Dedicated to The Broke and the Bookish, this week's theme is Books to Be Placed in the Beach Bag or... better yet: the Reading for Knowledge colbalt blue used tote bag! The pick for the books is the academic reading that prepares me for life and in search for freedom - it's all part of growing up! Since I finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett and Life of Pi by Yann Martel over the last two summers, summer's a best time to read, but I got my picks from the list:
1. Tales of the Otori: Across the Nightningale Floor by Lian Hearn
This is the first out of the total five following the 2007 prequel and sets out the first of the three-parter in feudal Japan in the author's imagination. A lucky guess for reading by the charming start.
2. Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth
Huh?! That's so similar to Girl Rising but far from The Kite Runner.
3. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Based on the true story about the Everest climb from the 1990s.
4. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
I've seen two parts of the trilogy and now they're making one more before the saga's complete. Better read it now Nat (just a note to self).
5. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Another novel written by the same author of Into Thin Air.
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
This is one sappy dog story I'm going to read, but the sappy romance story for once is going to be The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.
7. A Blessing Over Ashes by Adam Fifield
This reminds me of Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez, except it's more Perks of Being a Wallflower with the memoir type about people escaping to Cambodia and less October Baby.
8. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."
This is the first parter to this trilogy.
9. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
This is getting familiar with Dreamland by Sarah Dessen that combines with the Seattle element. It's getting more attractive than ever!
10. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Now a major motion picture, you could own it to see all of the epicness going on in this type of dystopia America.
11. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie
Set in the late 1960s in southeastern Nigeria, a moment in modern African history was illuminated with celebration, the promise, hope and effects going on in a war.
That's it, what's your pick for books to be placed in the beach bag with specific themes. Let me know in the comments section below! :)
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Top Ten Tuesday Freebie #1: Top Ten Banned Books On My TBR List
This is a freebie about something to be read over the next four months ahead, you know what's coming... or not. It's Banned Books Week - a week to celebrate First Amendment rights on the last full week of September every year, it was founded by the American Library Association in 1982. Here are some books to be read over this period of practice besides the Sparknotes edition of Romeo and Juliet from yesterday's review:
1. Alice in Wonderland - WARNING: You're about to enter the no-spin zone for imagination! (It's a rabbit hole to the real world.)
2. A Wrinkle in Time - it's a second reread, but this time to promote freedom
3. Bridge to Terabithia - the first reread ever, the last time is in seventh grade - I'm not sure about knowing that the details go on, but I got a few major events though. Time for a pick up again to discover what I'm missing.
4. Forrest Gump - It appeared once in the 1999-2000 edition of the Resource Guide, it was made into a 1994 Academy Award-winning film and it's going to take place back in my parent's day (three decades) before the bad 80s aka the MTV decade.
5. The Kite Runner - Caution: lots of swearing and killing going on in the book!
6. Prep - Perfect for the high school class of 2014 to get into a 4-year college.
7. The Hunger Games - I know in most of 2012, people are obsessed with this book series - but in the end of 2013 and most of the first third of 2014, they were obsessed with Frozen and now what next? If I Stay? Maze Runner? Maximum Ride? Uglies? We'll never know.
8. Catching Fire - Simone keeps pushing me into this, but why can't I. Because of cheating? But not anymore, thanks to Banned Books walkthrough arrangements.
9. Mockingjay - Oh... I know some people hated it while others liked it. It's really mixed-up.
And now, for the grande pick...
10. Eleanor and Park - I'm not suprised, but in shock to see it banned in the largest public school district in Minnesota at the end of my junior year in high school. Did you know this book is going to be made into film by Dreamworks?
And that's the Top Ten freebie to Banned Books.
1. Alice in Wonderland - WARNING: You're about to enter the no-spin zone for imagination! (It's a rabbit hole to the real world.)
2. A Wrinkle in Time - it's a second reread, but this time to promote freedom
3. Bridge to Terabithia - the first reread ever, the last time is in seventh grade - I'm not sure about knowing that the details go on, but I got a few major events though. Time for a pick up again to discover what I'm missing.
4. Forrest Gump - It appeared once in the 1999-2000 edition of the Resource Guide, it was made into a 1994 Academy Award-winning film and it's going to take place back in my parent's day (three decades) before the bad 80s aka the MTV decade.
5. The Kite Runner - Caution: lots of swearing and killing going on in the book!
6. Prep - Perfect for the high school class of 2014 to get into a 4-year college.
7. The Hunger Games - I know in most of 2012, people are obsessed with this book series - but in the end of 2013 and most of the first third of 2014, they were obsessed with Frozen and now what next? If I Stay? Maze Runner? Maximum Ride? Uglies? We'll never know.
