Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Best Movie Adaptations

I've decided to participate in some blog hops whenever I can/want to.

Top 10 Tuesday (#14)

Top 10 Tuesday is a blog hop hosted by 

The Broke and the Bookish. They post a Top 10 topic & other blogs participate & link their blog post to their website. It is a way to get to know your follow bloggers & get more traffic on your own blog! If you have a book blog, you can definitely participate! If not, you can still post your answers below in the comments!

This Week's Top Ten Tuesday Topic is:

Top Ten Best Movie Adaptations

(In no specific order)

1. All the Harry Potter movies

2. The Hunger Games

3. The Host

4. Ballet Shoes

5. Holes

6. Twilight (yes, I actually liked them originally so I'm including it)

That's all I can think of!! I definitely hope that all these new movies that are based on books will do them justice!!

Top 10 Most Vivid Book Worlds/Settings

Top 10 Tuesday (#8) 

Top 10 Tuesday is a blog hop hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. They post a Top 10 topic & other blogs participate & link their blog post to their website. It is a way to get to know your follow bloggers & get more traffic on your own blog! If you have a book blog, you can definitely participate! If not, you can still post your answers below in the comments!

This week's Top Ten Tuesday is:

Most Vivid Book Worlds/Settings

I sort of changed it to the top 5 Most Unique Settings in Books

1. Hogwarts--Harry Potter

2. Panem--Hunger Games

3. Chicago--Divergent

4. City of Glass (Alicante)--The Mortal Instruments

5. The Cube--Inside Out

Sorry for the short post this week! I'm in the middle of a great book & I want to see what happens!

Top Ten Books For People Who Like The Hunger Games

Top 10 Tuesday (#7)

Top 10 Tuesday is a blog hop hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. They post a Top 10 topic & other blogs participate & link their blog post to their website. It is a way to get to know your follow bloggers & get more traffic on your own blog! If you have a book blog, you can definitely participate! If not, you can still post your answers below in the comments!

This week's Top Ten Tuesday is:

Top Ten Books For People Who Like The Hunger Games By: Suzanne Collins

(I have 6 listed.)

1. Divergent By: Veronica Roth

2. Scorpio Races By: Maggie Stiefvater

3. Maze Runner By: James Dashner
(SHH!!! Don't talk about the sequels, I haven't read them yet! Thanks!)

4. Inside Out By: Maria V. Snyder

5. The Host By: Stephenie Meyer (review)

6. Shatter Me By: Tahereh Mafi (review)

Ship Sunday--Hunger Games

Ship Sunday is a weekly blog hop hosted & created by Emily @ Emily Hearts Books. Each week a book or a book series will be listed & I will discuss my favorite "ship" from that book or book series.Everyone else is welcome to participate each week. If you don't have a blog feel free to comment or if you have a blog & decide to participate, please link back to Emily Hearts Books & post a link to your blog post in the comments! Thanks! For more information check out the features page.


Warning: There are spoilers in this post!


This week's book or series:

                        The Hunger Games

                       By: Suzanne Collins

My favorite couple from The Hunger Games:

Peeta & Katniss

I love Peeta and Katniss together. I wanted them to get together since the very beginning of the first book. Opposites attract. They are so different from each other, yet so perfect for each other. They both experienced two games of the Hunger Games. They were both willing to die for the other multiple times during both games. Not many people who experience the Hunger Games are willing to die for another person in it. They were truly the only two people each trusted. Katniss only completely trusted Peeta and Peeta only completely trusted Katniss. I really love the two of them together. They are definitely one of my favorite fictional couples ever.

What's your favorite ship from The Hunger Games? Comment below, or if you have a blog, post your link!

Top Ten Tuesday--Books For People Who Like Lauren Oliver

Top 10 Tuesday (#5)

Top 10 Tuesday is a blog hop hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. They post a Top 10 topic & other blogs participate & link their blog post to their website. It is a way to get to know your follow bloggers & get more traffic on your own blog! If you have a book blog, you can definitely participate! If not, you can still post your answers below in the comments!  


