POEM TIME

Okay so this started off on a seriously boring afternoon.
So on google docs, my friend (Julci) and I started off on a random tangent so we start off, writing random poems about our friends.




WARNING: THESE MAY POSSIBLY BLIND YOU


Okay so first one? For myself:
Oh I can't dance
I can't sing
But I really do love music
Which is why I'm sad
... A little regretful
That I came from a family
Without any musical talent

My mom dances
Like she has broken legs
My dad sings
Like he has a cat stuck in his throat

This is why
I never sing
I never dance
Especially in front of others
Especially in frong of Julci

Because my voice
Will deafen you
Because my dancing
Will blind you

Now do you understand Julci?
Why I never sing.

I KNOW. THESE ARE SO DEEP.

There’s this tree
At my school.
Well I guess he wasn’t THAT tall
But then everyone seems
Oh-so-tall to me

But let’s not get off task
For this is not a poem
Dedicated to me
Instead, this is a poem
Of a tree
Named Julian

Oh poor, poor Julian
For he was stuck
Mud deep in a love triangle
Namely with Karan and Jaime

Karan who loved Jaime,
Jaime who loved ballet
And then there was Julian
Who truly loved Karan

This is the moment I realize,
Was this supposed to rhyme?
Then no can do,
For I can not rhyme

Oh well, ignore that
And let us get back
To the more pressing issue
The issue of a tree
A tree named Julian

Julian in love with Karan
But who exactly was Karan?
Karan was another tree,
Julian’s best tree.
The two trees made videos,
What’s it called, Youtube?
And so they were trees
Named Battery Powered Men

So where does this lead?
This double tree romance?
Well, that I don’t know
For I cannot see the future

So we all wait
Sitting in anxiety
Watching the tree romance unfold
With a bucket of popcorn

.....I might add that Julian and Karan are both guys......
ANYWAYS, this is sort of a joke so please don't take offense against gay guys etc.

This poem is for you
You meaning Tanaya
Since you told me to be nice
I suppose I should be

But can I include the fact
That you scare me at times
With your Tanaya glare?

Or that your little obsession
With a guy named Lautner
Is something we do not share?

But I’ll be nice
Since you told me to
Or else you might shoot me
Not a real gun,
(Oh no you’re too nice for that)
But with your Tanaya glare

I like the way you smile
The Tanaya smile
Was it like **)
Just kidding, it was @)

You know we don’t agree
Not really at all
Whether it’s hot actors
Or the music we listen to

But that’s okay
Cause you make me laugh
So that’s enough
You’re my friend

AREN'T THESE BEAUTIFUL? XD


Anyways, this whole shebang (WOAH. I never knew I knew that word. o.O) was just a fun little joke so think of this as a laughter relief of the day. :DD

It's May. OMFG IT'S MAY.

You know May is the kind of season everyone likes. Middle of spring, cherry blossoms, flowers blooming, and warm without being too hot. (Other than my allergies, which I hate XD)


But me? I love May for a whole new season.


IT'S WHEN ALL THE AWESOME YA BOOKS ARE COMING OUT!!!! (May, August, October. I swear, that's like the only time good YA books seem to come out)


And this year looks promising. Even more promising than last year.
I mean Insurgent <3 <3 <3 and Bitterblue are ALREADY OUT. And it's only like the second day. SERIOUSLY. I'M GETTING HIGH OFF THESE BOOKS.


CITY OF LOST SOULS. (May 8th) ENOUGH SAID.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_FUJU3q9xY
Just look at the trailer. JUST LOOK ^


IMMORTAL RULES. Well, actually, it came out a week ago so I've already finished it......AND IT IS AMAZING. LIKE SERIOUSLY. Allie wins my Kickass-Heroine of the year. And the Kickass-Cover of the year. Actually, the whole book wins the Kickass-Book of the year.


Hemlock. Again, May 8th. The cover's just gorgeous. And it sounds so cool.


Masque of Red Death. Again, last week but close enough. I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO READ THIS.


Until I Die. (Again. May 8th. What's with all these May 8th? It's like the authors planned this so they could torture us poor kids on whether which book to buy. CONSPIRACY. o.O) Which I personally hated the first book, but there seems to be a ton of hype about it so...




Darkness Before Dawn (May 29th) Seriously. Gorgeous cover much?


Sweet Evil. Actually it was published yesterday. The cover's okay but I'm in love with the synoposis.


