Book #20 "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D.Salinger: "What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're done reading it, you with the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though." (Page 18)
So I'm not going to lie the only reason I picked this book up in the first place is because it is one of the books that Charlie reads in 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' (Which is an amazing book btw). However, after reading it I find it a bit of a cheat because while I understand that this book was written far before 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' was ever even dreamed up parts of this story were almost the exact same.
Teenage boy going through a bit of a life crises not knowing what direction his life is taking/not knowing if it is all worth it/ or if it will ever be worth it. Then eventually we find both main boys to be in the hospital for mental help.
I had a bit of a hard time getting into Salinger's style of writing if I am going to be honest with you I just don't think it was for me. For one thing he was having everyone cussing just about every other word which for me just felt extremely unnecessary and even at points I found that it took away from what the heck he was trying to get across in the story and all I good think about was 'gee I didn't know someone could cuss that much in one sentence!'.
However, even though all the cussing annoyed me I did like his style of writing with the aspect that he would be having Holden (the main Character) telling us a story about something and before you knew it he would be going down some random rabbit hole telling us something that hardly even relates to what he was talking about until he gets to the end of THAT part of the story only to have us find that he does in fact have a point and that it does all actually tie in together. It just reminded me of the way that people speak that a lot of times we will jump from one topic to the other without rhyme, reason or warning and we just automatically just assume that everyone is going to be able to follow are train of thought at least to some capacity.
In that one aspect alone do I applaud Mr. Salinger, for capturing this simple human element and getting it transferred to paper so well. Even if it did make the story itself dry and rambling at some points. Isn't that the way that life is as well at times? Dry and with out much of a point?
In closing thoughts for this one all I can say is that it felt almost like I was reading a very rough outline for 'POBAW' and that Chbosky basically came along and took most of the good ideas from the book that were not really touched on and simply just expanded.
Would I recommend it? Um, that is kind of hard. I would probably say no. I would probably tell you that you would be better off reading something like 'POBAW' and getting basically the same thing out of it.
And on that note let's move on to our next book for #21 we have "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux. I am a big fan of the movie and soundtrack so I've been looking forward to reading this one for a while. :)
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
Book #19: "Pride and Prejudice"...Finished!!!
Book #19 "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen: "She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man, who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes." (295)
Hmmm where to start?
I love this book I could read it again and again and again, this as a matter of fact is my third time reading it. Each time I do I always tend to pick up on something new, maybe it is the way that Austen wrote with so much little detail that it is easy to find new things with each read. However, I also like to think that it has a good deal to do with the fact that you also tend to pick out things that are more related to what is currently happening in your life.
For example this time around I was thinking even more so on the issue of marriage in the story, before it was all ok they need to get married otherwise they are basically doomed got it, but know when I read it I really thought about how insanely crazy it was back then how their need to marry was so very serious. How unfortunately there wasn't a whole lot of choice to just go off and start your career and support yourself first and then find a man who you actually wanted to marry for the one and only reason of you being in love with each other and not because you needed him to save you and your family from the poor house.
I honest to gosh can not even fathom it.
I understand their need to marry out of necessity but still I can't imagine from the point of view of even a parent of raising my child to basically have the main goal in life to marry well and lots of babies (the babies thing is not touched on in the book, as you probably know, but I know a bit about the time period so my saying that isn't all that far off I'm sure).
I don't know maybe I'm overthinking it all. It just blows my mind. Okay I shall stop with the rant now though and instead leave it just at that I truly love this book there isn't a time when I don't read it and think 'Man, I wish I was Elizabeth!'. But to be honest I think it would be hard to find any girl who has read this that has not at least once wished to be her. So hats off once again to one of the most amazing female writers that there ever was or ever will be, here's to you Jane Austen.
Now as I may or may not have mentioned before we are on a bit of a stretch of classics right now (honestly at least the next 3 out of 4 books I have planed to read I would consider to be well known classics). Now if this is to be a good or bad thing I guess is yet to be seen. On the upside the next two books are on the shorter side! :)
Speaking of up next we have "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. I got to tell you I did something bad that I don't normally do, I started reading the first few pages before I typed this and I got to tell you I got no idea what this book is about (other then a very cynical teenage boy) so far. So yea, lol there is that. Wish me luck?
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Hmmm where to start?
I love this book I could read it again and again and again, this as a matter of fact is my third time reading it. Each time I do I always tend to pick up on something new, maybe it is the way that Austen wrote with so much little detail that it is easy to find new things with each read. However, I also like to think that it has a good deal to do with the fact that you also tend to pick out things that are more related to what is currently happening in your life.
For example this time around I was thinking even more so on the issue of marriage in the story, before it was all ok they need to get married otherwise they are basically doomed got it, but know when I read it I really thought about how insanely crazy it was back then how their need to marry was so very serious. How unfortunately there wasn't a whole lot of choice to just go off and start your career and support yourself first and then find a man who you actually wanted to marry for the one and only reason of you being in love with each other and not because you needed him to save you and your family from the poor house.
I honest to gosh can not even fathom it.
I understand their need to marry out of necessity but still I can't imagine from the point of view of even a parent of raising my child to basically have the main goal in life to marry well and lots of babies (the babies thing is not touched on in the book, as you probably know, but I know a bit about the time period so my saying that isn't all that far off I'm sure).
I don't know maybe I'm overthinking it all. It just blows my mind. Okay I shall stop with the rant now though and instead leave it just at that I truly love this book there isn't a time when I don't read it and think 'Man, I wish I was Elizabeth!'. But to be honest I think it would be hard to find any girl who has read this that has not at least once wished to be her. So hats off once again to one of the most amazing female writers that there ever was or ever will be, here's to you Jane Austen.
Now as I may or may not have mentioned before we are on a bit of a stretch of classics right now (honestly at least the next 3 out of 4 books I have planed to read I would consider to be well known classics). Now if this is to be a good or bad thing I guess is yet to be seen. On the upside the next two books are on the shorter side! :)
Speaking of up next we have "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. I got to tell you I did something bad that I don't normally do, I started reading the first few pages before I typed this and I got to tell you I got no idea what this book is about (other then a very cynical teenage boy) so far. So yea, lol there is that. Wish me luck?
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Friday, October 17, 2014
Book #18: " Lunch in Paris" ...Finshed!!!
Book #18 "Lunch in Paris" by Elizabeth Band: "For the record, I'm not an indecisive person, and I'm not a coward. I just have a very detailed imaginary life, and it sometimes takes precedence over what's actually happening around me." (Page 107)
Oh my goodness you guys it has been over two months sense I have finished a book, that is nuts! I have been in-between 3 books for the last month but nothing was really holding my attention like it normally does so I was struggling just a bit.
I decided to put my other books down for a while and randomly picked this up at the library just for something easy to give my brain a rest. I got to tell you it was just the thing, this book would make a very good beach read or just vacation in general I guess.
It is about a American girl falling in love with a guy from Paris and then she ends up moving there and they get married. I felt that Band did a very good job of really capturing the feelings of how hard it is to change cultures and basically your entire way of thinking when you move someplace new like that. It also did a very good job of relating the way things went down between her and her now in-laws, and how awkward that can be especially when you can't always understand what they are saying in the beginning.
Guess it is fair to say that I can just relate with her right now sense I just got engaged last weekend and now I am going to becoming part of a whole new family, just a bit nerve racking to say the least.
Oh! Something I forgot to mention is at the end of each chapter is a couple different recipes, food that is talked about or that she eats while in Paris. So if your looking for something new to cook and a easy read then this book is the book for you! ;)
On a side note I guess now that this book is done it is time to return to the ones I was working my way through...sigh. Let's make a deal if I'm still not done with them or my interest has not picked up the end of the month I get to put the books down for good and move on without judgment, good? yes? good!
Well that's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Oh my goodness you guys it has been over two months sense I have finished a book, that is nuts! I have been in-between 3 books for the last month but nothing was really holding my attention like it normally does so I was struggling just a bit.
I decided to put my other books down for a while and randomly picked this up at the library just for something easy to give my brain a rest. I got to tell you it was just the thing, this book would make a very good beach read or just vacation in general I guess.
It is about a American girl falling in love with a guy from Paris and then she ends up moving there and they get married. I felt that Band did a very good job of really capturing the feelings of how hard it is to change cultures and basically your entire way of thinking when you move someplace new like that. It also did a very good job of relating the way things went down between her and her now in-laws, and how awkward that can be especially when you can't always understand what they are saying in the beginning.
Guess it is fair to say that I can just relate with her right now sense I just got engaged last weekend and now I am going to becoming part of a whole new family, just a bit nerve racking to say the least.
Oh! Something I forgot to mention is at the end of each chapter is a couple different recipes, food that is talked about or that she eats while in Paris. So if your looking for something new to cook and a easy read then this book is the book for you! ;)
On a side note I guess now that this book is done it is time to return to the ones I was working my way through...sigh. Let's make a deal if I'm still not done with them or my interest has not picked up the end of the month I get to put the books down for good and move on without judgment, good? yes? good!
Well that's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Book #17: "The Fantastic 4"...Finished!!!
Book #17 "The Fantastic 4" an official novelization by Peter David: So I got to tell you I picked this book up at a used book store for like 50 cents because I thought it would probably be a good laugh to read (and also because I really like the movie, so why wouldn't I like the book?) and to be honest I wasn't disappointed but I obviously wasn't all that impressed either.
