NaNoWriMo Update #1 (Late)

     So, a lot of things have changed  with my novel. I've scraped the idea of writing two novels and am now doing only one. I'm writing it with one of my best friends. Even though it means changing my story, I really don't mind it because I'm having a lot of fun doing it. We consider ourselves to be the next Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. 

     

Coming Soon: A Review on Allegiant By Veronica Roth

  I don't know how I'm going to write this.

Too Many Feels

Absence

     So sorry that I've been absent guys. School has gotten hectic and I'm just now getting the hang of having a job and the job takes up like 99.9% of my time. During my absence, I've read quite a lot so look forward to many reviews coming soon. Thanks for being patient. See y'all later. Bye!!!

Friday Reads 9/13/13

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366 Pages

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290 Pages

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231 Pages

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256 Pages

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174 Pages

    

Hey guys!!! Sorry I’ve been gone a while. School has been hectic. So today I justwant to tell you about what I’m going to be reading over the weekend. First is Lullaby by Amanda Hocking, second book in the Watersong Series.  Second is Onxy by Jennifer L. Armentrout, the second book in the Lux series. I'm already halfway through it. Daemon Black is absolute perfection.  Third is Grendel by John Gardner. I'll be reading this for English class and need to read 5 or 6 chapters by Wednesday.  After that is Identity Theft by Anna Davies, Looking for Alaska by John Green, and finally, I'll be finishing Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck. That's a lot of books. But that's only what I plan on reading. I'm pretty sure that I'm not going to able to finish all of them. That's pretty much all I have to say guys!!! Have a great weekend!!!

Hardback
479 Pages



Book Character Betrayal Tag (By BooKss101)

    Ok, so this tag was originally created by BookTuber Miranda of BooKss101 when she reached 500 subscribers!!!! Congratulations Miranda if you're reading this!!! I saw her do this and thought, "This seems fun. There are some characters that I don’t like at all.”  But I want to change it up just a little. Instead of just book characters, I'm also going to use characters from TV shows because there are  A LOT of characters on TV that I don't  like that much. Here are the scenarios:
     
1) You are at a party playing a game of Spin the Bottle. The bottle lands on you and your dream fictional character partner. You lean in to give a kiss to your dream fictional character partner, while all the while their actual girlfriend/ boyfriend is watching. Which character are you betraying in order to get a kiss from the character of your dreams?
          
       The obvious answer is Tessa from the Infernal Devices Trilogy. I would betray her in a heartbeat in order to kiss Will. I mean come on....He's Will Herondale. Enough said.

2)You just watched Mean Girls and saw Regina George being pushed in front of the bus by Katie. Unlike Mean Girls, you do not feel guilty about pushing a character in front of a bus. Which character would you push in front of a bus? (they are still alive and well after).

      I would push Kelsey from the Tiger's Saga by Colleen Houck.  Kelsey is just an irritating, annoying, and purposefully awkward character. I'd push her in a heartbeat. No need to think about it.


3) It is a life or death situation. You are trapped with a character you hate in the middle of the bush. Suddenly, as you keep walking the woods begin to look familiar and you know the way out. You call it a break for the day and you and the character you hate decide to call it a night. That night you leave sneaking away from the character leaving them to find their own way out. Which character do you betray?
    
      I would leave Bella from Twilight. Don't get me wrong, I love Twilight. There are just some moments where she can get a bit annoying. But don't worry, if she gets lost she can just lay down on the ground and the werewolves will find her.

4) You are trapped in a hole and above you lies the only escape. You ask the character you are trapped with for a lift so you can get out. You tell them when you get out of the whole you will help them out. You make it out of the hole and walk away not helping the character still trapped inside the hole. Which character do you betray?

      Elena from The Vampire Diaries the TV show, not the book. She's not irritating in the book. It's as if the people who worked on the show just wanted to make her irritating and make us hate her, because obviously, nothing terrible is going to happen to her because she's the main character. She's just SOOO irritating in the show. She can't make up her mind about anything and she's always whining about EVERYTHING. "But Stephen. But Damon. I love you both. I can't choose."  Bitch please. Is it really that hard??? No. It's not. Stop overthinking everything.

5) You are in an argument with the character you hate when BANG...you are surrounded by zombies, vampires and wolves. You and this character have to unite to fend off these creatures. You then realize you have magic dust in your pocket that a Warlock gave to you that will help you get out of any situation. You use it and suddenly find yourself in a luxurious environment sipping a drink you love. Which character would you leave to fend for themselves?

     America from The Selection. She too is irritating and can't seem to make up her mind.

      Alright!!! So this tag. It was so much fun to do. I don't know who to tag so..... *Awkwardness* Congratulations again to Miranda for reaching 500 subscribers!!! Got to go guys. Bye!!!!

 

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Movie Review

The Mortal Instruments
 City of Bones
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Director: Andrew Niccol 
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

If anyone is actually reading this, I apologized for being gone for so long. There's so much that I need to say about this movie and I didn't know exactly how to word it the right way. And also, school has started again. You know what that means.  *Homework* Not fun. But now I am back so let's get to the review.

