Of Movies and Celebrity Casts

Okay, VERY excited about this post!

I'm supposed to compile a celebrity cast that would be used if the book I was reading were to be made into a movie.  I just started City of Ashes and i'm only one chapter in so far. However, I still remeber characters from the book before it (City of Bones) so I'll just use the characters from that book. Enjoy

Clarissa 'Clary' Fray- The main protagonist in City of Bones.
Actress: Bonnie Wright

Simon Lewis- Clary's best friend
Actor: Tyler Posey

Jace Wayland- A shadow hunter and love interest of Clary.

Actor: Jamie Campell Bower

Isabelle Lightwood- Jace's adopted sister; a shadow hunter.
Actress:  Danielle Panabaker

Alec Lightwood- Jace's adopted brother; a shadow hunter.

Actor: Andy Garfield

Hodge Starkweather- The tutor of Jace and the Lightwoods; a former Shadowhunter.

Actor: Hugh Grant

Magnus Bane- The 367 year-old, bisexual High Warlock of Brooklyn.
Actor: Wes Bentley (now try to imagine him with really wild hair...with glitter in it)

Valentine Morgenstern- A particulary evil Shadowhunter who is also Clary's father.

Actor: Richard Armitage (He's supposed to have light blonde hair , but I felt that the face was really good. Armitage just has this bad guy look to him.)

Lucian 'Luke' Graymark- Clary's uncle. He is a werewolf.

Actor: Sam Worthington

Total time this week: 2 hours

Total time for project: 62 hours

Of Spring Break Trips and Crappy Books

This weekend was spring break, which also brought with it the Washington D.C trip.  While the trip was awesome, the reading material was less than satisfactory. Okay, I'll be straight forward: it sucked.
I spent (or rather wasted) a couple of driving hours reading Mockingjay, the final book of the  Hunger Games series.  Now, the book wasn't all bad, the first part was pretty good, and a few selected tidbits through out, but over all, I was not impressed.  When I finished it, I literally closed the cover and said 'That was crap.'

First of all, the plot line of this book felt very rushed, like the author was trying to rush the story to an ending; this made it hard to follow what was happening to the characters.A lot of it was on Katniss as well.  She changed personality way too much during this book. Either she could handle something, or she couldn't.  Also, far too many good characters were killed off. One of my favorites had a few sentances of death, and then he was gone. Really?  For a character like him I think he could have gone alot more ceremoniously than that.

Total time read: 10 hrs
Total books read: 17
Total time for project: 60

Of Great Expectations

Okay, this one's gonna be a quickie because I need to sleep.
The wonder full theme for this week is to talk about the expectations you had of your book and if said book is in fact keeping up with those expectations
I just finished reading The Secret Life of Bees (which is a very good book, by the way)  and I have to say that it certainly lived up to my expectations. I actually watched the movie last year, so I had an idea of the storyline, but the book was even better.  Kudos to Sue Monk Kidd for a very good book!

I will be starting Mockingjay tomorrow, so hopefully that goes well..

Total time read this week: 7
Total time for project: 50
Books read: 16

Of Agonizing Antagonists

    This week's glorious topic is antagonists.  For any who don't know, the antagonist is essentially the 'bad guy'of the story who works against the protagonist, or the 'good guy'.

I have to admit this was little tricky to write about.  The book I'm currently reading is called Oh My Gods, and is a collection of Greek and Roman myths told in modern wording.  Aside from all the violence, disturbing murders of ones children, and gods seducing mortals, it's pretty interesting. 

Unfortunately, because it's not all one story, there isn't just one antagonist.  Fortunately, I just finished reading the section about Troy, so it's a little easier. If I had to decide on one, I'd say the main antagonist in the story is Eris. 

Eris was the Greek goddess of chaos, and because of this, wasn't invited to the wedding of Thetis and Peleus because Zeus was afraid she would cause discord at the celebration. So, being very put off, Eris tossed a gold apple into the party inscribed with the words 'For the Fairest'.  It was this apple that caused a squabble between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, and ultimately started the Trojan War.

Total time this week: 4 Hrs
Total time for project: 43
Books read: 14

Of Plot Twisting

This week's post is all about plot twists. If you could make a plot twist to your book, what would it be?
I just finished reading Perchance to Dream, which is the sequel to Eyes Like Stars. 
The books center around Beatrice Shakespeare Smith (Bertie), a seventeen year old girl who lives at the Theatre Illuminata.
Through a roller coaster of events, Bertie attempts to find out who her parents are, and also deals with the troubling issue of two boys, both of which are vying for her attention. 
One of them, Nate, is a pirate from The Little Mermaid and is always there for her, while the other, Ariel, is a romantic air spirit from The Tempest. Nate is kidnapped by a sea goddess in the first book, after which Bertie leaves to rescue him.  By the end of Perchance to Dream, Bertie does succeed in rescuing him, but  not without difficulty.  The sea goddess tries to make her choose between Ariel and Nate (she must choose the one she loves most to escape and leave the other behind), but it is revealed that Bertie loves both boys equally.  Because the book was already full of plot twists to begin with, it was hard to find a good one, but i think the best one would be if Bertie had indeed picked one boy over the other.  I wonder if she would have eventually regretted it if it had happened, and how it would affect her quest to reunite her parents.
I guess I'll just have to wait until the last book to find out what happens for sure.  (Library, I need you to come through for me here!)

Total time this week: 5 Hrs
Total time for project: 39
Books read: 14