Guys, I just finished it. I just finished Ally Carter's Gallagher Girls series. I swear, she is a genius. Ally Carter doesn't forget a thing and never fails to blow me away with her stories. Like, oh my gosh. She is just awesome. Ally Carter, you're kind of like Taylor Swift, 'cause you "never miss a beat... AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DON'T SEE!" Seriously, you should have an army of fangirls and I feel like you just don't. And you really just need to. The Gallagher Girls fandom should really be the biggest fandom on the earth. And it just isn't. And I have a problem with that.
If you guys would like to follow my reviews you can do it here.
Now I'm going to be rereading the Hunger Games trilogy, and for those of you who know me, you know that I love it. I feel like I have half of it memorized because I just look at it so often all the time, but there are some things I would really like to look at more in depth in its entirety. Katniss is the best protagonist ever. I am so ready. (Because I'm pretty sure this might be one of the best trilogies to reread ever.)
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Friday, February 27, 2015
Out of Sight, Out of Time Chapter Twenty-Five
(Spoilers for Out of Sight, Out of Time)
So I've been reading Ally Carter's Out of Sight, Out of Time (I just finished it tonight!) and it was pretty much one of the best-written books ever.... But I had to write about this chapter alone because this is where I thought "Dang, who even knew you could do so much right in just one chapter?"
In the third book in the Gallagher Girls series, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover, Sam Winters is running for president of the United States with Macey's dad as his vice. And Preston Winters is Governor Winters's son. And everyone thinks that's really cute and all. Until later in that book Macey actually kind of starts to like Preston! Which I think is adorable, because they're both kind of misunderstood kids and totally lovable. They're just super cute and Macey deserves that. But hey, I'm getting sidetracked. So after Governor Winters and Macey's dad lost the election, Preston Winters isn't in the stories anymore. Well that's what you think until you read this book and this chapter of this book and out of nowhere here's Preston Winters and he's seen Cammie over the summer and out of nowhere he's suddenly a significant character again! Ally Carter, it seems you miss nothing. Nothing at all.
And it doesn't stop there. Because after all the chaos of this chapter and I won't go into all the glorious details here, Preston shows the things Cammie left behind when she was staying with Preston that summer.
We all know what the point of I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You was. Cammie was writing a CoveOps report for the thing that had happened between her and Josh that semester. Preston pulls out a passport and a book. Cammie knows that book because it's the CoveOps report she wrote sophomore year fall semester and that's awesome Ally Carter you are the best writer on the earth!
And that's just that chapter. It gets better from there. If you want to follow my book reviews you can do so here.
So I've been reading Ally Carter's Out of Sight, Out of Time (I just finished it tonight!) and it was pretty much one of the best-written books ever.... But I had to write about this chapter alone because this is where I thought "Dang, who even knew you could do so much right in just one chapter?"
In the third book in the Gallagher Girls series, Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover, Sam Winters is running for president of the United States with Macey's dad as his vice. And Preston Winters is Governor Winters's son. And everyone thinks that's really cute and all. Until later in that book Macey actually kind of starts to like Preston! Which I think is adorable, because they're both kind of misunderstood kids and totally lovable. They're just super cute and Macey deserves that. But hey, I'm getting sidetracked. So after Governor Winters and Macey's dad lost the election, Preston Winters isn't in the stories anymore. Well that's what you think until you read this book and this chapter of this book and out of nowhere here's Preston Winters and he's seen Cammie over the summer and out of nowhere he's suddenly a significant character again! Ally Carter, it seems you miss nothing. Nothing at all.
And it doesn't stop there. Because after all the chaos of this chapter and I won't go into all the glorious details here, Preston shows the things Cammie left behind when she was staying with Preston that summer.
We all know what the point of I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You was. Cammie was writing a CoveOps report for the thing that had happened between her and Josh that semester. Preston pulls out a passport and a book. Cammie knows that book because it's the CoveOps report she wrote sophomore year fall semester and that's awesome Ally Carter you are the best writer on the earth!
