Books on my Tablet #1

Hello there internet!

Today i thought i'd do a sort of mini-haul to go along with my haul video that i did earlier this week.

This one however, is all about the books i've downloaded onto my

new tablet. So much new space for books!

Here we go!

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevensen

Treasure Island is something i've always wanted to read and yet for some reason have never picked up. So when i saw it on the bookstore i had to download it straight away! 

I'm so excited to get into this one soon!

The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas

I have loved the story of the three musketeers as far back as i can remember, so obviously when i saw it on the bookstore i had to have it right away.

Hopefully i'll get to this one soon!!

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

This is one of my mum's favourite books, yet i've never read it! No idea why, so i thought i'd download it for whenever i feel like getting into a classic that i'm 99% sure i'll enjoy - i have watched so many adaptations i'm bound to love it!

Shakespeare's Sonnets - William Shakespeare

I love Shakespeare. So much. I actually own a physical collection of all of Shakespeare's works, but i thought this would be a nice little thing to have on my tablet for any train journeys, and it definitely came in handy on my trains to and from Leeds!

Critique of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant

Kant is my all time favourite philosopher. And this ebook version is my...third?..fourth?..i can't remember...anyway it is one of many copies i have of this book. 

It's just so good!

The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde is one of those authors who i know so much about, and find fascinating as a person, and yet i don't think i've ever read any of his works?

I own a physical copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray, so sometime soon i plan on marathoning these two books together. 

A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

I love Charles Dickens so much. I'm pretty sure i already own this both in physical form and on my kindle, and yet i really, really wanted a copy on my tablet.

I love the way Dickens writes, so this will definitely be read many times!

Kant's Theory of Religion - Immanuel Kant

Again, Kant is my favourite philosopher.

My undergraduate dissertation actually featured this book pretty heavily, and yet it's the only work of Kant's i don't have in physical form.

At least now i actually own the book i spent a year analysing!

And there we have it!

All the books that i have downloaded to my tablet so far!

I'm very excited to dive right into these beauties!

Meghan xx

A Schedule of Sorts!

Hello there wonderful people of the internet, today i thought i'd make a quick little post explaining the schedule i will (hopefully) be sticking to for the foreseeable future.

This is something i've put a lot of thought into 

and i have split my week somewhat evenly between both of my blogs 

and my YouTube channel.

So hopefully it will all work out!

Monday: Post on Not Quite Alice (this blog!)

Tuesday: Post on Meghan's Make Up Box 

Wednesday: Video up on my YouTube Channel 

Thursday: Post on Not Quite Alice

Friday: Bonus Post!

The friday bonus post will pop up either on this blog, my beauty blog,

or on my YouTube. It will change every week, and hopefully this will make

everything a little bit less stressful than my previous plans, as it gives 

me a little bit more freedom with what posts i want to do.

So, whether you only read this blog, or check out all three, i hope

that you find something you enjoy!

Love,

Meghan xx

Review: Death Note Vol. 4

Hey there internet, and welcome to 2015 here on Not Quite Alice! :D

I thought i'd kick this year off with a review of the first book i read this year: Death Note Vol. 4 Black Edition.

I absolutely love the Death Note series and i was so so so so excited to finally pick up volume 4 at Christmas time, so naturally i had to start the year reading it!

As this is the fourth volume of a series, expect spoilers ahead! If you haven't read it, maybe best not to read it?!

One of my favourite parts about this volume is when they find the Death Note and as each person touches the notebook they see Ryuk. Every reaction is absolutely perfect for the characters, it's one of my favourite parts of the series so far! 

In the same way as that, i absolutely LOVED when Light touched the notebook and all of his memories came flooding back. I adored the way that we were shown all of the back story of Light coming up with his plan, and how well thought out and intricate he had planned everything. Light's scheme throughout this volume was beyond amazing. Going into it i was hoping for lots of Light time, and it definitely happened!!

Can we talk for a little bit about L's death? I never thought that i would care all that much about L dying, but as soon as it happened i had to stop reading for a little bit. It was so wonderful, and perfect, and heartbreaking, but oh so great. So well done on that section team!

Near and Mello. How great are they?! I absolutely how much like L Near is. It's amazing. I love how different they are, and how they were both introduced was beyond wonderful. They have fast become some of my favourite characters in the series, especially Near!

One of my favourite aspects of this volume was when Light started taking over the role as L while he was still acting as Kira. I think all of this power is starting to really get to him, but watching it happen is amazing. 

I think one of the best parts of this volume was the dynamic of Light taking over from L with the task force in Japan, and then Near taking over from L with the original side of the whole investigation. It was such a great thing to read, with both of them being overly sarcastic with each other. Got to love a bunch of sarcasm in a police investigation. 

THE KIDNAPPING. Okay, we need to talk about that for a minute. The director being kidnapped, and then 'committing suicide' was such an ingenious part, and then Sayu being taken. It was one of the most exciting parts of the series so far. When Light's dad had to get off the plane in a random place, then was taken underground, it was just so exciting and it made me want to keep reading and reading.

NEW SHINIGAMI. NEW. SHINIGAMI. This was possibly the most exciting moment of the book? I loved that a new shinigami came down to the human world, it was beyond great. So happy that a new guy came down, seeing as we're now a Rem down. 

I'm pretty sure out of the volumes i've read so far this was my favourite. It was so exciting and the story was just incredible, i loved every second of it. Especially after the third volume was slightly disappointing to me, but this one was great from start to finish. 

5/5 easily.

Meghan xx