I mean sure I knew what exactly was going to happen next and to whom it was going to happen to so that was a bit of a downer in itself but it was also kind of a let down when the David started adding just these little parts to fill in the between time that we as viewers don't really notice missing when we are watching the film but the thing was when he was writing these parts it almost felt a bit like he got caught up in the importance of having fill-in parts that he seemed to kind of lose the characters and their personalities. In short he changed the characters for the parts that he wrote but then when he was going word for word with the movie he was back to the original characters. And it's not that he changed them in any major ways it was just the little was he did it that didn't quite seem to match up with everything I guess. But maybe the way he wrote them was more true to how they are in the original comics...I can't honestly say that I know one way or the other.
So in the end it wasn't really anything special but it was still a nice shorter read I guess. For my next book #18 is a re-read for me it is 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen, but I honestly can not help it I just love this book :) nerdy I know. Well I'm pretty sure that is everything. Oh an ending note tho, if you have not seen the 'Fantastic 4' movie it is really good, it is for sure higher up in my list of favorite super hero movies.
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Page Count: 6833
I mean sure I knew what exactly was going to happen next and to whom it was going to happen to so that was a bit of a downer in itself but it was also kind of a let down when the David started adding just these little parts to fill in the between time that we as viewers don't really notice missing when we are watching the film but the thing was when he was writing these parts it almost felt a bit like he got caught up in the importance of having fill-in parts that he seemed to kind of lose the characters and their personalities. In short he changed the characters for the parts that he wrote but then when he was going word for word with the movie he was back to the original characters. And it's not that he changed them in any major ways it was just the little was he did it that didn't quite seem to match up with everything I guess. But maybe the way he wrote them was more true to how they are in the original comics...I can't honestly say that I know one way or the other.
So in the end it wasn't really anything special but it was still a nice shorter read I guess. For my next book #18 is a re-read for me it is 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen, but I honestly can not help it I just love this book :) nerdy I know. Well I'm pretty sure that is everything. Oh an ending note tho, if you have not seen the 'Fantastic 4' movie it is really good, it is for sure higher up in my list of favorite super hero movies.
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Page Count: 6833
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Book #16 : "Never Let Me Go"...Finished!!!
Book #16 "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro: So you know when you will be talking about how your about to start a book that your really excited about and then someone is all like 'oh my gosh that was such a good book, your totally going to cry!' and then the whole time your reading the book you keep waiting for the part that is supposedly going to make you cry and it never comes and you start to question if the person who told you you would cry is just crazy or if you are just an awful person. Pretty much what happened with me and this book.
This book isn't at all what I honestly thought it was going to be about. There was a movie that came out based on the book back in 2010 and I remember watching the trailer but I don't know guess it just isn't what I thought it was going to be.
That being said that doesn't mean that the book wasn't good. Quite the opposite really. It was different and surprisingly well written; I say that because (if you don't all really know) the author is a male but the whole time the book is being narrated to us by Kathy H., whom is obviously female. It has been my experience that sometimes it is hard for male writers to get across a believable female lead, however as I said this wasn't the case this time.
So the story opens up with Kathy H. basically just telling us a little about who she is and whatnot and then as easy as if you were just having a conversation with just about any one she gets reminded of something that will lead her to start telling a story about her past and then that reminds her of something else and so on.. that is basically how we, as readers, end up learning all about her and her friends (Ruth and Tommy) time at their special boarding school Hailsham. Hailsham holds many important memories not only of the past but also to allow Kathy and her friends to latter on put together the puzzle of what for and where they fit into it in the big picture of I guess life in general.
As I said when I first starting reading this I had kinda thought maybe they are just orphans and just are i don't know clueless about life in the outside world? But oh gosh no! That is so not the case. I don't want to tell you so much because I don't want to give it away because Ishiguro has a way of giving you all the information that you need in the perfect timing instead of throwing it all at you in a rush. Sorry not trying to gush but that is something else that he did a really good job on.
May I just say that it is not at all what I thought it was and just leave it at that? Hmmmm, probably not. Okay let's see...trying to figure out what I could tell you. How about this? The kids are not normal kids and have a very important, and to be honest sad, purpose in life that they have no way of getting out of or really questioning.
Yea, I think that is the best I can do without ruining to much of it :P hopefully that just makes you wanna read it even more!
I will quickly give one disclaimer that there was a whole bunch of kinda blunt/awkward talk about sex. I mean yea, most of us are old enough that is it isn't that big of a deal but I just want that said considering that I am recommending this book but probably not for anyone under 18. Just putting that out there.
But yes! I highly recommend this like for real read it, read, it, read it! :D
Alright so for book #17 you guys, whomever you are reading this, are probably going to laugh but I have a book version of "The Fantastic 4" lol it is a novelization by Peter David and don't make fun but I am kinda super excited about it. (and not just because there might or might not be a picture of Chris Evens on the front of the book ;P) anyways yea, so there is that.
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Page Count: 6,464
This book isn't at all what I honestly thought it was going to be about. There was a movie that came out based on the book back in 2010 and I remember watching the trailer but I don't know guess it just isn't what I thought it was going to be.
That being said that doesn't mean that the book wasn't good. Quite the opposite really. It was different and surprisingly well written; I say that because (if you don't all really know) the author is a male but the whole time the book is being narrated to us by Kathy H., whom is obviously female. It has been my experience that sometimes it is hard for male writers to get across a believable female lead, however as I said this wasn't the case this time.
So the story opens up with Kathy H. basically just telling us a little about who she is and whatnot and then as easy as if you were just having a conversation with just about any one she gets reminded of something that will lead her to start telling a story about her past and then that reminds her of something else and so on.. that is basically how we, as readers, end up learning all about her and her friends (Ruth and Tommy) time at their special boarding school Hailsham. Hailsham holds many important memories not only of the past but also to allow Kathy and her friends to latter on put together the puzzle of what for and where they fit into it in the big picture of I guess life in general.
As I said when I first starting reading this I had kinda thought maybe they are just orphans and just are i don't know clueless about life in the outside world? But oh gosh no! That is so not the case. I don't want to tell you so much because I don't want to give it away because Ishiguro has a way of giving you all the information that you need in the perfect timing instead of throwing it all at you in a rush. Sorry not trying to gush but that is something else that he did a really good job on.
May I just say that it is not at all what I thought it was and just leave it at that? Hmmmm, probably not. Okay let's see...trying to figure out what I could tell you. How about this? The kids are not normal kids and have a very important, and to be honest sad, purpose in life that they have no way of getting out of or really questioning.
Yea, I think that is the best I can do without ruining to much of it :P hopefully that just makes you wanna read it even more!
I will quickly give one disclaimer that there was a whole bunch of kinda blunt/awkward talk about sex. I mean yea, most of us are old enough that is it isn't that big of a deal but I just want that said considering that I am recommending this book but probably not for anyone under 18. Just putting that out there.
But yes! I highly recommend this like for real read it, read, it, read it! :D
Alright so for book #17 you guys, whomever you are reading this, are probably going to laugh but I have a book version of "The Fantastic 4" lol it is a novelization by Peter David and don't make fun but I am kinda super excited about it. (and not just because there might or might not be a picture of Chris Evens on the front of the book ;P) anyways yea, so there is that.
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Page Count: 6,464
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Book #15: 'Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter'...Finished!!!`
Book #15 'Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter' by A.E. Moorat: Okay so I want to start by pointing out the amazingness of the tagline for this book: 'She loved her country. She hated zombies.' I mean lets be honest for a moment, this book no longer even needs any kind of explanation once you know the tagline. Am I right?
Hmmm, no? Okay fine let's talk about it then shall we?
So when I first picked up this book, not only did I find it in the clearance area, I thought it was going to be kinda like 'Pride, Prejudice and Zombies'. Which if you don't know is where someone took the classic book 'Pride and Prejudice' and added zombies and tossed it to the world to see what all the zombie-loving nerds would think of it. Personally I have yet to read it myself but from what I have heard it is verging on maximum coolness. (maximum coolness? where did I get that from?? :S)
However once I started reading this book I have found that this is not the case with 'Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter' at all I think someone honestly just thought it would be cool to take someone from history and write a book about them being a 'demon hunter'.
As far as the book goes I mean it was okay for what it was, if that makes sense? The main reason for me reading it was so I could have something easier to read after making my way through the classic before this. So yea, I guess if your looking for something mindless to read and you have always wanted to read a zombie book then yea, you will probably enjoy.
My only thing I'm really going to mention on it was that it was pretty graphic at parts, but come on it is about zombies so that kinda comes with the territory I guess.
Next book up for #16 is 'Never Let Me Go' by Kazuo Ishiguro. I have been told that this one will make me cry but I guess we will see how it goes!
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Page Count: 6,176
Hmmm, no? Okay fine let's talk about it then shall we?
So when I first picked up this book, not only did I find it in the clearance area, I thought it was going to be kinda like 'Pride, Prejudice and Zombies'. Which if you don't know is where someone took the classic book 'Pride and Prejudice' and added zombies and tossed it to the world to see what all the zombie-loving nerds would think of it. Personally I have yet to read it myself but from what I have heard it is verging on maximum coolness. (maximum coolness? where did I get that from?? :S)
However once I started reading this book I have found that this is not the case with 'Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter' at all I think someone honestly just thought it would be cool to take someone from history and write a book about them being a 'demon hunter'.