And that's just that chapter. It gets better from there. If you want to follow my book reviews you can do so here.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Gallagher Girls
So I just finished reading and rereading some of the Nancy Drew books.....
Nancy Drew started in 1930 and heck were those first few books just adorable and I loved them so much. But did we need 350 books after that and still going strong? But I guess that going strong isn't exactly accurate because Nancy Drew books haven't been good for a while. When the first books came out they were one of the cutest ideas in the world of literature. Now, they are one of the world of literature's biggest mistakes.
I'm going to start rereading the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter, about Cammie Morgan who goes to the Gallagher Academy, a school for spies. I read the first four back when there were only four and I was sure she would end the series there. It felt so closed to me. My friend thought that it could go either way. Maybe Ally would write another, maybe she wouldn't. But I was sure she wouldn't. When she wrote another, I was actually mad. I thought that the series was over! It felt over!
Now there are six books in this series and I am excited to finish it. I'm starting at the beginning though, with I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You. I will stand by the fact that this series is the best chick lit ever written. I'm excited!
Nancy Drew started in 1930 and heck were those first few books just adorable and I loved them so much. But did we need 350 books after that and still going strong? But I guess that going strong isn't exactly accurate because Nancy Drew books haven't been good for a while. When the first books came out they were one of the cutest ideas in the world of literature. Now, they are one of the world of literature's biggest mistakes.
I'm going to start rereading the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter, about Cammie Morgan who goes to the Gallagher Academy, a school for spies. I read the first four back when there were only four and I was sure she would end the series there. It felt so closed to me. My friend thought that it could go either way. Maybe Ally would write another, maybe she wouldn't. But I was sure she wouldn't. When she wrote another, I was actually mad. I thought that the series was over! It felt over!
Now there are six books in this series and I am excited to finish it. I'm starting at the beginning though, with I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You. I will stand by the fact that this series is the best chick lit ever written. I'm excited!
Blind Dates Are Just Real-Life OTPs
This is something that I realized a bit ago.
Blind dates, when somebody sets you up on a date with a person you don't know. I hear they are awful. Why would anyone ever put their friends through this? Because they are hardcore shipping their two friends together and it just needs to be a thing.
People just get immense joy out of imagining how cute two people would be if they were together. The next time someone thinks you're weird for having an OTP (my friends laughed at me so hard when I said that Flynn and Rapunzel were my Disney OTP and then they asked what an OTP was), just remember that people outside of the fandom world do it too, even if they don't know it.
And just think, when you go on a blind date and it's just really terrible, it's kind of like when you ship a couple that the author didn't actually write. That's crazy.
Blind dates, when somebody sets you up on a date with a person you don't know. I hear they are awful. Why would anyone ever put their friends through this? Because they are hardcore shipping their two friends together and it just needs to be a thing.
People just get immense joy out of imagining how cute two people would be if they were together. The next time someone thinks you're weird for having an OTP (my friends laughed at me so hard when I said that Flynn and Rapunzel were my Disney OTP and then they asked what an OTP was), just remember that people outside of the fandom world do it too, even if they don't know it.
And just think, when you go on a blind date and it's just really terrible, it's kind of like when you ship a couple that the author didn't actually write. That's crazy.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Phoenixes
(Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
Hey, guys, hi!
So as many of you may have seen on the Facebook page me and my sister went to the first part of a Harry Potter marathon, the first two movies.
(Look, my sister has an awesome Hufflepuff lanyard and bottle of felix felicis around her neck!)
And it was Fawkes at the end of Chamber of Secrets that got me thinking.
Okay, firstly, we wondered, if phoenix tears have healing powers, why didn't Dumbledore just offer up Fawkes for all the petrified people? Instead they had to wait for the mandrakes to be ready. But what if that worked? Maybe it wouldn't. But it was just something I wondered.
And now I'm going to say what I started thinking. Phoenixes are kind of like people.
