Unfortunatly I just recently comepletely delved myself into the Downton world, having only seen bits and peices of the show before now. But I do consider myself lucky that I could just keep pedaling through the episodes and not wait a week between them. And to be quite frank, I probably would have lost my mind if I had to wait.
I am writing this post because I am apsolutely in love with Downton Abbey, I think it is incredible; and if you have not started to watch then what have you been doing with your life??? And I am not only gearing this towards british crazed, period drama fans that eat this stuff up for breakfast. I mean just in general you need to watch this show, just for the story if your not a big classic fan.
Let me just start off listing everything that is fantastic about this show:
- Music
- Cast
- Story
- Cinematography
- Costumes
- Acting
- Set
And I think that covers it.. if u havn't noticed I mentioned everything vital in a show. So go go go watch!
Btw my favs are Mary, Matthew, Branson, Sybil, Gwen, Anna, and Bates. Thought u should know :)
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Finnikin of the Rock
I literally believe that Melina weaves her words and characters with magic because every sentence and plot line is soo intricate and beautiful that I am amazed on every page. It astounds me that she hasn't been given critical fantasy acclaim because these stories are incredible. I particularly loved the relationship between Isobea and Finnikin, they were both soo loyal to each other! I would reccomend this book to anyone who loves fantasy.
I figure myself to be vry lucky, because I just haphazardly picked this book off of my library shelf and went into it blind. I really only grabbed it because bk 2 was sitting next to it and it boasted 600 pages. Since I love series and long books I went for it, and I am very glad I did.
I figure myself to be vry lucky, because I just haphazardly picked this book off of my library shelf and went into it blind. I really only grabbed it because bk 2 was sitting next to it and it boasted 600 pages. Since I love series and long books I went for it, and I am very glad I did.
Book Review of Froi of the Exiles
I went into this book very wary. I didn't exactly like Froi in Finnikin but as soon as I delved into bk 2 and his mind, I actually liked him more than Finn. (Which sounds awful, but I really do like him!) I also would have to say that I enjoyed this book better than Finn because it was wayy more complex. Which I didn't think was possible. But it was. Specifically with Quintana, to me she is one of the most dymensional characters that I have ever encountered. Besides the fact that for most of the book she is carrying 2 souls inside of her, she still was soo intricate.
Another thing that I enjoyed in Froi, was still seeing the bond between Finnikin and Isobea. They are soo much in love with each other that it melts my heart. Umm what else... I don't really feel like telling u what the book is about because there is a summary right next to the book name on here so I would be wasting my breath. But what it doesn't tell u is about the ending. I don't want to spoil anything but lets just say, it mashes up everything that you believe to know. End of story! |
Embrace Review
Started his book this morning and barely put it down. I mean I had school and track but otherwise no. I was initially intrigued by the cover, yes I am one of those people. I'm ashamed but I won't lie. I have read alot of angel books so the mythology has always intrigued me.
I gave this book five stars for a few different reasons. First the writing is very good, which really just provides a good base for a book. Next, I really liked the characters. Violet and Linc especially. I connected right away to their relationship and I felt like they had a good one from the start. So it would be safe to say that when Phoenix was introduced I wasn't exactly a happy camper. He was very dark, and too intense. Don't get me wrong, I ALWAYS go for the bad guys but he had something off about him. U can read it to find out what. But I will have to admit that his hair is pretty wicked. Sorry for ranting about the men in the story but Violet's relationships with them are pretty crucial.
I cannot wait to get my hands in the next books in the series and I am really rooting for the Linc-Violet relationship. I think they belong together. So overall, great book.
http://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Jessica-Shirvington/dp/1402268408/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336520714&sr=1-1
I gave this book five stars for a few different reasons. First the writing is very good, which really just provides a good base for a book. Next, I really liked the characters. Violet and Linc especially. I connected right away to their relationship and I felt like they had a good one from the start. So it would be safe to say that when Phoenix was introduced I wasn't exactly a happy camper. He was very dark, and too intense. Don't get me wrong, I ALWAYS go for the bad guys but he had something off about him. U can read it to find out what. But I will have to admit that his hair is pretty wicked. Sorry for ranting about the men in the story but Violet's relationships with them are pretty crucial.
I cannot wait to get my hands in the next books in the series and I am really rooting for the Linc-Violet relationship. I think they belong together. So overall, great book.
http://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Jessica-Shirvington/dp/1402268408/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336520714&sr=1-1
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
My response to Mockingjay back in 2010
4:47 PM 8/24/2010
So not too long ago I finished the third and LAST Hunger Games book, Mockingjay and the book was amazing and sad at the same time. Unfortunatly she did not end up with Gale, which is horrid, but I don't really think that Gale was the one for her. She changed alot in this book and even though I could see his love I know that it was something that was not truly for her. I desperatly hope that he will find love again in District 2. But the really horrible thing was how the book ended.. the last 20 pages or so were so mournfull and lonesome. I felt like Katniss didn't have anyone anymore. She just went back to her district, without her mom, gale, or .... prim. I have no idea how she dragged herself there at all I wouldn't of been able to go back to that place. Not with all the death and destruction that came along with it. Idk I just feel that Katniss lost herself and it's depressing. So I'm all sad then Suzanne Collins goes in and makes such a beautiful epilogue that it moved me to tears. I mean reciting Rue's Lullabye is just sooo heartbreaking in itself, and her children playing on the grounds of destruction; hoping for a new day to come where there will be utter peace. It's just sooo touching and sad. Bittersweet is the perfect word.