As far as the book goes I mean it was okay for what it was, if that makes sense? The main reason for me reading it was so I could have something easier to read after making my way through the classic before this. So yea, I guess if your looking for something mindless to read and you have always wanted to read a zombie book then yea, you will probably enjoy.
My only thing I'm really going to mention on it was that it was pretty graphic at parts, but come on it is about zombies so that kinda comes with the territory I guess.
Next book up for #16 is 'Never Let Me Go' by Kazuo Ishiguro. I have been told that this one will make me cry but I guess we will see how it goes!
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Page Count: 6,176
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Book #14: "The Beautiful and Damned" ...Finished!!! (FINALLY)
Book #14 "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald:
'"Now, Gloria," he would cry, "please let me explain!"
"Don't explain. Kiss me."
"I don't think that's right. If I hurt your feelings we ought to discuss it. I don't like this kiss-and-forget."
"But I don't want to argue. I think it's wonderful that we can kiss and forget, and when we can't it'll be time to argue..."' Page 125.
The 'Beautiful and Damned' follows the life of Anthony Patch, who is quite well off and supported by his rich and very sick grandfather. Anthony meets Gloria and, even if he doesn't like the idea of admitting it right away, is bewitched by her. It is not long before they are getting married and living it up. They seem almost to dance from one party to the next without any thought to the money that is being spent at every turn.
Then, and no i won't give away too much detail, after an incident that Anthony's grandfather witnessed Anthony is cut out of his grandfathers last will and testament, meaning that the 30 million he should get he won't.
Anthony and Gloria hire and lawyer to fight it once his grandfather dies but the process is slow moving. As they wait and wait to hear what will happen with the case their state of marriage and sanity in general starts to slip. They can't afford to live the way they once did especially with Anthony not wanting to go to work. Before to long it is obvious that the money has run out as has their patience for each other, the fact that Anthony becomes a drunk doesn't help anything either.
I won't give away how it ends, but I think it's clear that this is a classic 'money doesn't buy you happiness' moral kind of story.
Personally I didn't really have anything that I minded about it, other then the fact that it did drag a little at some points (which I think is evident with how long it took me to finish the darn thing). But other then that I actually enjoyed it, so if your into reading more classic books I would recommend adding this to your list.
Okay, I won't go on and on about how far behind I am in my goal, let's be honest we all knew that was going to happen, but I will tell you that my next book is something a little different. Book #15 is "Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter" by A. E. Moorat. Yea, and get this the tagline for it is "She loved her country. She hated zombies."
Let's be honest what more need I say?
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT: 5,802
'"Now, Gloria," he would cry, "please let me explain!"
"Don't explain. Kiss me."
"I don't think that's right. If I hurt your feelings we ought to discuss it. I don't like this kiss-and-forget."
"But I don't want to argue. I think it's wonderful that we can kiss and forget, and when we can't it'll be time to argue..."' Page 125.
The 'Beautiful and Damned' follows the life of Anthony Patch, who is quite well off and supported by his rich and very sick grandfather. Anthony meets Gloria and, even if he doesn't like the idea of admitting it right away, is bewitched by her. It is not long before they are getting married and living it up. They seem almost to dance from one party to the next without any thought to the money that is being spent at every turn.
Then, and no i won't give away too much detail, after an incident that Anthony's grandfather witnessed Anthony is cut out of his grandfathers last will and testament, meaning that the 30 million he should get he won't.
Anthony and Gloria hire and lawyer to fight it once his grandfather dies but the process is slow moving. As they wait and wait to hear what will happen with the case their state of marriage and sanity in general starts to slip. They can't afford to live the way they once did especially with Anthony not wanting to go to work. Before to long it is obvious that the money has run out as has their patience for each other, the fact that Anthony becomes a drunk doesn't help anything either.
I won't give away how it ends, but I think it's clear that this is a classic 'money doesn't buy you happiness' moral kind of story.
Personally I didn't really have anything that I minded about it, other then the fact that it did drag a little at some points (which I think is evident with how long it took me to finish the darn thing). But other then that I actually enjoyed it, so if your into reading more classic books I would recommend adding this to your list.
Okay, I won't go on and on about how far behind I am in my goal, let's be honest we all knew that was going to happen, but I will tell you that my next book is something a little different. Book #15 is "Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter" by A. E. Moorat. Yea, and get this the tagline for it is "She loved her country. She hated zombies."
Let's be honest what more need I say?
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT: 5,802
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Book #13: "Happy Ever After"...Finished!
Book #13 "Happy Ever After" by Adele Geras: "As if love were the most important thing of all, more important then anything in the world. I used to think that, but now I'm not so sure. Perhaps love needs a whole arrangement of other things to support it, to keep it standing: a kind of scaffolding without which it simply falls to the ground in little shards and splinters.." (page 49).
'Happy Ever After' is suppose to be a more modern re-telling of three classic fairy tales (Repunzel, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White) all intertwining with each other. I got recommend this book by someone that I look up to a lot as far a taste in books is considered and I have to tell you I was actually very disappointed. Which is really sad considering the potential this book had to be good. But as is my duty let us get into talking about it, shall we?
One thing I did like about the book was that it was split up into 3 different stories, each told from a different girl's point of view, the book takes place in the 1960's and is based in London mostly where the three girls are attend a boarding school together, which is were they first became friends.
The main thing that got to me the most in this book was how much they took the whole turning the book modern thing all most too far. For example Alice, who is suppose to be Sleeping Beauty, is put into her 'sleep' or in this case 'silence' after she gets raped at her birthday party. It was just seemed a bit extreme to me I guess.
The way it was written also wasn't really my favorite I don't know if it was just I wasn't that in to the story line or that I wasn't that into Geras writing style. Either way as I said I just wasn't really that into it. I wouldn't recommend it personally. Sorry to anyone that has read it and likes it. And sorry to Geras. On the other hand now I guess I have a new reason to go to Half-Price Books...not that I really need a new reason.
Oh on side-note I did go to half-price books and get four new books that I totally didn't need. :) makes me happy. So, on to other things, next book up is bit more of a classic book #14 "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hope this one is better then the last one. :P
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT:5,385
'Happy Ever After' is suppose to be a more modern re-telling of three classic fairy tales (Repunzel, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White) all intertwining with each other. I got recommend this book by someone that I look up to a lot as far a taste in books is considered and I have to tell you I was actually very disappointed. Which is really sad considering the potential this book had to be good. But as is my duty let us get into talking about it, shall we?
One thing I did like about the book was that it was split up into 3 different stories, each told from a different girl's point of view, the book takes place in the 1960's and is based in London mostly where the three girls are attend a boarding school together, which is were they first became friends.
The main thing that got to me the most in this book was how much they took the whole turning the book modern thing all most too far. For example Alice, who is suppose to be Sleeping Beauty, is put into her 'sleep' or in this case 'silence' after she gets raped at her birthday party. It was just seemed a bit extreme to me I guess.
The way it was written also wasn't really my favorite I don't know if it was just I wasn't that in to the story line or that I wasn't that into Geras writing style. Either way as I said I just wasn't really that into it. I wouldn't recommend it personally. Sorry to anyone that has read it and likes it. And sorry to Geras. On the other hand now I guess I have a new reason to go to Half-Price Books...not that I really need a new reason.
Oh on side-note I did go to half-price books and get four new books that I totally didn't need. :) makes me happy. So, on to other things, next book up is bit more of a classic book #14 "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hope this one is better then the last one. :P
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT:5,385
Monday, May 12, 2014
Book #12 "The Devil Wears Prada" ... Finished!!!
Book #12 "The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger: "It was two in the afternoon of my first day in Paris, and I wanted to die. Only death was not an option" (Page 312).
The story follows Andrea Sachs as she starts the all important hunt for the first out of college job. What she really wants is to be a writer for the New Yorker but without an in she doesn't really see that being much of a possibility until she learns about the jr. assistant job at Runway magazine to the editor of the magazine herself, Miranda. It just so happens that after a year of working with Miranda you can practically get a job anywhere you want. Just no one seemed to remember to warn poor Andrea that her boss was seriously turns out to be one of the hardest people anyone could ever even dream of working for. But could it all be worth it so that at the end of a year you can get basically any job you could ever want?
As I mentioned in my last post this is my second time reading this I thought I was going to enjoy it as much the second time around and I got to be honest with you I don't know if it was because I knew everything that was coming or just because I am starting to get sick of the same old same old style of books I tend to pick up and read? Who knows?
But if you have never read it before I would say it's a good read for the first time around but as I kind of hinted to above I wouldn't really read it over and over and over again.
This is also one of the rare times when I can actually say that the movie is 100% better then book, I mean sure the book is good but I just love the movie, I don't know if it is the actors they got or what but I just love it. It's so good.