       On Wednesday August 21, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones came out for people to finally see. I was so excited. I had nagged my mom into buying the tickets super early so that we would have guaranteed seats. I even went to the theater an hour early, because I was just that excited. I went in having really high expectations. Like, super high. I do have to say one thing. Not sure if it’s relevant, but it angered me to no end. When I was in the Alamo, before they started showing the movie, they started playing clips of horror movies that were about vampires.  City of Bones is not all about vampires. Get that into your head. Yes, there are vampires in the book, but they are not the main characters. City of Bones is nothing like Twilight at all and everyone needs to realize that. It's like when most people hear that a book has vampires in it or that a book is about vampires, they just assume that they're all like Twilight.
      But let’s stop ranting. I give this movie 3 out of 5 stars. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but as a book lover and someone who is VERY much obsessed with the Mortal Instruments , I was very disappointed in the movie. The acting was mediocre, information was left out or skimmed over, and things weren't explained very well.  
     They didn't explain what the stele was for. The runes weren't explained very well and the scene where Clary just magically cleans her house with a rune on her arm??? Unacceptable. That's not how they work. OMG. And that scene where Clary freezes the demons, walks away, but doesn't kill them. Does that make sense??? Noooo.
    
 Let's talk characters.

• Jace: I think that Jamie is perfect for Jace. He's exactly how I imagined him to be and he didn't disappoint.
• Clary: Please, please, don't hate me for what I'm about to say. I do not think that Lily Collins is a good actress. I think that the only thing she managed to actually get right was how annoying Clary is because I'm not a big fan of her in the books. The one scene I didn't like with her was when she fell on the floor if the Institute and said "Is this the part where you take your shirt of?" I think that's the whole quote. The way it was delivered was very cheesy and not in a good way. It was as if it was just placed there just because.
• Simon:  Robert is absolutely perfect for Simon. Exactly as I imagined him to be. One scene I didn't like with him though was his Spiderman moment with his glasses. "I seem to not need them anymore." The way he delivered that was kind of over the top and cheesy.
• Alec: Perfect.
• Isabelle: Bad-ass and perfect
• Magnus: What a shame. Godfrey TOTALLY looked the part for Magnus. BUT, he didn't sound like. Magnus is one of my absolute favorite characters. I was so excited to see him. But then he spoke and I was disappointed. He didn't have the sass of Magnus. At least they got the cat eyes right.  
• Valentine: No. No, no, no, nooo.  Don't get me wrong, I love Jonathan, but who in the world thought that it was a good idea to change his backstory and put those damn braids on him??? No. Unacceptable. I have no words.

     I'm done ranting, because I could literally go on all day and tell you what was wrong with this movie. They are making City of Ashes next year. I just hope that they actually get things right this time. Peace out and have a great school year!!!!

 

 

A To Z Book Survey

Today, instead of reading The Human Stain as I should have been, I was on Tumblr just goofing around and decided to go to the BookTube News blog. While I was on there, I saw a video titled the A to Z Book Survey by bookishandnerdy and I loved it so I decided to do it also. Of course, I do not have a camera available to me, so I will just be typing this and just secretly hoping that someone will read it and comment on it. This survey was originally created by Jamie from PerpetualPageTurner.com. Go check out Jamie's site and Jillian's YouTube channel. They're both awesome.

Author you’ve read the most books from:

This was actually pretty hard to figure out, so I went over to my Goodreads and it turns out that the author is Cecily von Ziegesar. I’ve read every single Gossip Girl book, The It Girl, and also Gossip Girl: The Carlyles. All of that is a total of 27 books.

 

Best Sequel Ever:

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

 

Currently Reading:

The Human Stain by Philip Roth and The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Drink of Choice While Reading:

Just water. I don’t really want to make a huge fuss about it.

 

E-reader or Physical Book?

Physical book. It’s so much better to actually have a book in your hand. Sure

 

Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School:

I’m currently still in high school, but I would totally date Connor Drake from The Drake Chronicles. He’s nerdy and adorable. I love it!!!

 

Glad You Gave This Book A Chance:

Ciy of bones By Cassandra Clare. I Remember picking this up book 3 years ago and got a little grossed out by Jace and Clary, so I put it down for a week then went back to. Glad I read it, because now, I‘m obsessed with everything Cassandra Clare writes.

 

Hidden Gem Book:

Switched by Amanda Hocking

 

Important Moment in your Reading Life:

Finding out about BookTubers. I’m really glad to find out about BookTubers, because it’s nice to know that there are actually a lot of people who love books just as much as I do.

 

Just Finished:

The Elite by Kiera Cass

 

Kinds of Books You Won’t Read:

I’m actually not sure actually. I try to read a little bit of everything. I guess historical fiction. I wasn’t really a big fan of history. It bores me so don’t put it in fiction books.

 

Longest Book You’ve Read:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K Rowling (870 pages)

 

Major book hangover because of:

The Elite by Kiera Cass

 

Number of Bookcases You Own:

3. One tall, two short.

 

One Book You Have Read Multiple Times:

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga

 

Preferred Place To Read:

Anywhere in my room!!!

 

Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you’ve read:

"To love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed." City of Bones

 

Reading Regret:

None

  Series You Started And Need To Finish(all books are out in series):

The Luxe Series By Anna Godbersen and the Morganville Vampires Series by Rachel Caine. I have 4 more books to go.

Three of your All-Time Favorite Books:

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare, The Hobbit By J.R.R Tolkien and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling.

 

Unapologetic Fangirl For:

The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare. I am a Shadowhunter.

 

Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others:

City of Heavenly Fire and Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

 

Worst Bookish Habit:

I tend to have book commitment issues. An example is when I come home from the library, I’ll go on Goodreads and say that I’m “Currently Reading” a few books, but won’t read a single book on the list. I get distracted and read others that aren’t on the list.

X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book:

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

 

Your latest book purchase:

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini, and Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead

 

ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late):

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter