Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban book + movie review

Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Book #3 of 7) by J.K. Rowling

Hardcover, 435 pages
Read: Dec. 18 - 31
Rating: 5/5
Genres: Fantasy, Adventure, Magic
Summery: For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort.
Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well; and the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts . . . he's at Hogwarts."
Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

Review: This story starts a few months after the events of the last book, again it is Harry's birthday and his uncle Vernon's sister, Aunt Marge, is visiting for the week. I loved this book. I had read this book back in Dec. of 2003, before the movie for it had come out, so I remember the main points within the story, but I had forgotten quite a few littler plot points so I'm happy I read it again, and that I had read the other two books before it this time around. most of the plot points I remember such as the one's involving Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew, but I did not remember the anything involving Remus Lupin or Severus Snape, so reading those moments did feel like reading it for the first time. There were a few moments that did end up making me laugh, The first Divination class with the scene involving Parvati Patil and Ron was one of my favorites in particular. I also really liked most of the new characters introduced. I am a little disappointed that it took me two weeks to finish. The first time I read it I was sick with a flu and I still read it in only a day and a half, although considering the fact that I didn't remember quite a bit of the plot of the book, I probably barely retained any of it the first time around. I did not anticipate being so tired the following three days before the 23rd, and sadly I cannot retain anything I read if i'm to tired, so that's the main reason for it taking so long to read the book, the second reason, is that I did not anticipate being so busy around Christmas since I'm normally not. Anyway, I really liked this book and it was a great third book in a series, and I'm excited to read the next book in the series.

Now onto the movie.

Book-To-Movie Rating: 4/5
Thoughts on the book to movie adaptation: I really liked the movie. There are a few things that I wish had been more like the book, but considering the fact that the movie is over 2 hours long I can understand why certain thins were done differently. While the dialogue between Harry and Aunt Marge had been extremely close to what was in the book there were a few lines that I wish had been in the movie.Professor Trelawney was great in the movie although I would have also liked to have seen the scene involving Ron and Parvati, it wouldn't have furthered or added anything to the plot, I just happened to really enjoyed that scene in the book. While I liked both the confrontation towards the end both in the book and in the movie, I liked Sirius's personality in the book slightly better, also the dialogue/action part in the shrieking shack (Giving Hermione Ron's lines and actions) annoyed me so bad.

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Fearscape book review + The Devouring book series review

Fearscape (The Devouring book #3 of 3) by Simon Holt

Hardcover, 314 pages
Read: Dec. 16 - 17
Rating: 2/5
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Supernatural, Horror
Summery: The Vours: Evil demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hour of the winter solstice.
It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the winter solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them. The Vours have imprisoned Reggie in a psychiatric hospital, where she is subjected to a daily routine of unfathomably sadistic experiments. Her life is a living hell, but she won't give up. They attacked her brother. They killed her friend. And Reggie will never stop fighting back.

Review: This story starts almost a year after the events of the first book, The Devouring, and almost six months after the events of the second book, Soulstice. Sadly I ended up with the same opinion of this book as I had about Soulstice. I like the psychological aspect, but everything else was just there, not really good, nor bad. The characters still had a disconnected feel for me. There were events in this book that did annoy me, and have me rolling my eyes, such as practically everything from chapter 11 and 12, and the beginning of chapter 19 was kind of stupid and felt unnecessary. Also, I was right about the romance, but thankfully it didn't take anything away from the story, but it also didn't add anything either. It seemed only hinted at a love triangle, which was/would have been stupid. the story really didn't have a open and shut ending, like there was the possibility of having another book, which if that did end up happening I would not be reading it.

Series Rating: 2.5/5
Series Review: While I really liked the psychological horror aspect, as well as the fearscapes, nothing else stood out or made me feel much, if anything, while reading it. The only character I liked was Henry, and he wasn't in the series much. The rest of the characters had a disconnected feel to them, like I didn't care whether they lived or died, they were just there. Most of the events in the second and third book felt over-dramatic, I don't think the all over non-feeling that I had with the characters helped, but most of the events that were supposed to be suspenseful or heart-racing weren't. I did enjoy the first book in this series and think it was a really good set-up for the rest of the series, but after reading the other two books, I wish it could have been left at just that first book, sure there would have been some unanswered questions, but having those questions unanswered would have been better than reading the other two books in the series. The thing is, that the events themselves, as well as the reason for the events weren't terrible and could have been really good, but the way that the whole book series was written made it boring and uninteresting. The disconnected feeling I got with the series wasn't very obvious in the first book, but became glaringly obvious with the other two books. Sadly, while I did enjoy the first book, I feel like I wasted my time reading the other two.

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Soulstice book review

Soulstice (The Devouring book #1 of 3) by Simon Holt

Hardcover, 266 pages
Read: Dec. 15 - 16
Rating: 3/5
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Supernatural, Horror
Summery: The Vours: Evil, demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the winter solstice.
Six month...
Since Reggie first discovered the existence of the Vours in a tattered journal. Since she learned to overcome her fear and destroyed a Vour to save Henry.
Now as the summer solstice approaches, the Vours still haunt Reggie, but only in her dreams - until one night, when an unexpected visitor turns her nightmares into reality.