This week's topic for Top Ten Tuesday is: 

Top Ten Books For People Who Like Lauren Oliver (author of Delirium)

(I have 7 Listed)

1. Divergent

2. Matched

3. Shatter Me

4. Shiver

5. The Host

6. Inside Out

7. The Hunger Games

Top Ten Tuesday--June 12, 2012

Top 10 Tuesday (#3)


Top 10 Tuesday is a blog hop hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. They post a Top 10 topic & other blogs participate & link their blog post to their website. It is a way to get to know your follow bloggers & get more traffic on your own blog! If you have a book blog, you can definitely participate! If not, you can still post your answers below in the comments!

This week's topic for Top Ten Tuesday is: 

Top Ten Books I'd Recommend As Good Beach Reads

Nice topic for the beginning of the summer! Here's my list in no order:

1. The Hunger Games

2. The Host

3. Delirium

4. Matched

5. Inside Out

6. Divergent

7. Harry Potter

8. The Scorpio Races

9. A Kiss in Time

10. The Last Song

So what about you? What are your Top Ten Books You'd Recommend As Good Beach Reads?

Top Ten Tuesday--May 29, 2012

Top 10 Tuesday (#1)

I will now be participating in Top 10 Tuesday (almost) every Tuesday. Top 10 Tuesday is a blog hop hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. They post a Top 10 topic & other blogs participate & link their blog post to their website. It is a way to get to know your follow bloggers & get more traffic on your own blog! If you have a book blog, you can definitely participate! If not, you can still post your answers below in the comments!

This week's Top 10 Topic is:

Top 10 Books Written In The Past 10 Years That I Hope Are Still Being Read In 30 Years

This is a hard one! I've only become a massive reader in the past 12 months, so I haven't read as much as I would like to admit. I definitely have read books before I became an obsessive reader, like Harry Potter & The Clique Series though. With that said, I'm only going to list 5 books that I hope are still being read 30 years from now.

Here is my list:

1. Harry Potter Series

I've always thought that the Harry Potter books would one day become classics. If they don't already (and I'm sure some do), schools will one day require their students to read two or three of them. The Harry Potter series is the type of series you don't see more than once in a lifetime. Harry Potter is truly original and I don't think it is going anywhere anytime soon even though the books and movies are now done. If I ever have kids, I'm definitely going to make them read at least the first book.

2. The Hunger Games

Nobody should be two surprised by this. I love The Hunger Games. I'm not listing them just because they are extremely popular or because I love them so much, I'm listing them because I truly believe that 30 years from now, people will still be reading them. They hold an important message about society, and since they take place in the future, they won't really be outdated 30 years from now.

3. Divergent

Like The Hunger Games, I believe that the Divergent books have a very important message to them. Also, like The Hunger Games, they cannot become outdated ever because they take place in the future. Besides that, the books are amazing & I highly recommend them. 

4. Delirium

I am repeating myself over and over again for each book, but Delirium has an important message to it that I believe future generations should know about. The whole concept of a country without love is very mind boggling, and an interesting topic to talk about. Not only that, but this book is so beautifully written, I would be surprised if this book isn't still read 30 years from now.

5. The Maze Runner

I seriously am being repetitive, but I mean it every time. This book is so original and so unique. I also don't think it will be outdated either. By the way, I haven't read the last two books yet, so SHHH! don't write about them in the comments, PLEASE!!

Last Day of the 30 Day Challenge

YAY! Today is the last day of the 30 Day Challenge! To be honest, I'm kind of glad that it's over now. I was starting to get tired of doing it. It was fun to do, though!

Day 30:  Which Villian do you love to hate?


I don't "love" hating any of the characters in this trilogy. It's not like there's a bad character that's secretly good or has some good qualities in him or her, like there is in other series. However, if I had to pick, I'd pick:

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Cato!
Plus, Alexander Ludwig did a great job portraying him!! 

