Teaser Tuesday: The Iron Duaghter by Julie Kagawa

 Not me. Puck's normal grin came flashing back. I've been gone for too long--long enough for anyone to forget that I ever went to high school. The most I'll get is a vague recollection, like  deja vu, but no one will really recognize me." He shrugged. One of the perks of being me."

The Iron Daughter  bu Julie Kagawa

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Visit her blog here

Musing Mondays: June 20th

Musing Mondays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB on her blog  here

This week’s musing asks…

Do you like movies made from books? Which ones do you think have been done well — kept mostly to the plot of the book, etc?

Some of my favorite books such as Eragon, Harry Potter, Ink heart have been made into movie is not necessary that they stick to the story line. I think if the movie can portray or even hint at the books intended meaning then its an ok movie for me. There is only so much you can fit into a 2 hour movie!

I think one of my favorite movies of all time (besides Harry Potter & Twilight) has to be the Golden Compass. I absolutely adored this movie and thought it came out better than the book. It really brought my imagination and I loved all the special a effects added in. It wasn't to pushy and didn't make me cringe. 

Another one I felt was better as a movie was "The Girl with A Dragon Tattoo" . Personally for me the book made me yack. For me it was completely utterly boring. I really couldn't figure out if it was the writing style or the lack of proper translation to get the feeling across. But then again I was never the one for this type of genre.

That is what I like about books made into movies it brings our imagination to a whole new level, into a more visual sense of being. I admit some books into movies suck but thats another meme for another Monday.

Question of The Books:Which Fictional Character are you in Love With?

The Story Sirens In My Mailbox series that she runs every Sunday, had a book I was interested in. It was called the Vampire Stalker by Allison Van Diepen. She said it was about a girl how falls in love with a fictional character from a book but it turns the character is not really fictional at all but is actually real!
 So I pose this questions to everyone:

You can post in the comments below or if you are a book blogger can post the link of your answer in the comments below. I will post my answer at the end of the week. I am really looking forward to everyone answers!

ReVamping The Blog

Hi Everyone!
I was not being lax on my "uncalled" week off I am currently in the middle of revamping my site adding other nicks and quacks to my little blog on the bloggerworld. You can now see the new layout but I am still in the process of finishing it.  Please look forward to better reviews,memes, and giveaways!

Book Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Divergent by Veronica Roth

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves… or it might destroy her.

Divergent by Veronica Roth had me reading and reading all the way to the end.I just couldn't put it down. The  basic premise of the story  is a girl who does not fit in with what her parents expect of her and wants to go her own way. She knows the path she has chosen is difficult but she is willing to go through with it even at the cost of never seeing her family again. Tris world is set in a dystopia world  controlled by a government who never wants a war. Everyone is divided into 5 factions : Abnegation,Amity,Candor,Dauntless, Erudite. Each factions stands for trait that fits your personality. But there is a problem with that  Tris  is Divergent and know one must know. 


I felt as if Beatrice as well as Tris has grown on me through out the novel. Beatrice has  expreinced hardships and reshaping of her ingrained ideas of the world. Everything has changed now and has become  Tris a but kicking tough Dauntless. She has learned to loved, cry, fight, as well as survive.


 I think personally the reason why this YA read is riveting is because we too as young adults face these challenges. Perhaps not in the setting of a dystopian world but in a world where  we try to figure out who we are and what we plan to do in the future. 

 I feel like someone breathed new air into my lungs. I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless. I am Divergent. And I can't be controlled...

  
I learned something from Tris. You are who you are and you should follow your dreams. 

 

• Divergent is the first book of the Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth. The second book should be out late 2011 or early 2012. 
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