Review:  This story starts out six months since the events of the first book, The Devouring. I still really liked the psychological aspect of the series, the rest is where I have a problem getting into it. While I enjoy and can respect what the characters in the story bring to it I don't really like them, they have a disconnected feeling. I still have no real connection or interest in the main character Reggie, or her friend Aaron, the only one I really liked was Reggie's little brother, Henry, In the first one you can't really get a feel on his personality but in this one, even though he's not in it much you can get a feel on who he is some, and I ended up really liking him. The only parts I really liked or that held my interest were the fearscape parts. I didn't really like the relationship that ended up happening between Reggie and the "unexpected visitor", I didn't like that she ended up trusting them, I also don't like that I have a strong feeling that their going to be the romance in the third book, from reading non-spoiler reviews I know there is going to be a romance, and it seems like it's going to be between Reggie and the "unexpected visitor". Also, the who are Vours felt... I don't know if this is the right way to explain it, but it started to feel soap opera Dramatic instead of suspenseful. While I will be reading the third/last book in this series next, I am not really excited or really interested to read it, the reason I will be reading it is that 1. there was a pretty big cliff hanger (that thanks to the third books summery I knew was going to happen), and 2. considering I own the last book I feel like I should just get it over with and read it.

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The Ice Dragon book review

The Ice Dragon by George R. R. Martin

Hardcover, 128 pages
Read: Dec. 14
Rating: 5/5
Genres: Fantasy
Summery: In the world of A Song of Ice and Fire the ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember.
Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it had always been in her life, glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold. In her fourth year she touched it, and in her fifth year she rode upon its broad, chilled back for the first time. Then, in her seventh year, on a calm summer day, fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara’s home. And only a winter child—and the ice dragon who loved her—could save her world from utter destruction.

Review: This story starts Adara who waits for winter every year. According to the summery the ice dragon is also in the world of A Song Of Ice and Fire, I wouldn't know since I have not seen the series nor have I read the book. I really liked this story. It's a children's story  I would have loved when I was younger, I love it even now at 22. The Illustrations are beautiful. The relationship between Adara and the Ice Dragon in this book was a subtle but nice relationship. I also liked the subtle character growth in this book as well. I really liked this story.

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The Knife of Never Letting Go + The New World book review

The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking book #1 of 3) by Patrick Ness

Hardcover, 479 pages
Read: Dec. 11 - 14
Rating: 5/5
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Summery: Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee -- whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not -- stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible has been hidden -- a secret so awful that Todd and Manchee must run for their lives.
But how do you escape when your pursuers can hear your every thought?

Review: This story starts out Todd and Manchee walking through the fields towards the swamp to get some swamp apples. Wow, at the beginning of reading this book I did not think I was going to like it as much as I did. To start off, the first two chapters (page 9 - 26) did not interest me, but once I got to chapter 3 (Ben and Cillian) things really took off, both in the book and with my interest. The ending was a cliff hanger that left me wanting to read more. For the first third of the book, Especially at the beginning Todd was a little annoying to me, but after both me and Todd started learning me about the New World and the people in it I started liking him more and more, I also liked that after Todd made a mistake (ex. Chapter 25: Killer) he learned and grew from them. I liked that it's a little bit of a rarity to have when reading a Young Adult book/series, especially when reading dystopian one. There was a part in the end of part five (chapter 31) that made me cry, which for me was surprising. The only other book I cry while reading was Mockingjay, I got teary eyed while reading The Hunger Games and The Book Thief but I didn't cry, so that was surprising. I really liked Ben and Cillian for the little bit I got to read of them, and I loved Manchee, but most of the men from Prentisstown are pretty crazy, and I didn't really enjoy Carbonel Downs men very much either. Because of the first two chapters, and little bit because of Todd personality in the first third, I did not think I was going to like the book or that it was going to be emotional, but it was, and I did really like this book and am excited to read the rest in this series.


Next up,
The New World (Chaos Walking novella/short story #1 of 3) by Patrick Ness

Kindle Edition, 25 pages
Read: Dec. 14
Rating: 4.5/5
Genres: Young Adult, Sci-Fi, Dystopia
Summery: In this dramatic prequel to the award-winning Chaos Walking Trilogy, author Patrick Ness gives us a short story of Viola's journey to the New World.

Review: This story starts with Viola and her parents within days of arriving at New World. I Don't know how Patrick Ness did it but this one was also emotional for me. The story jumps back and forth between when Viola and her parents are arriving at New World and when they had not left yet for New World. I really like getting to see more background into Viola as well it made me like her tat much more. Even though this story is set before the first book in the series you should read the book before reading this novella/short story, this story will make more sense if you read it second. All in all both books were a great start to the series, and have made me excited to read more in the series.

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Ink Exchange Book Review

Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely book #2 of 7) by Melissa Marr

Paperback, 352 pages
Read: Dec. 3 - 6
Rating: 2.5/5
Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Faries
Summery: Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries of stability, the balance among the Faery Courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court, is battling to hold his rebellious and newly vulnerable fey together. If he fails, bloodshed and brutality will follow.
Seventeen-year-old Leslie knows nothing of faeries or their intrigues. When she is attracted to an eerily beautiful tattoo of eyes and wings, all she knows is that she has to have it, convinced it is a tangible symbol of changes she desperately craves for her own life.
The tattoo does bring changes—not the kind Leslie has dreamed of, but sinister, compelling changes that are more than symbolic. Those changes will bind Leslie and Irial together, drawing Leslie deeper and deeper into the faery world, unable to resist its allures, and helpless to withstand its perils. . . .

