TBR for the next two months!

Hello everyone! I've been swamped with school lately, but since everything been's winding down and I only have 2 days until my 2 week break I've suddenly had a lot of time in my hands again. I am hoping that with that time I can read more books. I've decided to post my TBR pile on this blog so that if I don't read any of them I have proof that my past self really wanted me to read it. I've made this a TBR for the two months instead of month or two weeks because I've been doing a lot of writing lately and I really enjoy it so I want to give myself more time to blog, write and read. I've don't think I have mention what TBR stands for yet. Well for those who don't know TBR= To Be Read, so this basically a lit of books that I really want to read. :)

My TBR pile for two breaks:
-Animal farm by George Orwell     (I heard it's a classic so I really want to read it)
-We were liars by E. Lockhart        (Everyone has read this book so I'm late, but I still want to read it)
-Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell          (I know... I still haven't read it. :( Its the book I really want to read)
-Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Just started it today, actually :)  )
-Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (One of the few Jane Austen books I haven't read yet)
-The Whole of My World by Nicole Hayes  (I'm going to start reading it tonight!)
-The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud   (Yay fantasy!)
-Insert name of books that my booking loving friends have recommended me. I believe on of them was called 'Cinder'? I think it's a series and she says it's really good. My friends honestly recommend me so many books that I can't even keep track of. :P

Those were the books that I really want, no NEED to read in next to moths. Okay I need to stop now so that i can go read!


Happy Reading people and may the books you read be good ones!


-The Girl With Her Heads in The Clouds




aka Kellie :)

The Giver Book Review!

Hello wonderful people of the blogosphere! Today I'm coming at with a new book review! This book review is a little late. Like 21 years late... Haha, but if you read my previous blog post you would know that I'm reading The Giver by Lois Lowry, well have read. Everyone in my class haven't finished yet,  but I couldn't resist reading an extra chapter then that lead to reading the whole book. Whoops... Since I finished it I thought that I should do another book review, because I love doing them and this is a good chance to write another book review. So here we go!

Details:

Publishing date: First published in 1993
Page count: 224 (Not including the advertising in the back and the introduction)
Author: Lois Lowry
Format: Paperback

Quick Summary:

Jonas is a twelve living in the Community. At the Ceremony of Twelve he receives the assignment of 'Receiver' which will be his job until he goes into the House of the Old. While receiving his training with 'The Giver' he discovers that behind the community's perfect facade it hides dark secrets and once he finds them out he can't go back to the life he had lived before. (That's the best way I can explain it without spoiling anything :) )

General thoughts: (No Spoilers)

The Giver was such an eye opening book for me. I thought that it was so well written, and since it's targeted towards children it's quite easy to understand. Jonas was a well rounded character and one easy to believe. Some authors write in the perspective of young characters, but right in a weird way, that it sounds like a 20 year old is talking instead. Lois Lowry got the perfect balance innocence and at the end she blended it with the right amount maturity. I loved the ending and thought that he fitted in with the whole story.

I heard so many positive things about this book, so while I read it I felt that I already had high expectations for it. Although I do wish that I could have read the book without having expectations of it before, although I was not disappointed. I absolutely adored the message about the importance of memories. I believe that a person is a blended smoothie of their dreams, hopes, goals in life and memories so I really enjoyed the way this book talked about the magic of memories.

Overall I found this book very enjoyable and very well written. It found myself wanting to keep on reading even though I didn't have to. The story capturing my heart and delighted my brain with questions I've never thought to think of. I give this book 4 daisies out of 5!

By the way my class is going to watch The Giver, but I'm dreading it so much, because I really liked the book and don't want to watch the story be butchered by Hollywood. Although I'm sort of excited because we're going to watch the movie and have a fun day in the city. Lets just hope the movie is good and it's not raining when we go into the city. :)

Six Impossible Things Book Review

Hello wonderful people of the internet! I'm back with a new book review! I'm so sorry that I haven't posted a book review in a while, but better late the never I guess. Haha :) Also this book came out a forever ago, but I saw it at the library and wanted to give it ago and i really enjoyed it. 

Non spolier section:

Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood is a young adult book about a young 14 year old protagonist, Dan Cereill. Dan is a nerdy boy who is having a hard time coping with moving schools, his father fathering leaving after saying he's gay, moving schools and having a crush on the girl next. This book is so endearing, realistic and is set in Melbourne! I've mentioned tis before, but for those who haven't read all my reviews that I love books that are set in my hime city. I just feel a connection to it, because when a character is walking down a particular street I can see it very vividly in my head. It just makes my reading experience better.

                                        

MINOR SPOLIERS:

Dan is a character who is very realistic and he is very easy to feel sympathetic to. He is funny, cynical and struggling, but who can blame him. His life went from going to a private school and have many luxuries, to taking clothes from lost property in a public school. I felt that this book was really realistic, even with one of his parents turing out to be gay, was made to feel super realistic and believable by Fiona Wood, by adding in back stories. Although one of the things I had a hard time believing is that he moves in and it becomes super cliche because the girl next door turns out to be his perfect girl.