Next book up for number #13 is "Happy Ever After by Adele Geras. It is suppose to be a modern day mash up of 3 different fairy tales all wrapped up into one. Should be interesting to give a try, hopefully :P
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
P.S. sorry I don't have a whole lot to say about this one like I said I just wasn't super thrilled with it as a re-read... :/
Page Count:4,986
The story follows Andrea Sachs as she starts the all important hunt for the first out of college job. What she really wants is to be a writer for the New Yorker but without an in she doesn't really see that being much of a possibility until she learns about the jr. assistant job at Runway magazine to the editor of the magazine herself, Miranda. It just so happens that after a year of working with Miranda you can practically get a job anywhere you want. Just no one seemed to remember to warn poor Andrea that her boss was seriously turns out to be one of the hardest people anyone could ever even dream of working for. But could it all be worth it so that at the end of a year you can get basically any job you could ever want?
As I mentioned in my last post this is my second time reading this I thought I was going to enjoy it as much the second time around and I got to be honest with you I don't know if it was because I knew everything that was coming or just because I am starting to get sick of the same old same old style of books I tend to pick up and read? Who knows?
But if you have never read it before I would say it's a good read for the first time around but as I kind of hinted to above I wouldn't really read it over and over and over again.
This is also one of the rare times when I can actually say that the movie is 100% better then book, I mean sure the book is good but I just love the movie, I don't know if it is the actors they got or what but I just love it. It's so good.
Next book up for number #13 is "Happy Ever After by Adele Geras. It is suppose to be a modern day mash up of 3 different fairy tales all wrapped up into one. Should be interesting to give a try, hopefully :P
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
P.S. sorry I don't have a whole lot to say about this one like I said I just wasn't super thrilled with it as a re-read... :/
Page Count:4,986
Book #11 "Water for Elephants" ....Finished!!
Book #11 "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen: I first off want to go ahead and apologize for two things. The first is that there is no quote to start this post like I normally would start one, I just didn't find one that I really thought would sum up/give you a feel of the book very well, hence no quote. The second is that I am sorry it has taken me so gosh awful long to post this. I actually finished this book last Tuesday but then just kept putting off sitting down to type all this out. But here we go:
The story follows Jacob, whom when we first meet him is an old man in a nursing home and as he is reminiscing about the good old days of when he used to work on a circus we are given an inside view into the world of the 'Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth'. Jacob joined up with the 'Benzini Brothers Show' after he suddenly ran away from college upon hearing about the death of both his parents. With no other family members alive or at least not near by he just couldn't stand it so he just ran away to quite literately join the circus.
Personally I have never read a book that was based on a circus. Gruen went into a lot of detail about everything that goes on behind the scenes so that was kind of cool in the aspect that I got to learn something new. It was nice to just get to read something a little different for a change, which lets be honest is never a bad thing.
Speaking of cool things that I learned from this book, and I want to go on record that I have no idea if this is real or not or if it was made up just for the sake of the book, but in the book the circus traveled around by train and if someone got in trouble they could be "redlighted" which is basically when they would get tossed off the moving train! I don't know about you but if that is true that kind of blows my mind. I just can't imagine people staying around to work in a place if they knew there was a possibility of getting tossed off the train. But what do I know? One note that I unfortunately must make is that these was a lot and yea I mean a lot of really awkward sexual parts of the book that, as always, were randomly put in and in my opinion took away from the main story.
Overall though I really did enjoy it. I wish I could talk about the ending cause it was for sure the best part, but I don't want to ruin it for you if you do chose to read it. So anyways, next book up is going to be "The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger. I've read this one before but it's been like 4 or 5 years so I figured that it was time for a re-read.
Oh in other news I graduated with my associates degree and I ended up getting 7 new books as presents. So with those and the 2 new books that came in from goodreads I now have all my books for the 50 that I'm planning on reading for the year. Yea, and it's only May...I think I might just have a addiction :(
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Page Count: 4,626
The story follows Jacob, whom when we first meet him is an old man in a nursing home and as he is reminiscing about the good old days of when he used to work on a circus we are given an inside view into the world of the 'Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth'. Jacob joined up with the 'Benzini Brothers Show' after he suddenly ran away from college upon hearing about the death of both his parents. With no other family members alive or at least not near by he just couldn't stand it so he just ran away to quite literately join the circus.
Personally I have never read a book that was based on a circus. Gruen went into a lot of detail about everything that goes on behind the scenes so that was kind of cool in the aspect that I got to learn something new. It was nice to just get to read something a little different for a change, which lets be honest is never a bad thing.
Speaking of cool things that I learned from this book, and I want to go on record that I have no idea if this is real or not or if it was made up just for the sake of the book, but in the book the circus traveled around by train and if someone got in trouble they could be "redlighted" which is basically when they would get tossed off the moving train! I don't know about you but if that is true that kind of blows my mind. I just can't imagine people staying around to work in a place if they knew there was a possibility of getting tossed off the train. But what do I know? One note that I unfortunately must make is that these was a lot and yea I mean a lot of really awkward sexual parts of the book that, as always, were randomly put in and in my opinion took away from the main story.
Overall though I really did enjoy it. I wish I could talk about the ending cause it was for sure the best part, but I don't want to ruin it for you if you do chose to read it. So anyways, next book up is going to be "The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger. I've read this one before but it's been like 4 or 5 years so I figured that it was time for a re-read.
Oh in other news I graduated with my associates degree and I ended up getting 7 new books as presents. So with those and the 2 new books that came in from goodreads I now have all my books for the 50 that I'm planning on reading for the year. Yea, and it's only May...I think I might just have a addiction :(
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Page Count: 4,626
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Book #10 "Entwined"...Finished!!
Book #10 "Entwined" by Heather Dixon: "She hated feeling helpless. It writhed in her stomach, choking her with thoughts of dancing the rest of her life in the arms of a gentleman who pushed her about and laughed when she stumbled, or worse, didn't even look at her at all" (114-115).
'Entwined' was pretty much your normal fairy tale story in the sense that I had most of it predicted from the 50th page. However, it did give me a bit of a twist with the aspect of there being so much magic involved in it. I guess you could say it reminded me a bit of Beauty and the Beast in that aspect of it.
The story focuses on Princess Azalea and her 11 sisters, from the start of the story their life's are gripped with misfortune with the death of the mother and then the appearance of their father. The girls are left alone in mourning, having to wear black, and not able to go outside or to enjoy their love of dance (something that the story focuses on quite a bit). However some of the old magic that was once in the palaces during the time of the old king still remains so the girls find a passageway that leads them to something and someone they never would have expected to find living below their palace.
The story, tho a bit predictable still had me hooked and kept me turning from page to page to see how Dixon was going to bring it all together in the way that I was just sure that it was going to end. It was also a very easy read, something I probably would have enjoyed even more at the age of 10 or 11. But it alright because let's be honest we all could use a few more fairy tales in our life.
So this was a super short summery (sorry I just don't have much to say about this one). On the upside I finished all my finals for the semester today so I have the whole summer to read as much as I possibly can :) Hopefully this also means I will pick up the reading speed just a bit.
Next book up is book #11 "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen. I haven't see the movie because I CAN.NOT.STAND.ROBERT.PATTINSON. I realize that is not a good reason to watch a movie but I can't help it maybe this book with help change my mind? Who knows! Anyways....
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT:4,295
'Entwined' was pretty much your normal fairy tale story in the sense that I had most of it predicted from the 50th page. However, it did give me a bit of a twist with the aspect of there being so much magic involved in it. I guess you could say it reminded me a bit of Beauty and the Beast in that aspect of it.
The story focuses on Princess Azalea and her 11 sisters, from the start of the story their life's are gripped with misfortune with the death of the mother and then the appearance of their father. The girls are left alone in mourning, having to wear black, and not able to go outside or to enjoy their love of dance (something that the story focuses on quite a bit). However some of the old magic that was once in the palaces during the time of the old king still remains so the girls find a passageway that leads them to something and someone they never would have expected to find living below their palace.
The story, tho a bit predictable still had me hooked and kept me turning from page to page to see how Dixon was going to bring it all together in the way that I was just sure that it was going to end. It was also a very easy read, something I probably would have enjoyed even more at the age of 10 or 11. But it alright because let's be honest we all could use a few more fairy tales in our life.
So this was a super short summery (sorry I just don't have much to say about this one). On the upside I finished all my finals for the semester today so I have the whole summer to read as much as I possibly can :) Hopefully this also means I will pick up the reading speed just a bit.
Next book up is book #11 "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen. I haven't see the movie because I CAN.NOT.STAND.ROBERT.PATTINSON. I realize that is not a good reason to watch a movie but I can't help it maybe this book with help change my mind? Who knows! Anyways....
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT:4,295
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Book #9 "Parable of the Sower" ...Finished!!!
Book #9 "Parable of the Sower" By Octavia E. Butler: "This thing (this idea? Philosophy? New religion?) won't let me alone, won't let me forget it, won't let me go. Maybe it's like my sharing: One more weirdness; one more crazy deep-rooted delusion that I'm stuck with I am stuck with it. And in time, I'll have to do something about it. In spite of what my father will say or do to me, in spite of the poisonous rottenness outside the wall where I might be exiled, I'll have to do something about it. That reality scares me to death." (page 28)
I want to start by saying that sometimes my friend Brett, the one who lent me this book, really can mess up sometimes but I got to tell you I was not disappointed when it came to this book.
Octavia Butler published this book in 1993 however it is suppose to be about a futuristic would that, for lack of a better term, has just gone to hell. The book starts in the year 2024; pause here a min and realize that that is only 10 years away. CRAZINESS! However, and I might be wrong (knock on wood), but I truly do not believer that our world in ten years will end up being as bad as in Butler's imagination dreamed it up to be.