Day 29

Warning: Major Spoilers in this post from Catching Fire & Mockingjay! 
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 Day 28: Favorite Tribute from 75th Hunger Games (besides Katniss & Peeta)


Besides, Katniss & Peeta, I'd say that my favorite tribute from the 75th Annual Hunger Games is Finnick. I really like Finnick. He's very funny & quirky. I really liked how he saved Peeta during the Games. I know the reasons why he did so, but still. I also liked this part a lot:

"'Finnick?' I say. 'Maybe some pants?'

He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his gown, leaving him in just his underwear. 'Why? Do you find this'---he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose---'distracting?'

I can't help laughing because it's funny, and it's extra funny because it makes Boggs look so uncomfortable, and I'm happy because Finnick actually sounds like the guy I met at the Quarter Quell."

-Mockingjay page 79

Quite hilarious! Plus, he helped Katniss a lot while she was struggling greatly during Mockingjay. Those parts made the book better for me.

-E

Day 28

Day 28: Favorite Tribute from 74th Hunger Games (Besides Katniss & Peeta)


Spoilers are in this post!


Besides Peeta & Katniss, I'll say:

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Rue!

I adored little Rue. She's so sweet & innocent. She definitely should not have been in the Games.She was 12  years old! None of the children should have been in the Games but throwing a little 12 year old in the Games is just horrible. It kind of makes me wonder though, if Katniss was unable to volunteer as Tribute or if Katniss was too old to volunteer, would Prim & Rue have gotten along? I think so. I think Prim and Rue would have been good friends. 

This is random but, I also wonder would Peeta have tried to protect Prim the way he protected Katniss? I definitely think so. He knew how important Prim was to Katniss. The sad thing is though, Peeta would have died if Katniss didn't volunteer. Wow, I think I just sparked an interesting topic to talk about later in this blog. Keep an eye out!

-E

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Day 27: The Scene in Mockingjay You're Most Looking Forward To

Day 27 of the 30 Day Challenge: The scene in Mockingjay you're most looking forward to


Warning: There is a huge Mockingjay spoiler in this tiny post!






As you may recall from Day 3 of the Challenge, I mentioned my favorite part of the series being literally the last part of the series when Katniss & Peeta finally get together! So, of course, this is the part I'm most looking forward to seeing in Mockingjay. Hopefully, it will be better than the book and will actually have a full scene of the two of them together, but who knows? We will just have to wait and see what happens.


-E

Day 26

Day 26: The scene in Catching Fire you're most looking forward to


Warning: There is a huge Catching Fire spoiler in this small post!


I'm definitely looking forward to a lot of different parts of Catching Fire. If I must be specific though and pick one, I'd choose the part in which Peeta and Katniss are both awake and keeping guard during the 75th annual Hunger Games while at the beach. During that part, Peeta tries to convince Katniss that she should let him die so she can live because she has a family (and Gale) who care about her back in District 12 while he has nobody. Technically, he had his family, but they didn't love him the way Katniss's family (and Gale) love her. This is the part when Katniss realizes that she would miss Peeta and would be a completely miserable without him. She tells him this, but he keeps trying to talk her out of it, and to live. He even mentions indirectly that he would die so Katniss can marry Gale. Katniss won't let Peeta talk her into it, and she ends up kissing him. Then, Katniss gets the "feeling" within her when she kisses him (a feeling she never got when kissing Gale), a feeling that makes her hungry for more of his kisses. It's one of the parts in the series when you know that she loves him, but she just doesn't know it yet. I also like how in the morning she can barely look Peeta in the eye because of all the kissing they did the night before. haha.


Oh goodness. I cannot wait to see that scene. So romantic. Ahhh... Is it November 2013 yet? Okay, I don't want time to rush away, but I'm still looking forward to this part.

