Hello all! I hope you had a great week! I had a great week as far as reading goes. I managed to finish two books, Cinderella's Dress by Shonna Slayton. It was pretty good. I think I gave it a four out of five star rating on GoodReads. I was expecting it to be more of a retelling of Cinderella, but it wasn't. But I'll get more into that in my wrap-up at the end of the month. :)
The second book I finished was The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick. I was really impressed with the book, but not so much the movie. The stories just didn't match up like I was expecting. But Jennifer Lawrence was awesome! :)
I also was able to start Dead Girl's Detective Agency by Suzy Cox. I only got about 25 pages into it before I feel asleep last night, but I'm going to pick that up when I'm done writing this.
What have you read this week? Anything good?
I'm hoping to have a joint review of The Silver Linings Playbook book and movie up sometime tomorrow or Sunday. Keep checking back!
Type at you later!
Shea
Showing posts with label End of the Week Updates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label End of the Week Updates. Show all posts
Friday, April 10, 2015
Friday, April 3, 2015
End of the Week Update
Hello all!
This week, I didn't read as much as I was hoping to. I had so much to do between school and appointments. It was just a really long week for me. But, I was able to read some more of Wicked! I'm up to page 300 or so and the story is still really good. I'm hoping to be able to see the play on Broadway soon *crosses fingers*.
I also started Cinderella's Dress. I'm only about 20 pages in. But I'll keep you updated there as well!
How about you? What has your reading week been like?
Type at you later!
Shea
This week, I didn't read as much as I was hoping to. I had so much to do between school and appointments. It was just a really long week for me. But, I was able to read some more of Wicked! I'm up to page 300 or so and the story is still really good. I'm hoping to be able to see the play on Broadway soon *crosses fingers*.
I also started Cinderella's Dress. I'm only about 20 pages in. But I'll keep you updated there as well!
How about you? What has your reading week been like?
Type at you later!
Shea
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Insurgent Review/End of the Week Update!
Hello all! Well, I've finally been to see Insurgent! I went to a showing today. I must say that it was really good, but there were a couple of things that bothered me. And correct me if I'm wrong here, it's been a while since I've read the books.
Okay, first off, I will always have a love-hate relationship with Ansel. How can the same person play Agustus Waters AND Caleb Pryor????? My aunt went with me to the movie and I told her that Caleb was only playing the nice guy. She was shocked to find out that he returns to Euridite and becomes Janine's left hand guy.... ish.
Next, isn't Johanna's face scarred? Don't get me wrong, Octavia Spencer is a beautiful woman, but I think Johanna's character needed the scars to show her strength.
Okay, this is one I'm a bit fuzzy on and may need to be corrected. But, doesn't Four's mom and the factionless come in in mostly the third book?
Also, I wish they showed a little bit more of FourTris' relationship because I ship them so hard.
Other than my discrepancies, I think the movie was pretty good. The sims were put together really well and Peter lived up to his character as always. It didn't match the books very well and I could go on and on and on about how I felt about that, but I won't. If it matched the book, it would have been a solid five out of five star movie. But since it wasn't, I give it a three/three and a half star rating.
Okay, now I'm going onto my end of the week reading update!
So this past week, I finished the Harry Potter series. You can see my responses to the Ultimate Harry Potter Tag in my previous post.
The day after I finished the Harry Potter series, I picked up Wicked by Gregory Mcquire. I haven't gotten very far in, and I seem to have misplaced the book somewhere in my bed............. But, it is a great story so far. So far, Elphaba is still a baby. I can't wait to see what happens as the story goes on.
I'll keep you updated!
Type at you later!
Shea
Okay, first off, I will always have a love-hate relationship with Ansel. How can the same person play Agustus Waters AND Caleb Pryor????? My aunt went with me to the movie and I told her that Caleb was only playing the nice guy. She was shocked to find out that he returns to Euridite and becomes Janine's left hand guy.... ish.
Next, isn't Johanna's face scarred? Don't get me wrong, Octavia Spencer is a beautiful woman, but I think Johanna's character needed the scars to show her strength.
Okay, this is one I'm a bit fuzzy on and may need to be corrected. But, doesn't Four's mom and the factionless come in in mostly the third book?
Also, I wish they showed a little bit more of FourTris' relationship because I ship them so hard.
Other than my discrepancies, I think the movie was pretty good. The sims were put together really well and Peter lived up to his character as always. It didn't match the books very well and I could go on and on and on about how I felt about that, but I won't. If it matched the book, it would have been a solid five out of five star movie. But since it wasn't, I give it a three/three and a half star rating.
Okay, now I'm going onto my end of the week reading update!
So this past week, I finished the Harry Potter series. You can see my responses to the Ultimate Harry Potter Tag in my previous post.
The day after I finished the Harry Potter series, I picked up Wicked by Gregory Mcquire. I haven't gotten very far in, and I seem to have misplaced the book somewhere in my bed............. But, it is a great story so far. So far, Elphaba is still a baby. I can't wait to see what happens as the story goes on.
