5 Books You should definitely read | Little Insights and Reviews

Hello and welcome to a new post! Today it's all about my five favourite books at the moment, which I highly recommend you to read. So I will give you a little insight in the books and review them for you. I hope you like it and stay tuned for my next post which is most likely a fashion post (might done a little shopping in the past weeks so you will see my newest additions including the picks from my summer vacation).

Paper Towns - John Green | A book about a boy named Quentin, who lives next door with a very adventurous girl named Margo Roth Spiegelman, who he knows since he was little, but has lost the contact to. At one night, she eventually climbs into his room and wants him to join her on a midnight revenge trip, because she wants to take revenge on some of her "friends". Quentin helps her and has probably the best night of his life before going to school on the next day, where Margo doesn't show up. She lefts clues for him, which he tries to understand and which lead him and his friends to a long road trip through America in hope to find her, true love and the real life.
A truly inspirational and wonderful book, you have to read, when you love the inspiring writing style of John Green. The movie is also great with wonderful shots, good actors and a perfect soundtrack (haven't stopped listen to it in the past days).

Girl Online - Zoe Sugg | This book is the first book from Zoe Sugg aka Zoella on Youtube. As she is a true inspiration for me I obviously had to get it when it was launched. Just a beautiful cover but first let's talk about the content. It's about a blogging girl named Penny, who deals with the daily struggles all about love, friends,school and anxiety on her blog. When her mum gets the chance to organise a wedding in New York she comes along with her, her dad and her best friend named Elliott. Even new at the city, she meets a boy named Noah, who shows her the city and with who she is quickly falling in love. Writing down her time in New York including her new love, she doesn't know who Noah really is. When things start to get real complicated, Penny has to decide what she really wants.
A very cute book, which isn't too ambitious and easy to read whilst being on holiday. If you are a fan of Zoella and also into the blogging world like me, you should really read it.

The Selection - Kiera Cass | The first book of a series from Kiera Cass, which is about a girl named America Singer, who is just a normal girl at a working class family. When she gets the chance to enter The Selection, a competition to win the love from Prince Maxon, she's first against it, because she's with a boy named Aspen. But as this is the chance to receive a better life for her and even her family she enters the competition and is chosen by the royal family. As she wents their with thirty-five other girls, who are kicked out one by one to get one princess at the end, America gets to know the royal family better and notices that Maxon isn't how she thought he would be and is slowly falling in love with him.
An absolute interesting and beautiful book with a great storyline. It's so interesting to see how the relationship between America and Maxon improves and really gets the reader addicted to know how it goes on in the next books (had to get the second book at the library, because I have to know how it goes on).

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green | You probably know what this book is about, but I will summarize it as short as I can. It's about a girl named Hazel, who has cancer and has to deal with that. When her mother wants her to go out of the house and meet new people at a self-help group, she meets Augustus Waters, who has lost one leg, because of cancer. They suddenly fall in love, even if Hazel is afraid to hurt him, if her illness costs her the life. Hazel has the dream to meet her favourite author at Amsterdam and when Augustus uses his heart's desire for this cause, he, Hazel's mother and Hazel fly to Amsterdam to meet Hazel's favourite author. And even if things doesn't work out like they should, Augustus and Hazel are happy to spend time together, because they don't know how long they could meet each other because of their illnesses.
A beautiful, but mostly tragical love story about two strong characters named Hazel and Augustus, who experience true love and happiness, even if they don't know how long they can live because of their disease.
Very heart-warming and a must-have in every book shelf.


Three Little Words - Jessica Thompson |This book is all about forgiving yourself and others and the roads life can take. It's about different people, whose fortunes collide together. The story starts at a spring evening, where one man's life is ended by a boy who shoots him accidentaly. Bryony Weaver, the wife of Max, who got killed, struggles with his death ever since and can't open her heart for new people. As beginning and end to her suffering, she sits in a cafe every afternoon, where one waiter named Adam falls in love with the mysterious woman, without knowing her story.They get to know each other better and Bryony starts to see a friend in Adam, with him wanting more than that. Besides Bryony, the mother of Keon, the boy who shot Max by accident, has to struggle with her son being a murder, and tries to understand him. Also the story is about a woman who seems to have a good job and a good husband, when he cheats on her and tries to get her back. And also this book includes the history of a gorgeous ballerina, who has to find her true mother after getting to know that she was adopted as a child.
This book is really heart-warming and is all about forgiving. The characters learn to forgive others and themselves by the end of the book after struggling with the happened situations. Very wise and also the book takes place in my favourite city of all time London.

