Solar Eclipse

This morning there was a solar eclipse over Ireland, and most of Europe. Being a writer and somewhat vampire, I tend to stay awake long into the night writing and reading, so this morning at 9am I pulled myself out of bed, grabbed my camera and waited for the celestial event to begin.

Something amazing like this really makes you think about how awesome the universe is. The final frontier and all that great star trek stuff.

'Scott Pilgrim' by Brian Lee O'Malley

I first seen the Scott Pilgrim movie back in 2010 and loved it! I was a total fangirl for Michael Cera, and to be fair I still am. So after loving the movie and the awesome soundtrack, I finally got around to reading the graphic novels.

I forgot how amazing and how funny the Scott Pilgrim franchise was. There was times when I was reading these graphic novels and I was laughing out loud. Scott is so funny and so normal and the stuff he says is so real and it was exactly what real people would say! I didn't like Ramona when I first started reading but as I made my way through the novels I started to love her. I loved how she didn't give a shit about what people thought about her. I liked how her character developed. I felt like I could relate to her because all she wanted to do was get away from her past and start over. I loved how Young Neil and Stephen Stills were named after Neil Young and Stephen Stills from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, an awesome rock-folk band from the 70's! But out of all the characters in this franchise that I loved; Wallace Wells is my favorite. I need a Wallace Wells in my life! He's so sassy and sweet. I've only read four of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels so I still haven't finished the series. 

Along with reading Scott Pilgrim, I read one of my friend's favorite Brian Lee O'Malley's novels, which was 'Lost at Sea.' Personally I didn't like this at all. I found the story completely pointless. It didn't make scene to me, even after I had the story line explained to me. Granted there were some parts of 'Lost at Sea' that I liked. Some of the things the main character said was very thoughtful and it would really make you think about a lot of stuff.. Oh and cats! There were a lot of cats in this graphic novel, which I liked.  

Book Review: 'I Hate Myselfie' by Shane Dawson

Title: I Hate Myselfie
Author: Shane Dawson
Publisher:  Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 10th March 2015
Number of Pages: 240

Plot: This book is of a collection of twenty original essays written by Shane Dawson. Each story dives deeper into his personal life and less about his life on youtube. You get to see the real life Shane Dawson, not the guy in front of the camera.

Thoughts: I bought this book last night on my Kobo, I didn't even know it had just been released when I bought it ... I guess my subconscious knew and wanted me to buy it! But I don't regret it at all. I was a bit iffy when I was downloading it. I thought it might just be another way for book companies to make money off popular youtubers, but I've been a Shane Dawson fan since 2008. Yup all the way back before every popular youtuber was a hot British guy, and because of that I wanted to support the guy that's always made me laugh when I was having a bad day. I got about three chapters into it when I remembered that Shane had read the audio book and without a second thought I downloaded that and read along with him through the whole book. It was great! I can't count how many times I was crying with laughter. Every story was so raw and real and with every story I felt like I got closer to Shane, during some stories I could remember the vlogs he posted about that topic, so it felt like I was listening to a friend talk about everything he'd been through. Every story was just as rude and offensive as Shane's youtube videos but still so sweet and heartwarming. I even cried like a baby during chapter six - Denny's and Death. I can remember that vlog so well! Shane's writing was lovely to read. It flowed so nicely, his way of telling his stories came off so easily and it didn't feel like the stories were forced! I mean, you couldn't make up some of the shit that happened in this book, it was so crazy!

I would recommend this book to every Shane Dawson fan, or even people who don't like Shane, because this book is really him. He doesn't sugar coat anything and he doesn't try to make you feel sorry for him. This book is inspiring because Shane has worked so hard to get where he is today and I'm so proud to call myself a fan.

5/5 stars for 'I Hate Myselfie' by Shane Dawson