Top Ten Tuesday: Seriously Sequeals

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. 

September 24: Top Ten Best Sequels Ever (thanks Tiff for this suggestion!)

I haven't really read that many sequels, so I'm actually going to do sequels in series and what I thought of them.

• The Time After Us by Tamera Ireland Stone
• I enjoyed meeting her and reading her first book, and it'll be interesting to see how she continues the interesting love between a time traveler and a mortal.

• Sadie Walker is Stranded by Madeleine Roux
• I am currently reading this book, and so far, I am really enjoying it. 

• Catching Fire by Susanne Collins
• This was my favorite book in the Hunger Games trilogy, because it really caught my attention and was quite the plot twist. I was hesitant to read it at first because I did not get how the series would continue on.

• Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margret Stohl
• Oooo Yessss... This was an exceptional series. I adored these books for their character descriptions and fantasy aspect. I think Kami and Margret ended Beutiful Creatures, the first book, well enough that Beautiful Darkness just took it away. 

• Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
• I adored how Jk took each book and made it it's own story instead splitting the full story up throughout the books. Like think if Harry was still looking for the Sorcerer's Stone in the Deathly Hallows?

• Insurgent by Veronica Roth
• I thought this book really brought forth the world. In Divergent, we only got to look at the two factions closely, but we didn't get to see the rest. But in Insurgent, just BAM, social societies and world politics and YES BEAUTIFUL POLITICS.  

• Prodigy by Marie Lu
• Like Insurgent, BAM WORLD POLITICS. I love knowing what's happening everywhere. Not just in the small little Dystopatic area, BUT THE WHOLE FRENCH THE LLAMAN WORLD. 

• Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
• I could feel the cold hard tension throughout this book. I felt the angst and the pain and the love. I loved the fights and the references. It was exceptional sequel and it is part of an exceptional trilogy.

• The War for Banks Island by John Green
• All I can do is laugh. I love that John Green took the liberty in writing zombie novels. These are both exceptional. 

• Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
• I adored this book. I was not too much of a fan of the first one, Delirium, but this one really showed the rebellion and the struggle and the fight, that was happening in this dystopian world.

Notes:
This was fun. Have a great Tuesday guys, and a good night. Tomorrow, I will do a W...W...W...Wednesday. I will switch each week for Waiting on Wednesday and WWW Wednesday.

~Monty

8/29/13: "If you ain't scared... you ain't human."

Hello Friends!

And in honor of Dylan O'Brien's birthday being this week, we will start this blogpost with a dancing Dylan O'Brien gif.

And we will also be talking about the soon to be release of The Maze Runner in theaters for those who have yet to hear.

So this is just going to be a Dylan O'Brien/Maze Runner centered Blogpost! (but who would complain about that). The Maze Runner is written by James Dashner.

So let's talk about the book:

Title: The Maze Runner
Author: James Dashner
Genre: Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic
Goodreads
Books in Series: The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, The Kill Order
Rating: 4/5

The characters in this novel will become close to your heart. Most of the characters are teenage boys, with a pool of diverse characteristics.
The plot really pushes through, although sometimes drags and sometimes confuses, it will really intrigue you and open your mind to a whole new idea of the world's end.

The Maze Runner Movie

So far, we don't know much. We do have a full cast and stills, but no trailers or anything else. Here is some casting:

Dylan O'Brien as Thomas

Dylan is mainly known for is role as the beloved Stiles Stilinski in Teen Wolf but has also done other small things like The Internship and High Road. May I suggest Teen Wolf as an excellent TV series. You might be hesitant at first, but it is definitely worth your time.
Also, if you are having a bad day, let me direct you to this thirty second video of fifteen year old Dylan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apG9yaGocWU

Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt

Thomas is a behind-the-scenes kinda guy. You might not notice him here, but let me list off a few things he's participated in.

Ferb Fletcher in Phineas and Ferb

Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones

 and can we just mention that he was in the one episode of Doctor Who with David Tennant? 

Yeah this kid is awesome. 

Blake Cooper as Chuck

This kid has hardly stared in anything, but he looks like he could be the literal incarnation of the chubby, cute, and innocent character Chuck in The Maze Runner. 

So that is just a few of the cast members! James Dashner will also be writing the screenplay and our director is Wes Ball, who directed many a Star Trek shorts.

The movie will be shot in Louisiana, and is expected to be released February 14th, 2014.

Get excited guys, because this is an exceptional book and is going to be an exceptional movie.

If you want to read more about the movie you can check it out on ImDb!

If you want to pick up the book you can check it out on Goodreads!

Now I'll peace out to you guys for now. You might here more from me this weekend! Let me leave you with this wonderful video of Dylan O'Brien leading a dance party on the set!

Have a good Labor Day Weekend!

~Monty

City of Bones Movie Review *SPOILERS*

CITY OF BONES:THE MOVIE

I know I promised this Friday, but there were some complications to when I could get to the movie. 