Wait, what? Let me explain myself. So Dumbledore is describing to Harry in his office all the things that the phoenix can do. He says first that they can carry incredibly heavy loads. And I thought hey, I've watched people go through really hard stuff in their lives but they can still handle it and by the time it's all over they aren't completely done, they can keep going still. People can carry incredibly heavy loads too.
And then Dumbledore said that phoenix's tears have healing powers. Honestly when I thought about it I thought that it was kind of a miracle that phoenixes could cry at all, because they're birds and birds don't generally cry. But I thought about it and I thought that people's tears have healing powers too. Because when a person is so heartbroken and devastated about whatever has happened to them, and then someone is mourning with them, or crying should I say, because they care about that person, and that makes that person feel just a little bit better.
So whenever you are thinking that you are not amazing, remember that that is not true! Because you have the same powers as a phoenix and that is awesome! I love you, fandomeers!
Hey, guys, hi!
So as many of you may have seen on the Facebook page me and my sister went to the first part of a Harry Potter marathon, the first two movies.
And it was Fawkes at the end of Chamber of Secrets that got me thinking.
Okay, firstly, we wondered, if phoenix tears have healing powers, why didn't Dumbledore just offer up Fawkes for all the petrified people? Instead they had to wait for the mandrakes to be ready. But what if that worked? Maybe it wouldn't. But it was just something I wondered.
And now I'm going to say what I started thinking. Phoenixes are kind of like people.
Wait, what? Let me explain myself. So Dumbledore is describing to Harry in his office all the things that the phoenix can do. He says first that they can carry incredibly heavy loads. And I thought hey, I've watched people go through really hard stuff in their lives but they can still handle it and by the time it's all over they aren't completely done, they can keep going still. People can carry incredibly heavy loads too.
And then Dumbledore said that phoenix's tears have healing powers. Honestly when I thought about it I thought that it was kind of a miracle that phoenixes could cry at all, because they're birds and birds don't generally cry. But I thought about it and I thought that people's tears have healing powers too. Because when a person is so heartbroken and devastated about whatever has happened to them, and then someone is mourning with them, or crying should I say, because they care about that person, and that makes that person feel just a little bit better.
So whenever you are thinking that you are not amazing, remember that that is not true! Because you have the same powers as a phoenix and that is awesome! I love you, fandomeers!
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
I'M BACK!!!
(Spoilers for Heroes of Olympus)
Hey guys! I'm so happy to see you!! For those of you who are wondering where I've been, I haven't actually been anywhere. I've just been hecka busy I guess. Well while we're here I guess I wanted a little check-in post about all the things that have been going on :)
So guys. Blood of Olympus is finally out! I'm trying to find enough time to read so that eventually I can start rereading/finishing that series!
(Guys, please remember that I have still only read up to Son of Neptune so please do not say anything :/)
But I'll be honest with you guys. Seriously? Rumors of a new series? Why is he doing this? Eventually some authors I feel like just keep going because they get really attached to their characters. Rick didn't fail us with Heroes of Olympus. But then there's things like the crossovers with Kane Chronicles and Percy Jackson that he's written and it makes me uneasy, because how long can he go on writing a story that's over? Maybe he can make it work again. We'll just have to wait and see.
Hey guys! I'm so happy to see you!! For those of you who are wondering where I've been, I haven't actually been anywhere. I've just been hecka busy I guess. Well while we're here I guess I wanted a little check-in post about all the things that have been going on :)
So guys. Blood of Olympus is finally out! I'm trying to find enough time to read so that eventually I can start rereading/finishing that series!
(Guys, please remember that I have still only read up to Son of Neptune so please do not say anything :/)
But I'll be honest with you guys. Seriously? Rumors of a new series? Why is he doing this? Eventually some authors I feel like just keep going because they get really attached to their characters. Rick didn't fail us with Heroes of Olympus. But then there's things like the crossovers with Kane Chronicles and Percy Jackson that he's written and it makes me uneasy, because how long can he go on writing a story that's over? Maybe he can make it work again. We'll just have to wait and see.