I'll keep you updated!
Type at you later!
Shea
Sunday, March 22, 2015
End of the Week/Beginning of the Week Update
Hi everybody!
I'm sorry I didn't post an end of the week update this week. I didn't want to post one on Friday because it was a snow day for me and I did a lot of reading. And then it seemed silly to do one yesterday as I would have this one up today.
Anyway, I had a pretty good reading week this week. I was able to finish Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as well as start and finish Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I had some extra time on my hands this week so it was great to be able to get so much reading done.
Now, my plans for this week are to start Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'm actually going to do that when I finish and post this post. I'm really looking forward to this one because its the one I've read the least amount of time and I'm pretty sure I'm missing some details. But there are some things that stick out in my memory from the movie that I want to check with the book.
When I finish the series, I want to find a couple of Harry Potter Tags and fill them in for you guys so you get a little bit more in depth to my thoughts of the Harry Potter series.
I think I'm going to have a few days on my hands to read because I've gotten a nasty head cold and need a few days to recoup. I'll keep you updated.
Until then,
Type at you later!
Shea
I'm sorry I didn't post an end of the week update this week. I didn't want to post one on Friday because it was a snow day for me and I did a lot of reading. And then it seemed silly to do one yesterday as I would have this one up today.
Anyway, I had a pretty good reading week this week. I was able to finish Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as well as start and finish Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I had some extra time on my hands this week so it was great to be able to get so much reading done.
Now, my plans for this week are to start Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'm actually going to do that when I finish and post this post. I'm really looking forward to this one because its the one I've read the least amount of time and I'm pretty sure I'm missing some details. But there are some things that stick out in my memory from the movie that I want to check with the book.
When I finish the series, I want to find a couple of Harry Potter Tags and fill them in for you guys so you get a little bit more in depth to my thoughts of the Harry Potter series.
I think I'm going to have a few days on my hands to read because I've gotten a nasty head cold and need a few days to recoup. I'll keep you updated.
Until then,
Type at you later!
Shea
Friday, March 13, 2015
End of the Week Update!
Hey everybody!
I hope your week went well! Mine was a little crazy with school and meetings and college stuffs. But, I still managed to get some reading done!!! I finished the fourth Harry Potter and loved it once again. I always love reading the imposter Moody's side of the story. Don't get me wrong, I still think Barty Crouch Jr. is a vile, evil person. But, I really love hearing things from the villain's perspective. That would be my vote if there were ever to be another Harry Potter book. A story from the perspective of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. ;P
After I finished the fourth book, I immediately picked up the fifth one. Because I had so much to do this week, I was really only reading at bedtime. With this said, I've only gotten to page 237 (which is in the middle of a chapter!). It's taking me a little while to get through it. As I was reading through the part where they were cleaning out the cupboards in the drawing room and they found the necklace that no-one could open, I wanted to jump into the story and tell them to keep it in a safe place. But I suppose if they did that there would be no point to the sixth book or most of the seventh, would there?
But here's my question (and please debate it with me!) are the thestrals pronounced with a th- sound? Or is the th- sound pronounced as a p- sound? The reason I as is because I'm pretty sure in the movie, Luna pronounces it with a p- sound. But, I've heard it pronounced with the th- sound as well. Now I'm all confused!
I hope you all had a great reading week. I'm off to paint my nails because they've been blank for about three days now and that's longer than I usually go without having color on my nails. But that's a story for a different day.
Type at you later!
Shea
I hope your week went well! Mine was a little crazy with school and meetings and college stuffs. But, I still managed to get some reading done!!! I finished the fourth Harry Potter and loved it once again. I always love reading the imposter Moody's side of the story. Don't get me wrong, I still think Barty Crouch Jr. is a vile, evil person. But, I really love hearing things from the villain's perspective. That would be my vote if there were ever to be another Harry Potter book. A story from the perspective of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. ;P
After I finished the fourth book, I immediately picked up the fifth one. Because I had so much to do this week, I was really only reading at bedtime. With this said, I've only gotten to page 237 (which is in the middle of a chapter!). It's taking me a little while to get through it. As I was reading through the part where they were cleaning out the cupboards in the drawing room and they found the necklace that no-one could open, I wanted to jump into the story and tell them to keep it in a safe place. But I suppose if they did that there would be no point to the sixth book or most of the seventh, would there?
But here's my question (and please debate it with me!) are the thestrals pronounced with a th- sound? Or is the th- sound pronounced as a p- sound? The reason I as is because I'm pretty sure in the movie, Luna pronounces it with a p- sound. But, I've heard it pronounced with the th- sound as well. Now I'm all confused!
I hope you all had a great reading week. I'm off to paint my nails because they've been blank for about three days now and that's longer than I usually go without having color on my nails. But that's a story for a different day.
Type at you later!
Shea
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