I haven't done a Friday Favorites since July and, since I'm a lazy old lady tonight, I thought I would share some random things that I've been enjoying this week!
Book
I'm slowly pushing through the Casual Vacancy, but during school I've been reading Tricks by Ellen Hopkins. She wrote one of my favorite books, Crank, and her novels are very real and "heavy" in substance. Tricks is about 5 different teenagers from all over the country dealing with their thoughts, feelings, and lives in similarly different ways. To see a more formal review, click here. Aside from the fact that her writing is absolutely lovely, she formats each page to read like a poem, with the beginning of each chapter having a few words pushed to the side to form mini-poems of their own. It's lovely!
Here's a sample of what she wrote, photo taken from my Instagram.
Once I finish the book I'll be doing a more formal book review, but I thought I would talk briefly about it here.
Music
I'd be lying if I didn't say that Little Things by One Direction hasn't been playing on repeat since it came out. I'm not a fan of pop music, I like the band because of the band members not necessarily their music, but this song is so different from everything else they've done because it was written by Ed Sheeran, who's my favorite singer in the entire universe. He's also been on repeat as well! One of his new songs has been leaked and I got my hands on it, and it's so lovely I could cry.
Accessory
A weekend or two back I picked up a necklace that looks quite like the House of Harlow one, except for $26 as opposed to +$100, and I've been in love with it ever since.
Photo taken from my instagram.
Television Show
American Horror Story. I'm not going to go into too much detail, but this show is the most f**ked up show on television and I absolutely love it. It's been my favorite show for a little over a year and it gets better and better and better every single week. The cast is flawless, the acting is impeccable, and the storyline is so screwed up. It's fantastic. Plus, Evan Peters is on the show again this season and I've had a massive crush on him since his Disney Channel days, so seeing his bum a few times isn't something I'm going to argue about.
Drink
I'm a tea junkie and have been since 5th grade. My mum and I picked up some of the "Get ______" teas last week and I've been absolutely loving the Get Gorgeous (for clear skin), Get Charged (for energy, and Get Happy (for a mood boost). All of these teas are divine, and they can be found here.
That's all for this weeks Friday Favorites! I hope you've enjoyed! I've really missed doing these, I may have to do the random ones more often!
Until next time,
Ashley
