Saturday, 9 May 2015
A few book trailers people have made and some authors
I just wanted to share some great book trailers and some videos of authors discussing their books that I thought could lure you into some books that have been reviewed and discussed on this blog, or even just books I have read just not blogged about yet. All rights go to those who made these videos. I did not make these.
Coraline- Neil Gaiman
Today I am discussing Coraline. Coraline is a very spooky, original book about a girl, surprisingly named Coraline, who moves into a really, really old house. Coraline finds a door, and when she climbs through it appears to be in her same home but her parents have buttons for eyes.
I watched the movie last night and I really like it because it's in stop animation and it's very creative. The book wasn't that different from the movie, but one major character that was added into the movie wasn't in the book. While I was reading the book I was getting more and more into the chapters and thinking 'Where's Wybie? Where is he?' Then I got to the end of the book and thought, 'They must have added him into the movie cleverly. Smart.'
Coraline has a sort of feeling about it, like a spooky but pleasing read. Yeah, okay, it probably wasn't as awesome as I hoped it would be, but it was still great. I just think I need more of a scare. But, it is written for, about, eight year olds and up, so it couldn't be too thrilling.
I know if I was to write a best seller, I would never have thought of a girl who's name everyone pronounces wrong and who has an Other Mother and Other Father that have buttons for eyes in a world just like her own.
I just like the creepiness of the book. I saw the movie way before I read the book and that was very creepy.
And the talking cat. I love the talking cat.
I don't really have anything more to add for this discussion. I like the illustrations in the edition I have, which is this one- -----------------------------------------------)
Zobo!
I watched the movie last night and I really like it because it's in stop animation and it's very creative. The book wasn't that different from the movie, but one major character that was added into the movie wasn't in the book. While I was reading the book I was getting more and more into the chapters and thinking 'Where's Wybie? Where is he?' Then I got to the end of the book and thought, 'They must have added him into the movie cleverly. Smart.'
Coraline has a sort of feeling about it, like a spooky but pleasing read. Yeah, okay, it probably wasn't as awesome as I hoped it would be, but it was still great. I just think I need more of a scare. But, it is written for, about, eight year olds and up, so it couldn't be too thrilling.
I know if I was to write a best seller, I would never have thought of a girl who's name everyone pronounces wrong and who has an Other Mother and Other Father that have buttons for eyes in a world just like her own.
I just like the creepiness of the book. I saw the movie way before I read the book and that was very creepy.
And the talking cat. I love the talking cat.
I don't really have anything more to add for this discussion. I like the illustrations in the edition I have, which is this one- -----------------------------------------------)
Zobo!
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
I Got the DIVERGENT BOXSET
Recently I bought the complete Divergent book boxset, featuring:
- Divergent
-Insurgent
-Allegiant
- Four
And it also came with this little World of Divergent book so that was a bonus.
When I unwrapped it from its plastic wrapping I imagined that angels thing like -ahhh AHHHH!
Later (when I figure out how) I'll post a video on what I think about the Divergent series because honestly, I can't be bothered to write 3 reviews.
- Divergent
-Insurgent
-Allegiant
- Four
And it also came with this little World of Divergent book so that was a bonus.
When I unwrapped it from its plastic wrapping I imagined that angels thing like -ahhh AHHHH!
Later (when I figure out how) I'll post a video on what I think about the Divergent series because honestly, I can't be bothered to write 3 reviews.
Sunday, 3 May 2015
Hello! The Knife of Never Letting Go- Patrick Ness
Hi.... long time no see. I have just been so busy lately. Sorry.
Time for a discussion!
Last night I finished a fantastic book called The Knife of Never Letting Go (let's call it The Knife for short). It is so different to anything I have read. It contained everything I love reading about- it was action-packed, gruesome, mysterious, funny, a tiny tiny ( I actually mean tiny with a capital T) bit of romance. It was barely there, though as I was reading I felt it.
The main character is Todd Hewitt, who is a boy living in a town called Prentisstown, in New World. In Prentisstown, a boy becomes a man when they turn thirteen. It is thirty days until Todd becomes a 'man'. In Prentisstown, everyone can hear each other's thoughts, and they call these thoughts Noise. Also, there are no women. You'll have to read it to know why.
So Todd and his dog Manchee- and by the way, you can hear animal's thoughts too and what they are saying- go to the swamp to pick fruit. They don't like going into the swamp because of the stories about the Spackle- creatures who roamed the land before people came and claimed it as New World. Apparently, the Spackle carried the Noise germ, that killed the women. It is believed the Spackle don't exist anymore. However, Todd says the swamp is kind of the place where the Noise of Prentisstown is quieter in a way.