In this futuristic world we follow the life of Lauren Olamina. Within the 3ish years the book covers we go through just about everything with her. She's is, and then again at the same time is not, the typical teenager; wanting to get away from home, dealing with boys, trying to figure out how to survive in this crazy world outside of their gated neighborhood. Oh yea, and trying to come up with her own religion type thing called 'Earthseed'.
She ends up getting away from home but not quite how she anticipated she would. She is forced to start living on the road while leaving everything familiar behind. She starts making her way north in hopes of finding better living conditions. As she goes she picks up more and more people along the way. And together they face many challenges; such as other people trying to make their way north, thieves, fires, and the crazies who start them.
Two things to know about deal old Lauren: #1) she is known as a 'sharer' meaning that if she sees anyone in any kind of physical pain she will start hurting right along with them immediately. A bad condition to have while your walking along the highway and people are in physical pain right and left. #2)throughout the whole book she is 'making up', she calls it discovering but lets be honest and call it what it really is, a new religion type thing that she calls 'Earthseed'. I could go into depth about it but to be honest it really isn't that different then pretty much most of the religions there are today; just instead of worshiping God she calls God 'change'. She thinks God is change. Don't know how better to sum it up without going into a ton of detail, sorry.
The one and only thing that really drove me crazy was that halfway through the book Butler all of a sudden tossed in a really old man that Lauren all of a sudden, like extremely out of nowhere, starts having all these sexual feelings for. And he is old enough to be her dad...EW! I really felt like someone said to Butler, 'oh, hey yea your book is like super depressing so you should totally toss in this completely random love story to hopefully distract everyone from all the tragic stuff that is going to happen in the book.' It was just really stupid cause there really wasn't a place for it and it really felt like she just forced in into the story and then made stuff work around it. Oh, and did I mention the book is written Journal style so that made all this even more awkward cause Lauren went into a lot of detail sometimes.
All this being said, and as I said earlier, while I don't think the world will be quite as messed up as it was in the book, I do however believe that if the world were to spiral down I would find the whole 'Parable of the Sower' situation much more likely to come about then say that of 'Hunger Games'. So props on being believable I guess.
I could probably (whoa font change and it won't let me change it back...STRANG) keep going but I will spare you my ramblings. Finally making into the double digits with book #10 "Entwined by Heather Dixon. Never mind the fact that I should be on book #17 by now. :P
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT: 3823
I want to start by saying that sometimes my friend Brett, the one who lent me this book, really can mess up sometimes but I got to tell you I was not disappointed when it came to this book.
Octavia Butler published this book in 1993 however it is suppose to be about a futuristic would that, for lack of a better term, has just gone to hell. The book starts in the year 2024; pause here a min and realize that that is only 10 years away. CRAZINESS! However, and I might be wrong (knock on wood), but I truly do not believer that our world in ten years will end up being as bad as in Butler's imagination dreamed it up to be.
In this futuristic world we follow the life of Lauren Olamina. Within the 3ish years the book covers we go through just about everything with her. She's is, and then again at the same time is not, the typical teenager; wanting to get away from home, dealing with boys, trying to figure out how to survive in this crazy world outside of their gated neighborhood. Oh yea, and trying to come up with her own religion type thing called 'Earthseed'.
She ends up getting away from home but not quite how she anticipated she would. She is forced to start living on the road while leaving everything familiar behind. She starts making her way north in hopes of finding better living conditions. As she goes she picks up more and more people along the way. And together they face many challenges; such as other people trying to make their way north, thieves, fires, and the crazies who start them.
Two things to know about deal old Lauren: #1) she is known as a 'sharer' meaning that if she sees anyone in any kind of physical pain she will start hurting right along with them immediately. A bad condition to have while your walking along the highway and people are in physical pain right and left. #2)throughout the whole book she is 'making up', she calls it discovering but lets be honest and call it what it really is, a new religion type thing that she calls 'Earthseed'. I could go into depth about it but to be honest it really isn't that different then pretty much most of the religions there are today; just instead of worshiping God she calls God 'change'. She thinks God is change. Don't know how better to sum it up without going into a ton of detail, sorry.
The one and only thing that really drove me crazy was that halfway through the book Butler all of a sudden tossed in a really old man that Lauren all of a sudden, like extremely out of nowhere, starts having all these sexual feelings for. And he is old enough to be her dad...EW! I really felt like someone said to Butler, 'oh, hey yea your book is like super depressing so you should totally toss in this completely random love story to hopefully distract everyone from all the tragic stuff that is going to happen in the book.' It was just really stupid cause there really wasn't a place for it and it really felt like she just forced in into the story and then made stuff work around it. Oh, and did I mention the book is written Journal style so that made all this even more awkward cause Lauren went into a lot of detail sometimes.
All this being said, and as I said earlier, while I don't think the world will be quite as messed up as it was in the book, I do however believe that if the world were to spiral down I would find the whole 'Parable of the Sower' situation much more likely to come about then say that of 'Hunger Games'. So props on being believable I guess.
I could probably (whoa font change and it won't let me change it back...STRANG) keep going but I will spare you my ramblings. Finally making into the double digits with book #10 "Entwined by Heather Dixon. Never mind the fact that I should be on book #17 by now. :P
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT: 3823
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Book #8 "The Book Thief"...Finished!!
Book #8 "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak: "He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words. Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like the rain" (page 80).
I'm going to be really honest. My thoughts on this one are kind of everywhere and nowhere at the same time (if that makes any sense at all). So bare with me as I try to get my thoughts together for this.
The book takes place in Nazi Germany, so it kinda goes without saying that there was a ton crammed into it. Originally when I first heard about this book I guess I pictured it was just gonna be about a girl running around and saving books from horrible fates the entire time. Let me get everything out in the open right now by saying that that is so not the case. AT ALL!
In the 4 year period that this book covers the seemingly 'main character', Liesel Meminger, only steals something like 8 or 10 books. The book wasn't at all what I thought it was going to be. I could go into a bunch of detail but in most cases doing so would end up ruining the book, which I would never dream of doing considering how highly I recommend you spend the time to read it. So in order to not ruin it I will only talk about two different things that I found unique about this particular book. Here we go:
#1: The book instead of just being told from the view point of the main character it goes back and forth from the story being told from the view point of the main character and also from the view of Death. Yes, you read that right, it says Death. The story was told as if Death was there and then giving us a very detailed play-by-play of what went down. Really was strange in a cool way. I could go on more about that but sadly I can't or at least not without ruining some other things for you.
#2: As stated about the book takes place in Nazi Germany, and generally when we read almost anything about Nazi Germany the Nazis are portrayed as more of the 'bad guys'. However, and don't get me wrong there are plenty of 'bad Nazies' in this book, the main cast of characters consist of Nazis and it's more then fair to say that they would, by almost anyone's standards, not be considered 'bad guys' but heroes instead.
If nothing else then this book did give some amazing insight to how not all the members of the Nazi Party where necessarily on board with or agreed with what was happening as far as the war and the Jews. Even if they didn't know all the tragic things that we know about the camps and such today they still had the good sense to know something wasn't right and to do something about it.
I could probably go on more but I will spare you my rambling. On to book #9 (woo we are almost through the books of Feb., just a bit behind). Book #9 is "Parable of the Sower" by Ovtavia E. Butler. I know nothing about this book but it was recommended and lent to me by my friend Brett. So, in short, if it sucks we can just blame it on him. ;)
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT: 3494
I'm going to be really honest. My thoughts on this one are kind of everywhere and nowhere at the same time (if that makes any sense at all). So bare with me as I try to get my thoughts together for this.
The book takes place in Nazi Germany, so it kinda goes without saying that there was a ton crammed into it. Originally when I first heard about this book I guess I pictured it was just gonna be about a girl running around and saving books from horrible fates the entire time. Let me get everything out in the open right now by saying that that is so not the case. AT ALL!
In the 4 year period that this book covers the seemingly 'main character', Liesel Meminger, only steals something like 8 or 10 books. The book wasn't at all what I thought it was going to be. I could go into a bunch of detail but in most cases doing so would end up ruining the book, which I would never dream of doing considering how highly I recommend you spend the time to read it. So in order to not ruin it I will only talk about two different things that I found unique about this particular book. Here we go:
#1: The book instead of just being told from the view point of the main character it goes back and forth from the story being told from the view point of the main character and also from the view of Death. Yes, you read that right, it says Death. The story was told as if Death was there and then giving us a very detailed play-by-play of what went down. Really was strange in a cool way. I could go on more about that but sadly I can't or at least not without ruining some other things for you.
#2: As stated about the book takes place in Nazi Germany, and generally when we read almost anything about Nazi Germany the Nazis are portrayed as more of the 'bad guys'. However, and don't get me wrong there are plenty of 'bad Nazies' in this book, the main cast of characters consist of Nazis and it's more then fair to say that they would, by almost anyone's standards, not be considered 'bad guys' but heroes instead.
If nothing else then this book did give some amazing insight to how not all the members of the Nazi Party where necessarily on board with or agreed with what was happening as far as the war and the Jews. Even if they didn't know all the tragic things that we know about the camps and such today they still had the good sense to know something wasn't right and to do something about it.