Review: This story starts with the first time Irail meets Leslie. So far this series is very enjoyable for me. the main reason I've been enjoying them is because of the characters. The book switches through the perspectives through out the book (Irail, Leslie, and Niall). I really liked all three, Aislinn, Keenan, and Seth are also in this book of the series, it takes place a few months after the ending of the first book, I still liked the relationship between Seth, Ash, and Keenan (Donia was sadly not in this book, and vaguely mentioned as the new Winter Queen). I also liked the relationship between Leslie, Irail, and Niall. While Niall and Leslie were in the first book (Niall a tiny bit more then Leslie) they were not in it enough for me to like or know them (Irial was only mentioned), but in this book they are front and center. I really liked Leslie, and her decision in the ending of this book, It took me about two chapters from Niall's perspective to like him, and about three chapters from Irial's perspective to like him. I liked this book more then the first, the point of views from the characters were a little more in depth, as well as the world building. For the first book I didn't really know much about the faries from this series, but in this book I got some answers to why some of the fae did what they did. I can still definitely understand why some people may/will not enjoy or like the book and/or the series, but I for one do enjoy them.


Other books in this series.
Wicked Lovely #1 Review: http://wolfsecho.blogspot.com/2014/05/wicked-lovely-book-review.html

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The Devouring book review

I ended up getting sick at the ending of Nov. and while I tried to read I couldn't get through chapter three, much less the rest of the book without getting extremely dizzy.

The Devouring (The Devouring book #1 of 3) by Simon Holt

Paperback, 256 pages
Read: Nov. 28 and Dec. 2
Rating: 4/5
Genres: Young Adult, Horror, Paranormal, Psychological Horror
Summery: When Reggie finds an old journal and reads about the Vours, supernatural creatures who feast on fear and attack on the eve of the winter solstice, she assumes they are just the musings of some lunatic author. But soon, they become a terrifying reality when she begins to suspect that her timid younger brother might be one of their victims.
Risking her life and her sanity, Reggie enters a living nightmare to save the people she loves. Can she devour own her fears before they devour her?
Bone-chilling, terrifying, thrilling...what are you waiting for?

Review: This story starts with the beginning of a story about Jeremiah getting taken over by Vours on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the winter solstice. It was a good book, I enjoyed it, but there were definitely problems with it for me. The first and biggest one for me was that while the characters were okay, I didn't connect with, or get invested with any of them. Although I liked the fast pace I think that might have caused the problem with the characters for me. Also the more or less complete absence of parents, whether they weren't there completely or weren't there emotionally, bothered me. I did really like the psychological aspect, especially with the horror. The Vours, or as there called in the book, are these shadows/dark mists that take over your body a trap you in your worst fears in your mind, trying to keep hope that you will escape before you either die or become completely devoured by your fears. I really liked the Vours aspect of the book and there are a few cliffhangers/questions about one of the characters (Eben) that makes me want to read the rest of the series. I read this book once before back in 2012, and when I read the summery to the last/third book in the series I ended up not wanting to read the second or third in the series, because the summery for the third book gives a big spoiler to the ending of the second book away. So my advice is if you do read the first book and want to continue with the series, don't read the summery to the third book before you read the second book through. Although thanks to the third books summery I know whats going to happen at the end of the second book, I will be reading the rest of the series.


Thanks to first being very busy mid Nov. and getting very sick at the end of Nov. I had to put The Devouring series, The Montrumologist, and the 2 in 1 Chaos Walking Omnibus, onto Dec. T.B.R. list so I am now hoping to read and finish 13 more books this Dec., and finish 50 physical books for the year of 2014 (Not including the 6 short stories/novellas I have on my kindle).

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SYLO book review

I ended up having a situation and didn't have time for reading so I'm going to be reading The Monstrumologist and the Chaos Walking 2 in 1 Omnibus next month, which means I hopefully I will read 12 books next month. Also for next year I will be doing something different to decide what books I'm am going to read on my To Be Read book selves.


SYLO (The SYLO Chronicles book #1 of 3) by D.J. MacHale

Paperback, 416 pages
Read: Nov. 23 and 25
Rating: 4/5
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Adventure
Summery: THEY CAME FROM THE SKY
parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce's idyllic hometown on Pemberwick Island, Maine.
They call themselves SYLO and they are a secret branch of the U.S. Navy. SYLO's commander, Captain Granger, informs Pemberwick residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. Now Pemberwick is cut off from the outside world.
Tucker believes there's more to SYLO's story. He was on the sidelines when the high school running back dropped dead with no warning. He saw the bizarre midnight explosion over the ocean, and the mysterious singing aircraft that traveled like shadows through the night sky. He tasted the Ruby - and experienced the powers it gave him - for himself.
What all this means, SYLO isn't saying. Only Tucker holds the clues that can solve this deadly mystery.
LOOK TO THE SKY
because Pemberwick is only the first stop.

Review: This story starts off with the night of Marty Wiggins death. This story was hard for me to get into, but once I did it was an exciting story. The high school running backs death, and the bizarre midnight explosion, and singing aircraft, both happen in the first two chapters of the book and including those the first 74 pages were dull for me. when I got to page 75 (Chapter 8) is when things really picked up, SYLO has appeared. The first 74 pages felt dragging to me, and took me 2 hours just to get through, I couldn't get a feel for the characters, and I didn't feel like I knew them, that continued on through the whole story quite a bit, so for me this was more of a world and plot driven book instead of a character driven book, so if you don't like very little character background/information then you might want to keep this in mind if you decide to read this book. While it did drag in the beginning,mainly because there was very little background on the characters, once SYLO had started to show up the story evolved into a fun and exciting book. Sadly, I didn't really have a favorite character, although I did enjoy Tori and Quinn more than the others, I did enjoy them well enough, I just couldn't connect to any of them. I'm surprised that I liked this story as much as I did because normally the books that I end up really enjoying are more character driven than plot/world driven books. But I did really enjoy this book and definitely want to read the sequel (it left on a pretty big cliff hanger) the main reason being I want to read more about the plot and world. If you think the book sounds interesting and you end up finding that the beginning is dragging then I would suggest at least reading up to when SYLO show up and see if you start getting interested then, the thing to keep in mind is that this is not a character driven book.

