she makes tracks with a beat! (so you can run to them!)

Woop for the 3rd Time.

Played.

There are two very annoying, yet extremely addictive apps at the moment, much emulating the sensation that was Flappy Bird. They are called Don't Touch The Spikes, and Ninja Up.

...I've only just realised how demonic that bird looks.

And...

I ran my first 5k this week. And my legs, rather unwillingly, managed to get me round in one piece. This is possibly the most effort I have ever put into something, that isn't sleep or blogging...

Woop for effort.

A rather amusing ending gif. 

Who are you supporting in the Commonwealth Games?

Like, Love, Loathe #1

Like, Love, Loathe is a weekly blog meme hosted by Futures and Life in a Break Down. Where we discuss our likes, loves and loathes of the week!

 LIKE 

My like of the week would have to be The Commonwealth Games, mainly the swimming, cycling and athletics! It has (kind of) fixed by Olympics craving and will tide me over until Rio 2016.

The funny thing is I am about as sporty as a carrot so I have no clue why I like it so much!

 LOVE 

The weather, obviously! It is so sunny here in England (what a surprise!) and we have been taking the full advantage of it, with about a thousand barbecues, a freezer full of ice-cream and a sun lounger.

 LOATHE 

Summer animals.

I am pretty sure the garden population of wasps, flies and slugs has tripled this summer. The slugs that wade across the grass in formation are rather amusing though, almost like it's an army.

(Crap I bet it is...)

What have you been loving and loathing this summer?

Top Ten Tuesday #2 - Authors I Own The Most Books From

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bloggish meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish in which we list our top 10 of a certain topic. This week's topic was 'Authors I Own The Most Books From' and so here it is (... in reverse order because again, I'm not conforming to society's norms #rebel):

4 Books.
I have 4 books by both Malorie Blackman and Pseudonymous Bosch (that name took a long time to write...). 

The Noughts And Crosses series, as of yet, I am enjoying and have a signed copy of Noble Conflict. 
I can literally feel your intense jealousy.

And the 'secret' series I used to read when I was younger; they were actually really good, and I love the titles, and front page of these books.

5 Books.

I don't know quite how this happened, or if it counts but I have 2 books of both Catching Fire and Mockingjay... And because Suzanne Collins is amazing, I decided to allow it as 5 so she could make the list.

I also have 5 books of the Skullduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy

6 Books.

I'm guessing these are by multiple authors?!

I also have 6 Rick Riordan books. Of which I have probably read 2...

13 Books & 3rd Place.

I have 13 Enid Blyton books from when I was younger. I used to be in love with these mysteries, and my best friend from ages ago bought me the Famous Five book. 

I also have another 13 books from another favourite childhood author - Lemony Snicket (or Daniel Handler, his real name)

15 Books & 2nd Place.

Robert Muchamore and the infamous Cherub and Henderson Boys series. I absolutely still adore these books, and am pretty sure I have read all of them 3 times each.

8 of the books are on my Kindle hence why there are only the 7 in this picture 

20 Books & 1st Place

I'm pretty sure that's some kind of record

Anthony Horowitz. 

My pre-teen writing hero for the StormBreaker series and his horror short-stories, these books have been read at least 5 times each, and remain in the coveted top shelf of the bookcase.

I would love to read your TTTs so comment below the links and I will be sure to check them out! 

Which author has the top shelf of your bookcase?

Love The Little Things | Week 1

Love the Little Things is a weekly blog meme hosted by But Why Mummy Why (I first found it here, by Me, Bookshelf and I) in which we appreciate the little things that have made up our week.

Read.

The Shock Of The Fall - Nathan Filer

And Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman

Watched.

Film-wise: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes,

And you can read the review of that here.

TV-wise: Nothing in particular ... the Hell's Kitchen finals, Big Brother, the Commonwealth Games, a few re-runs of How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory.

Heard.

I am raving about the album X (Multiply) by Ed Sheeran at the moment, and have heard every single track copious amounts of times... it's almost an obsession.

Also George Ezra's new album 'Wanted On Voyage' is pretty darn incredible.

Played.

I am now a master at MarioKart 8. You're all jealous.

Wore.

I have practically lived in my chino shorts this summer. I have a fair few pairs (namely 7), with a good mixture of pastel and bright colours. They tie in with any outfit and are perfect summer wear in my mind.

A few of my favourite colours. Going down they are:

Mint Green

Light Grey

Coral

And due to the adversely sunny weather here in the UK at the moment, I am also loving my SuperDry Sunglasses.

And.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade and instagram it.

I want to know what you've been reading this past week? Any decent recommendations?

If you want to join the tag, just post on your blog and link to Butwhymummywhy; also comment the posts down below so I can check them out too!