Review: The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting by Holly Bourne

Now you could say I'm a bit of a geek because I read a lot. I really enjoy reading and I enjoy talking about the things I read, so what better way then to talk about it on my blog?! So today I am writing a book review on The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting by Holly Bourne.

"Apparently I'm boring. A nobody. But that's all about to change. Because I am starting a project. Here. Now. For myself. And if you want to come along for the ride then you are very welcome."

Now I'll be honest with you. The first thing that drew me to this book was it's bright red pages. When I picked it up and read the blurb I instantly knew I was going to enjoy this book.

"Bree is by no means popular. Most of the time she hates her life, her school, her never-there parents. So she writes. But when Bree is told she needs to stop shutting out the world and start living a life worth writing about, The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting is born. A manifesto that will change everything...but at what cost?"

This book is absolutely amazing, definitely one of my favourites. I am in love with the way Holly (the author) writes and I will definitely be looking for any other books she has written. I also really liked the story itself and while being fun and exciting, it also has some serious messages and I feel like I learned a lot from this book. I posted one of the pages I liked the most on my instagram @eleanxrmarie if you want to get a glimpse into the book (shameless self promotion haha). I just really love this book.

However it does say on the back of it that it includes some content not suitable for younger readers and it does include a fair bit of swearing and slang words so if you don't like that I wouldn't recommend it to you. But if you don't mind strong language than I would definitely recommend this as it's a fun book that keeps you hooked from the first sentence!

***** out of *****


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25 Questions

Helloooo! So today I decided for this blog post I would let you get to know me by doing the 25 questions tag :)

1. Do you have a middle name?
I do. It's Marie, hence why my usernames are eleanxrmarie.

2. What was your favourite subject in school?
My favourite subject in school has always been English. I love reading, writing and everything of that sort.

3. What's your favourite drink?
My favourite drink at the moment would probably have to be the Robinsons Apple cordial. I am absoloutely obsessed with it!

4. What's your favourite song at the moment?
Ooh that's hard as I love so many songs. At the moment it would have to be either Chandelier by SIA or Boom Clap by Charlie XCX.

5. What would you name your children?
I really don't know! I would want something really unique, but I don't know yet ;)

6. Do you participate in any sports?
I don't participate in any sports outside of school, but I am part of the school's netball team if that counts. I'm not really a sporty person.

7. What's your favourite book?
The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting by Holly Bourne.

8. What's your favourite colour?
I really like hot pink, turquoise and gold at the moment but my favourite colour changes all the time.

9. What's your favourite animal?
Elephants! I love them so much and I even have two little elephant figures in my room haha.

10. What's your favourite perfume?
Our Moment by One Direction. Even if you don't like One Direction, I would suggest maybe giving it a sniff because it's amazing. It also lasts a really long time and everytime I wear it someone compliments me on how great I smell.

11. What's your favourite holiday?
Either Christmas or Halloween. I love how spooky everything is around Halloween but I am also in love with the excitement and festive feeling that comes with Christmas!

12. Have you graduated from High School?
Not yet ;)

13. Have you ever been out of the country?
No, but I would love to travel the world some day. One of the things on my bucket list is to set foot on every continent.

14. Do you speak any other language?
I take French lessons at school, but I'm not fluent yet.

15. Do you have any siblings?
No but I like being an only child.

16. What's your favourite shop?
Probably New Look or Paperchase. I buy basically all my clothes from New Look and Paperchase has such cute and amazing things.

17. What's your favourite restaurant?
I don't actually have one!

18. Do you like school?
I don't mind school. I like seeing all my friends but I don't like homework or waking up early.

19. Who are some of your favourite YouTubers?
Oh my gosh don't even get me started on YouTubers, I love so many. Some of my favourites would have to be Bethany Mota, Zoella, Tanya Burr, Connor Franta, Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee.

20. What's your favourite movie?
Finding Nemo all the way!

21. What are some of your favourite TV shows?
I am absoloutely obsessed with the Simpsons!

22. PC or Mac?
Well I hav a PC so I have to go with that.

23. What phone do you have?
I have some type of samsung, but I'm getting an iPhone for my birthday so I'm really excited about that.

24. How tall are you?
5'7! #TallPeopleForever

25. Any pets?
No, unfortunately :( But someday I would like a kitten or a somewhat tropical fish. Not both of them though, I feel like the fish would get eaten by the kitten!

I hope you enjoyed the post. If you did make sure to tweet me @eleanxrmarie or dm me on instagram, also @eleanxrmarie I will be posting every Friday from now on, so make sure to stay tuned for my next post ;) ily xox, Eleanor

Hello everyone! So as it says in my introduction thingy on my profile, I really don't know how to use this website. But anyway, I'm going to try and make it work as writing about life, make up, beauty and fashion is something I would absolutely love to do more of in the future!

On my blog, you will soon be able to see make up ideas, fashion inspiration, monthly favourites and more. Also there may be the occasional ramble about life or whatever is on my mind. I'm going to try and use this website to it's full advantage and I hope you enjoy reading :)

My first proper blog post will possibly be up by the end of the week and it will be a fall/autumn fashion look book type thing. Hopefully *crosses fingers* It will probably be quite short though as I am very lazy aha :P

Anyway that's it for this little introduction post and I hope there will be many more happy blog posts to enjoy in the future :) byeeeeeee! x