8. Catching Fire - Simone keeps pushing me into this, but why can't I. Because of cheating? But not anymore, thanks to Banned Books walkthrough arrangements.
9. Mockingjay - Oh... I know some people hated it while others liked it. It's really mixed-up.
And now, for the grande pick...
10. Eleanor and Park - I'm not suprised, but in shock to see it banned in the largest public school district in Minnesota at the end of my junior year in high school. Did you know this book is going to be made into film by Dreamworks?
And that's the Top Ten freebie to Banned Books.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Rewatches After Sonic Underground
Finally, after forty episodes, a few jingles and one commercial (13 hours 27 minutes and 25 seconds) of F (friends are together for) U (you and me) N (anywhere, anytime at all), this is the moment I've all have been waiting for: Maximum Ride Protectors Pentalogy. But first, let's take a look at all of the rewatches in between beside the Sonic Underground in between the Fugitives and Protectors.
Shows I've Never Seen in Such a Long Time Since I Was a Kid:
1. Rugrats
One of my favorite TV Shows of all time as a kid. But the movies need to be rewatched over this summer.
2. Powerpuff Girls
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm Blossom. I already saw the movie last summer and hopefully again this summer (this could lead up to the show this time).
3. Kim Possible
I never got to see the finale in 2007 due to the fact that my family and I move out to Salem, Oregon.
4. Danny Phantom
I barely saw it sometimes as a kid.
5. Proud Family
I already have seen it as a kid, but never have it seen in a long time around.
6. My Life as a Teenage Robot
This takes place in the future, but in my old green bank journal with over 100 pages, I was all 100% wrong about the future Super Bowl C - it was supposed to take place in 2066, not early in the 2070s.
Shows I've Already Seen and Am Good to Go:
1. SpongeBob SquarePants
This is the show I never stop watching as a kid.
2. Fairly Odd Parents
Second in ranking for never stop watching as a kid.
3. American Idol
Seen it in 2004, but never seen it around until 2008 and beyond.
4. X Factor
I already saw three seasons, but the previous two: I never got to see the end of Season 1 and the rest of Season 2. It's alright.
5. America's Got Talent
This is one show I am all good to go.
6. Extreme Makeover Home Edition
I've seen it in the mid to late 2000s.
Honorable Mention to Be Seen as Recommendation from a Friend:
1. Full House (I had seen a few episodes of it before and am likely to do so)
The first list from the above can be in no particular order in betweenage of literary stuff like When the Wind Blows and The Lake House for A Sitch in Time.
We did it, we made it through 2,267.41333334 miles since the beginning of the year. So far, so good but we're almost to the end of this academic year (Senior Year Part 1) with two more acts of Romeo and Juliet via Sparknotes.com! I know I missed the trio so much that I can bring them back to life on my own fanfic series called "Council of the Flock" - a crossover between the show I made it through and the book series I'm 3/8 of the way there with the returning main cast of three, Black Blazer, Max, the Flock, the Erasers, Ari, Total, me (in my pen name to be known as Victoria), Emma and Sparkle to be starred on this epic journey to save the world, not running around to beat the SWATbots like last time I've seen it all in 40 episodes of "a children's picture book". I know I got an extreme makeover to do, but I'm 27 pages ahead of the beginning in which I'm not spoiling it until I got it 100% published with the acknowledgements of how it's made.
But here's the sneak peek of the fanfic: Like Elsa and Anna from Frozen, Aleena and Elissa were sisters. On January 10, 2014, I went in the theater with my family and youth group to watch "Frozen". It was really good, but I like it - even though it's loosely based on the fairytale; I got the idea about Aleena's family - in the show she had no family other than her three children. That's the problem, but I know and developed the kind of a nice idea. I made Elissa to be the sister to Aleena and I had an idea about their parents - the father was named after the main character Tristan Thorn from Stardust by Neil Gaiman and the mother was named after Gloriana the Twelfth from The Mouse that Roared. Earlier, when I was fifteen, I came up with Black Blazer's own mother. Her name was Elissa - she was called after the mother of Merlin and novice princess of Avalon from the Merlin trilogy by James Mallory. That was a big thanks to the media and pop culture for naming Aleena's family - I know she and her sister were part of Generation X, but their children were part of the millenial generation with me. But what about their parents - Tristan lived to be 56 years old (he's from the Beat generation) and Gloriana lived to be 38 years old (she's from the boomer people including my parents). They were 18 years apart from each other and they were married on Christmas Day of 1965. Four years later, let's say here's how the prologue works: you can see that the fanfic is just the beginning when Aleena narrates her backstory prior to the start of the show as it gets familiar of how Robotnik took over Mobius, how she had to give up her three children to fulfill a prophecy that one day the siblings will be able to rise against Robotnik's rule and restore peace to the planet along with their mother, aunt, cousin and his girlfriend, Emma, Penelope, Sparkle, Ari and the entire Flock. Chapter One describes how Aleena and Elissa meet together again but for the first time with their firstborn children which came into rivalry. Chapter Two deals with all of the king and queen's grandchildren's childhood, and Chapter Three and beyond deals with the adventure ahead after they all come of age on their last day of school to have fun. The whole entire series is about the Flock and the extended Sonic Underground band (with Black Blazer on bass guitar and Victoria on the vocal) who have to save the world from the forces of evil. Fans of Sonic Underground and Maximum Ride, watch out for more information coming soon.