I could probably go on more but I will spare you my rambling. On to book #9 (woo we are almost through the books of Feb., just a bit behind). Book #9 is "Parable of the Sower" by Ovtavia E. Butler. I know nothing about this book but it was recommended and lent to me by my friend Brett. So, in short, if it sucks we can just blame it on him. ;)
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT: 3494
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Book #7: "Happily Ever After" ...Finished!!
Book #7 "Happily Ever After" by Harriet Evans: "She felt as if she'd grown up, but not necessarily learned anything" page 106.
Picking out my 'favorite' quote from this particular book proved to be a lot harder then I would have thought it would be. I was just looking back at all the pages that I marked and was pleased to see that in each stage of the book I had marked a different quote that I enjoyed...think that it is safe to say that is a sure way to tell that I enjoyed the book from cover to cover.
Once again this is a book that was recommended by another blogger that I follow, Carrie Fletcher, and also once again it is written by a British author. I truly have no idea what my fascination with British people is so I beg you, don't ask.
Evans takes us through the better part of a lifetime of the witty, worrisome, talented, and not to mention just downright amusing Eleanor Bee. Eleanor,when the story picks up is trying desperately to get into the world of publishing books and off one of her friends couches she is currently crashing on. She eventually finds her way to 'Bluebird Publishing' which is really where her story begins. Evans captures the way that Eleanor thinks that as your sitting there reading your just having one 'oh-my-gosh-me-too' moment after the other. It's not all classic love story gag-me-with-a-spoon kind of stuff either. I can not even put it in to words how this book is. It's just truly so good. The way that the main heroine wasn't all perfect but then at the same time she wasn't a complete loser either was just refreshing in a strange way I feel like I was just hearing about a real person and things that happened in their real life. Who knows, maybe it's just me?
Only downside to this whole book I would have to say would be a few of the awkward moments where if felt like Evans just tossed in a random sex scene just because she could when really there was no need for it, as there generally isn't may I just say.
Something else I have noticed is that British author seem to really lack a filter on stuff like that, I don't know if that is true for all of them but it sure has been true as far as I have seen so far...and no I really don't think it's just me who thinks that. But what would I know, I'm just some random chick who likes to blab on and on about books. Anyways.....
So yea, it comes down to the if your not sure what to do about your life plans, aka your in college age, or if your just looking for something different then all the other books you read and you feel like listening to me then go pick this book up. I really honestly don't think you will be sorry. From office romances to moving across the ocean to promotions to a tragic death, this book has really got it all.
Now on to the next book for number 8 we have, and may I just say that I have been looking forward to reading this for a really long time, "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak.
Really looking forward to this one... :)
Page Count: 2944
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Picking out my 'favorite' quote from this particular book proved to be a lot harder then I would have thought it would be. I was just looking back at all the pages that I marked and was pleased to see that in each stage of the book I had marked a different quote that I enjoyed...think that it is safe to say that is a sure way to tell that I enjoyed the book from cover to cover.
Once again this is a book that was recommended by another blogger that I follow, Carrie Fletcher, and also once again it is written by a British author. I truly have no idea what my fascination with British people is so I beg you, don't ask.
Evans takes us through the better part of a lifetime of the witty, worrisome, talented, and not to mention just downright amusing Eleanor Bee. Eleanor,when the story picks up is trying desperately to get into the world of publishing books and off one of her friends couches she is currently crashing on. She eventually finds her way to 'Bluebird Publishing' which is really where her story begins. Evans captures the way that Eleanor thinks that as your sitting there reading your just having one 'oh-my-gosh-me-too' moment after the other. It's not all classic love story gag-me-with-a-spoon kind of stuff either. I can not even put it in to words how this book is. It's just truly so good. The way that the main heroine wasn't all perfect but then at the same time she wasn't a complete loser either was just refreshing in a strange way I feel like I was just hearing about a real person and things that happened in their real life. Who knows, maybe it's just me?
Only downside to this whole book I would have to say would be a few of the awkward moments where if felt like Evans just tossed in a random sex scene just because she could when really there was no need for it, as there generally isn't may I just say.
Something else I have noticed is that British author seem to really lack a filter on stuff like that, I don't know if that is true for all of them but it sure has been true as far as I have seen so far...and no I really don't think it's just me who thinks that. But what would I know, I'm just some random chick who likes to blab on and on about books. Anyways.....
So yea, it comes down to the if your not sure what to do about your life plans, aka your in college age, or if your just looking for something different then all the other books you read and you feel like listening to me then go pick this book up. I really honestly don't think you will be sorry. From office romances to moving across the ocean to promotions to a tragic death, this book has really got it all.
Now on to the next book for number 8 we have, and may I just say that I have been looking forward to reading this for a really long time, "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak.
Really looking forward to this one... :)
Page Count: 2944
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Book #6: "The Time Traveler's Wife"....Finished!!!
Book #6 "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger: "We laugh, and laugh, and nothing can ever be sad, no one can be lost, or dead, or far away: right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment" (page 240).
Where to start?
Okay, So take a moment to imagine that you could just be going about your day as normal and in the blink of an eye you are in a completely different year in a completely different place. Now to take it a step further imagine the first time you ever met the person that you are going to marry was when you are 6 years old and they are 36...yea, craziness right? This is how it was for Clare, the wife, and Henry, the time traveler.
Throughout Clare's whole life Henry has come and gone, there one moment gone the next, as simple as snapping your fingers. It all starts when she is 6 playing in her back yard at first, as she later admits, Henry seemed more like a guardian angel. As she gets older she get Henry to admit that he is coming from a time when they are in fact married. He tells her that she will eventually meet him in the present, and she does at the age of 20 when he is 28. Yea, you read that right that means that the first time that they met in the present Henry has no idea about who she is yet.
As this book shows in depth the whole 'time traveling' thing is not anywhere as glamorous or as safe as I guess I always thought of it as being. It kinda had the same writing format as "One Day" did. I can honestly say that i thoroughly enjoyed it, towards the end when I was down to about 15 pages I started putting off reading because I didn't want it to end. I wanted more. It easily could have gone on for another 100 pages while still completely holding my attention. I mean sure it did have some awkward moment when maybe it went a bit far into some facts about certain things, but I got to tell you the way it was written made me really fall in love with it just so much. I could easily read it again and go back and connect things that I didn't the first time. Just so good!
Oh I also want to go on record for saying that I have heard that the movie they made based off this book wasn't very good, I for one have not seen but let's go ahead and assume, as is the usual that when a book is written first and then turned into a movie the book will always always be better then said movie.
Now as much as it pains me to leave 'The Time Traveler's Wife' behind it is time to move on to our next book, #7 "Happily Ever After" by Harriet Evans.
PAGE COUNT: 2470
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Where to start?
Okay, So take a moment to imagine that you could just be going about your day as normal and in the blink of an eye you are in a completely different year in a completely different place. Now to take it a step further imagine the first time you ever met the person that you are going to marry was when you are 6 years old and they are 36...yea, craziness right? This is how it was for Clare, the wife, and Henry, the time traveler.
Throughout Clare's whole life Henry has come and gone, there one moment gone the next, as simple as snapping your fingers. It all starts when she is 6 playing in her back yard at first, as she later admits, Henry seemed more like a guardian angel. As she gets older she get Henry to admit that he is coming from a time when they are in fact married. He tells her that she will eventually meet him in the present, and she does at the age of 20 when he is 28. Yea, you read that right that means that the first time that they met in the present Henry has no idea about who she is yet.
As this book shows in depth the whole 'time traveling' thing is not anywhere as glamorous or as safe as I guess I always thought of it as being. It kinda had the same writing format as "One Day" did. I can honestly say that i thoroughly enjoyed it, towards the end when I was down to about 15 pages I started putting off reading because I didn't want it to end. I wanted more. It easily could have gone on for another 100 pages while still completely holding my attention. I mean sure it did have some awkward moment when maybe it went a bit far into some facts about certain things, but I got to tell you the way it was written made me really fall in love with it just so much. I could easily read it again and go back and connect things that I didn't the first time. Just so good!
Oh I also want to go on record for saying that I have heard that the movie they made based off this book wasn't very good, I for one have not seen but let's go ahead and assume, as is the usual that when a book is written first and then turned into a movie the book will always always be better then said movie.
Now as much as it pains me to leave 'The Time Traveler's Wife' behind it is time to move on to our next book, #7 "Happily Ever After" by Harriet Evans.
PAGE COUNT: 2470
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Book #5: "Friday Night Knitting Club"...Finished!!!
Book #5 "Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs: '"Can people just come here and not knit?" asked one of the college students, a tone of mild outrage in her voice. Oh, to be young and expect everything to be just so! "Who would thunk it?" replied Georgia, with a wink. She caught the girl's look of consternation. "No, everyone has to knit when they're here. I promise you. But not every person has to use yarn."' page 164.
Well this book is exactly what it sounds like it is about, a knitting club. It's about a group of unlikely people getting together once a week and just sit around and be together knitting. No, to be honest the whole club thing was really more of a side factor the book did focus mostly on everyone's life outside of the club and I can honestly say that when I started the book I wasn't thrilled at all and I was trying to figure out where the heck this was going but I slowly fell in love with all the characters from the single mother Georgia, to the clueless Cat, even to the wise Anita and everyone in-between.