Amazon Review:
Personally this book was very bittersweet. It was filled with such charactor development that one couldn't help but get attached to all the charactors and with every death it seemed harder to read. The charactor depth of Katniss was the most shocking of every tragic thing that seemed to happen in Mockingjay. For the first time in the whole entire trilogy you saw how much of Katniss was already dead. That she had died in the first Hunger Games book. Once she came home from that there was no longer any peice of her left, she had already died. I realized that as soon as I started to read Mockingjay, Katniss was soo shattered and fragile. No matter what she seemed to overcome or battle she still came off as a shell of her former self. She was always wanting to find herself, which I don't think she ever did.
The epilogue and the last 20 or so pages that really made be quite sad and happy at the same time. The last 20 more or so pages left me feeling really drained. The first thing that made me really sad was Prim's death, right after recovering from Finnicks I wasn't prepared for another blow. But Suzanne delt us one anyway. I thouhgt her death wasn't needed neccersarily and I had felt that so much of Katniss's previous life had been destroyed that it seemed cruel to have her little sister taken away from her after that. After Prim's death Katniss kills Coin and I was completely fine with that but after her "trail" she was sent back to District 12. Which I think is terrible! She had lost EVERYTHING and then she was sentenced back to her death ridden town. Cruel. And then to top it all off she seemed to loose everything after that. Her mother couldn't come back to the District, Gale seemed to drop off the face of the planet without a proper exit (I was Team Gale btw) and she was left to live a "normal life" in District 12 with only a few other people. Now the epilogue I thought was actually beautiful, although I was upset that she didn't choose Gale I saw why she took Peeta and the fact that they had 2 beautiful children together made me really happy. But the most heartwrenching part of the epilogue was the part where she recited Rue's Lullabye. That's when the tears started for me :( It was just a very deep and touching part of the story. At that point in gave the reader hope that maybe her children would learn of the horrors that happened upon the grounds that they played. But then, again, it wasn't really practical that Katniss is living this kind of normal life. She will never truly recover from the games, neither will Peeta, and I think that is what is soo compelling with this story. I don't think that Suzanne Collins ever really wanted her to be perfectly normal again, she wanted her to be human and humble. And having that kind of bittersweet ending is truly moving.
Overall this book is definitly worth 5 stars. If I could give it more then I would. It was a story that delved into the brutality of war and the hardships of love. And in the end couldn't be described as anything less of extrodinary.
So not too long ago I finished the third and LAST Hunger Games book, Mockingjay and the book was amazing and sad at the same time. Unfortunatly she did not end up with Gale, which is horrid, but I don't really think that Gale was the one for her. She changed alot in this book and even though I could see his love I know that it was something that was not truly for her. I desperatly hope that he will find love again in District 2. But the really horrible thing was how the book ended.. the last 20 pages or so were so mournfull and lonesome. I felt like Katniss didn't have anyone anymore. She just went back to her district, without her mom, gale, or .... prim. I have no idea how she dragged herself there at all I wouldn't of been able to go back to that place. Not with all the death and destruction that came along with it. Idk I just feel that Katniss lost herself and it's depressing. So I'm all sad then Suzanne Collins goes in and makes such a beautiful epilogue that it moved me to tears. I mean reciting Rue's Lullabye is just sooo heartbreaking in itself, and her children playing on the grounds of destruction; hoping for a new day to come where there will be utter peace. It's just sooo touching and sad. Bittersweet is the perfect word.
Amazon Review:
Personally this book was very bittersweet. It was filled with such charactor development that one couldn't help but get attached to all the charactors and with every death it seemed harder to read. The charactor depth of Katniss was the most shocking of every tragic thing that seemed to happen in Mockingjay. For the first time in the whole entire trilogy you saw how much of Katniss was already dead. That she had died in the first Hunger Games book. Once she came home from that there was no longer any peice of her left, she had already died. I realized that as soon as I started to read Mockingjay, Katniss was soo shattered and fragile. No matter what she seemed to overcome or battle she still came off as a shell of her former self. She was always wanting to find herself, which I don't think she ever did.
The epilogue and the last 20 or so pages that really made be quite sad and happy at the same time. The last 20 more or so pages left me feeling really drained. The first thing that made me really sad was Prim's death, right after recovering from Finnicks I wasn't prepared for another blow. But Suzanne delt us one anyway. I thouhgt her death wasn't needed neccersarily and I had felt that so much of Katniss's previous life had been destroyed that it seemed cruel to have her little sister taken away from her after that. After Prim's death Katniss kills Coin and I was completely fine with that but after her "trail" she was sent back to District 12. Which I think is terrible! She had lost EVERYTHING and then she was sentenced back to her death ridden town. Cruel. And then to top it all off she seemed to loose everything after that. Her mother couldn't come back to the District, Gale seemed to drop off the face of the planet without a proper exit (I was Team Gale btw) and she was left to live a "normal life" in District 12 with only a few other people. Now the epilogue I thought was actually beautiful, although I was upset that she didn't choose Gale I saw why she took Peeta and the fact that they had 2 beautiful children together made me really happy. But the most heartwrenching part of the epilogue was the part where she recited Rue's Lullabye. That's when the tears started for me :( It was just a very deep and touching part of the story. At that point in gave the reader hope that maybe her children would learn of the horrors that happened upon the grounds that they played. But then, again, it wasn't really practical that Katniss is living this kind of normal life. She will never truly recover from the games, neither will Peeta, and I think that is what is soo compelling with this story. I don't think that Suzanne Collins ever really wanted her to be perfectly normal again, she wanted her to be human and humble. And having that kind of bittersweet ending is truly moving.
Overall this book is definitly worth 5 stars. If I could give it more then I would. It was a story that delved into the brutality of war and the hardships of love. And in the end couldn't be described as anything less of extrodinary.
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