If you've been waiting for too long for this to come out, you can see my long-forgotten Utopia blogspot for reservance.
Shows I've Never Seen in Such a Long Time Since I Was a Kid:
1. Rugrats
One of my favorite TV Shows of all time as a kid. But the movies need to be rewatched over this summer.
2. Powerpuff Girls
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm Blossom. I already saw the movie last summer and hopefully again this summer (this could lead up to the show this time).
3. Kim Possible
I never got to see the finale in 2007 due to the fact that my family and I move out to Salem, Oregon.
4. Danny Phantom
I barely saw it sometimes as a kid.
5. Proud Family
I already have seen it as a kid, but never have it seen in a long time around.
6. My Life as a Teenage Robot
This takes place in the future, but in my old green bank journal with over 100 pages, I was all 100% wrong about the future Super Bowl C - it was supposed to take place in 2066, not early in the 2070s.
Shows I've Already Seen and Am Good to Go:
1. SpongeBob SquarePants
This is the show I never stop watching as a kid.
2. Fairly Odd Parents
Second in ranking for never stop watching as a kid.
3. American Idol
Seen it in 2004, but never seen it around until 2008 and beyond.
4. X Factor
I already saw three seasons, but the previous two: I never got to see the end of Season 1 and the rest of Season 2. It's alright.
5. America's Got Talent
This is one show I am all good to go.
6. Extreme Makeover Home Edition
I've seen it in the mid to late 2000s.
Honorable Mention to Be Seen as Recommendation from a Friend:
1. Full House (I had seen a few episodes of it before and am likely to do so)
The first list from the above can be in no particular order in betweenage of literary stuff like When the Wind Blows and The Lake House for A Sitch in Time.
We did it, we made it through 2,267.41333334 miles since the beginning of the year. So far, so good but we're almost to the end of this academic year (Senior Year Part 1) with two more acts of Romeo and Juliet via Sparknotes.com! I know I missed the trio so much that I can bring them back to life on my own fanfic series called "Council of the Flock" - a crossover between the show I made it through and the book series I'm 3/8 of the way there with the returning main cast of three, Black Blazer, Max, the Flock, the Erasers, Ari, Total, me (in my pen name to be known as Victoria), Emma and Sparkle to be starred on this epic journey to save the world, not running around to beat the SWATbots like last time I've seen it all in 40 episodes of "a children's picture book". I know I got an extreme makeover to do, but I'm 27 pages ahead of the beginning in which I'm not spoiling it until I got it 100% published with the acknowledgements of how it's made.
But here's the sneak peek of the fanfic: Like Elsa and Anna from Frozen, Aleena and Elissa were sisters. On January 10, 2014, I went in the theater with my family and youth group to watch "Frozen". It was really good, but I like it - even though it's loosely based on the fairytale; I got the idea about Aleena's family - in the show she had no family other than her three children. That's the problem, but I know and developed the kind of a nice idea. I made Elissa to be the sister to Aleena and I had an idea about their parents - the father was named after the main character Tristan Thorn from Stardust by Neil Gaiman and the mother was named after Gloriana the Twelfth from The Mouse that Roared. Earlier, when I was fifteen, I came up with Black Blazer's own mother. Her name was Elissa - she was called after the mother of Merlin and novice princess of Avalon from the Merlin trilogy by James Mallory. That was a big thanks to the media and pop culture for naming Aleena's family - I know she and her sister were part of Generation X, but their children were part of the millenial generation with me. But what about their parents - Tristan lived to be 56 years old (he's from the Beat generation) and Gloriana lived to be 38 years old (she's from the boomer people including my parents). They were 18 years apart from each other and they were married on Christmas Day of 1965. Four years later, let's say here's how the prologue works: you can see that the fanfic is just the beginning when Aleena narrates her backstory prior to the start of the show as it gets familiar of how Robotnik took over Mobius, how she had to give up her three children to fulfill a prophecy that one day the siblings will be able to rise against Robotnik's rule and restore peace to the planet along with their mother, aunt, cousin and his girlfriend, Emma, Penelope, Sparkle, Ari and the entire Flock. Chapter One describes how Aleena and Elissa meet together again but for the first time with their firstborn children which came into rivalry. Chapter Two deals with all of the king and queen's grandchildren's childhood, and Chapter Three and beyond deals with the adventure ahead after they all come of age on their last day of school to have fun. The whole entire series is about the Flock and the extended Sonic Underground band (with Black Blazer on bass guitar and Victoria on the vocal) who have to save the world from the forces of evil. Fans of Sonic Underground and Maximum Ride, watch out for more information coming soon.
