I love going to the cinema. It's one of those experiences that adds a bit of luxury to your night out. Nothing beats sitting in comfy seats and being entertained by the greats on a massive screen. So when I was invited to the press night of the new Odeon BH2 complex, I filled out the RSVP before I even knew any of details and invited my work friend Louise without her knowing!

One of my goals for 2017 was to spend more time reading. Unfortunately I haven't spent as much time as I hoped reading in January but I think I got off to a good start. At a glance I managed to read 6 books, 4 of which were YA books. with only 1 book written by a male author. I had a couple of 5 star reads and I'm nearly on my way to giving my 3rd of the year. Not too bad!

The majority of the books I read were either debuts or by authors I hadn't read before. It was refreshing to hear some new voices in the book world and with most of them not released yet, I can't wait to tell customers and friends about them all.

Out of all the books I read this month, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas was by far the best. 2017 may still be in it's infancy, but I think I've just found my book of the year already. It's definitely the book that everyone will be talking about.