I'm so excited because my goodreads reading challenge is to read 40 books this year and I've read 39! I'm almost there and I'm so happy! How many books have you read this year? This past month I read 4 books :)
1- The Reptile Room (A series of unfortunate events #2)(4/5)
I really liked this book! I love the Unfortunate Events series and all the books are awesome! (At least the ones that I've read). I love the movie and I heard that Netflix is turning the books into a Tv show and I'm so freaking excited for that!
This book was on my November TBR so √
2- Mockingjay (4/5)
I decided to reread Mockingjay last month before the movie (Which I loved, go check my review on the movie here.) It is indeed my least favourite book on the trilogy, but I love The Hunger Games series so I'm not gonna complain about it.
I read all the books that were on my November TBR! So, mission accomplished!
Now for my December TBR! (Guys! It's already December!)
The Princess Diaries
I'm already done reading this book, I might write a review of it later.
Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there's nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, who also happens to be flunking Algebra.
Is she ever in for a surprise.
First Mom announces that she's dating Mia's Algebra teacher. Then Dad has to go and reveal that he is the crown prince of Genovia. And guess who still doesn't have a date for the Cultural Diversity Dance?
Princess in the Spotlight
Gonna start reading it as soon as I'm done here. ;)
No one ever said being a princess was easy.
Just when Mia thought she had the whole princess thing under control, things get out of hand, fast. First there's an unexpected announcement from her mother. Then Grandmère arranges a national primetime interview for the brand-new crown princess of Genovia. On top of that, intriguing, exasperating letters from a secret admirer begin to arrive.
Before she even has the chance to wonder who those letters are from, Mia is swept up in a whirlwind of royal intrigue the likes of which hasn't been seen since volume I of The Princess Diaries
Then I'll probably just pick up whatever book I have in hand (I don't want to spend money right now), and maybe read the books that I get for Christmas.
Oh my God!!!!! So this weekend I watched Mockingjay Part 1 and loved it so much! If you haven't watched it don't go with high expectations (in my Socials class we always discuss about films and a lot of the people surprisingly didn't like it). Mockingjay is my least favourite book on the trilogy, I didn't like how the ending was written and some deaths were unnecessary. The movie was great, but it doesn't have a lot of action like Catching Fire does, it's more of a "building up" for the Revolution. I fell like I have to watch it again to write a more faithful review but I don't think I will go to the movies again, so I'm gonna try the best that I can to share my opinion with you all.
THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS OF THE MOVIE AND BOOK.
Okay, so we start with a scene of Katniss hiding in a small place, which I imagine is one of the various places that she goes to have a time by herself in the book, and she is repeating that thing "I am Katniss Everdeen. I am from district 12..." just like the book and I was really excited about that. Jennifer Lawrence is such an amazing actress and she plays the way that Katniss was losing her mind, really well. Did you guys noticed that they use the same sound/song on the beginning of all the movies? That's really cool! I've never noticed that before.
After being knocked out she wakes up at her hospital room and she hears someone crying. When we see Finnick, we notice how sad and lost he is because of Annie. Guys! He was crying! That broke my heart!!!
I'm mad that we didn't see Finnick in his underwear. That scene is so hilarious and I was looking forward to it, because come on guys, it's Finnick. All the scenes with him were heart breaking because he was always tying the knots and he looked lost and omg it was really sad.
I was wondering how they were going to do the propos and I really liked them! The first one was so hilarious when Katniss was in front of that green screen and she has a line to say and everything, it was so funny because Katniss, not Jennifer, is apparently really bad at acting. I think that the other propos were beautiful.
It was very sad when Katniss went to district 12 for the first time. When she sees all those skulls and she kind of freaks out, like she's realizing that that was kind of her fault.
The lockdown scene was so scary! When everyone was running downstairs and Katniss falls, and when she discovers that Prim is not there. The doors were closing and it was so nerve wracking! I was really happy to see that Gale was with her and that she got the cat and all! I have to admit something, when I first read Mockingjay... Gale was my favourite character... I never blamed him for "killing Prim", because he didn't! It wasn't his fault! But what broke my heart was when at the end of the book he leaves Katniss. After everything that they've been through! I know she would never look at him again the same way because of Prim, but even though!