If you've been waiting for too long for this to come out, you can see my long-forgotten Utopia blogspot for reservance.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Top Ten Tuesday: Books If You Like Sonic Underground
This week's list is dedicated to the Broke and the Bookish! Enjoy!
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
3. Maximum Ride by James Patterson
4. Superman by J. J. Abrams
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riodran
6. If I Stay 2-Parter by Gayle Forman
7. Matched Trilogy by Allie Condie
8. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
9. Incaraceron by Catherine Fisher
10. Rainforest Rudy by Anonymous
That's all folks!
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
3. Maximum Ride by James Patterson
4. Superman by J. J. Abrams
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riodran
6. If I Stay 2-Parter by Gayle Forman
7. Matched Trilogy by Allie Condie
8. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
9. Incaraceron by Catherine Fisher
10. Rainforest Rudy by Anonymous
That's all folks!
Monday, March 17, 2014
Spring is in the Air with Special Reads and Yes... Popular Ones
1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
In honor of Holocaust Day.
2. Avalon High by Meg Cabot
A good read after James Mallory's Merlin trilogy and Robert Newman's Merlin's Mistake.
3. Penelope by Marilyn Kaye
A modern-twisted fairy tale unleashed.
4. Undercover by Beth Kemphart
This should be way past better than Disney's Ice Princess.
5. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
A close sequel to most fairy tales, although it rather takes place during Andersen's Fairy Tales Victorian-esque style.
6. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Just millions of times better than High School Musical.
7. Looking for Alaska by John Green
I already read Fault in Our Stars, but can't wait for more from the author.
8. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Politics... in space?! How? After Gattaca in my scifi experience on the blog? What?!
9. Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. There shalt be historical fiction in me blog.
10. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
I never really understand the story before, know the summary; but mind a read for end-of-school year aka graduation.
11. Rest of Merlin Trilogy from James Mallory
I got it now. I got it - it's been almost a year and still no sign of the end.
12. Maximum Ride Protectors Pentalogy by James Patterson
I know some of the people hated the last five in the Maximum Ride saga. You know what you've been waiting for like a year and a half to see Part One of the answer to be revealed from a question mentioned earlier almost last month.
13. More classics, Shakespeare coming up
More notes, more time-traveling through popular past times, and SparkNotes is getting to you live on the blog!
14. Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
I've been waiting for almost two years to get through the series before the last book hits stores in October.
15. Rest of Narnia from C.S. Lewis
After three installments plus The Princess and the Goblin in which I barely didn't know it was the first installment of Princess Irene and Curdie, time to hit the rest from Prince Caspian to The Last Battle.
16. Rest of Uglies and Sisterhood from Scott Westerfeld and Anne Brashares
I got big plans ahead after Maximum Ride for the breaks in betweenage. First up, we did the first two books of Max and did the first installment of a double feature series. Second, we'll do the second one for each of this double feature after The Final Warning. Next comes the third one after Fang. Then after Angel, comes Extras and Forever in Blue. And finally after The Last Battle and all of the rest of the fairy tales, it will come of Sisterhood Everlasting, Enchanted, Nevermore, Star Wars and beyond.
17. Dragons in Our Midst
Pretty much questioning to deal with in order. Oh well, there you go. Now there you have it folks. My sweet sixteen list of reads for the spring and beyond, hopefully.
In honor of Holocaust Day.
2. Avalon High by Meg Cabot
A good read after James Mallory's Merlin trilogy and Robert Newman's Merlin's Mistake.
3. Penelope by Marilyn Kaye
A modern-twisted fairy tale unleashed.
4. Undercover by Beth Kemphart
This should be way past better than Disney's Ice Princess.
5. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
A close sequel to most fairy tales, although it rather takes place during Andersen's Fairy Tales Victorian-esque style.
6. Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Just millions of times better than High School Musical.
7. Looking for Alaska by John Green
I already read Fault in Our Stars, but can't wait for more from the author.
8. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Politics... in space?! How? After Gattaca in my scifi experience on the blog? What?!
9. Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. There shalt be historical fiction in me blog.
10. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
I never really understand the story before, know the summary; but mind a read for end-of-school year aka graduation.
11. Rest of Merlin Trilogy from James Mallory
I got it now. I got it - it's been almost a year and still no sign of the end.
12. Maximum Ride Protectors Pentalogy by James Patterson
I know some of the people hated the last five in the Maximum Ride saga. You know what you've been waiting for like a year and a half to see Part One of the answer to be revealed from a question mentioned earlier almost last month.
13. More classics, Shakespeare coming up
More notes, more time-traveling through popular past times, and SparkNotes is getting to you live on the blog!
14. Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
I've been waiting for almost two years to get through the series before the last book hits stores in October.
15. Rest of Narnia from C.S. Lewis
After three installments plus The Princess and the Goblin in which I barely didn't know it was the first installment of Princess Irene and Curdie, time to hit the rest from Prince Caspian to The Last Battle.
16. Rest of Uglies and Sisterhood from Scott Westerfeld and Anne Brashares
I got big plans ahead after Maximum Ride for the breaks in betweenage. First up, we did the first two books of Max and did the first installment of a double feature series. Second, we'll do the second one for each of this double feature after The Final Warning. Next comes the third one after Fang. Then after Angel, comes Extras and Forever in Blue. And finally after The Last Battle and all of the rest of the fairy tales, it will come of Sisterhood Everlasting, Enchanted, Nevermore, Star Wars and beyond.
17. Dragons in Our Midst
Pretty much questioning to deal with in order. Oh well, there you go. Now there you have it folks. My sweet sixteen list of reads for the spring and beyond, hopefully.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Top Ten Books I'm So Looking Forward to For Bookish What-Nots
This Top 10 Tuesday is brought to you live on the Broke and the Bookish. Sorry about the day's delay folks. Here are the ten things I never read it before in my life but to appeal into it:
1. Movie screenplays. I already started on J.J. Abram's Superman and guess what? I'm on page 6 on the Nook Tablet. Last year, I read Monster written by Walter Dean Myers for school. It was really a good read to be adapted into an MTV original movie.
2. Fanfics. I was trying to get into the Sonic Underground Remake by Julayla, but the reader's block quickly messed me up which it caused me to stop it from happening. Did you know that 10% of all fanfics were worth an excellent job?
3. Nonfiction. I researched for the US Social Studies Semester One Final: a movie poster to put up with, but luckily I found more info about Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Also, I got an over 100-paged quick versions of biographies with illustrations of Rosa Park and Abe Lincoln for "Who Was..." series. My dad "forced" me to read this genre, but nothing occurred, for I have to pay close attention to what I would rather do.
4. Finish the series. I had lots of series to just finish it up. 6th grade: When I read Harry Potter #1 in the entire thing through, I got bored into the Magician's Nephew but I had to stop in order to do some English reading for school. When I did the task, I was starting to feel complete with Harry Potter and move on to the movie adaptations. Up until recently, on the Cinco de Mayo of last year, I learned that this series was like Wizards of Waverly Place meets The Hunger Games British style. I believe we're not going to do that, but then the slide just switched to the Twilight. Come on, seriously? The preacher was like sarcastic with Jacob Black. I was so glad I hadn't read the Twilight series, but I had to revise the whole thing around just so to make everyone else feel happy when they read all about my true story of imagination and my love for a friend. I never read paranormal stuff in print, but I would rather read my favorite story blogs: Dawn and Cadence. Series I need to finish up were If I Stay, Stargirl, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Inheritance Cycle, Uglies, Merlin by James Mallory, Maximum Ride, fairy tales, and The Chronicles of Narnia. Series I just finished finally: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (finished summer of 2012).
5. Comic Books. I already read the Star Wars Long Time Ago Volumes 1 & 2 and the Shadow of the Empire. I read the bit of manga when I was a kid. Now I need to do something about comics, speaking of this, I will decide to eventually.
6. More classics. Oh, what the day to go have more vocabulary in my mind.
7. More YA. This is going to have more fun out there.
8. Plays. I already read four plays before: Sleeping Walter, The Mouse That Roared, Anything Goes and 4AM (Is anybody out there?). Now comes Shakespeare in most well-known plays I will read.
9. Technical stuff. I already read some of this in Senior English, but lucky me, I got ehow and wikihow on my stuff to do with instructions in my head. I got DragoArt taken care of for my drawings, but now comes the road after HS graduation.
10. News. I read some, watched some and write some into the journals rarely. I'll keep it up with myself ever since junior year.
Thanks and Happy Wednesday!