SPOLIERS IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE SPOILED, PLEASE STOP READING:

I want to dive more into Dan's character now. I really liked Dan as a character because he wasn't a adorable and charming, well rounded protagonist like in many characters in other young adult fiction. He was a character that I could believe and make choices that were very believable and actually sound like things that teenagers would do. Also he has great match making skills ;) I can also really understand how he kept avoiding opening the package from his dad and I felt that Fiona Wood did such a great job writing form Dan's perspective. I also loved Dan's dog so much. Howard is a awesome dog and when I found out that he needed an operation and they couldn't afford it it made me want to cry my eyes out. I am a sucker for puppies and dogs in general and it made me really sad, but everything got resolved. I also love how Fiona Wood related Dans mum's moods reflected on what kind of music she's listening to, because I feel like that is so relating and true. Although I didn't find that Dan's mum and Dan's boss ending up together did feel a bit too perfect and forced.

This book was so well thought out and very interesting and I really didn't see the ending coming. I thought the little figurines were just little toys, not ancient Japanese ivory craved toys that were worth thousands. Another thing I loved is how Dan started out being a shy scrawny nerd and at the end he's more confident and a lot stronger from running and lifting those bells. I just felt that it represented how he had changed mentally and with his outlook on life. I really enjoyed this book and recommend it to other young adults. I think that this book could be a young children's book, but it contains alcohol use so it's better for 13 and above. I rate this book 4 daisies out of 5.

Hope you guys are reading good books! 

-The girl with her head in the clouds♡

aka Kellie :)♡♡

Reading books for school

Hello wonderful people of the blogosphere!
Today I wanted to talk about reading books for school. This year at my year level is reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. Some of my old friends have said that reading the books for school purposes make reading a book tedious and make the books worse. This has really struck me, because my honest opinion is that I love books either way and I'm glad that we are given books to read during school times.

 I understand that reading a book for school can be very tedious and boring, because it might not be a book you're particular interested in. Although I do not understand how just because I'm your mind the book is associated with school makes it a bad book. Though out my school life I had read plenty of good books that were compulsory to read, but I seem like such a small percentage of people who can honestly say that. It's just stayed with me so much that when in engrossed in my book I think about what my class mates would think of it or when I'm reading really pleasant reviews on a book, I would wonder if people would still like the book of they had read it for school. You may have read all that and wondered what the heck was the point of that and honestly I'm not sure myself. 

Sometimes I feel so strongly about books. Like when I hear someone say something bad about a book or author I like and I just barge into the conversation (sorry to anyone who I have eve done that to, sorry it's a reflex). When I started this I just felt sorry for the books and authors had experienced hatred towards by angry students, when they have written an amazing book, but due to the fact that most people don't like school it's being hated on and my fingers have just really been doing this themselves. That's what I love about books and reading. What to some people seem like words on a page, are actually keys to worlds that can make people feel so strongly about things and cause such powerful feelings. That's the magic of reading. ♡

Thanks for reading today's mess of a post. Lots of love ♡♡♡

-The Girl With Her Head in The Clouds

aka Kellie♡

The Good Book Sensation!

This isn't a book review, although I might do one on this book another time, this is just a random post really. I try to get myself to write book reviews, but I've been forcing myself to write them so much that it's not even fun anymore, so I've taken a step back and remembering why I did it in the first place. I feel really inspired to write a post, but as  write this sentence it is 12:04 am, so I wanted to just do a quick update sort of post.

I just finished a book and it was a good book. It was one of those 'I didn't have very I high expectations for you but you were actually good. I'm so sorry I judged you before I knew you.' sort of books.  When I finish reading a good book I'm usual stuck with a smile one my face for a minimum of a hour. I also feel all happy and hyper and like I can do anything. I call this 'The Good Book Sensation'. That's when you have read a really good book and the things i just described applies to you. This used to be called 'The Good Book Feeling', but I felt like 'Sensation' is a better word than 'Feeling'.

That's all I really have for this post. I'm so sorry it's short and unorganised. I promise that once I get more sleep and time I'll update and post on the blog just like the good old days, but sometimes I'll also be posting things related to books, not just books reviews. This is my blog and I really enjoy doing post like that so I'm going to do it. Once again sorry for my lack of posts but once I get back on track it won't happen again. Also I just got back from overseas about a week ago, it was such a fun and interesting trip. :)

My most anticipated books of 2015!

Happy New Year! This is my first post from this year and I'm really excited about what this year is going to bring. This year I'm going to post so much more often and hopefully improve the quality of the content I post. :)

Since this is my first post for 2015 I thought it would be fitting to write a list of books that I'm excited for this year. There are so many great sounding books coming out this year but I've narrowed down to a couple of that I am most anticipating.

The first on my list is The Sword of Summer.

This is the first book in Rick Riordan's Norse mythology series. I'm honestly can't contain excitement about this book. Come on this book! This going to be written in Magnus Chase's perspective and he is the cousin of Annabeth Chase. Anyone who is related to Annabeth chase must be bloody amazing! I'm also really familiar with Norse mythology. I like to read about it in my spare time so I'm so excited for this series.