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Legend book review

Legend (Legend book #1 of 3.5) by Marie Lu

Paperback, 305 pages
Read: Nov. 18
Rating: 4.5/5
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Action, Adventure, Romance
Summery: From different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths...
Until June's brother is murdered, and Day becomes the prime suspect.
In a shocking turn of events, the two uncover what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths to which their country will go to keep its secrets.

Review: The story starts from Day's P.O.V. in Lake Sector, with Day hidden from view watching the soldiers doing routine plague checks. 10 pages later we switch to June's P.O.V. at Drake University in Batalla Sector, June is in the dean's secretary's office again. The pacing for this story reminds me of the Penryn and the End of Days series by Susan Ee, as well as The Maze Runner Series by James Dashner, this story has a fast pace to it, and feels like a movie playing in my head, which I really enjoyed. I really liked both Day and June, as well as June's brother Metias, Day's brother John, and Tess. I did end up figuring out the situation with Metias around the second time we switch to June's P.O.V. (I suspected what happened in the first 20 pages), as well as figuring out what was going on with the plague virus's about page 118, I don't know if this was because of how the writing played out or if I've read too many Dystopian, and Post-Apocalyptic books that I what was going on with those two situations.But either way I did really like the story. Of course with Young Adult novels comes romance, while the romance doesn't really come about until around 100 pages so I got to know both characters enough that it didn't feel fast, but it did develop quite fast. I really liked this book, and can't wait to read the rest in the other two in this series. I also really liked the fact that through out the book June and Day's P.O.V's were short (anywhere from 1 to 12 pages), so you could get their perspectives on events quickly, I also liked that you could tell who's P.O.V. you were reading not only from a personality perspective, but each part has their name on the corner of the page, as well as June's type being in black and Day's type being in a matte gold color, the boldness of the lettering is also different June's being Thin and Day's being slightly thicker.

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The Darkest Minds + In Time book review

The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds book #1 of 3.5) by Alexandra Bracken

Paperback, 488 pages
Read: Nov. 15 - 16
Rating: 4/5
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic
Summery: When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.
Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.
When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.
When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.

Review: The prologue starts out with the very beginnings of Ruby's breakout of Thurmond. The first chapter starts with Grace Somerfield. This story is about a girl named Ruby, who as a ten years old is sent to Thurmond, a disturbing “rehabilitation camp”, which "controls" kids who have special powers. The world in which Ruby lives, the newest generation of kids either end up with IAAN (Idiopathic Adolescent Acute Neurodegeneration) and end up dying at the age of ten, or they end up with abilities, each one with a different color. (From least to most dangerous) Greens have a heightened intelligence as their power, Green is considered one of the less dangerous powers. Blues have the power to move objects with their minds, Also known as telekinesis. Blue is considered one of the less dangerous powers. Yellows have the power to create and control electricity, Also known as electrokinesis, They are considered one of the more dangerous powers. Oranges have the power to control minds, They also have the ability to read, alter, and destroy memories, Orange is considered one of the more dangerous powers. Their ability to manipulate and hear other's thoughts makes them especially dangerous, This causes some of them to go insane or not be able function correctly upon reentering their own bodies. Because of this, Oranges are often killed or relocated in Rehabilitation Camps, such as Thurmond. Reds have the power to create and control fire, Also known as pyrokinesis, Red is considered one of the more dangerous powers. The Blue, Yellow, and Orange powers are what you spend the most time on. I liked Ruby, with the events that happen through the the story I can understand her fear of herself, as well as others with similar powers to hers. I loved the relationships she had with Liam, Suzume (Zu), and Charles (Chubs), My favorites characters being Chubs and Zu. Although I know most Young Adult books/series, if not all, have to have a romance, I wish this one didn't, for me the characters fit better as friends. I really liked the world, along with the concepts that went into making it. The ending, though did leave me upset. I would like to read the other full novels along with the short novella/story in this series.


Next up, I did end up buying and reading the short novella/story, so I am going to review now.

In Time (The Darkest Minds book #1.5 of 3.5) by Alexandra Bracken

ebook, 89 pages
Read: Nov. 17
Rating: 4.5/5
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic
Summery: Gabe's life has been devastated in the wake of the economic crash. The only option left for someone like him to escape his tragic past is to leave his small town behind and to attempt to become a skip tracer. This already almost impossible task is made all the more difficult by his first score, a young girl who won't speak, but who changes his life in ways he could never imagine.

Review: The prologue starts right before Zu meets Gabe. The first chapter is from Gabe's P.O.V.  a while before he meets Zu. This story takes place after the events of The Darkest Minds but before Never Fade. It follows the characters Zu and Gabe, as Zu tries to get to California. Even though I wish it was longer to flesh out the story a bit more I really enjoyed it. I liked Gabe well enough, but my favorite character was Zu. I liked the relationship between Zu and Gabe, although with how short the story was it did end up felling a bit rushed. I also liked the tiny bit of background you get on Liam before he got captured and sent to one of the camps.