Dark Kiss (May 22) You know, if I don't die of either a.) Spends too much money on books, goes homeless, and dies a happy death surrounded by books b.) Gets way too hyper over cool books and die, I thin these amazing covers will kill me.


Of Poseidon (May 22nd) Again. The covers are getting prettier with every book. >.<


Struck (May 8th MORE CONSPIRACY o.O) "Mia Price is a  lightening addict." <<<Now that is a hell of a synoposis.


Unraveling. Again. Last week. But whatever.


Slated (TOMMOROW) I know. Dystopia, again? Really? BUT THIS ONE LOOKS/SOUNDS SO COOL. Besides, I say that there are never enough dystopian books. :DD


The Lost Code (May 22nd) WHY. SO. MANY. COOL. BOOKS?!?!?


AND MANY, MANY OTHERS.




You know, if this is any indication of the rest of the books coming out in 2012, I'm going to go seriously broke. And then end up homeless. And die of starvation. But at least I'll be surrounded by cool books when I die, so IT'S ALL OKAY.


Anyways, happy reading!

Eeeek!

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG.

INSURGENT <3

I swear, even that word has be hyper excited. I wanna read it. Now.

It sounds just AMAZING. After reading Divergent, it's like this crazy compulsion/obsession to KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

If I had to be in a faction, I'd probably be in Erudite. Cause you know, I kinda dig the whole evil genius thing ;)
http://eruditefactionnews.tumblr.com/


Actually, I'm compltely Team Dauntless, too. (Well, actually, it's like if I was a character in the book, I'd definitely be in Erudite. Yet if I'm just a reader of the book, I totally, absoultely support Dauntless.)
http://dauntlessfactionnews.tumblr.com/

I'm fine with Abnegation....it's just not my favorite. (I like the concept, but it just seems way overly opressed. >.<)
http://abnegationfactionnews.tumblr.com/

Anyways, VERONICA ROTH, PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE PUBLISH THE BOOK FASTER!!!

Giveaways

So, giveaway hops. ADDICTED TO THEM. I mean they're perfect for procastinating when you don't feel like doing your homework! (which is like, always, for me)


Anyways, as a girl deprived from the money she need to buy the hundreds of books she wants to buy, I love giveaways. I mean they're free, easy, and quick. (And now I sound like an advertisment.)


So what are giveway hops you ask? They're like book giveaways. Except it's like an event so they're like about a hundred (more or less, usually) giveaways on a list with links so you can "hop" onto the next giveaway. Brilliant, huh? It's hosted by I am a Reader Not a Writer and it's awesome. An hour? 100 book giveaways signed up and ready to go.


So anyways, I posted this to point out the fact that I win the weirdest giveaways. I won Twilight from a giveaway. Yup, Twilight. (I guess it's not really "weird" but if you see my review on Twilight...........let's just say I have intense, negative feelings towards it.) So I decided to start my very own Project Twilight. I'm reading the book again, this time using a pen to underline/annotate/comment on all the stupidest things I could find in the book. (Sorry Stephane Meyers)
And the most recent giveaway I won:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9486602-squish
Yup. A comic book on a twinkie eating Amoeba. Named Squish. 150 giveaways enlisted to win this. (Sorry to the giveaway hosts. I really am thankful to win at least something. <-- that was me trying my best not to sound sarcastic since I really am grateful. It's just that it's my nature to be sarcastic at all possible times.)


So, I just realized that I use a lot of "so"'s. So cool, right? So anyways, I will so end with that so-so statement.

The Hunger Games Rant (The Movie)

So this is obviously late, since I watched the movie 6 days ago, but OMFG. I FREAKING LOVED IT. PERFECT. JUST PERFECT. (Now, if they'd just tweak it a bit so Katniss ends up with Gale  ;)

This picture, I just love this ;)

The movie was awesome. Other than, of course, Harry Potter (my other fan obsession), this was probably the only book-turned-into-movie that I actually loved just as much as the actual book. Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth? PERFECT <3. (Her clothes on fire? So cool. Great special effects.)
Josh Hutcherson for Peeta? Meh, but that might be my prejudice agaisnt Peeta speaking. (He was shorter than Katniss in the movie lol) Cinna? He was perfect for the role. In love with him and his gold eyeliner. All the other characters were pretty damn amazing too.