When they were all in the bunker and the Capitol was trowing bombs... That was freaking scary! That was way more intense than in the book! But I really liked that scene!!!
Something that we don't have in the book but we do have in the movie is seeing what's going on with the districts during the Revolution. It was really awesome to see! When those men in district 7 (I think) were in the woods and someone whistles and they climb the trees and a man screams "We burn, you burn with us" and bombs explode. That was awesome! We see that they are willing to risk their lives to change the government!
I'm glad that we have Effie in the movie! She is not in the book (only at the end and that was confusing?!) and she is so funny! I love her so much! Elizabeth Banks is perfect as Effie! I just missed her colourful outfits!
The camera crew was so cool! Castor is handsome ;) and Pollux was so adorable!!! I really liked their cameras. I think that in the book Katniss describes the cameras as them being really big. But they were actually really small, and there were also some attached to their helmets! So cool! And Cressida looked really badass!
Now lets talk about something we've all been waiting for a long time. The Hanging Tree song!!! Ahhh!!! I loved it so much! I didn't imagine it that way but it's so much better! At the beginning it was so good but when everyone started singing it was so powerful! It was breathtaking, so perfect!
Every time we saw Peeta on TV I had tears. We could see him getting worse each time and Katniss' reaction was so heartbreaking! This movie was really dark and sad if you think about it.
I'm glad we got to see them going to rescue Peeta and the others! It was so intense!!! And it was going back and fourth between Finnick talking about how his body was sold to the Capitol and Snow's secrets to the rescue... So tense... And then Katniss and Snow were Skyping :P, so insane.
I was looking forward to see the meeting between Katniss and Peeta. Johanna looked so cool! (I feel bad for saying this :p Jena Malone looked great with her head shaved! Don't know if she actually did that tho.) And Annie!!! Finnick and Annie meeting was exactly how I imagined! So beautiful! But it was freaking horrifying when Katniss saw Peeta! He looked so bad! It was so sad! I was crying! And then he suddenly was suffocating her! So scary! He looked pretty strong for someone that has been tortured for weeks. And Katniss eyes! I didn't know if I wanted to laugh or cry (I know that sounds mean). It looked so real!
I thought that that was going to be the end but then Katniss woke up and Plutarch was explaining to her the whole Hickjacked thing. Which I thought it was good because I lot of people probably didn't understand what was going on. And then president Coin was giving a speech and Katniss was slowly walking towards Peeta's hospital room. I thought she was going to try to talk to him so I was freaking out. And then we see him on that last scene! So sad!!! HEARTBREAKING!
I wanna watch it again! I really liked it! So excited for Mockingjay part 2! What did you think of the movie? I would love to hear your thoughts so comment below! :)
Sorry if there are any spelling errors! I don't speak english fluently so I apologize. :)
I did not read a lot of books this past month for various reasons, but most importantly the fact that I had a lot of homework, essays and tests at school, and I made my own Halloween costume. What were you on Halloween? I was the Queen of Hearts! Me and my friends were dressed as a group, as Alice in Wonderland. It was so much fun!
2- A menina que colecionava borboletas (I read it in portuguese; The girl that collected butterflies) (4/5)
This book is by a Brazilian author called Bruna Vieira. I've read other books by her in the past and she is a very good author. Bruna's chronicles are my favourites! This book was only released in Brazil. I really liked it! <3
3- The Scorch Trials (3/5)
I did really like it but not more than I liked The Maze Runner. I felt like we got a lot of Thomas but not enough of the other Gladers. I don't like Brenda at all! I actually hate her! I am annoyed by what happened with Theresa, Aris and Thomas at the end. So I don't know if I trust her or not. In the beginning they said that the Scorch Trials would be harder than the Maze Trials, but I don't think it was. I hope that The Death Cure is better!
Now my November TBR!
The Reptile Room
I've already finished this book. I'll talk about it on my November Wrap Up.
Dear Reader,
If you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale, I'm afraid you have picked up the wrong book altogether. The story may seem cheery at first, when the Baudelaire children spend time in the company of some interesting reptiles and a giddy uncle, but don't be fooled. If you know anything at all about the unlucky Baudelaire children, you already know that even pleasant events lead down the same road to misery.