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Asylum book review

Asylum (Asylum book #1 of 3) by Madeleine Roux

Paperback, 336 pages

Read: Nov. 13 - 14

Rating: 2.5/5

Genres: Paranormal, Suspense, Mystery, Young Adult

Summery: For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, the New Hampshire College Prep program is the chance of a lifetime. Except that when Dan arrives, he finds that the usual summer housing has been closed, forcing students to stay in the crumbling Brookline Dorm—formerly a psychiatric hospital. As Dan and his new friends Abby and Jordan start exploring Brookline's twisty halls and hidden basement, they uncover disturbing secrets about what really went on here . . . secrets that link Dan and his friends to the asylum's dark past. Because Brookline was no ordinary mental hospital, and there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Review: This story starts out with Dan Crawford in a taxi on his way to the New Hampshire College Prep program, which used to be Brookline Asylum. Well, there were good parts of this and parts I really didn't care about. First the good, the little parts of back story and memories that you get through out the book really held my interests, they were sprinkled through out enough that I had enough interest to keep reading through the dull parts. I liked the "adventures" to the old closed off wing and basement as well. Now for the rest, I could not get myself to care about the characters or there relationships to each other, the only characters I had a mild interest in were Jordan, and Yi who was only in the book for a total of probably one and a half to two pages altogether. There is of course a romance of some sorts (because it is a young adult book, there has to be a romance), The romance is small, but it didn't fit, the way the characters were described and the way their personalities were they ended up having no chemistry. Also the way the characters are written they come off as being about 14 years old, rather than the 17 they're supposed to be. The parts with the characters interacting and doing regular things together were very dull and held no interest for me. I was reading those parts without really having it register. Thankfully there were enough of the good parts to keep me reading to the end, but there weren't really enough to make me want to read the sequel because of the uninteresting characters and their relationships with each other. The annoying thing for me is that the ending of this book sets up for a sequel, and I like knowing what happens all the way to the end of the book/series, so while I don't care about the main part of the book/series (the characters) I know it is going to drive me a little nuts wondering about the paranormal part of the book/series. I may just end up trying to find out about the spoilers and how it ends on the internet, instead of trying to talk myself into reading the sequel and waiting for the third to come out.

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Howl's Moving Castle book + movie review

Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle book #1 of 3) by Diana Wynne Jones

Paperback, 429 pages
Read: Nov. 6
Rating: 5/5
Genres: Fantasy, Magic, Adventure
Summery: Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye.

Review: The story starts with Sophie Hatter, the eldest of three, talking to hats. I loved this story. I had seen the movie that was based of/inspired by this book so I knew a good amount of what was going to happen in the book, but there were quite a few sub-plots that were not in the movie, and were really interesting, they also lent more to the main plot as well. I had seen the movie before finding out that it was based of a book, and since I had seen and loved the movie I decided to read the book. I was honestly not expecting to love the book as much as I did. It had me hooked from the first chapter. I loved all of the characters, the main character, Sophie, and Calcifer, were my favorites, but all of the characters seemed to have something that I liked or at least enjoyed about them. The adventure Sophie went on was definitely exciting. I normally don't read larger book (429 pages) in one day, but the first third, to the middle third, to the last third all had funny and exciting chapters that made me not want to put the book down, and keep reading through to the end. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good fantasy/adventure book, and if you have seen the movie I would definitely recommend reading it. It was a very fun read for me.

Now onto the movie

Book-to-Movie Rating: 4/5
Thoughts on the Book to Movie Adaptation: I love this movie. If you have read the book and decide to watch the movie, there are going to be some differences. Some main one are the witch of the waste, the scarecrow, the relationship development between Sophie and Howl is slightly different, the race and age of Markl (Marukuru)/Michael (which did disappoint me when I found that out, there are a few other minor differences as well. Even though there are some differences it is still a very enjoyable movie.


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November T.B.R. List

I did not expect to become so busy last week of Oct.. So I was not able to read Howl's Moving Castle in Oct., so I will be reading it this month.

#1
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle book #1 of 3) by Diana Wynne Jones

#2
Asylum (Asylum book #1 of 3) by Madeleine Roux

#3
Legend (Legend book #1 of 3) by Marie Lu

#4
SYLO (The SYLO Chronicles book #1 of 3) by D.J. MacHale

#4
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds book #1 of 3) by Alexandra Bracken

#5
The Devouring (The Devouring book #1 of 3) by Simon Holt

#6
Soulstice (The Devouring book #2 of 3) by Simon Holt

#7
Fearscape (The Devouring book #3 of 3) bu Simon Holt

#8
The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist book #1 of 4) by Rick Yancey

# 9
Chaos Walking 2 In 1 Omnibus (Chaos Walking book #1-2 of 3) by Patrick Ness

So I have 9 books I'm hoping to read this month (technically 10 if you count the Chaos Walking Omnibus as 2 books). I'm hoping to read at least 50 books this year, so far I've read 34 books.

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Alanna: The First Adventure book review

Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness book #1 of  4) by Tamora Pierce

Paperback, 274 pages
Read: Oct. 27
Rating 4/5
Genres: Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Magic, Young Adult
Summery: From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I'll be a knight.
And so young Alanna of Trebond begins the journey to knighthood. Though a girl, Alanna has always craved the adventure and daring allowed only for boys; her twin brother, Thom, yearns to learn the art of magic. So one day they decide to switch places: Disguised as a girl, Thom heads for the convent to learn magic; Alanna, pretending to be a boy, is on her way to the castle of King Roald to begin her training as a page.
But the road to knighthood is not an easy one. As Alanna masters the skills necessary for battle, she must also learn to control her heart and to discern her enemies from her allies.
Filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil, Alanna's first adventure begins - one that will lead to the fulfillment of her dreams and the magical destiny that will make her a legend in her land.