Also, I'd like to mention that City of Ashes is being filmed as we speak and everyone is casted the same and such, and the Seelie Queen is in the process of being casted *Happiness* and it is expected to come out next year! CAN WE GET A WHOOP WHOOP?! *whoop whoops in the distance*

But now I'm here! Fair warning this review has many spoilers.

Characters:

Clary Fray, our main character played by Lilly Collins, is portrayed quiet well in this. We get the fiery red hair, kind of short, but brave character we have in the book. Clary also is extremely confused and conflicted through out the movie, which I believe was great acting by Lilly's part. I don't believe I have an cons concerning this character.

Jace Wayland/Morgenstein is played by Jamie Campell Bower was not exactly how I thought of Jace, but we all have different images of him. I liked the "golden blond" hair and the overall physical stature, but the eyes set me off kilter. His eyes were more brownish, and didn't have that goldish shine in the light, like they were supposed to have. I guess that would be a hard aspect to match, but it did annoy me slightly. His hair also tended to get in his face, A LOT. or his hair was just all over the place; not how I imagined the fine hair. This also might have just been a hard aspect to match, but it made serious monster fighting scenes seem hilarious. 

Robert Sheehan is Raziel's gift to fangirls everywhere. If you haven't seen a video of one of his many interviews, then I suggest you stop reading and go. Now! Robert plays Simon Lewis in the movie, who already had the hearts of fangirls, with his nerdy gamer personality, and sweet innocence. I think this was also a spot on casting job. Robert had Simon's curly brunette hair, round dark eyes, and tall lankiness. He also got the "panicking because DEMONS and that guy is in love with my girl" acting down. No cons here. 

Other Characters:

Magnus Bane as Godfrey Gao was spectacular. His voice was a little lower than what I had imagined Magnus's, but that is just one of my many opinions. We didn't get too much Magnus in this movie, but we also don't get to much in the book, so there is not much I can go off of, but from what I saw, I approve.

Kevin Zegers as Alec Lightwood was ify. It was ify for me in the beginning too, when I first saw the trailer, but I feel a tad bit more confident with the character portrayal. I definitely liked the attitude towards Clary, and surprise towards Magnus and heartbreak from Jace. So it's a conflicted battle that I will probably not make mind up about until City of Glass (because we all know how that turns out)! 

Johnathan Meyers for Valentine was kind of creepy. I first of all found out that he was Henry the Eighth in another thingy, and that just blew my pants off. The visage and physical portayal was good, but he kind of got too touchy-touchy with Clary for my taste. He was petting her and like "You shall love me". I see where Sebbie get's it for anyone who's read City of Lost Souls. It was pretty decent. Just decent.

Raphael Santiago WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND LIKE WHAT IN HADES HE'S LIKE ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS. At least the Seelie Queen is cast for the next movie. 

Plot:

Ugh. This always where the movies go wrong. 

I don't even know where to start.

It got a lot more plot points correct than Sea of Monsters (which you can read about here).

OKAY. Clary and Jace had this weird thing going on in the beginning, like they would fall on each other and star at each other and it would be really awkward for the audience (and Simon). Also, the jokes (which are exactly scripted from the book *applause*) were so tense and not at all that funny. Like it was just wasn't happy enough. Funny enough. 

They also revealed *BIG SPOILER* that Jace and Clary weren't brother and sister before it was even revealed that they were (pfft). 

Also there many scenes that were reversed, that didn't have the right people, weren't in the right place and all that.

Another detail that really caught me though that Simon didn't get turned into a rat. I know, I know, it's a dumb thing to fret over, but he was bitten by vampire instead or biting a vampire. I liked it in the books, because it isn't the stereotypical way of becoming a vampire. 

That's it for my review, but since I'd prefer to end on a happy note...

MAGNUS DIDN'T HAVE PANTS ON AND HE CALLED ALEC CUTE. 

Okay *deep breath*

Farewell lovlys, see ya Thursday!

~Monty

Amor Deliria Nervosa and Knives!

Hey guys! If you haven't heard already, WE GOT THE FIRST STILL FOR DIVERGENT! I believe it is the scene where Four throws knives at Tris, since she took the place of Al. Here is a LINK to the article. Also the picture:

Do you recognize the style? It's okay if you don't! The creater of this long awaited picture was taken by none other than the magnificent Jaap Buitendijk. He took all the stills for the Harry Potter movies including this one:


ON THE OTHER SIDE of the Spectrum (not really) we have blog posts from Ms. Lauren Oliver, that I really enjoyed, like:

I can't wait to meet her and have her sign my book this coming Tuesday! I love you Lauren!

It's Official!

Delirium is a TV Show To be!

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ImDb

Here are our Actors:

Lena Galoway- Emma Roberts

Alex- Daren Kagasoff

Jullian Fineman- Greg Sulkin

Hana- Jeanine Mason

Sea of Monsters Movie Trailer

Who wants a Sea of Monsters Trailer?

http://news.moviefone.com/2013/04/01/percy-jackson-sea-of-monsters-trailer_n_2992744.html

I still am not fully happy about it, but I think they are sticking more to the books. I guess we will have to see on August 16th!

-Gabrielle