Sad as it may sound this book even made me pic up my knitting that I haven't touched in a month. The crazy things books can make you do right? ;) This book is one of the ones that made me not want to finish reading it so I wouldn't have to say goodbye to the characters. I love books like this. I was just a book that really captured the real way people act from day to day instead of being a whole 'oh, BAM happy ending! There you go now you can go to bed happy' kinda book.
If your looking for something pick this one up and I promise if you stick with it you will not be sorry. And well if you are sorry you picked it up then all I can say is that I feel sorry for you.
Now, as you know I am going for 50 books this year and if I was on track I would've been starting #9 today but well, as I'm sure you can guess I'm not on track (shocker, I know!). So I will now be starting book #6 "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. May I first say that that is one heck of a last name? I haven't seen the movie, don't know why just never got around to it I guess. But I got this for Christmas and am looking forward to getting started on it.
So yea, guess that's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT: 1934
Oh, and did I mention that there is a second book to go with the "Friday Night Knitting Club"? So excited!
Well this book is exactly what it sounds like it is about, a knitting club. It's about a group of unlikely people getting together once a week and just sit around and be together knitting. No, to be honest the whole club thing was really more of a side factor the book did focus mostly on everyone's life outside of the club and I can honestly say that when I started the book I wasn't thrilled at all and I was trying to figure out where the heck this was going but I slowly fell in love with all the characters from the single mother Georgia, to the clueless Cat, even to the wise Anita and everyone in-between.
Sad as it may sound this book even made me pic up my knitting that I haven't touched in a month. The crazy things books can make you do right? ;) This book is one of the ones that made me not want to finish reading it so I wouldn't have to say goodbye to the characters. I love books like this. I was just a book that really captured the real way people act from day to day instead of being a whole 'oh, BAM happy ending! There you go now you can go to bed happy' kinda book.
If your looking for something pick this one up and I promise if you stick with it you will not be sorry. And well if you are sorry you picked it up then all I can say is that I feel sorry for you.
Now, as you know I am going for 50 books this year and if I was on track I would've been starting #9 today but well, as I'm sure you can guess I'm not on track (shocker, I know!). So I will now be starting book #6 "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. May I first say that that is one heck of a last name? I haven't seen the movie, don't know why just never got around to it I guess. But I got this for Christmas and am looking forward to getting started on it.
So yea, guess that's all for now,
Michaela Jane
PAGE COUNT: 1934
Oh, and did I mention that there is a second book to go with the "Friday Night Knitting Club"? So excited!
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Book #4: "The American Heiress" ...Finished!!!
Book #4 "The American Heiress" by Daisy Goodwin: "Cora shook her head. 'Well, have you ever known someone who is nice and nasty, who makes you love them one minute and hate them the next? Who makes you feel wonderful and terrible and you never know which one it is going to be?'" page 432
"The American Heiress" was, like most the books I tend to read, a time period book based in 1893 at the start of our story and follows the beautiful, spirited and not to mention richest girl in America; Cora Cash.
Cora's mother is determined to marry off her daughter to the best possible match so she take her to Europe, hoping Cora will catch the eye of a Prince or at least someone equally worthy. Within days of them being there Cora dose meet a Duke and within days of meeting her he proposes..from then on its all ups and downs the entire time as poor Cora tries her best to fit in with all the English ways and try to see what are truths and what are lies in this new world that she seems to have suddenly found herself in.
The plot was actually very good so I was pleasantly surprised, which is always nice. The one flaw I would say that I found a bit frustrating was that Goodwin spent a lot of time emphasizing the fact that Cora was a strong independent kind of woman, and yet throughout the story we see time and time again that she is getting pushed around or taken advantage of by someone or another. It just was a bit sad to never see her stand up for herself. However on the other hand I guess I see where Goodwin is coming from with the whole trying to make her seem more willing to do things other peoples ways in order to better fit into the life of a Duchess that she now has.
So in short if you are into the whole time period books thing I would highly recommend this one for you. Now moving on... NEXT BOOK #5 is "The Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs. I will admit to the fact now that I HAVE NO IDEA what this book is about. My older sister pointed it out at the Goodwill and said she enjoyed it so if it sucks we will blame her? Yep, sounds like a plan.
So that is all for now,
Michaela Jane
Page Count: 1574
"The American Heiress" was, like most the books I tend to read, a time period book based in 1893 at the start of our story and follows the beautiful, spirited and not to mention richest girl in America; Cora Cash.
Cora's mother is determined to marry off her daughter to the best possible match so she take her to Europe, hoping Cora will catch the eye of a Prince or at least someone equally worthy. Within days of them being there Cora dose meet a Duke and within days of meeting her he proposes..from then on its all ups and downs the entire time as poor Cora tries her best to fit in with all the English ways and try to see what are truths and what are lies in this new world that she seems to have suddenly found herself in.
The plot was actually very good so I was pleasantly surprised, which is always nice. The one flaw I would say that I found a bit frustrating was that Goodwin spent a lot of time emphasizing the fact that Cora was a strong independent kind of woman, and yet throughout the story we see time and time again that she is getting pushed around or taken advantage of by someone or another. It just was a bit sad to never see her stand up for herself. However on the other hand I guess I see where Goodwin is coming from with the whole trying to make her seem more willing to do things other peoples ways in order to better fit into the life of a Duchess that she now has.
So in short if you are into the whole time period books thing I would highly recommend this one for you. Now moving on... NEXT BOOK #5 is "The Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs. I will admit to the fact now that I HAVE NO IDEA what this book is about. My older sister pointed it out at the Goodwill and said she enjoyed it so if it sucks we will blame her? Yep, sounds like a plan.
So that is all for now,
Michaela Jane
Page Count: 1574
Monday, January 20, 2014
Book #3: "A Walk in the Park" ... Finished!!
Book #3 "A Walk in the Park" by Jill Mansell: "She'd learned her lesson; life was here to be lived and risks needed to be taken. It was the only way." page 430
Jill Mansell's "A Walk in the Park" mainly follows the life of Lara. Lara left her home, her boyfriend, and seemingly everything else behind 18 years ago and no one seems to know why but now she is back and it is one thing after the other. She comes face to face once again with her old boyfriend Flynn, and gives him the surprise of his life. Between the drama with Flynn, her best friend Evie, and trying to move back into her old family home that is now her's Lara stays pretty busy.
"A Walk in the Park" was, once again, one of those easy predictable romance novels that I occasionally will pick up just as something dependable to read. One can almost always can have the plot predicted by the end of the first chapter but for some reason that doesn't stop us slightly hopeless romantics/bored people from picking these kinds of books up and enjoying them none the less.
The only thing that I personally didn't really care for was the unnecessary gay relationships that Manell thought would be a good idea to throw into the story when honestly it would have been just fine without it. I just hate that everywhere I go, everything I watch, or read it is there. Constantly. If you are a supporter or you have made the choice to be in a gay relationship yourself I have nothing against it but it doesn't mean that I want to read all about it in the books that I read or the shows that I watch. That is all on the topic.
I will say this however, even though Mansell's novel was at first glance going to be like all the others, and in the end let's be honest it was, but I will give credit where credit is due at times while reading it I honestly had no idea how it was going to work out to get the final classic result that I figured she was going for or even why somethings were being mentioned to begin with. But in the end it did all work out, as always, and all the strange sidetracked stories did end up making sense. 390
Overall good read, don't know if I will be reading anything else anytime soon by Mansell but I guess you never know. On to book #4 we have "The American Heiress" by Daisy Goodwin. I have heard some good things about this book and I splurged and bought it for myself for Christmas so hopefully it will be worth it.
Page Count: 1109 pages
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Jill Mansell's "A Walk in the Park" mainly follows the life of Lara. Lara left her home, her boyfriend, and seemingly everything else behind 18 years ago and no one seems to know why but now she is back and it is one thing after the other. She comes face to face once again with her old boyfriend Flynn, and gives him the surprise of his life. Between the drama with Flynn, her best friend Evie, and trying to move back into her old family home that is now her's Lara stays pretty busy.
"A Walk in the Park" was, once again, one of those easy predictable romance novels that I occasionally will pick up just as something dependable to read. One can almost always can have the plot predicted by the end of the first chapter but for some reason that doesn't stop us slightly hopeless romantics/bored people from picking these kinds of books up and enjoying them none the less.
The only thing that I personally didn't really care for was the unnecessary gay relationships that Manell thought would be a good idea to throw into the story when honestly it would have been just fine without it. I just hate that everywhere I go, everything I watch, or read it is there. Constantly. If you are a supporter or you have made the choice to be in a gay relationship yourself I have nothing against it but it doesn't mean that I want to read all about it in the books that I read or the shows that I watch. That is all on the topic.
I will say this however, even though Mansell's novel was at first glance going to be like all the others, and in the end let's be honest it was, but I will give credit where credit is due at times while reading it I honestly had no idea how it was going to work out to get the final classic result that I figured she was going for or even why somethings were being mentioned to begin with. But in the end it did all work out, as always, and all the strange sidetracked stories did end up making sense. 390
Overall good read, don't know if I will be reading anything else anytime soon by Mansell but I guess you never know. On to book #4 we have "The American Heiress" by Daisy Goodwin. I have heard some good things about this book and I splurged and bought it for myself for Christmas so hopefully it will be worth it.
Page Count: 1109 pages
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Book #2 "Peter Pan"...Finished!!