 

Excitement level: I've already exploded and this is my ghost blogging write now :) 

The second on my list is, I was here by Gayle Foreman.

I love the way Gayle Foreman writes. I really like the way she adds so much depth and interlaces the story with so much emotional maturity and writes with so much detail that makes me want too cry after reading her books. After reading If I Stay (which I have already reviewed) I've gotten so hooked into all of her books and I'm really anticipating I was here.

Excitement level: Counting down the days until it comes out!

The third on my list is Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.

Rainbow Rowell's Carry On, is “fiction inspired by fictional fanfiction of a fictional series.” was how she described her book. I am such a big fan of Eleanor and Park written by Rainbow Rowell and I personally can't wait for this book. Eleanor and Park shredded me to tears and I loved the story and it's characters so much. Let me be the first to admit that I haven't read any other of her books. *Readers all wonder why she loved Eleanor and Park so much but haven't read any other of Rainbow Rowell's books.* Well it's something I like to call the Book Sucking Phobia. When I find a book I love so much I struggle to bring myself to read the other books by that author. In fear of the book 'sucking'. I would have built up so much love and astonishment to the writer and not want to have that ruined. This can also happen in a series. When I love the books so much but don't want to read the next one in few of it being horrible and not meeting my incredibly high expectations. I know that this fear is irrational, but I'm getting over that fear. I got over that fear with John Green and found that his other books are just as good as The Fault in Our Stars. Once I get back from holidays, (for those who don't know I'm currently overseas), I'm going to read Rainbow Rowell's Landline and Fangirl. Finally... :)

When I first found out that another Rainbow Rowell book was coming out I was ecstatic, but after I found out it was connected with Fangirl I had a small panic because I hadn't read it yet. Although that was soon resolved because on her Tumblr Rainbow cleared up some of the confusion. You don’t have to have read Fangirl to understand what goes on in Carry On. Even though I haven't read 'Fangirl' I'm greatly anticipating Carry On.

Excitement level: Super excited but most likely not going to pre-order it. 

There aren't any covers or anything on the Internet so I quickly made this :)

Okay, I thought I was excited for more books but when I typed it out there was only there. Haha, although there was only three on my list I'm sure that there will be a lot more great releases this year. This year I'm hoping to read a lot more books by debut authors. Usually I just stick by authors I've already read or authors that my friends recommend me, but this year I want to find the office I've never heard of and give the books are try and with that last sentence I wish you an amazing year full of good books and well written character development. :)

-The Girl With Her Head In Clouds☁️

a.k.a Your girl Kellie😜 

The media when it comes to book adaptations

Contains spoilers of Mockingjay Part 1 the movie and Mockingjay the book

As you should know I love books. (Why else would I have a blog dedicated to books?) Another thing I love is good book adaptions. In my opinion a movie is a good adaption if:

• ·         They cast the characters according to the book descriptions.
• ·         There aren’t major alterations to the plot.
• ·         They don’t make a 300 page book into 3 movies! (*cough The Hobbit cough*)
• ·         They ask the author to there input, so that the movie has the same vibes as the book.
• ·         The movie doesn’t kill off a character that didn’t die in the book (*cough My Sister’s Keeper cough*)

      To be honest I’m not even sure how Hollywood could mess up movie adaptions so horribly. Come on, you already have a plot and characters and all you need to do is to bring the story to life, but for some reason, that seems too hard to do. Recently I watched Mockingjay Part 1 and I want to congratulate everyone who worked on that movie. It was so true to the book had amazing acting all around. I found it difficult to believe that some of my friends didn’t like the movie when I loved it so much. Everything was on point and I was in tears when Katniss finally found Prim and Prim was saying that she couldn’t live with herself if she left her cat, Buttercup, behind. I was watching it with my sister and at that moment we were both clutching on to each other and being glad that we have each other.

      For this post I wanted to talk about the media when it comes to book adaptions. My friends who didn’t like the movie said that they didn’t like the movie didn’t have enough action. It was then that I found out that hadn’t read the book and thought it was going to be as action packed as Catching Fire. What they didn’t understand, not just my friends but other people and critics that didn’t like that it wasn’t full of action, is what all the action and violence had done to Katniss. She isn’t some amazing superhero. She’s a teenager who’s suffering from post-traumatic stress and that’s something important to remember while watching the movie.

     

      Another thing I really wanted to mention is this #teampeeta against #teamgale, okay I understand shipping. I personally like to ship my favourite characters. But the way #teampeeta and #teamgale are being pushed in people’s faces needs to stop. The media is taking this way too far. In the Mockingjay Part 1 the president blew up a hospitable full of defenseless and sick people, hijacks Peeta, tortures all the victors and kills so many innocent people and yet the media is going ‘hey are you on #teampeeta or #teamgale?’ like it is the most important part of the story. 

I’m sorry I’ve been on hiatus for so long, but I needed time to focus on other things like school and family.  I’m also sorry that this post is an incoherent mess, but I’m just so mad and disappointed at the same time about what the media doing to Mockingjay Part 1.

-The girl with her head in the clouds