What I'm reading + NOTD pt. 96

A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of the countryside and the unchanging rhythms of village life he experiences a sense of renewal and belief in the future. Now an old man, Birkin looks back on the idyllic summer of 1920, remembering a vanished place of blissful calm, untouched by change, a precious moment he has carried with him through the disappointments of the years. 

A Month in the Country is a sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War. 

“If I’d stayed there, would I always have been happy? No, I suppose not. People move away, grow older, die, and the bright belief that there will be another marvellous thing around each corner fades. It is now or never; we must snatch at happiness as it flies.”  

“We can ask and ask but we can't have again what once seemed ours for ever - the way things looked, that church alone in the fields, a bed on a belfry floor, a remembered voice, the touch of a hand, a loved face. They've gone and you can only wait for the pain to pass.
All this happened so long ago. And I never returned, never wrote, never met anyone who might have given me news of Oxgodby. So, in memory, it stays as I left it, a sealed room furnished by the past, airless, still, ink long dry on a put-down pen.
But this was something I knew nothing of as I closed the gate and set off across the meadow.” 

Nail polish is from Essence, the line Show Your Feet, with the name Catwalk pink and it's a beautiful fuchsia with blue shimmer. A truly unique shade. The application was ok, no problem with it. 

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What I'm reading + NOTD pt. 95

Where She Went is a sequel to If I Stay and focuses on Adam and his story. 

It's been three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life. And three years he's spent wondering why. Ever since Mia's decision to stay - but not with him - Adam's career has been on a wonderful trajectory. His album, borne from the anguish and pain of their breakup, has made him a bona fide star. And Mia herself has become a top-rate cellist, playing in some of the finest venues in the world. Then their respective paths put them both in New York City at the same time. 

If I compare this sequel with If I Stay, I would say that If I Stay was more memorable for me, as with this one, good story, but nothing special, the story won't stay with me for long. 

Nail polish is from Bourjois with the name Rouge obscur from the line 1 seconde. It looks like this line is still available (online) but not this colour. As you can see, the colour is dark red that leans on the berry side, the colour that looks good on everyone, in my opinion. The application is ok. 

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What I'm reading + NOTD pt. 94

In Life, the Universe and Everything, the third title in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy series, Arthur Dent finds himself enlisted to prevent a galactic war. 

Following a number of stunning catastrophes, which have involved him being alternately blown up and insulted in ever stranger regions of the Galaxy, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lord's, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the Vogons. 

Escaping the end of the world for a second time, Arthur, Ford, and their old friend Slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robots. Not bad for a man in his dressing gown. 

The nail polish is from Catrice (discontinued) and it's a shimmery green with the name King Of Greens. Nothing wrong with it, it’s just that every time I wear a shimmery nail polish I find that I prefer creme nail polishes, they just seem more sophisticated or at least the application looks better on my brittle nails. 

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