Review: This story starts out with Lord Alan of Trebond giving final word to his children, Alanna and Thom, that Thom is to be sent to train as a page to later become a squire, then become a knight, while Alanna is to be sent to the convent to become a lady. I enjoyed this book, although I couldn't really get into it until half-way through the second chapter. The first chapter and the first half of the second chapter were slow for me, and the seventh (last) chapter of the book was kind of anti-climatic for me. I found Alanna a little annoying to me for the first two chapters but I did end up really liking her from chapter three onward, I also really liked when she became friends with, Jonathan, Gary, Alex, and Raoul, as well as the training master, Gareth, and Alana's manservant, Coram, but my favorite characters were King of the Thieves, George, and the page's teacher of history and law, Myles. This book seemed to be more of a introduction of the characters, and Alanna than adventure, meaning at least for me it was more of a slow paced book, it seemed that there wasn't really a main or big plot but that it was setting up for the plots of the other three books. So I don't really have much to say, or really that I can say about the plot. That said I'm am excited to read the other three books in the series.

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2 Epic Tales from Adventure Time + Seeds book reviews

Epic Tales from Adventure Time: The Untamed Scoundrel by T. T. MacDangereuse

Paperback, 144 pages
Read: Oct. 17
Rating: 3.5/5
Genres: Adventure, Fan-fiction
Summery: The dashingly handsome Sir Jacobus Gooddog and his loyal manservant Mr. Finnish Biped, set forth on a heroic quest to rescue the fair Lady Rainicorn in this epically adventurous tale from the most celebrated author in all of Ooo, T. T. MacDangereuse.

Review: This tale starts off with Lady and Lord Gooddog giving their son, Jacobus, an ultimatum to find a wife at their ball tonight or be disowned. I enjoyed the story. The beginning was slow, the middle is when I started to get into the story, and the ending was my favorite part of the story and reminded me of the show. There are quite a few characters from the show in the book, such as Jake, Finn, and Lady Rainicorn obviously, as well as Marceline, LSP, Princess Bubblegum, and Susan Strong. Since this is a fan-fiction of sorts the characters meet each other in different ways than from the show. I liked the story and the characters, but it took me a little past half-way into the book, as well as the characters to get into and enjoy the story.


Epic Tales from Adventure Time: Queen of Rogues by T. T. MacDangereuse

Paperback, 144 pages
Read: Oct. 17
Rating: 4.50/5
Genres: Adventure, Fan-fiction
Summery: Set sail with the elusive millionaire P. Gumball, dashing Fionna and Cake, and notorious rapscallion Marshall Lee as they take to the high seas in this awesomely epic adventure from the greatest writer in all of Ooo, T. T. MacDangereuse.

Review: This tale starts with Fionna and LSP arriving at a party on a yacht thrown by Prince Bubblegum. I liked this story much better than The Untamed Scoundrel, the story was easier to get into and enjoy as well as the characters, this one is a gender switch like the Ice King's fan-fiction on the show, so all of the characters featured in this story are the opposite gender then originally. This story has Fionna (Finn), Cake (Jake), Prince Bubblegum (Princess Bubblegum), Marshall Lee (Marceline), Lumpy Space Prince (Lumpy Space Princess), and the Ice Queen (Ice King). The way the plot was executed was done better with this book than with The Untamed Scoundrel book. Also i like the fact that Tree Trunks is T. T. MacDangereuse, the author, that was a cute little detail.


Seeds by Jade Frampton

Kindle Edition, 11 pages
Read: Oct. 17
Rating: 5/5
Genres: Short Story, Tennis, Young Adult
Summery: Sport parents are notorious for taking it too far when it comes to their own super-star children. “Seeds” is told through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old tennis player struggling to understand what is and isn't allowed on the tennis courts.

Review: The story starts with a girl playing a match against a seed on her thirteenth birthday. I really liked this story, it gave a little bit of insight to tennis as well as parents going to extremes with their children winning and losing. I felt really bad for "Janice Beals" as well as the girl you read the story's P.O.V. from.

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The Kill Order book review

The Kill Order (The Maze Runner book #4 of 4) by James Dashner

Paperback, 327 pages
Read: Oct. 13 - 16
Rating: 4.5/5
Genres: Young Adult, Action, Adventure, Dystopia, Post-apocalyptic
Summery: They thought the end came in a flash.
Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth, killing most of the population.
The worst is yet to come.
Mark and Trina were there when it happened. They survived. But now a virus is spreading. A virus that fills humans with murderous rage.
There is no cure. No escape.
They’re convinced that there’s a way to save those who are left—if they can stay alive. Because in this new, devastated world, every life has a price. And to some you’re worth more dead than alive.
The end is only the beginning.

Review: The prologue starts from Teresa's P.O.V. right before Thomas is put into the maze. Chapter 1 starts thirteen years earlier from Mark's P.O.V., and it's been 1 year since the sun flares have hit the earth. I really liked this book. I liked reading about how the Flare virus stared as well as how it progressed and mutated. There's also some explanation as to how the idea for releasing the Flare came about. I liked going through how the sun flares hit and how people survived and how they reacted (a big part of was not surprised with people actions after). I also really liked the dynamic/relationships the main characters (Mark, Trina, Lana,and Alec) had with each other, although a couple you don't see for a good portion of the middle of the book. I liked Mark, but my favorite character was Alec. The most interesting part of the book, as well as my favorite part of the book was reading how the virus spread, and how the symptoms changed people into the people we know as Cranks. According to good reads there is going to be another prequel (whether it's going to be a short story or a good sized book I don't know yet), it's going to be about how they built the maze as well as how they trained the Gladers apparently, which sounds good (it'd expected to be released in 2016). There's also a short story that's between The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure that's about Thomas's first memory of the Flare which I read and enjoyed as well.