Todd comes across something astounding. A quiet spot. No Noise. Just silence. He freaks out. His carers, Ben and Cillian, find out by reading Todd's Noise that he found a silent spot. They quickly pack a bag for Todd and pack his ma's book that Todd didn't even know about. They usher him out as the Mayor Prentiss and his son Prentiss Junior storm into their farm and start fighting. Ben leads Todd back to the swamp, along with Manchee. He tell's Todd to run. He gives Todd his knife.
Sound's good, doesn't it?
What else is interesting about the book is the way it is written. Patrick Ness has written words in the book by the way they sound.
So instead of-
Through it's thru
Though it's tho
Know it's no
Todd speaks a lot of slang, he says things like ain't and yer and stuff like that. He has a rough way of speaking. I imagine he has a Western accent, like a cowboy. He speaks with an edge. Well, I guess he was brought up with people who spoke like that. It adds to his character, which is good. He swears A LOT, but it doesn't actually say it in the book. If
you know what I mean. You might or you might not, I don't
know. Anyway-
This book is not suitable for children. Definitely. Not. It is very gory, and you can visualise everything. It has parts that are quite scary. I just think children will be scared and frightened of some scenes in this book.
So it's an amazing storyu. It's book one in a trilogy called Chaos Walking, and I can't wait to read the second one, the Ask and the Answer.
Zobo!
P.S- Here is a book trailer I found that someone had made on the book. It's kind of a representation on what I think Todd may have sounded like, maybe his voice a bit rougher. And I kind of imagined Manchee as a little bulldog or something like that, but anyway-
Time for a discussion!
Last night I finished a fantastic book called The Knife of Never Letting Go (let's call it The Knife for short). It is so different to anything I have read. It contained everything I love reading about- it was action-packed, gruesome, mysterious, funny, a tiny tiny ( I actually mean tiny with a capital T) bit of romance. It was barely there, though as I was reading I felt it.
The main character is Todd Hewitt, who is a boy living in a town called Prentisstown, in New World. In Prentisstown, a boy becomes a man when they turn thirteen. It is thirty days until Todd becomes a 'man'. In Prentisstown, everyone can hear each other's thoughts, and they call these thoughts Noise. Also, there are no women. You'll have to read it to know why.
So Todd and his dog Manchee- and by the way, you can hear animal's thoughts too and what they are saying- go to the swamp to pick fruit. They don't like going into the swamp because of the stories about the Spackle- creatures who roamed the land before people came and claimed it as New World. Apparently, the Spackle carried the Noise germ, that killed the women. It is believed the Spackle don't exist anymore. However, Todd says the swamp is kind of the place where the Noise of Prentisstown is quieter in a way.
Todd comes across something astounding. A quiet spot. No Noise. Just silence. He freaks out. His carers, Ben and Cillian, find out by reading Todd's Noise that he found a silent spot. They quickly pack a bag for Todd and pack his ma's book that Todd didn't even know about. They usher him out as the Mayor Prentiss and his son Prentiss Junior storm into their farm and start fighting. Ben leads Todd back to the swamp, along with Manchee. He tell's Todd to run. He gives Todd his knife.
Sound's good, doesn't it?
What else is interesting about the book is the way it is written. Patrick Ness has written words in the book by the way they sound.
So instead of-
Through it's thruThough it's tho
Know it's no
Todd speaks a lot of slang, he says things like ain't and yer and stuff like that. He has a rough way of speaking. I imagine he has a Western accent, like a cowboy. He speaks with an edge. Well, I guess he was brought up with people who spoke like that. It adds to his character, which is good. He swears A LOT, but it doesn't actually say it in the book. If
you know what I mean. You might or you might not, I don't
know. Anyway-
This book is not suitable for children. Definitely. Not. It is very gory, and you can visualise everything. It has parts that are quite scary. I just think children will be scared and frightened of some scenes in this book.
So it's an amazing storyu. It's book one in a trilogy called Chaos Walking, and I can't wait to read the second one, the Ask and the Answer.
Zobo!
P.S- Here is a book trailer I found that someone had made on the book. It's kind of a representation on what I think Todd may have sounded like, maybe his voice a bit rougher. And I kind of imagined Manchee as a little bulldog or something like that, but anyway-
Saturday, 14 March 2015
Birthday Books!
I recently had my birthday, and these are the books I got!