In fact, within the pages you now hold in your hands, the three siblings endure a car accident, a terrible odor, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a large brass reading lamp, and the appearance of a person they'd hoped never to see again.
I am bound to record these tragic events, but you are free to put this book back on the shelf and seek something lighter.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket
Mockingjay
I'm rereading it before the movie! So excited!!!!
Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.
It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans--except Katniss.
The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay--no matter what the personal cost.
The Wide Window
Dear Reader,
If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick–witted, but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all.If you haven't got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane, a signalling device, hungry leeches, cold cucumber soup, a horrible villain, and a doll named Pretty Penny, then this book will probably fill you with despair.I will continue to record these tragic tales, for that is what I do. You, however, should decide for yourself whether you can possibly endure this miserable story.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket
Sorry if there are any spelling errors! I don't speak english fluently so I apologize. :)
Hello guys! Today I am doing the KISS, MARRY, CLIFF TAG! I wasn't actually tagged by anyone but I think it is a really fun tag and I'm doing it! If you don't know what the Kiss, Marry, Cliff tag is, basically I will be drawing three papers of a bucket that is full of book characters names and I'll choose who I would kiss, who I would marry and who I would throw off a cliff! I'm so exciteeeeed! Let's get this started! ROUND 1:
Lord Voldemort: CLIFF Damon Salvatore: MARRY Augustus Waters: KISS From Harry Potter From The Vampire Diaries From The Fault in our Stars
I would definitely kill Lord Voldemort, no explanation needed. I love Damon Salvatore so incredible much, so I would marry him. And I also love Gus but not as much as I love Damon. I think that making out with Damon would be really awesome and that Augustus would be a really good husband, but that's my definitive choice.
ROUND 2:
Adam Wilde: MARRY Edward Cullen: KISS Four: CLIFF From If I Stay From Twilight From Divergent
I love Adam, he is so sweet and an awesome boyfriend (And he has a band!). I read Twilight a long time ago but I was team Edward and really liked him, I don't know how I feel about him right now. I don't like Four very much (Sorry!) so I'm trowing him off the cliff.
ROUND 3: Finnick Odair: MARRY Newt: KISS Luke Castellan: CLIFF From The Hunger Games From The Maze Runner From Percy Jackson
Finnick is one of my fictional boyfriends, I love him so much and I hate Mockingjay because... No spoilers but I'm not really happy about what happens to Finnick. So I would marry Finnick. I would kiss Newt, he is my favourite Maze Runner character, I love him so much and he is so cute! I don't really like Luke but he is so gorgeous... Bye Luke. ROUND 4:
Will Herondale: MARRY Thomas: KISS Jonathan/Sebastian From The Infernal Devices From The Maze Runner Morgenstern: CLIFF From The Mortal Instruments I would marry Will Herondale because he is Will Herondale. No explanation needed! And I would have to Ascend and become a Shadowhunter to marry him and that would be really cool. Thomas is not my favourite character in the world, he is indeed a good character, so I wouldn't mind kissing him (and I wouldn't mind kissing Dylan O'Brien either, so...). I don't like Sebastian at all (but I cried in City of Heavenly Fire, you know why!) so I would totally throw him of a cliff. ROUND 5:
Percy Jackson: KISS Jace Herondale: MARRY James Carstairs: CLIFF From Percy Jackson From The Mortal Instruments From The Infernal Devices Oh God!!! This is like one of the hardest decisions of my life! I love all these characters so much! I would marry Jace because I love him to death and I would love to be married to him. Percy Jackson is my babyyyy!! He was one of the first fictional characters that I really loved and fangirlied over! And Jem! I'm team Wessa but I love James so much! And I can't believe that I'm doing this but I'm throwing Jem of the cliff. *sobs* ROUND 6:
