Friday Five

Happy Friday! 
I am so glad that this week has come to a close. I am super excited for this weekend and I leave Monday afternoon for Italy. Surprisingly, this week flew by and I found myself having a lot on the free time in the afternoon (read: time to explore the internet!) 
I planned on having 2 posts today (to complete my mini-series), but I got home from a rehearsal yesterday and couldn't write another post. I will post it Monday morning, along with my last post ("farewell" post!) until the 19th of April - there will be 11 guest bloggers taking my place each day with some great posts. 
ONE : Spotify Playlists I've started using Spotify more and more and have come to find that I love it even more than Pandora. I love that you can choose what songs you want to listen to and can create playlists for any occasion - and listen to other people's! Pop Cosmo has a great "Happy Songs" playlist and Kiel James Patrick just published his first playlist, which are some of his favorite songs for April! 
TWO : The Lion King For an event in 8th grade, the vocal department sang The Circle of Life from The Lion King, so seeing this awesome video with the Australian Cast put a smile on my face! I wish I could have been on that plane. (Maybe the group of vocalists going to Italy will be this group on the plane!) 

THREE : Reading With some downtime these past few days, I've gotten a lot of reading done. I've read 3 non-fiction books lately (don't let that scare you!) and have really enjoyed them. A House in the Sky is a story about Amanda Lindhout who was taken into captivity while reporting in the Middle East. She survived over a year and this book tells her true story about what her experience was like. Night, a true story from the Holocaust, has been on my reading list for a long time and I finally got around to reading it. I really enjoyed it and found it to be an easy, simple read that was still enjoyable! Lastly, I just finished These Few Precious Days, a memoir about the Kennedy's. After finishing this book, I'm not going to lie when I say I am officially in love with JFK and Jackie O. I want to read any book I can about them. 
FOUR : Giveaways There are some awesome giveaways happening on my favorite blogs! Southern Curls and Pearls has 2 giveaways this week with Nordstrom and Swoozies + ban.do. This week, Caitlin did a collaboration with ban.do and I want every product from their line. They are super cute items that are perfect for any age! A Preppy State of Mind is giving away a Needlepoint Belt that is perfect for summer outfits and pictures on the beach! Lastly, The College Prepster has partnered with Studio-C to giveaway 2 iPhone cases, a laptop bag, and a laptop case! Run on over to each of these giveaways and enter your name, because they're ending today/tomorrow! 
FIVE : Spring Break To-Dos With Spring Break on its way, and not everyone traveling, you have to keep yourself occupied and keep your mind off of school. These 2 posts, 5 Things To Do Over Spring Break and 8 Things to Keep You Occupied have some great and easy ideas of how to keep yourself away from laying in bed all day! I know that I'll be reading a lot in the airport/on the plane/when I get home! 
What links have you been loving? 
xoxo