1. Movie screenplays. I already started on J.J. Abram's Superman and guess what? I'm on page 6 on the Nook Tablet. Last year, I read Monster written by Walter Dean Myers for school. It was really a good read to be adapted into an MTV original movie.
2. Fanfics. I was trying to get into the Sonic Underground Remake by Julayla, but the reader's block quickly messed me up which it caused me to stop it from happening. Did you know that 10% of all fanfics were worth an excellent job?
3. Nonfiction. I researched for the US Social Studies Semester One Final: a movie poster to put up with, but luckily I found more info about Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Also, I got an over 100-paged quick versions of biographies with illustrations of Rosa Park and Abe Lincoln for "Who Was..." series. My dad "forced" me to read this genre, but nothing occurred, for I have to pay close attention to what I would rather do.
4. Finish the series. I had lots of series to just finish it up. 6th grade: When I read Harry Potter #1 in the entire thing through, I got bored into the Magician's Nephew but I had to stop in order to do some English reading for school. When I did the task, I was starting to feel complete with Harry Potter and move on to the movie adaptations. Up until recently, on the Cinco de Mayo of last year, I learned that this series was like Wizards of Waverly Place meets The Hunger Games British style. I believe we're not going to do that, but then the slide just switched to the Twilight. Come on, seriously? The preacher was like sarcastic with Jacob Black. I was so glad I hadn't read the Twilight series, but I had to revise the whole thing around just so to make everyone else feel happy when they read all about my true story of imagination and my love for a friend. I never read paranormal stuff in print, but I would rather read my favorite story blogs: Dawn and Cadence. Series I need to finish up were If I Stay, Stargirl, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Inheritance Cycle, Uglies, Merlin by James Mallory, Maximum Ride, fairy tales, and The Chronicles of Narnia. Series I just finished finally: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (finished summer of 2012).
5. Comic Books. I already read the Star Wars Long Time Ago Volumes 1 & 2 and the Shadow of the Empire. I read the bit of manga when I was a kid. Now I need to do something about comics, speaking of this, I will decide to eventually.
6. More classics. Oh, what the day to go have more vocabulary in my mind.
7. More YA. This is going to have more fun out there.
8. Plays. I already read four plays before: Sleeping Walter, The Mouse That Roared, Anything Goes and 4AM (Is anybody out there?). Now comes Shakespeare in most well-known plays I will read.
9. Technical stuff. I already read some of this in Senior English, but lucky me, I got ehow and wikihow on my stuff to do with instructions in my head. I got DragoArt taken care of for my drawings, but now comes the road after HS graduation.
10. News. I read some, watched some and write some into the journals rarely. I'll keep it up with myself ever since junior year.
Thanks and Happy Wednesday!
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Top Ten Books That Will Make You Cry
This top ten list is dedicated to Brook and the Bookish. Enjoy:
1. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (I literally cried when the merry men die in the end, you will too)
2. King Arthur and His Knights by Henry Firth (This is much of an alternate timeline to my world, but to me it's like an adventure. If you read this, you might want to go read the James Mallory version of the Merlin trilogy and Merlin's Mistake after your book is finished)
3. Finding Miracles (if you read this book, watch October Baby)
4. Ellen Foster (Colored = black/African)
5. A Lesson Before Dying (much of a sad wrap-up to sophomore year before the True Ending of First Season takes place)
6. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (very true to my side of my reading log over last spring, but so sad that I just want to read "Looking for Alaska" and/or "Abundance of Katherines")
7. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (That was very touching and sad that will make you want to cry about whether or not Mia will survive through the situation of out-of-body experience. Can't wait for "Where She Went" since near the beginning of so-last year... must read the sequel after the first installment of Protectors Pentalogy (and the last of the Original Tetralogy) from Maximum Ride. xD)
8. Peter Pan in the Kensington Garden by J.M. Barrie (a better prequel to Peter Pan than Peter and the Starcatchers. So sad in the end...)
9. Tie: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton (these are both great classics to make you tear out your hair)
10. Moby Dick by Herman Melville (I know this is long but sad...)
Books I'll Read So Bad That Will Make You Cry:
1. The Last Five Installments of Maximum Ride by James Patterson (I know the ending but I'm not spoiling it until the very end of the saga to read is because the people surrounded me spoiled it. I apologized Simone for this and she forgave me back. If I read this, I'll might want to cry at the end knowing how to end Melody's, Leah's, and Jenna's story very well to read. Before the final announcements and honor of their blogs, I will read the last book.)
2. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (This is so sad that you will cry at the end to see Romeo and Juliet die together.)
3. Star Wars Ep III by Matthew Stover (It's like Breaking Dawn Part 1 meets Deathly Hallows Part 2 with a Star Trek-like twist that some of you will cry when Padme dies in childbirth.)
4. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins (It's like Breaking Dawn Part 2 meets Percy Jackson and Les Miz combined in a dystopian twist. This is like a phenomenon from sophmore year and onward when the first movie is heating up for the release. My time is not yet come, for I hear of Katniss, Peeta, Gale and what-not reactions for so many peers everywhere that I was like "What? What the heck is wrong with you?" This will make you cry when every installment of the book series reaches its end.)
5. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult (I know this book is so tragic, that New Line Cinema completely changed the ending and every little bit of the pieces (some) in the film.)
6. Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miz by Victor Hugo (these are both tragic stories written by one author that will make you cry)
7. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell (I know this is so tragic that I already watched the film last year and I already heard of the sequels written by two different authors were published, but none prevailed; for this real one was a stand-alone. I know some wanted a sequel...)
8. Titanic Movie Novelization (I already seen the ship going to sink in like so many times in my life that it felt like a climax to me that I just want to see the movie trailer first before I have to read this book. You will cry by the time the ship sinks.)
9. 13 Reasons Why (I know the movie's going to heat up - Selena Gomez is starring in this film adaptation. This really is about committing suicide. Family Experience Alert: My mom almost committed suicide when she was a teenager.)
10. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (This is such a good story of a boy in the book (a girl in a film) named Death who was a Book Thief.)
11. Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (I had read the excerpt while at Sylvan, this means that I had to read this book.)
12. Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell (I know both books are terrible from my peers surrounding me. It was so horrific that I will be "forced" to do this piece of a scum bucket task.)
13. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (This is really disappointing that it's like Star Wars Episode IV meets Starship Troopers and Sonic Colors combined in such an political way of being the next 2001: A Space Odyssey. You will cry at the end of this book, whether or not to can't wait for the sequel to rent at the library.)
Thanks for reading this list and the Broke and the Bookish will bring to you live next week for Books That Will Make You Swoon. Also on my 18th birthday, I will get one suprising review for you to read. I will see you next time. Bye guys!
1. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (I literally cried when the merry men die in the end, you will too)
2. King Arthur and His Knights by Henry Firth (This is much of an alternate timeline to my world, but to me it's like an adventure. If you read this, you might want to go read the James Mallory version of the Merlin trilogy and Merlin's Mistake after your book is finished)
3. Finding Miracles (if you read this book, watch October Baby)
4. Ellen Foster (Colored = black/African)
5. A Lesson Before Dying (much of a sad wrap-up to sophomore year before the True Ending of First Season takes place)
6. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (very true to my side of my reading log over last spring, but so sad that I just want to read "Looking for Alaska" and/or "Abundance of Katherines")
7. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (That was very touching and sad that will make you want to cry about whether or not Mia will survive through the situation of out-of-body experience. Can't wait for "Where She Went" since near the beginning of so-last year... must read the sequel after the first installment of Protectors Pentalogy (and the last of the Original Tetralogy) from Maximum Ride. xD)
8. Peter Pan in the Kensington Garden by J.M. Barrie (a better prequel to Peter Pan than Peter and the Starcatchers. So sad in the end...)
9. Tie: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton (these are both great classics to make you tear out your hair)
10. Moby Dick by Herman Melville (I know this is long but sad...)
Books I'll Read So Bad That Will Make You Cry:
1. The Last Five Installments of Maximum Ride by James Patterson (I know the ending but I'm not spoiling it until the very end of the saga to read is because the people surrounded me spoiled it. I apologized Simone for this and she forgave me back. If I read this, I'll might want to cry at the end knowing how to end Melody's, Leah's, and Jenna's story very well to read. Before the final announcements and honor of their blogs, I will read the last book.)
2. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (This is so sad that you will cry at the end to see Romeo and Juliet die together.)
3. Star Wars Ep III by Matthew Stover (It's like Breaking Dawn Part 1 meets Deathly Hallows Part 2 with a Star Trek-like twist that some of you will cry when Padme dies in childbirth.)
4. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins (It's like Breaking Dawn Part 2 meets Percy Jackson and Les Miz combined in a dystopian twist. This is like a phenomenon from sophmore year and onward when the first movie is heating up for the release. My time is not yet come, for I hear of Katniss, Peeta, Gale and what-not reactions for so many peers everywhere that I was like "What? What the heck is wrong with you?" This will make you cry when every installment of the book series reaches its end.)
5. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult (I know this book is so tragic, that New Line Cinema completely changed the ending and every little bit of the pieces (some) in the film.)
6. Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miz by Victor Hugo (these are both tragic stories written by one author that will make you cry)
7. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell (I know this is so tragic that I already watched the film last year and I already heard of the sequels written by two different authors were published, but none prevailed; for this real one was a stand-alone. I know some wanted a sequel...)