Day 25 of the 30 Day HG Challenge

Favorite Capitol Citizen
This one's easy!!

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Cinna of course!

 I almost listed him as my favorite adult character & he definitely is one of them. I also should have mentioned him as one of my favorite "minor" characters. He plays such an essential role. He is the only person from the Capitol who understands what Katniss is going through. He is also the only Capitol citizen who knows what the Capitol is doing is incredibly wrong. I also like how he ends up being Katniss's friend. He is such a likable character! Lenny Kravitz did an excellent job portraying him!

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Fictional Couples

As some of you may or may not know, I love romance! Romance is probably my favorite element of a good book. However, in some books, the romance doesn't work (at least not for me), but that's a different story. In this post I will list fictional couples that I prefer. Some I obviously like more than others (the ones in red are the ones that I LOVE, those in bold but aren't red are ones I like but don't love obsessively, & the ones in that aren't either are the ones that I'm okay with--if they end up together, great! If not, who cares?).  I'm also not going to discuss whether or not these couples actually end up together or not (some don't). In some cases (those of which have more sequels coming out) nobody knows if these couples will end up together in the end.

Divergent

Tobias & Tris

Harry Potter

Ron & Hermione

Harry & Cho OR Harry & Luna

Luna & Neville

The Hunger Games

Katniss & Peeta

Gale & Madge (kind of)

Finnick & Annie

Delirium

Alex & Lena

The Insider Series

Riley & Trella

Scorpio Races

Sean & Puck

Matched

Cassia & Ky OR Cassia & Xander

These are the only ones I can think of at the moment. I will post another list at the end of the summer after I read more books.

-E

Day 24: Favorite Minor Character

 Day 24: Favorite Minor Character 


(As usual, there are spoilers in this post.)


I seem to be saying this a lot, but this is a difficult one. I wouldn't say that I have a favorite "minor" character. I have a few favorites:

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Prim is definitely a favorite "minor" character of mine. I use the term "minor" loosely considering how important of a character she is. If it weren't for Prim, Katniss never would have participated in the Hunger Games in the first place!

I really like how Prim grows and matures in both Catching Fire & Mockingjay. She's seemed so mature for a 13 year old.

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As I said a few days ago, I really like Haymitch. He is definitely one of my favorite "minor" characters as well. Again, I use the term loosely espeically since he is so important to the story. I guess most of the characters are crucial to the story. The story wouldn't be the way it is without most of the characters there.

And lastly, Finnick. Unfortunately Finnick hasn't been cast yet (or if he has, it hasn't been announced publicly yet) so I don't have any photos to post, but I really do like Finnick a lot. I like both his serious and humorous side.

-E

Day 23: Favorite Jennifer Lawrence Dress

Today is Day 23 of the 30 Day Hunger Games Challenge!
Favorite Jennifer Lawrence Dress That She Wore While Promoting The Hunger Games


I would say that my favorite dress that Jen has worn while promoting HG is the outfit she wore in NYC both to the premiere & to the book signing at Barnes and Noble. I like it because although it's simple, it looks stunning on her & that color looks great on her as well. I can also see myself wearing a similar dress. It's definitely my style for sure (except for the V neck)!

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Day 22: Favorite Katniss Hairstyle in the Movie

Day 22: Favorite Katniss Hairstyle in the Movie

(Some spoilers from the first book & movie are mentioned in this post)


From the moment I first saw the trailer, I absolutely loved how Katniss's hair looked when she wore it down. It looked beautiful. I really wish my hair looked that stunning. Here's the part of the trailer that I'm referring to:

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She also wore her hair down at the end when she and Peeta are named Victors of the 74th Annual Hunger Games. See below:

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I thought she looked prettiest during that part. Of course, she wasn't dressing the way she would in real life but still I thought she looked gorgeous.

She also had her hair down at the very end during the train ride:

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Plus, Peeta looks totally gorgeous as well ;)

Thanks for reading!

-E