Book Review: Lucid by Adrienne Stoltz, Ron Bass

Hello lovelies ~

can you notice that I am starting to post more often ? I hope I can make even more posts in the coming days :)

I've been wanting to read the book I am reviewing today for a long time, but I always got busy and forget about it, until the other day at work when I had nothing to do and was browsing the files on my phone, that I noticed I have this ebook and started reading it.

Summery: 
What if you could dream your way into a different life? What if you could choose to live that life forever? 
Sloane and Maggie have never met. Sloane is a straight-A student with a big and loving family. Maggie lives a glamorously independent life as an up-and-coming actress in New York. The two girls couldn't be more different--except for one thing. They share a secret that they can't tell a soul. At night, they dream that they're each other. 
The deeper they're pulled into the promise of their own lives, the more their worlds begin to blur dangerously together. Before long, Sloane and Maggie can no longer tell which life is real and which is just a dream. They realize that eventually they will have to choose one life to wake up to, or risk spiralling into insanity. But that means giving up one world, one love, and one self, forever. 

alternative cover

My Opinion :

as I said, I've been wanting to read this book for ages, and finally got the chance to, at first it wasn't that interesting (I mean not much happenings) but then more characters started to appear, and when I reached the chapters at the end (20 something) I got so consumed in the story that I became a statue (that's what my co-workers said, "I am just a body with no sense of reality", "my soul went to an alternative world and left my body here a souvenir" and similar things) seriously, I sat there clutching to my phone and making facial expression and gasping, not noticing anything that is happening around me, and suddenly everything went black, my phone battery died without a warning when I had only 10 pages to finish the story I shouted a curse and ran to charge my phone, good thing since I work in a salon there is electricity plug everywhere, but the bad thing that the salon was kind of crowded at that time I was not able to use my phone while it was charging, I was so tense I couldn't sit down, I was literally walking in circles in the reception area, at that time I realized how drug addicts feel when they don't get their drug, it was horrible..

but after that I got to finish the thing and I wish I didn't, dude this was mindfucking, I had almost the same feeling I got after I finished reading Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson (do you want a review ?) 

I hated the end, I wish Maggie was the real one, I loved Andrew and jade, but you know I had a feeling from the beginning that Sloane was the real thing since in the beginning maggie said that her real name was Sloane.. so it made sense.

Favourite character: Jade, I love this little kid, she is perfect and she is how I've always imagined my future daughter would be like ^___^

Rating: 5/5
Buy it here or Add it to your goodreads here

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Newest addition to my pet family ♥

My uncle gave me this guy yesterday :) he is an Abyssinian Albino guinea pig

I still don't know what should I name him though, any ideas ? 

June favourites

Hello, long time no see ~

sorry I didn't post for so long, it is because I am working now (this is my first job :]), and also it is Ramadan so I have no power to do anything since I am fasting, but here is the overdue post of June monthly favourites 

•  Jergens Smoothing Aloe Skin Comforting Moisturizer: this moisturiser is amazing, it really hydrates the skin and leave it looking smooth for a long time, it gives the skin a healthy glow which I love because my skin is so dry (I should drink more water). what I love the most about this moisturiser is that it is not sticky and the skin absorb it really fast, so you don't have to worry about your clothes getting dirty. in addition to that, this moisturiser have Aloe and Cucumber in it, wich cools the skin and reduce irritation, which I adore because dry skin = itchy skin >.<

• WATER FIX hair lotion: hair lotion ? interesting huh.. I got this because I ran out of my frizz-control hair spray, since my hair is curly and dry, I can't go out of the house without putting something on it, or I'll look like a lion, which is not attractive at all. for only 700 files ($1.86) this things will give you smooth healthy looking hair without frizz, because it not only control frizz but it hydrates your hair, and it helps in getting rid of tangles. this is the best thing I've ever used in my hair ♥

you can tell which one I love the most right ?

• LOOK lip color: I bought these when I was in KSA, they had so many colours on display I didn't know which one to choose, so I got 4 of them. what I like about this product is that it is a lip crayon, which is really convenient because you don't have to worry about it melting, or be careful when you get it out because it might break. the texture is creamy and it doesn't dry your lips, it doesn't smudge easily and you can layer other lip product over it without getting their applicator dirty.

sorry for the blurry picture

from left to right: 314, 356, 353, 350

• L'CHEAR Budding Pink-Heart 8-color painting eye shadow: this is what I bought when I went pet fish shopping. lol. but it was worth it, because this is the best eyeshadow palette I've ever got. the quality is perfect and it only costed me 1 BHD ($2.65). the eyeshadows are very pigmented and they are not chalky, and they don't crease, also the staying power is really impressive, they stayed for the whole day even thought I rub my eyes a lot.

but unfortunately, it fell down and break.

• essence stay natural concealer: essence is an affordable brand with good quality makeup, but unfortunately in Bahrain you can't find it easily. good for me they sell it near my dad's workplace so he can pick up what I want on his way back from work :) for a long time, I used BB cream in place of concealer, the result were good but not perfect, and recently my dark circles became worse and I got an acne scare on my chin which I hate, and BB cream wasn't working for me anymore. so when I saw the essence makeup stand in Red tag I immediately checked the concealers they have, and I got number 03 SOFT NUDE, which matches my skintone and brightens my face, I even use this as a highlighter because it looks natural but gives your face a beautiful glow, it doesn't crease and it is very long lasting, it stayed on my face for 2 days (I was too lazy to wash my face) and it still looked nice.

• L'CHEAR Shiny Lip Gloss: recently I've been loving lip glosses, and when I've seen these in the market I got them immediately, not to mention that it costed me 500 files ($1.33) for both. they don't smell yummy, but they are still good, these are very pigmented and creamy, and even though they don't moisturizer the lips, they don't dry it which is very good, because lip gloss normally makes your lips very dry. these will fade when you eat and drink but the good thing is that they stain your lips a little so if they fade you won't have pale lips, but there will still be a hint of colour on them which is perfect because I never re-apply my makeup (laziness).

number 3, number 2

here are the swatches, the lower is how it is applied normally, while the upper ones are when you smudge them and blot them with tissue paper.

So these were the products I loved in June, and hopefully I'll be able to keep doing monthly favourites.

See you :)