And yes, guys, Mockingjay Part 1 is finally here! I have still not seen it so please do not say anything :/ (I feel like you guys are probably wondering "Dang! Has she done anything?!") But you must know that on the day it came out I wore my Hunger Games t-shirt, my Mockingjay pin, my Peeta bracelet and brought my Peeta blanket to school? (Which I posted a picture of on my Facebook page which you can like here) It was kind of awesome, if I'm being completely honest with you all. My little brother saw Mockingjay for a birthday party he went to, his first time seeing a Hunger Games movie! So after that he watched The Hunger Games and Catching Fire.... Now how do we convince him to read it?
I'm going to write another post tomorrow! Winter break should mean lots of time, right? :D I love you guys!
I'm going to write another post tomorrow! Winter break should mean lots of time, right? :D I love you guys!
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Horcruxes
Hey hey guys! It has been way too long since I have written for you all! I just checked and I haven't written a post since the eleventh of September. And that was a just-checking-in post. I am sooo sorry. Well fandomeers I hope you're happy to see me because writing for you all is a pleasure!
(Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
Well friends I guess that I am here to tell you a little story about me and the Harry Potter fandom. Harry Potter is that fandom that I can't remember not being a part of. Since I was a young kid I was into Harry Potter. That was my thing. So I saw the first four movies when I was a kid (or at least the first three and most of the fourth). And around that time or something I started reading the books and I read the first four no problem. Well around the time I read the fifth book I wanted to finish that book before the movie came out and before I went to see it in a theater. Well let me just tell you fandomeers I did not accomplish this goal. And the next time I watched that movie I was yelling at the screen because I was so upset at Percy Weasley because by then I had finished the book. Then with the sixth book, The Half-Blood Prince, I was going to try to complete my goal again. I came even closer this time but still did not do it. I had the same goal for Deathly Hallows but this time was actually successful. :)
But I don't know that's just context really and that's actually I suppose the entire story but that wasn't really my point. Because there weren't a ton of things in the Harry Potter stories that surprised me. I had seen most of the things before I read them. I already knew what was coming. There is still a ton of pleasure of reading these stories even if you know what's coming as many of you may know. But I guess that I have a pretty special place in my heart for horcruxes. Because I started the fifth and sixth book not knowing what was going to happen but those were all pretty basic things that we knew existed. Horcruxes, those were completely new. And those I learned from reading the books. It was incredible. Reading Slughorn's memory, turning the page into a chapter entitled "Horcruxes" and learning what those were. So I got to learn about horcruxes from the Harry Potter books and experience those for the first time that way. Is there not something truly magical about that?
(Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
Well friends I guess that I am here to tell you a little story about me and the Harry Potter fandom. Harry Potter is that fandom that I can't remember not being a part of. Since I was a young kid I was into Harry Potter. That was my thing. So I saw the first four movies when I was a kid (or at least the first three and most of the fourth). And around that time or something I started reading the books and I read the first four no problem. Well around the time I read the fifth book I wanted to finish that book before the movie came out and before I went to see it in a theater. Well let me just tell you fandomeers I did not accomplish this goal. And the next time I watched that movie I was yelling at the screen because I was so upset at Percy Weasley because by then I had finished the book. Then with the sixth book, The Half-Blood Prince, I was going to try to complete my goal again. I came even closer this time but still did not do it. I had the same goal for Deathly Hallows but this time was actually successful. :)
But I don't know that's just context really and that's actually I suppose the entire story but that wasn't really my point. Because there weren't a ton of things in the Harry Potter stories that surprised me. I had seen most of the things before I read them. I already knew what was coming. There is still a ton of pleasure of reading these stories even if you know what's coming as many of you may know. But I guess that I have a pretty special place in my heart for horcruxes. Because I started the fifth and sixth book not knowing what was going to happen but those were all pretty basic things that we knew existed. Horcruxes, those were completely new. And those I learned from reading the books. It was incredible. Reading Slughorn's memory, turning the page into a chapter entitled "Horcruxes" and learning what those were. So I got to learn about horcruxes from the Harry Potter books and experience those for the first time that way. Is there not something truly magical about that?
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