Weekly Recap #1

This post is linked to Stacking The Shelves, a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves.

 

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff - The movie came out in theaters a few months ago. I didn't get a chance to see it then and I expect the dvd to be out soon, so I'll be reading the book before seeing it. Its also suppose to be really good so I'm looking forward to it. And its like 200 pages, I'm sure I'll be able to finish it quick.

 

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead -I haven't read a book from a teen vampire series since Breaking Dawn. I don't really find the synopsis of this book particularly interesting, but I know that this is a very popular book series which recently was turned into a movie as well so I am a little curious as to how I would like it.

 

Parasite by Mira Grant - I really like Mira Grant's Feed, it took some surprising heart wrenching turns, which is probably why I have yet to pick up the second book yet. In the mean time there's Parasite. Don't know when I'll get to reading it as its is one of those 500+ pages books and I suck at reading lengthy books.

World Cup and Blog Template

1) The 2nd 2014 World Cup semifinals ended in penalties with Argentina winning 4-2 against the Netherlands. I particularly dislike penalties. It seems so unfair that 5 players get to share the pressure of scoring a goal each while a goalkeeper bears all the pressure of saving 5 goals.

2) I feel like updating the look of the blog. Something more simpler. A new colour scheme. It was sometime end of last year that I decided on the look of this blog, creating the background, banner, icons but only started posting in March. Months later, now, when I am posting more frequently, the look of the blog no longer suits me. So expect things to change in the next few weeks.

Book after Movie: Children of Men

How many times have I or any other reader complained that a movie adaptation is soo much different from the book that it is based on. Yet there are instances when I'm glad that the movie deviates from the book. Perhaps this is only in the cases where I have only read the book after watching movie. Maybe not? But the two I remember is where I had watch the movie first.

The first being Ella Enchanted.

More recently Children of Men.

I loved the Children of Men movie when it came out a few years ago. A bleak vision of the future that seem so simple and probable. Like Ella Enchanted, I didn't even know it was based on a book until a few years later.

The thing about reading a book that has been turned into a movie is that you already know the story. The fun of discovery and surprise goes out the window. But I was pleasantly surprise soon after I started the Children of Men book that the story is quite different from the movie. Yes the premise is the same, mankind can no longer procreate, and the cast of characters are similar with similar characteristics and yet some of their roles in the story is different. The book too delves more into power hungry leaders and the tendency of power to corrupt those who believe they set out to do good. While the movie did this as well by showing the unraveling of the rebellion I saw the movie more of a dangerous journey to find a safe haven and hope.

Did I know what would happen to Theo halfway through the book? No. Theo in the book was faced with different obstacles than the Theo in the movie. And like I have said at the start of this post I rather like rediscovering a somewhat similar story.

Have you had similar experiences as I had with a book?

Neglected

This blog has been thoroughly neglected.

I'll try and do better.

I've been wanting to write some posts for awhile. Unfortunately most of the time when I'm actually online, I'm using either my phone or my iPad and that isn't the ideal way to blog. If only they make a better blogger app.

Anyway, I've just finished reading a book which I'll blog about soon.