See you soon,
Karina <3

Ville des Citrons, la Mer et un trip avec maman #travellintoMenton

So hello and welcome to a new blogpost! As you probably know I was in South France, more specifically in Menton, for the last week and wanted to show you some impressions from this amazing vacation with my mom.

So back to the beginning: We drove all the way to the coast with our car, which was a really long car journey, so we had a stop in Varese, a beautiful Italian city with an amazing old town, where we stayed the night in a hotel, which is called "Art Hotel" and which looked really fancy (the breakfast room was furnished very aesthetic and very Italian. When we got there we had a nice walk around the old town with its beautiful streets and finished the day with having one of the most delicious meals I ever had (handmade ravioli filled with mozzarella and a nice sauce to top it of and some fresh baked bread) at a pizzeria called "La Piedigrotta".

The next day we drove the last miles to our final holiday destination, where we arrived at the late afternoon. To shorten everything a bit I will summarize our amazing stay in Menton a bit in the following:
Our vacation turned into a routine, so after eating some breakfast at our Hotel Charles Prince de Galles (which was located perfectly, one step out of the hotel and you were at the beach) we headed straight to the beach and enjoyed the amazing weather whilst swimming, tanning and reading a bit (finished Paper Towns at this vacation which was literally so inspirational and absolutely incredible, can't wait to see the movie). The beach was fantastic: Even though I was a bit sceptical about the gravel at the beach, I really liked it.

Our afternoon were often some walks at the beautiful old town and having some looks at the shops. For shops I discovered two amazing Vintage Shops at Menton, where I bought a dress and a tunica for an amazing price (but I wills show you my shopping conquests in another post). Also you could discover so many new things at all these little and cute streets. To get to the old town we walked all the way (a really long way but whatever) at the promenade whilst looking at the sea and on this promenade you could find many restaurants and bars.

There was also a cocktail bar called "La Mandibule" at the promenade where you got a cocktail served in a big cocktail cup decorated with flowers and something like that. Also a foodie hint: If you are staying at Menton you have to go to the big market hall, because there you can find a lot of french food stands with amazing food (also good for buying souvenirs).

 
As part of the Music Festival in Menton there were so many acts every evening for every music taste. At one evening there was an amazing cover band called "L'Orchestre Europa" at the one stage, who sang new and old songs and spreaded a good mood.
Also we went to Nizza where we had a look around the city and got to see the many little and intricated streets and walked probably around the whole city without knowing it.
 In Menton we also visited the "Musée des Beaux-Arts" which is a little palace with some great paintings collected which are from the twelveth until the twenthiest century and because of that show different paint styles. And when you went outside there is Europe's biggest citrustree collection in a beautiful park. Also we went to the Jean Cocteau museum, who was a painter born in 1889, with a painting style which is very difficult to describe: His collection included sketches aswell as paintings and photographs mixed with painted elements (everything really crazy and visionary).

We also ate really well at this vacation so I will list my top three restaurants below:

1.Creperie St.Michel in Menton, where you can eat a variety of crepes and galettes (hearty crepes served with f.e. parma ham, tomatoes and mozzarella)
2.Brasserie du Cap in Menton (amazing freshly made bruschetta and really tasty moules with frites)
3.La Piedigrotta in Varese (Traditional Italian and also handmade meals, also really popular in Varese even though it looks a bit non-descript on the outside)

And so time flew by and our beautiful vacation was over and we drove back to our hometown, where we had another stop at Freiburg at the "Gästehaus am Stadtgarten", which is located near the old town, which is really cultural inspired and really traditional. Had a look at the shops there and drove the last miles until we were back home.
So a final resumee: This vacation was absolutely amazing and Menton is definitely a city, I would recommend everyone who wants a week of relaxation and who wants to stay at a city(which is also really traditional and not over filled with touurists) where to discover the city aswell as swimming in the sea and lying on the beach.
Another great memory of this year and can't wait to come back any time again. Until next time!