Book #2 "Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie: "All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in the garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end." page 1.
Well unless you have had a very very sad childhood you have heard the story of 'Peter Pan' at least once at some point in your life. So I'm not gonna spend a bunch of time on an overview of it. Because honestly if you have never heard of Peter Pan go rent the Disney movie or even better yet get the book and educate yourself, please, I beg you.
So for all of you that are familiar with the story lets talk about some of the differences just between the classic Disney movie, that most of us grew up with, and the equally as classic book. Shall we?
First thing I would like to point out is that most people I have talked to and told that I was going to read this book told me that Peter is portrayed as a bad guy. Well folks I am here to tell you that that isn't true. To say that he acts selfishly, putting his own thoughts and actions above everyone else through out the book, would be a bit of an understatement. However, truthfully he acts like a spoiled little kid who has just been getting his way for far to long. Which, let's be honest, that's pretty much the idea of the book. He just acts drastically more so like this in the book then in the movie.
Captain Hook. Dear, dear, Captain Hook. Well for starters he freaked me out a lot more in the book. But the thing that got me the most, for some reason, was the fact that they tell you he died by the crocodile in the book. Sure I get that it was a Disney movie for kids and they didn't want to show death but at the end of the movie when you see Hook practically running on water away from the crocodile, who is fast in pursuit I don't know I guess I always just assumed that the chase went on forever and he never really died. Please tell me I'm not the only one, whoever you are reading this?
Now the thing that just killed me the most. Tinker Bell. You know how she talks and it just sounds like bells? Ya, in the book they are kind enough to translate for the readers enjoyment and it turns out most of the time she is saying, make sure your sitting down I don't know if your ready for this...'You silly ass.' I kid you not. She says maybe 3 other things the whole time. Ya, I can't even talk more about this one.
Now I could obviously got on and on and on about the differences in the book but instead let's go ahead and skip to the end. In the end not only does Wendy, John, and Michael all go back home but so do all the 'lost boys', whom end up getting adopted into the Darling family. Mrs. Darling and Peter have a conversation and end up agreeing to Wendy going back to Neverland later in life for a week at a time, and she does go back 2 or 3 times.
Overall it pretty much just really messed with everything I use to believe in as far as this story goes. So go read it and have your mind blown as well.
Next book up for #3 is "A Walk in the Park" by Jill Mansell.
PAGE COUNT: 678
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Well unless you have had a very very sad childhood you have heard the story of 'Peter Pan' at least once at some point in your life. So I'm not gonna spend a bunch of time on an overview of it. Because honestly if you have never heard of Peter Pan go rent the Disney movie or even better yet get the book and educate yourself, please, I beg you.
So for all of you that are familiar with the story lets talk about some of the differences just between the classic Disney movie, that most of us grew up with, and the equally as classic book. Shall we?
First thing I would like to point out is that most people I have talked to and told that I was going to read this book told me that Peter is portrayed as a bad guy. Well folks I am here to tell you that that isn't true. To say that he acts selfishly, putting his own thoughts and actions above everyone else through out the book, would be a bit of an understatement. However, truthfully he acts like a spoiled little kid who has just been getting his way for far to long. Which, let's be honest, that's pretty much the idea of the book. He just acts drastically more so like this in the book then in the movie.
Captain Hook. Dear, dear, Captain Hook. Well for starters he freaked me out a lot more in the book. But the thing that got me the most, for some reason, was the fact that they tell you he died by the crocodile in the book. Sure I get that it was a Disney movie for kids and they didn't want to show death but at the end of the movie when you see Hook practically running on water away from the crocodile, who is fast in pursuit I don't know I guess I always just assumed that the chase went on forever and he never really died. Please tell me I'm not the only one, whoever you are reading this?
Now the thing that just killed me the most. Tinker Bell. You know how she talks and it just sounds like bells? Ya, in the book they are kind enough to translate for the readers enjoyment and it turns out most of the time she is saying, make sure your sitting down I don't know if your ready for this...'You silly ass.' I kid you not. She says maybe 3 other things the whole time. Ya, I can't even talk more about this one.
Now I could obviously got on and on and on about the differences in the book but instead let's go ahead and skip to the end. In the end not only does Wendy, John, and Michael all go back home but so do all the 'lost boys', whom end up getting adopted into the Darling family. Mrs. Darling and Peter have a conversation and end up agreeing to Wendy going back to Neverland later in life for a week at a time, and she does go back 2 or 3 times.
Overall it pretty much just really messed with everything I use to believe in as far as this story goes. So go read it and have your mind blown as well.
Next book up for #3 is "A Walk in the Park" by Jill Mansell.
PAGE COUNT: 678
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Friday, January 3, 2014
Book #1: "Divergent"... Finished!!
Book #1 "Divergent" by Veronica Roth: "That is all I need: to remember who I am. And I am someone who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near-death experiences stop her." page 346
"Divergent" is about our world in the future, no it doesn't give an idea of just how far into the future it is, and how things are different. In the world, or at least in the city of Chicago where the book takes place, according to "Divergent" everyone is split up into one of 5 different 'factions' or groups which are based on different human characteristics; Abnegation is the selfless, Amity the peaceful, Candor the honest, Erudite the intelligent, and Dauntless the brave.
The story follows the life of Beatrice, or Tris as she starts to be referred to in the book, as she goes through the choosing ceremony and then the initiation process that will ultimately pick which faction she will spend the rest of her life in.
On the crazy off chance that you have not seen any of the trailers for the "Divergent" movie that is due to come out in March 2014 I will not ruin anything by telling you which faction she picks.
If you have either watched or read any of the "Hunger Games" that will give you a pretty good idea of what to expect when starting in on "Divergent". Now that being said, and I really don't want to spend to much time comparing the two because I really do think they are both quite good on their own, I don't want to give you the impression that they are both the same much more to emphasize that they have the same feel to them. (If that makes any sense at all)
The book was very well written and just a really good read overall. It is the first in a trilogy so I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the next one as soon as possible.
The next book up for #2 is a bit more of a classic, it's "Peter Pan" by J.M.Barrie. I've been wanting to read this for awhile and I finally got my own copy of it for Christmas. However, I've been warned that Peter is kind of a villain in the book so hopefully that doesn't mess with everything I've been taught in my childhood to much.
Oh before I forget, Page Count for 2014: 487 pages.
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
"Divergent" is about our world in the future, no it doesn't give an idea of just how far into the future it is, and how things are different. In the world, or at least in the city of Chicago where the book takes place, according to "Divergent" everyone is split up into one of 5 different 'factions' or groups which are based on different human characteristics; Abnegation is the selfless, Amity the peaceful, Candor the honest, Erudite the intelligent, and Dauntless the brave.
The story follows the life of Beatrice, or Tris as she starts to be referred to in the book, as she goes through the choosing ceremony and then the initiation process that will ultimately pick which faction she will spend the rest of her life in.
On the crazy off chance that you have not seen any of the trailers for the "Divergent" movie that is due to come out in March 2014 I will not ruin anything by telling you which faction she picks.
If you have either watched or read any of the "Hunger Games" that will give you a pretty good idea of what to expect when starting in on "Divergent". Now that being said, and I really don't want to spend to much time comparing the two because I really do think they are both quite good on their own, I don't want to give you the impression that they are both the same much more to emphasize that they have the same feel to them. (If that makes any sense at all)
The book was very well written and just a really good read overall. It is the first in a trilogy so I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the next one as soon as possible.
The next book up for #2 is a bit more of a classic, it's "Peter Pan" by J.M.Barrie. I've been wanting to read this for awhile and I finally got my own copy of it for Christmas. However, I've been warned that Peter is kind of a villain in the book so hopefully that doesn't mess with everything I've been taught in my childhood to much.
Oh before I forget, Page Count for 2014: 487 pages.
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
New Name, New Plan, New Year
The Plan: So as you all know I only was able to read 25 books this last year, so for this year I will be stepping it up a little and (attempting) to go for (at least) 50 books this year. Wish me luck ;P
The Name: As I'm sure you might have noticed the blog also has a new name. I don't promise to be reading 100 books any time soon but at least I am going to keep trying until I get it, which yes that might be pathetic and take FOREVER. So it is in the 'Take 2' phase of the blog.
The Next Book: The first book of the year is going to be "Divergent" by Veronica Roth. Trying not to get stuck in the mindset that it is going to be like the "Hunger Games" as everyone has been telling me it is. Don't want to get my hopes up to high and expecting to much.
New Features: Something else kind of cool that I will be doing is going to be keeping a running page count from every book that I read. :)
Looking forward to this next year and all the wonderful stories and fictional lives that I will get to be apart of.
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
The Name: As I'm sure you might have noticed the blog also has a new name. I don't promise to be reading 100 books any time soon but at least I am going to keep trying until I get it, which yes that might be pathetic and take FOREVER. So it is in the 'Take 2' phase of the blog.
The Next Book: The first book of the year is going to be "Divergent" by Veronica Roth. Trying not to get stuck in the mindset that it is going to be like the "Hunger Games" as everyone has been telling me it is. Don't want to get my hopes up to high and expecting to much.
New Features: Something else kind of cool that I will be doing is going to be keeping a running page count from every book that I read. :)
Looking forward to this next year and all the wonderful stories and fictional lives that I will get to be apart of.
That's all for now,
Michaela Jane
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