8. Titanic Movie Novelization (I already seen the ship going to sink in like so many times in my life that it felt like a climax to me that I just want to see the movie trailer first before I have to read this book. You will cry by the time the ship sinks.)
9. 13 Reasons Why (I know the movie's going to heat up - Selena Gomez is starring in this film adaptation. This really is about committing suicide. Family Experience Alert: My mom almost committed suicide when she was a teenager.)
10. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (This is such a good story of a boy in the book (a girl in a film) named Death who was a Book Thief.)
11. Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (I had read the excerpt while at Sylvan, this means that I had to read this book.)
12. Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell (I know both books are terrible from my peers surrounding me. It was so horrific that I will be "forced" to do this piece of a scum bucket task.)
13. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (This is really disappointing that it's like Star Wars Episode IV meets Starship Troopers and Sonic Colors combined in such an political way of being the next 2001: A Space Odyssey. You will cry at the end of this book, whether or not to can't wait for the sequel to rent at the library.)
Thanks for reading this list and the Broke and the Bookish will bring to you live next week for Books That Will Make You Swoon. Also on my 18th birthday, I will get one suprising review for you to read. I will see you next time. Bye guys!
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Top Ten Goals/Resolutions For 2014
Top Ten Tuesdays was dedicated to the Broke and the Bookish.
This year, I got a plan for my world of imagination and books besides the bonuses and what-nots.
1. Do the prequels to Maximum Ride: The Complete Saga sometime around 2014. It has to be two.
2. Where She Went by Gayle Forman. Yup, definitely a sequel from so-last year's read of If I Stay.
3. The Heroes of Olympus. Really, is this exactly what my sister Simone "forced" me to read?! Hah! The last installment is coming soon in nine months or less.
4. The rest of the fairy tales, Narnia and Arabian Nights. Are you kidding me? Why is this taking so long to finish it up just in time for Enchanted and beyond?
5. Dragons in Our Midst, Penelope, Undercover and Stardust. I had never seen the films of Penelope and Stardust before, but I had to read the books first.
6. Girl in a Cage and Princess Academy. I barely read Girl in a Cage, but I heard one part of Princess Academy. It really was a past, but to sum things up, I had to read them.
7. The rest of the Merlin trilogy by James Mallory. I had to read the last two; but oh well, I read Merlin's Mistake before.
8. The Hobbit. I had seen the films, but the lyrics to the song in the beginning of the book was different.
9. The rest of Maximum Ride. I had to go and stop at #7 to hold onto the last book until Enchanted is 100% completely done.
10. The rest of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series and the rest of the Uglies tetralogy.
11. Shakespeare stuff. I was part of the Thespian world since last year, but lucky me I must be new with minimal knowledge. Use sparknotes.com!
12. Enchanted and beyond... it needs to be unlocked after all of the adventures were complete in the main storyline to move on to its ultimate and ongoing phrase yet.
And finally, happy reading and may the odds be ever in your favor!
This year, I got a plan for my world of imagination and books besides the bonuses and what-nots.
1. Do the prequels to Maximum Ride: The Complete Saga sometime around 2014. It has to be two.
2. Where She Went by Gayle Forman. Yup, definitely a sequel from so-last year's read of If I Stay.
3. The Heroes of Olympus. Really, is this exactly what my sister Simone "forced" me to read?! Hah! The last installment is coming soon in nine months or less.
4. The rest of the fairy tales, Narnia and Arabian Nights. Are you kidding me? Why is this taking so long to finish it up just in time for Enchanted and beyond?
5. Dragons in Our Midst, Penelope, Undercover and Stardust. I had never seen the films of Penelope and Stardust before, but I had to read the books first.
6. Girl in a Cage and Princess Academy. I barely read Girl in a Cage, but I heard one part of Princess Academy. It really was a past, but to sum things up, I had to read them.
7. The rest of the Merlin trilogy by James Mallory. I had to read the last two; but oh well, I read Merlin's Mistake before.
8. The Hobbit. I had seen the films, but the lyrics to the song in the beginning of the book was different.
9. The rest of Maximum Ride. I had to go and stop at #7 to hold onto the last book until Enchanted is 100% completely done.
10. The rest of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series and the rest of the Uglies tetralogy.
11. Shakespeare stuff. I was part of the Thespian world since last year, but lucky me I must be new with minimal knowledge. Use sparknotes.com!
12. Enchanted and beyond... it needs to be unlocked after all of the adventures were complete in the main storyline to move on to its ultimate and ongoing phrase yet.
And finally, happy reading and may the odds be ever in your favor!
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