Immaculate vibes and food at this unassuming Italian restaurant in Bristol – where the pasta is made in house! TL;DR: It was pretty incredible.
Author Archives: Liv
In photos: A morning in Brighton
Slow Goldie: Earrings haul & review
I bought myself some gorgeous earrings for my 20th birthday – here’s what I thought!
A (socially distanced) trip to Bath
A few photos from a short Bath staycation
Review: Modibodi period pants
I got my hands on some Modibodi period pants – here’s what I thought!
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Book Review The Glass Hotel is the latest novel by Emily St. John Mandel, author of my all-time favourite and award-winning novel, Station Eleven. In essence, it’s a story about white-collar crime: a Ponzi scheme that blows up and obliterates the structure of many lives in the process. More than this, though, The Glass HotelContinue reading “The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel”
Sex in Sally Rooney’s Normal People
I read (and watched) Sally Rooney’s Normal People in under 48 hours. Now, I’m not one for savouring things, even normally. Books and TV shows, though split into parts, are wholes – and I always have a niggling fear that, if I consume them too slowly, I’ll have forgotten the beginning by the time I’veContinue reading “Sex in Sally Rooney’s Normal People“
Making up with make up
I love experimenting with make up – with eye shadows and eye liners and lipsticks. I delight in matching my makeup to my clothes, my eye liner to my earrings, my lip gloss to my shoes. I like exploring the colours that make my green eyes pop – copper, gold, orange, pink.
Ishiguro, Chandler, Adichie
What I’ve been reading Recently, as I’m sure you’re aware, time has been a little more free. I’m taking the opportunity to reignite my love for reading, something that – with an English degree equating reading with work – often fades. I’m reuniting with favourite authors, picking up books I bought and never got aroundContinue reading “Ishiguro, Chandler, Adichie”
Finding my purpose[lessness]
With the recent sunshine beaming down on the UK, I’ve been finding myself outside a lot: reading, writing, lounging, listening to music. I cover myself in lightweight clothing, and head into the garden. I watch the breeze brush through the bushes, the blossom drop in a puddle around the trees. I get to wear theContinue reading “Finding my purpose[lessness]”