Tome Thursday: The Stars are Dying

 

Hello everyone!

 

Are you ready for this?

 

Because I'm not sure you are. I know I certainly wasn't, and I willingly signed up for whatever was coming at me at the time.

 

See a while ago, I kept seeing these gorgeous book covers (and similar book art) all from the same author. Bookstagram was going HARD, y'all, and eventually I caved and had a look around the author's page to see what it was all about.

 

Turns out, she's writing a fantasy series that's literally like someone wrote it especially for me.

 

So I grabbed the books and read the first one, but unfortunately then ran out of time as I had other ARCs waiting for me to read and review them.

 

Then this one came about - I'd seen the promos on her Instagram, but randomly stumbled over an open call for eARC readers, and signed up on a whim. I honestly didn't think I'd get it, and would have been fine just waiting for the book to release, but guess what? I GOT THE ARC.

 

And with the book releasing in a few days, here's your glowing review for it. What's it called? The Stars are Dying.

 

Tome Thursday: Mockingjay

 

Hello everyone!

 

And just like that, as the Pokemon trainers say - we caught them all!

 

LOL.

 

I'm actually pretty pleased with myself about this given the fact that I would normally take much longer breaks between reading a series, and this one I practically breezed through for some reason.

 

I must have really enjoyed reading about this weird ass future then!

 

But they're all here now, all three books, and all four movies, and nothing has ever felt as good as finishing something up like this.

 

Besides, it's taken us long enough, given everything, considering it would be three weeks to get it all done and all written up. Now that it's over and done with I can figure out my next book to read that maybe ISN'T all about gladiator-style games while I'm at it.

 

Before any of that, however, it's time to head back to Panem one last time.

 

Mockingjay has arrived, people, and she's ready to fly.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Catching Fire

 

"Nobody ever wins the Games."

 

Hello everyone!

 

With this blog post I will finally have every single movie of this franchise written up and reviewed on the blog. This is an exciting day!

 

Well, exciting in the sense that this is one mission accomplished at least, if nothing else.

 

The one thing that usually bugs me to no end is when I have to sort of hit pause midway through, but I didn't even realize that I only had the last two movies for this one.

 

In any event, we are now headed into the sequel of last week's blog choice.

 

As you may have noticed, I've fallen into the dystopian future reading hole at the moment, as I'm also debating maybe reading Divergent again at some point or other, but for the most part I wanted to see whether or not I would still dislike this trilogy as much as I did back then.

 

Turns out I don't. I actually really like it.

 

That doesn't mean Catching Fire is the best movie ever, but it IS good!

 

Tome Thursday: Catching Fire

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome back to the insanity that is getting chosen to fight in a gladiator-style arena with 23 other people so that some other people are entertained.

I'm back with part two of the Hunger Games saga this week to check on Katniss Everdeen and what's been going on in her life.

Because you know it'll be insane, simply because if can be.

See when you live in such a dystopian world that children get picked from a crowd and their parents don't really have the moxy to stop it from happening, you know it's a different level of messed up, and by different I mean completely different.

So you thought you'd seen it all in book one? Well I have news for you my friends.

The crazy is only just beginning.

Katniss is back, and while I can't say she's better than ever, at the very least she's here and hasn't succumbed to drink or anything like that.

Catching Fire takes us one step closer to the grand finale, so here we go!

Talkie Tuesday: The Hunger Games

 

"And may the odds be ever in your favour."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Yes, I've fallen into a dark hole with this. No, I don't really feel like apologizing. 

LOL.

I don't really know why I'm so into this series right now, considering everything, but it looks as though I'm going to go through the rest of the books and movies I don't have on the blog yet (I'm missing both the remaining books and one more movie) so I mean, fun I guess?

There's always fun to be had when you have big blockbuster movies like that.

But I will say I've definitely remembered why I liked these movies as opposed to some others (looking at you, Divergent), as they follow the books pretty closely and make actual adaptations not 'based off of' kind of flicks.

The difference is pretty massive, depending on what explanation you're going for.

As this adaptation knows what it's doing, however, let's just jump right into The Hunger Games!

Tome Thursday: The Hunger Games

 

Hello everyone!

 

I'm going to be throwing it back, way back, with the book I picked for tonight's blog post.

 

And by back I mean at least 10+ years.

 

Why, you ask?

 

I've no clue.

 

At one point a week ago I woke up and I wanted to go back and read this to see what it was about the book that I disliked the first time around when I picked it up. I distinctly remember saying at one point I prefer the Divergent series to this one, so apparently that's my next stop for comparison.

 

I'm guessing it has to do with the protagonist, but we'll see.

 

For the time being, our book of the night really doesn't need all that much introduction.

 

If you were ever interested in the Romans throwing their gladiator games, only they're organized with children this time, then The Hunger Games is the book for you.

 

Talkie Tuesday: The Mockingjay, pt. 2

"She has become mythical."

Hello everyone!

So this past Saturday, IT HAPPENED.

You know what I'm talking about. 

THE MOCKINGJAY.

Part 2.

Can you tell I'm excited yet?

I will admit. The Hunger Games as a whole have never been one of my favourite dystopian stories (I prefer the Divergent series books), but the movies have certainly made it likeable despite everything, and like everyone who has been following them, I wanted to see if the ending would be just as everything was in the books, or what was promised.

Turns out, it was, and with the impact of it happening on-screen, it was even better.

Talkie Tuesday: The Mockingjay, pt. 1

Hello everyone!

I seem to always start the blog with the same two words - oops! Oh well, I guess I'll eventually figure out a better greeting or something. In the meantime, I'm going to jump right into the movie review for this week, and I think you're going to like the topic. Or I hope you will! 

This past weekend, I got some much-needed friend time in, as a couple of my girlfriends got together for a movie night. Honorary mention goes to: boyfriend of one of them, who had to put up with FOUR women all on his own through the movie, and then the subsequent conversation after it was over. Thumbs up and a whole lot of stars, considering it really can't have been easy, but we DID have a blast, all of us! The Mockingjay was picked because, back when the last part of the Hobbit was playing in cinemas, there was a consensus that it would be viewed in theatre, and then we'd get together for the Mockingjay later on, all of us, in the comfort of someone's home, where we could just relax, unwind, and comment to our hearts' content. That's precisely what we did, and if the movie itself lacked in substantial action, at least there were four others around you who felt the same way and you could complain out loud! 

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