* Coraline- I love the movie, and now I have the book! :)
* The Princess Bride- I thought the movie was going to be yuck and romantic, but it was quite funny, and now I have the book! :)
*Hollow City- At last! I now have it! I have MPHFPC and Hollow City! They look so good on my bookshelf!
* The Knife of Never Letting Go- this seems very interesting. The blurb suggests it will be an action packed, mysterious book.
The Diary of Anne Frank
Just a thing to mention before we begin:
I finished Divergent a couple of weeks ago or so . Best book I have read for a while. I absolutely loved it. Then, I read a review.
I HATE SPOILERS!!! (In fact this is a spoiler, but you know)
So I was spoiled pretty badly. Ehs seid. I can't believe it. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!
Stupid, stupid STUPID! I AM AN IDIOT! Number one rule for avoiding spoilers is to not make contact with the internet while reading a really good book or series. I ignored that, and here I am.
Stupid.
Anyway, almost finished Insurgent, and that is really good, so yeah. Let's continue.
The Diary of Anne Frank had been sitting on my shelf for a while. I was waiting for the right time to read it. I knew I wasn't quite old enough when I first spotted it at maybe 10, but then I was waiting for the right time, and early this year I thought- hey. I feel like reading this now.
Yes, I have seen the movie (2009 one) and I really, really liked it. I have watched it two or three times, in fact. So, I knew what was loosely going to be the in the book. And yes, I do know it was an actual diary, so don't sit there thinking, "OMG doesn't she even know it was a real diary?" I am not that dim.
I quite liked it. I quickly skimmed over some parts but read most of it word for word. Even though the edition I had was thin, it had many words on each page, in small print, so it took me a while to read it.
Now, I can't really talk about 'characters' because they were all real people. I can't talk about the storyline, because it is a diary, and a REAL publication of a REAL diary. And I can't talk about 'oh it was fantastic and I loved the ending' because to me, that just sounds wrong.
Let me explain why- this was a real teenage girl, hiding from the Nazis during WWII. I can't say it was fantastic, because she didn't expect it to be. It was just a diary, an interesting, witty diary, and she didn't intend it to sell millions around the world. Authors, when they write books and stories, they want their books to brilliant and emotional, and they sort of want everyone to really like it. But I can't say The Diary of Anne Frank was brilliant, because it just wasn't supposed to be. I can't love the ending, for obvious reasons.
But it did impact me. Anne was going through the same things as I am going through now- not being inside all day every day and the middle of a war- but she was growing up and learning things, as I am.
Zobo.
I finished Divergent a couple of weeks ago or so . Best book I have read for a while. I absolutely loved it. Then, I read a review.
I HATE SPOILERS!!! (In fact this is a spoiler, but you know)
So I was spoiled pretty badly. Ehs seid. I can't believe it. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!
Stupid, stupid STUPID! I AM AN IDIOT! Number one rule for avoiding spoilers is to not make contact with the internet while reading a really good book or series. I ignored that, and here I am.
Stupid.
Anyway, almost finished Insurgent, and that is really good, so yeah. Let's continue.
The Diary of Anne Frank had been sitting on my shelf for a while. I was waiting for the right time to read it. I knew I wasn't quite old enough when I first spotted it at maybe 10, but then I was waiting for the right time, and early this year I thought- hey. I feel like reading this now.
Yes, I have seen the movie (2009 one) and I really, really liked it. I have watched it two or three times, in fact. So, I knew what was loosely going to be the in the book. And yes, I do know it was an actual diary, so don't sit there thinking, "OMG doesn't she even know it was a real diary?" I am not that dim.
I quite liked it. I quickly skimmed over some parts but read most of it word for word. Even though the edition I had was thin, it had many words on each page, in small print, so it took me a while to read it.
Now, I can't really talk about 'characters' because they were all real people. I can't talk about the storyline, because it is a diary, and a REAL publication of a REAL diary. And I can't talk about 'oh it was fantastic and I loved the ending' because to me, that just sounds wrong.
Let me explain why- this was a real teenage girl, hiding from the Nazis during WWII. I can't say it was fantastic, because she didn't expect it to be. It was just a diary, an interesting, witty diary, and she didn't intend it to sell millions around the world. Authors, when they write books and stories, they want their books to brilliant and emotional, and they sort of want everyone to really like it. But I can't say The Diary of Anne Frank was brilliant, because it just wasn't supposed to be. I can't love the ending, for obvious reasons.
But it did impact me. Anne was going through the same things as I am going through now- not being inside all day every day and the middle of a war- but she was growing up and learning things, as I am.
Zobo.
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