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Monday, October 20, 2014

October Book Challenge Day 20: This Should Be A Movie

LEGEND

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Legend (Legend, #1)


Legend (Legend, #1)

LEGEND

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Okay. I'm done. I think you get the point.

Check out the introduction post for my October Book Challenge by clicking here and find out what's coming out. 

-Shawnee Smith

Sunday, October 19, 2014

October Book Challenge Day 19: Book to Movie/TV Adaptation

Well this is a subject I am well versed on. I love reading books and I love watching movies. So whenever there is an adaptation of a book made into a movie or a TV show, you can bet that I will see it. Sometimes it might take me a while, but I always watch them.

You can check out my 'Rad or Bad' tab above to find breakdowns of the movie adaptations I have seen and written about. Also in the 'Page to Screen' tab, you can find posts that have movie or TV news. 

Now I will talk about the adaptations I like...

The Hunger Games

 

They did a really great job adapting this book into the movies. I thought they kept enough to stay true to the story, but changed what was necessary. I understand when it comes to adapting a book you can't keep everything. But I thought this movie did a fantastic job. 

The 100

 

The TV show is nothing like the book, and in a way I like that. It took the general idea and made it it's own thing instead of staying true to the book and messing it up. Plus there was not even enough to substantiate a series since there is only (now) two books (one when the show premiered). Just because something is different doesn't mean it sucks. I do think, however, that the same feel you got when you read the book was translated onto the screen. And, you know, I just love the book and the show so much.

The Maze Runner

 

I actually loved this adaptation. Yes a lot was changed, but as I stated before, you can't keep everything the same. Sometimes you have to adapt to make plot points more visual, or you have to take out plot points that don't directly affect the main plot. I thought there was a great balance. Plus Wes Ball gets all my praise for announcing that he won't split The Death Cure into two movies. 

If you want to check out more of the October Book Challenge, you can click here and see the introductory post. 

-Shawnee Smith

Saturday, October 18, 2014

October Book Challenge Day 18: Recommended to Me

Well, I'm guessing I'm supposed to talk about books that people have recommended to me. And by the way, I am up way to early to be functioning properly. This should be fun

Here goes nothing...


Side Effects May Vary

I think it was Lisa who told me to read this book. She thought it would be right up my alley because the synopsis stated that revenge was a main topic. It wasn't the greatest thing I have read, but others may like it.


All These Things I've Done (Birthright, #1)

Again, I think this was Lisa while we were at a book sale. I really liked it! I don't know why she initially told me to buy it, but I'm glad I did. Right after I was done, I went out and found the rest of the series to binge read!


Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

I know my friend Lexi has read this book and she liked it alot. Since she is not an avid reader I feel that I need to give this book a try since she liked it. Hopefully once I read it, I will like it as well! Fingers crossed.

If you want to check out more of my October Book Challenge, you can click here to see the original post.

-Shawnee Smith

Friday, October 17, 2014

Library Haul

Have you ever put a bunch of holds for books at your local library but there are several people ahead of you so you don't expect to get them any time soon. But when they do come in, you get them all at once? 

That happened to me today. 5 books that I have put holds on all came into my library. Now I have to finish the book I'm currently reading and then choose which book I want to read next! That will be incredibly hard based on what books I have in my possession. Check it out...


Day 21 (The Hundred, #2)

"No one has set foot on Earth in centuries -- until now.
It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought. Facing an unknown enemy, Wells attempts to keep the group together. Clarke strikes out for Mount Weather, in search of other Colonists, while Bellamy is determined to rescue his sister, no matter the cost. And back on the ship, Glass faces an unthinkable choice between the love of her life and life itself.
In this pulse-pounding sequel to Kass Morgan's The 100, secrets are revealed, beliefs are challenged, and relationships are tested. And the hundred will struggle to survive the only way they can -- together."


Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2)

"Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn’t believe in fashion...she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit—more sparkly, more fun, more wild—the better. But even though Lola’s style is outrageous, she’s a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood.

When Cricket—a gifted inventor—steps out from his twin sister’s shadow and back into Lola’s life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door."


Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

"Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. 

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future."


The Vault of Dreamers

"From the author of the Birthmarked trilogy comes a fast-paced, psychologically thrilling novel about what happens when your dreams are not your own.
 
The Forge School is the most prestigious arts school in the country. The secret to its success:  every moment of the students' lives is televised as part of the insanely popular Forge Show, and the students' schedule includes twelve hours of induced sleep meant to enhance creativity. But when first year student Rosie Sinclair skips her sleeping pill, she discovers there is something off about Forge. In fact, she suspects that there are sinister things going on deep below the reaches of the cameras in the school. What's worse is, she starts to notice that the edges of her consciousness do not feel quite right. And soon, she unearths the ghastly secret that the Forge School is hiding—and what it truly means to dream there."


In a Handful of Dust (Not a Drop to Drink, #2)

"The only thing bigger than the world is fear.

Lucy’s life by the pond has always been full. She has water and friends, laughter and the love of her adoptive mother, Lynn, who has made sure that Lucy’s childhood was very different from her own. Yet it seems Lucy’s future is settled already—a house, a man, children, and a water source—and anything beyond their life by the pond is beyond reach.

When disease burns through their community, the once life-saving water of the pond might be the source of what’s killing them now. Rumors of desalinization plants in California have lingered in Lynn’s mind, and the prospect of a “normal” life for Lucy sets the two of them on an epic journey west to face new dangers: hunger, mountains, deserts, betrayal, and the perils of a world so vast that Lucy fears she could be lost forever, only to disappear in a handful of dust.

In this companion to Not a Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis thrillingly combines the heart-swelling hope of a journey, the challenges of establishing your own place in the world, and the gripping physical danger of nature in a futuristic frontier."

SO HARD TO CHOOSE. Who am I kidding, I'm totally going to read Day 21 first. I have been waiting for that book since I finished the first one! 

-Shawnee Smith