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The Death Cure book review

The Death Cure (The Maze Runner book #3 of 4) by James Dashner

Paperback, 325 pages
Read: Oct. 10 - 12
Rating: 4/5
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Action, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic
Summery: It’s the end of the line.
WICKED has taken everything from Thomas: his life, his memories, and now his only friends—the Gladers. But it’s finally over. The trials are complete, after one final test.
Will anyone survive?
What WICKED doesn't know is that Thomas remembers far more than they think. And it’s enough to prove that he can’t believe a word of what they say.
The truth will be terrifying.
Thomas beat the Maze. He survived the Scorch. He’ll risk anything to save his friends. But the truth might be what ends it all.
The time for lies is over.

Review: The story starts off a little over three weeks from when The Scorch Trials ended. I liked this book better then The Scorch Trials, the plot was a better paced. I liked most of the characters. Although I had a really good idea about Brenda and Jorge about halfway through reading The Scorch Trials. I really enjoyed the plot to the book although it started to get stretched thin in the middle of the book, also there were places where they could have explained things a bit more/a bit better. Even though I knew what was going to happen with certain events and characters I was still sad when they happened. Though most people didn't like the ending of the book I actually was fine with it and enjoyed it, while it was pretty open-ended I still liked it. I want to read the prequel to find out more about the world before The Maze Runner started, then I will give my rating and thoughts on the series as a whole. But so far I've enjoyed the series and would most likely give it a good solid rating.

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The Scorch Trials book review

The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner book #2 of 4) by James Dashner

Paperback, 361 pages
Read: Sept. 21-22 and Oct. 2
Rating: 4/5
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Action, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic
Summery: Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.
Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn't done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch.
There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die.
The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.
Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off.
There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction—and they’re determined to survive.

Review: This starts off right where the first one left off, with Thomas and the rest of the Gladers being lead into a false sense of safety. I really enjoyed the first third and the last third of the book, parts of the middle were good but quite a bit was kind of silly, especially chapter 36 and 37, those chapters took me out of the story a little bit. I was also annoyed with the first 2/3's of the book when it came to Thomas' thought process about Teresa. I liked the little bit I got of Group B. Parts of it were kind of predictable, especially with this being WICKED, you know certain things are going to happen, such as Teresa and Aris (that one was a little obvious, and had me frustrated with Thomas), the ending was kind of anti-climatic, and kind of obvious as well (of course it's not over), there were also times that I had felt really frustrated with Thomas because it was obvious what was going to happen, yet he still did them then seemed surprised at what happened after the fact. I liked Jorge, certain moments with Brenda bothered me (the involvement with them was also obvious). I still really like Minho and Newt, I also wish we could have gotten a little bit more with them, as well as with Group B. I also accidentally found out a little bit about what was going to happen in the third book (with Newt) thanks to reading some comments for/about the movie, I'm still trying to prepare for some of what I found out about that. I still really liked the book, it was a good sequel and I'm excited to read the 3rd sequel, as well as the prequel.


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October T.B.R. List

I was hoping to finish The Scorch Trials in September but the day after (Sept. 23rd) I ended up with the flu, along with some food poisoning,so I'm hoping to finish, and have a review up tomorrow. I still have a little bit of a flu, I tried reading some today but sadly I have very little concentration right now. I tend not to be able to read much on Tues. and Wed. anyway. I'm going to go back to having a set number of books, along with specific titles. So let's get on with the list.

#1
2nd 1/2 of The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner book #2 of 4) by James Dashner

While I did read the first half in Sept. I still have to read the second half, so I'm including this on my Oct. T.B.R. list. I'm sad that I got the flu half-way in because it was what I had read so far was really good, so I really hope that I'll be able to finish it tomorrow.

#2
The Death Cure (The Maze Runner book #3 of 4) by James Dashner

#3
The Kill Order (The Maze Runner book #4 of 4) by James Dashner

When I finish with the 2nd book I'm most likely going to want to read and finish the 3rd, last sequel in the series as well as the 4th book, the prequel to the series.

#4
Epic Tales from Adventure Time: The Untamed Scoundrel by T. T. MacDangereuse

#5
Epic Tales from Adventure Time: Queen of Rogues by T. T. MacDangereuse

I seen these in Walmart, and since I love the show I decided to buy them. They sound like they'll be fun, and they're not big so they should be a quick read.

#6
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle book #1 of 3) by Diana Wynne Jones

I had seen Hayo Miyazaki's film before finding out that it was based off/inspired by this book so when I found that out I had to buy the book and read it. I love the film, so I definitely think I'll like the book, and if I do I will buy the other two book. The second book sounds like it will be either with smaller characters in the first book, and the third book sound like it might be with a granddaughter of the two mane characters of the first book, I'm not sure though so I might be wrong about what both the other books are about.

#7
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness book #1 of 4) by Tamora Pierce

I seen this book on I think PeruseProject's youtube channel, so I decide to check it out. It sounds like a real good book, and it seems like you get to follow the character for years (similar to Harry Potter and a few others that way) which I tend to like with series.


I have spelled so many words wrong trying to type this (thank you for spell check), I've also had to go back and check and noticed I also put letters instead of numbers for a few before I corrected it, so obviously I am not over my flu yet, and still can't concentrate that well.

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The Maze Runners book review + Movie

Right as I got in the mood to read again I didn't have time to read until Saturday(Sept. 13th). I decided to read The Maze Runner first out of the other books on my To Be Read shelf since the movie comes out tomorrow. Now onto the review.


The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner book #1 of 4) by James Dashner

Paperback, 375 pages
Read: Sept. 13 - Sept. 18
Rating: 4.5/5
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Action, Adventure
Summery: When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers--boys whose memories are also gone.
Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It's the only way out--and no one's ever made it through alive.
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.

