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February Favorites

Unfortunately, my favorites are a little light this month, both because February is a short month and because I've been super busy (as always). Normally I would split my favorites into different categories, but this month I don't think I have enough to really do that. So here goes.
  • Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
    • Glass Sword is the sequel to Red Queen and I've absolutely been loving it. If you read my review, you know how much I loved Red Queen, but Glass Sword is, without a doubt, even better. It's better in every way. The writing in general is better because writers get better with practice, but I especially noticed a difference in the pacing. If you liked Red Queen, but weren't entirely sold on it, I would absolutely recommend picking up a copy of Glass Sword. 
  • Here by Alessia Cara
    • One of my Valentine's day presents was an iTunes gift card and I'd been wanting to buy new music for a while, but didn't really know what I wanted to buy. Then, I remembered hearing Alessia Cara's single "Here" on the radio and loving it. Her voice has a really great quality to it and while I can't sing, I don't feel as intimidated when I sing along with her. I'm not entirely sure what it is about her voice. 
  • Stromae
    • Stromae is a Belgian artist. I found him after my boyfriend showed me the version of his song "Papaoutai" that features Angel Haze, who I love. At first I was resistant because Stromae's music is in French and I know absolutely no French, but then I couldn't get it out of my head and ended up buying the whole album despite myself. 
  • Laptop Stickers
    • I've wanted to put stickers on my laptop for a while but have been afraid to because my laptop is really clean and grey looking and I didn't want to ruin it. But then my boyfriend put some of his art on Redbubble and I had to buy a sticker from him and this was just the push I needed to put some stickers on my computer. I bought a couple more in addition to his and now they're all on my laptop and I'm really happy with it. 
    • If any of you want to take a look at his stuff, you can find him here.




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