Harry Potter: KISS Peeta Melark: MARRY From Harry Potter From The Hunger Games Christian Ozera: CLIFF From Vampire Academy I would kiss Harry Potter because he is cute, and a wizard, and the chosen one... Yeah.... I would marry Peeta because he is so sweet and I think he would be the perfect husband. I like Christian but I'll have to throw him of a cliff. Sorry Christian! When I look at all these pictures I realize that we basically only need the rest of The Mortal Instruments movies and The Infernal Devices movies! :D I thought that 6 rounds would be enough but I want to do more!!! This is so much funnnnn!!! I tag anyone that want to do this tag! Maybe I'll do this again in the future! This is definitely one of my favourite tags ever! <3 <3 <3 Sorry if there are any spelling errors! I don't speak english fluently so I apologize. :)
So lets talk about the MOCKINGJAY TRAILER!!! OH MY GOD! IT'S SO PERFECT! ASDFGHJKL! I am gonna try to kind of review this trailer, I mean, I have some comments about the scenes. So make sure that you have watched the trailer (and read the book!) if you're gonna read this review because it will have SPOILERS! So first we have Katniss in a hovercraft, with Gale and the others, probably going to district 8. And then she is talking to President Snow (I don't remember this on the book?!) but he looks pretty scary (mainly because he is smiling) and if Snow is smiling, he is happy about something, and that's not good. And Katniss is talking about how she didn't want to be the Mockingjay. That hovercraft looks so cool! Does anyone thinks that it looks more advanced than the ones from Catching Fire? District 13 looks much cooler than how I pictured it! And Effie... OMG... She looks adorable! Even tho I know she is not completely happy. I hope that she wasn't mistreated in the movie like she was in the book because that made me so sad! The bows and arrows that Beete designed for Gale and Katniss are so freaking awesome! And Katniss outfit... Ahhhh I miss Cinna!!! And I can't believe that Peeta is on the trailer!!! Oh my God! I was not expecting that! Poor Peeta! I can't even... And Haymitch!!! Peeta and Caesar!!! And Katniss is so bossy on that scene where she is talking to president Coin (hate that woman!) and Plutarch (Ow Philip!). I'm so happy to see her putting them on their place saying that or they'll do what she wants or they'll have to find another mockingjay! You go girl! And Finnick!!! My baby!!! I love him so much! Those scenes where the Capitol attacks district 8 are pretty intense! I am so excited to see them! And when the Capitol is bombarding district 13 is just like how I imagined it!
This movie is going to be so badass! And I am going to watch it with high expectations because Catching Fire was one of the best book to movie adaptation that I have ever watched! And this looks so cool and I think it will be so loyal to the book! And ohmygoshhhhhh! I AM SO EXCITEDDD! I'm sorry about this shitty review. It's just me fangirling and not saying any reasonable things. :P Sorry if there are any spelling errors! I don't speak english fluently so I apologize. :)
The Mockingjay Part 2 teaser trailer was released at the Comic con in San Diego this weekend. It doesn't show much but we can get a taste of how this movie is going to be. I loved it! I am so excited for this movie! Jenn's acting looks fantastic (as always!) and Gale looks so hot! We do not see Peeta in this trailer but we saw him on the last 2 teasers ;) Just more 113 days!
Like all fangirls, I'm deeply in love with many fictional characters. So I decided to tell you my top 10 fictional boyfriends. I am talking about the guys that I really obsess over, because there are a lot of characters that I love but I'm not so deeply in love with. And this is not in a particular order. (And they are all from books).
I am not a big fan of Jamie being Jace, but Jace is my love.
4) Patch Cipriano (Hush, Hush)
You guys have to admit that Patch is hot.
5) Ian O'Shea (The Host)
Iaaaaannnnn... <3
6) Jared Howe (The Host)
I couldn't decide between Ian and Jared...
7) Sage (Elixir)
Sorry, this is the only pic of Sage that exists. :(
8) Percy Jackson
Look at this baby <3
9) James Stark (The House of Night series)
That's not how I pictured Stark. But Stark is the cutest. You guys have no idea of how much I was obsessed with Stark. I still love him but I only really fangirl over someone when I'm "with" him, while reading the book, so...
10) Finnick Odair
Finnick is my favorite character on The Hunger Games series!
That's my top 10 favourite fictional (guys) characters! Comment which ones are in your list! I would love to know!
Ps: Tobias Eaton, William Herondale and James Castairs are not on this list because I've only read Divergent and Clockwork Angel. I still don't love them enough.
I'll only add a number 11...
11) Damon Salvatore (TVD)
I don't loooove him in the books but I completely love him in the series. He is my ultimate favorite character! I love him so much! He is the best!
