This post is linked to Stacking the Shelves (hosted by Tynga Reviews) and The Sunday Post (hosted by Kimba @Caffeinated Book Reviewer).
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Read
Feed by M.T. Anderson
Finished Feed a book set in a futuristic world where people are completely immersed in technology and consumerism. In Feed, people have access to a wealth of information which are transmitted to a feed implant in their brain. They are constantly bombarded by entertainment, advertising and messages by friends and family. Being fed information instantaneously consequently results in the erosion of people cognitive ability. Most don't know how to read, write or even speak in complete sentences. Imagine knowing that 10 plus 10 is 20 because you brain googles this answer but don't actually know how to calculate this on your own. Only when a hacker attacks their feeds does Titus, the main character, becomes aware of the pervasiveness of the feed and the negative effects that they have. I find books that create a new language/slangs challenging to read; meaning extremely difficult to read. This as well. I nearly gave up as it was hard trying to make sense of this new world and trying to decipher what the characters were saying with all the made up slang filled dialogue. It was only midway through that the world began to make more sense and I understood the language more. Overall I find myself liking the book and gives me much to think about.
Finished Feed a book set in a futuristic world where people are completely immersed in technology and consumerism. In Feed, people have access to a wealth of information which are transmitted to a feed implant in their brain. They are constantly bombarded by entertainment, advertising and messages by friends and family. Being fed information instantaneously consequently results in the erosion of people cognitive ability. Most don't know how to read, write or even speak in complete sentences. Imagine knowing that 10 plus 10 is 20 because you brain googles this answer but don't actually know how to calculate this on your own. Only when a hacker attacks their feeds does Titus, the main character, becomes aware of the pervasiveness of the feed and the negative effects that they have. I find books that create a new language/slangs challenging to read; meaning extremely difficult to read. This as well. I nearly gave up as it was hard trying to make sense of this new world and trying to decipher what the characters were saying with all the made up slang filled dialogue. It was only midway through that the world began to make more sense and I understood the language more. Overall I find myself liking the book and gives me much to think about.
Watched
Petals on the Wind
Beware of some spoilers for Flowers in the Attic - Petals on the Wind was so bad. I understand that the children were screwed up by what happened to them in the attic but a lot of the stuff that happens until midway through in the Petals on the Wind just seemed like unnecessary attempts to be more scandalous than the incestuous affair of the teenage siblings in Flowers in the Attic. Example: what importance was Carrie's and the priest's engagement other than be a wafer like reason for her to seek her mother? Or even of Cathy's involvement with that toxic male dancer? Not much other than being a frivolous filler for an already short TV movie before the actual main confrontation/revenge plot comes into play.
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
This movie has such a low ratings on IMDB. I don't get it. It's not too bad. I think it's probably that with a lot of the Paranormal Activity movies there is no resolution in the end which leaves the audiences dissatisfied. I remember watching the first movie in the theater and when the credits rolled a person actually actual cried out something along the lines of "that's it?". So yeah the ending is always left hanging, although I do think they've tried to tie each of the sequels to the first movie. I'm not sure how coherent and successful they are at linking up the stories together since I have not watch any of the movies back to back or in the order they were released. Anyway, I did enjoy this movie. There were several scary bits but what I like most about it was the characters had great chemistry. They really seem like friends and family and we are one of them along for the ride.
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Thursday:Thursday Movie Picks #6 was Movies about Time Travel. I really enjoy watching time travel movies and had a lot of fun coming up with my picks. We also had the most of participants taking part in the meme last Thursday. So do check out what my Time Travel Movie picks were as well as the blogs that participated. Now next Thursdays topic is a lot of fun; Dramatic Scenes (Your pic of dramatic scenes. You can either quote the scene or post a YouTube clip of it). So if you love movies, come and take part in this weekly meme. You can read about future topics here.
Friday: Did another Let's Get Creative post.
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I have been hanging around Tumblr and seeing a lot of the Outlander gifs...I so want to watch this. It's a period time travel TV series...awesome right? If the books weren't so thick I'd probably have checked it out first.
I have the first Outlander book on my shelf but am too intimidated by its' size to open it up yet. All of these people raving about the books and show though are really making me reconsider. I hope that you have a great week in reading!
ReplyDeleteYes...it's thickness is intimidating, especially since I quite a slow reader.
DeleteFeed sounds interesting, although I also don't really like when you have to wade through a lot of made up slang. Still it's an interesting idea. Your Thursday post on time travel looks like fun, there are some good TT movies out there.
ReplyDeleteYeah it can make reading difficult, but I understand that it often gives a sense of authenticity to the world and it's characters.
DeleteI've heard a little bit about Feed and I definitely want to check it out at some point. I looove dystopian and sci-fi things. ^_^ My Stacking the Shelves!
ReplyDeleteDo check it out...and Dystopian is one of my favourite genres too.
DeleteFeed sounds very scary! And very possible! Eek.
ReplyDeleteHere's My Week!
Oh yes it rather scary. We are not quite at that level yet ... But with all the target marketing...yeah very possible.
DeleteI agree with Deb, Feed sounds pretty creepy. lol
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It is a bit.
DeleteI liked the first Paranormal Activity but haven't watched any of the others. The ending was definitely abrupt! I've been being told to read Outlander for years but I think I'm going to cheat a little and watch the show first to see if I'm interested in the story! I've heard great things about it!
ReplyDeleteI know right! The TV series look looks soo good.
DeleteI've watched the first 2 episodes of Outlander and it's enjoyable :) Have a great week !
ReplyDeleteSo jealous. I want to see it too.
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