Review: The book starts out with Thomas in the box(lift) to enter the glade, he has faint inklings to what things are, but no memories of people, faces or his age. I know there are people who did not like the book, or the series, but I really enjoyed this book and am excited to read the others. I liked all of the characters, even Gally. I liked the way Thomas as well as the others processed things. I think my favorite things about the book though were the way that the information was given in little spurts enough to keep me interested, and have my mind going to several different places, but not enough to overwhelm me. I also liked that the action/spots that were paced faster were placed through out the book not just the ending, I know some people don't enjoy that type of almost inconsistent pace, but I actually tend to like when action/adventure books are like that. Another thing I liked were the descriptions given, they were detailed enough for me to get a really good picture of what places, as well, as what the monsters looked like.

While reading comments for the movie I did run into some spoilers for the 2 sequels for the series, so I do know a little bit about what's going to happen/what did happen, I'm still excited to read the sequels, plus the prequel though. But if you're wanting to read the series and don't want to be spoiled I would suggest steering clear of things for the movie. Also once I see the movie either tomorrow or Monday, depending on who all is going with me, I will edit this post with a book-to-movie comparison.

Edited 9/23 12:22am
Book-to-Movie Rating: 4/5
Thoughts on the Book to Movie Adaptation: The movie was better than quite a few book to movie adaptations. My favorite things were the visuals the maze looked extremely similar to the cover of the book, I also liked that the cast was diverse (which is something you don't really get with regular movies, let alone YA book to movie adaptations). While the Grievers were not what I imagined/or what was described in the book they were scary/nasty looking things. There are a few things I wish they would have added, for the changes, now if you have read the book and are going to see the movie, obviously there are going to be differences, I think we all know that by now.  if you have not read the book, but have seen the movie you might be confused about some of these things, hopefully I don't spoil anything for you, but just in case here's the warning if you don't want to be spoiled you might not want to read this part.
For the things I wish they would have added more to.

I wish they would have added to Alby and Newt's relationship (while it was a small part of the book they were some of my favorite parts), I also wish they would have added to Thomas and Chuck's relationship, Because while the last part of the movie had an emotional pull I think it would have had more of one if they expanded on there relationship a little more.
So now onto the changes.
Gally never goes through the Changing, The Changing also happens a different way, the cure arrives a different way as well. Thomas gets some memories in a different way, as well as how he gets stung. The relationship between Thomas and Teresa (which I think makes Tom and Teresa's relationship work much better in the movie), how Teresa wakes up. How Thomas and Minho find the Hole, the Cliff is not there as well. The map clues, and the code. Alby revealing what he knows after the cure, how they exit through the hole, and where they end up right after. Newt also doesn't have a limp. The weather is different there as well (it rained for one part of the movie. How they kill the Griever (it's only one), the one boy each night.

That's most of what they changed (there are a few other small things). I tried my best to not spoil things, so hopefully I didn't, or if I did I hopefully didn't spoil much or anything important. While they did change quite a few things they changed it was still a really good book-to-movie adaptation, the cast worked very well, the changes didn't detract or take away from the movie for me, and at the last scene of the movie you get a look at what the Scorch Trials will look like which was exciting for me, so I hope they will film and release the sequel, which I am on Chapter 31/page 180 of.
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How to Train Your Dragon Book Review

I finally got back in the mood to read again!


How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon book #1 of 14) by Cressida Cowell

Paperback, 224 pages
Read: June 13
Rating: 3.5/5
Genres: Fantasy, Adventure, Humor,
Summery: Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon...

Review: This story starts with Hiccup catching his own dragon. I enjoyed the book, Hiccup was my favorite character, the rest weren't really in it long or detailed enough for me to connect with/enjoy them. I had seen the movie before reading the book and I have to say that the movie was actually better then the book, there were not only more characters, as well as character development, the way that Hiccup caught his dragon was better in my opinion, as well as the relationship between not only Hiccup and Toothless but Hiccup and a few other characters, including his father, were much better/more developed than in the book. Although the I enjoyed the movie more, and was slightly disappointed upon finishing the book I do want to read the other books in the series.

After reading the book I decided to read the rest of the series before watching both the movies as well as the TV show, and after doing that I will write my thoughts on the Book to movie/TV show comparisons. Also while I did get a book with two extra stories in it:

I want to read the series in order so since the two stories in it are the newest in the series I will be reading those ones last after reading the 11 other book/short stories.

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Reading Slump + May Book Haul

About a third of the way into my last book (Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas) I ended up going into a reading slump, I kind of had to force myself to finish Throne of Glass, I had hoped it would go away after I finish read Throne of Glass so I could move on to my next book which was going to be Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, but I fell right back into my reading slump afterward, so next month (June) I have decided not to have a predetermined reading list and just read what I feel like reading at the moment of time in June, and see how that goes for me, I'm kind of finally just getting out of the reading slump, and on the last day of May too. Anyway, I only got three books this month, so let's get on to the haul.

The first place I found a book I wanted was at Winco

I had seen a review for this book on PeruseProject on youtube. The Summery sounded interesting so when I found it at Winco I decided to buy it. (also Winco gives a 20% discount on all books and magazines)

The second book I found that I bought was at Fry's Marketplace

The cover caught my attention first, then I read the summery and had to buy it. It sounds very interesting, so hopefully it turns out to be interesting.

The last book I bought was at Walmart

I loved the first movie and the second movie looks like it is going to be good (I have not seen the tv show, although I have heard good things about that too). I didn't know that the movie was based on a book so I am very excited about reading this one, this was actually what brought me out of my reading slump some, so this is probably what I am going to be reading first. When I do do a  review on it I will also do a book to movie review as well. (by the way it came with two new short stories in the series, I have not read the series, it also came with a little poster as well.)

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