And, the Capitol. OMG THE CAPITOL. LOVELOVELOVELOVE THE CAPITOL. The costumes were absouletely overdone, which makes it perfect! The whimsically ridiculous yet delightful fashion...oh I want to live in the Capitol :DD

The action scenes were just awesome. I wish there were more, since the film makers did cut some short.

My only issue with the movie? It was rushed. Of course, it was on the long side with 142 mintues, but I felt the whole thing was too rushed. Like the preparation? They shortened it from 3 days to a day. Time with Rue? Way too short to make a connection. (Though I did feel like crying when she died...but that's because I read the book) Honestly, I could've sat through 4 hours of this movie if it was that long.

It's Effie Trinket!!!! I'd fully expected to hate her guts, but I loved her in the movie :D

So my bottom line is, even though I'll probably think less of the movie in a few months, right now, I'M IN LOVE.

Oh yeah, and check this site out: http://capitolcouture.pn/

May the odds ever be in your favor.

Review: Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

3/5 stars


I've heard so many good things about the book, so I read it, ready to give positive reviews. Not so much. It's not like I hated the book. In fact, it was actually one of the less sucky vampire YA books. (ahem, Twilight)But was this amazing? Or even just good? No. The title suggested a quirky/funny book about dating a vampire, maybe with a provided "Guide" or something. Nope. The book was more heavy than the title suggested, whilst the supposed guide was never again mentioned, other than the title. The two didn't even date. But since I like the title, I won't take off any points for that.


Plot: Flat. Boring. Short. Expected. Unoriginal. So Jessica has a new transfer student in her class, a guy named Lucius. He turns out to be the next in vampire lineage and is here to bring Jessica back to Romainia so the two can fullfill their parents' pact, which is basically to get married and rule vampires together happily. That's pretty much it.


Characters: Ifty on this one. Jessica was boring and bland, and distinctively lacked personality. There was nothing I hated about her, but nothing I liked either. Never laughing, lacking thoughts, and dull. But since she didn't irk me in any way, I suppose she passes as a decent enough protagonist.


Lucius? Now Lucius, I liked. He was prettty stereotypical, I guess. The whole acting-like-a-complete-bastard-to-not-let-his-true-emotions-show or something like that. But I liked that for a change, this vampire was clever, humorous, and sophiscated. Stalker? Yes, but that was his actual mission. (No immature I-love-this-ordinary-girl-for-no-reason for this guy.)His personality/mood changed way too fast, but I did love reading his letters to his vampire Uncle. (Actually, they were the highlights of the book for me, Lucius giving witty, dry remarks on his view of America). The other characters weren't really developed, but since they weren't really a part of the story anyways, I won't hold a grudge for that.


Writing: It read smoothly and quickly. Good enough.


Overall? A decent read for something really quick and light. Nothing much beyond that.      

Review: Wings by Aprilynne Pike

2/5 stars


So, okay. I have this theory. The more I read, the more cynical I'm getting about books. Because of that, I tried to view books in a more positive light.


This book still sucked.


So Laurel's this beutiful, blonde girl going to high school for the first time (was homeschooled). And of course, a nerdy-ish, science guy immediately has a crush on her. So a week later, there's a bump on her back. And a wing-like thing sprouts on her back. You know, like fairy wings.


Except they're not actual wings. It's actually a flower. A giant flower blooming on her back. So she meets Boy #2, and according to him, they're plants. In human form. Or something like that. And her flower just happened to look like wings, subsequently the title of the book. (NOTHING to do with wings after this, btw.) So she has these trolls(? honestly, I found the book so boring and yawn-inducing by then that I honestly can't remember) chasing and trying to kill her cause she's this super strong flower.


Should I mention the part that she's a FLOWER again? A talking flower. God, now I'm imagining her as this cheesy, singing flower with flower power and all that.. Actually, judging by her lack of personality and individuality, I guess she resembled a flower more that a human. Oh right, and Boy #2? He's Plant Boy. But a really weak, underling Plant Boy. So Laurel and Plant Boy's romance blooms (haha get it? ...this book turned my head into a mush). Except Plant Boy is busy telling Laurel how good her petals smell though he knows Laurel's aromic, awesome blossoms are totally out of his reach. (Actually, I'm starting to enjoy reading this sucky, Twilight-esque books: they're cracking me up.)


Anyways, so basically, there's another lame-as-hell and completely vapid/useless love triangle between Laurel, Science Geek, and Plant Boy.


Flat plot, flat writing, flat characters.
Bottom Line? Don't read this book.