The Adventures of Cholly

'You used to be much more..."muchier". You've lost your muchness.' - the Mad Hatter to Alice I absolutely love this quote Cecelia cites in this book because it just perfectly sums up what the book is about.  The book follows Lucy Silchester, a soon to be 30-year-old, who receives an appointment with her life that she cannot ignore. As a reader you may find it a bit weird at first, because life is a real person, but don’t let that put you off, it really does work in getting the messages of the story across. Lucy has fallen out of love with her life and appears to be stuck in a rut – she doesn’t enjoy her job, isn’t too fond of spending time with her friends and family and still pines after the ‘love of her life’ despite their relationship being over.   Then she meets her life and must learn to tell the truth to find happiness, or face having some ‘little white lies’ she’s previously told revealed.   I think Lucy is a really relatable character. I

I could apologise for the cringe title of this blog post, but I LOVE THE CHEESE and I was proud of myself for the rhyme so I’m not going to! Ever since I can remember I have loved a pamper day. I definitely have my mum to thank for that! It started off by being treated to the odd facial at a local beauty salon, and then for my 16 th birthday my mum and I went for a weekend break at Ragdale Hall (I’d recommend anyone and everyone to try and go here at least once in their lifetime!). Ever since, I’ve never looked back. There’s just something about getting to spend the day without a care in the world, lounging around in a dressing gown with complete strangers that is just perfect to me!  My most recent spa day was to Eden Hall Day Spa, which is located in Elston, Newark just off the A46 between Newark and Nottingham. I went with my mum and my brother’s girlfriend on the Simply Spa Day, which costs £95 on a week day. Prices are slightly higher on weekends, but they do put monthly off