Booktube-a-thon TBR!

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It is that time of the year again, where the booktube-a-thon happens! If you don't know what the booktube-a-thon is, it is a week long read-a-thon that is created and hosted by Book Vloggers on Youtube, mainly 'Ariel Bisset'. This is the second year that it is happening, and I hope it is just as fun as last year! There are 7 challenges this year, and I aiming to complete at least 4 of them, so without further ado, lets get started. The booktube-a-thon is taking place from midnight 14th of July until The end of 20th July. (A week long).

Click here for more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JauBxxVGa24

The Challenges:

A book with pictures.
Start and finish a series.
A book with red on the cover.
A book someone else picks out for you.
A book from the genre you've read the least this year.
A book to movie adaptation
Read seven books.

A book with pictures: Hollow City

For this challenge, I am going to be reading Hollow City by Ransom Riggs, the sequel to 'Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children'. I read the first book back in May this year and absolutely fell in love with the world, it was fun, mysterious and very hauntingly magical. I am very excited to continue on with this series and hopefully 'Hollow City' is as good as the first one! 

 

Start and Finish a series: Throne of Glass Series

Throne of Glass is a YA fantasy series that is going to consist 

of 6 books, currently only two are out and the third one is coming out on the 11th of September 2014. I am technically cheating on this challenge since you are supposed to start and finish a complete series, but all the complete series on my shelves, I have either read the first book already or I only own some of the books. I am very eager to read this series since it sounds really awesome and I have heard that the main character is kick-ass.

A book with red on it: Crown of Midnight

I am also going to be doubling up the challenges, Crown of 

Midnight, the second book in the Throne of Glass series has a red on the cover and It is part of a series, So this is going to tick off two challenges.

A Book someone else picked out for you: Love letters to the dead

Love letters to the dead is the Ava Dellaira's debut novel that is written completely in letters, similarly in the style of 'The perks of being a wallflower' by Stephen Chbosky, which also happens to be my favourite novel of all time. Ever since I heard that Stephen Chbosky mentored the author of this book, I immediately went to the bookstore and picked this up. I have been waiting to read this so I could savour it! I gave my sister a pile of 5 books to choose from for this challenge, she chose this book since we both love 'Perks' and she wanted to see my opinion on it. Even though this book might make me cry a river, I am very excited to read this since I love books that are written in a different way, and I want to see why this is compared quite a lot to 'Perks'.

 

A book from the genre you have read the least this year: The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a hugely famous modern classic novel written by F. Scott. Fitzgerald. Widely known all around the world, this novel is described as 'a portrait of the jazz age'. Having not read any classics thus far this year, I am hoping that I can get through 'The Great Gatsby' during this read-a-thon. This novel is very short, coming in at 122 pages, so hopefully I can get through it at no time, I was contemplating either to read this, 'Animal farm', or 'Of mice and men', but this one sounded the most exciting. I have very high expectations since this is my sister's favourite book of all time, and we both have very similar tastes.  

A book to movie adaptation: The Great Gatsby

Yes I am also doubling two other challenges, The Great Gatsby has been turned into two theatrical movies, and I own both of them, so hopefully when I finish this novel, I can watch them both back to back!

Read 7 Books: Vicious 

So the last challenge is to read 7 books, and so far on my list I have five books, Hollow City, Love Letters to the Dead, Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight and The Great Gatsby. I have to add two more books to complete this challenge. Most likely I won't 7 books, but I am going to try my best!

The First book I am going to be picking randomly is Vicious by V.E Schwab, also known as Victoria Schwab, this novel is describes as 'A cross between X-Men and The Count of Monte Cristo'. How can this book not seem exciting? This book has been receiving tremendous amount of hype so I am excited to dive right into it!  

Read 7 books: Never Fade

The last book I am hoping to read is 'Never Fade' by Alexandra Bracken, the sequel to 'The Darkest Minds'. I am currently reading 'The Darkest Minds' and am loving it, so I know as soon as I finish it, I will want to dive right into this book. This series has been getting a lot of hype around booktube and I can definitely see why, it is fast paced, action packed and the characters are amazing!  The last book in this trilogy is called 'In the Afterlight' and it is coming out on October 28th!

Fun Fact: All the three book titles combine make a sentence!

"The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight."

So that is my TBR for the 'Booktube-a-thon', I am very excited for this event and I am hoping to get as much reading done as possible. 

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June Favourites.

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So today I am going to be writing about my favourite things I watched/listened to in June! june was a very good month for movies and television, however not a very good month for books...I started loads of books but didn't finish any. Anyway, lets get started with my June Favourites.

Movies: Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle is a 2004 Japanese Studio Ghibli anime movie, directed and written by the so called 'Japanese Walt Disney' Hayao Miyazaki. Recently I have been watching quite a lot of Studio Ghibli movies, so far I have seen My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Nausicaa of the valley of the wind, and Howl's Moving Castle. My favourite so far has to be either Howl's Moving Castle or My Neighbor Totoro. Howl's is such a magnificent film, it has an amazing storyline, wonderful characters and some of the most splendid scenery, It was such a fun film and I definitely recommend it to all ages, I can definitely see why Studio Ghibli is called the Japanese 'Pixar'. 

Movies: 50/50

50/50 is one of those rare movies that has such a thought-provoking message. Rarely nowadays you get comedies that have an actual deep theme in them, this is why I loved 50/50. With a big cast with the likes of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick, this film follows Adam Lerner who is an ordinary guy, he finds out that he has cancer and his chances are 50/50. I don't want to say much in case I spoil it but all I want to say is that this movie is amazing, it shows the ups and downs of life and how life takes a 180 degrees spin when cancer gets involved with your life. The acting in this movie was amazing as well, Joseph Gordon-Levitt deserves an oscar.   

Movies: The Fault in Our Stars 

The Fault in Our Stars is the movie adaptation of the hugely-successful novel by John Green. I'm sure everyone who reads regularly has heard of this novel or movie so I'm not going to go into detail, but the basic summary of this novel/book is about a teenage girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster who has lung cancer, her mother urges her to go to Cancer Support Group to make friends, she reluctantly goes, however there she meets the mysterious Augustus Waters, a previous victim of Cancer. This story is about their friendship and later relationship. I read the book about two years ago, and I was so excited about this adaptation ever since it was announced, needless to say this movie was perfect, I don't think anything important was left out, everything was how I imagined. I strongly suggest watching this whilst it is still in Cinemas.

TV: The Office US. 

 

Can I just say THANK YOU NETFLIX! for the last few weeks, I have just binge-watched the first 3 seasons of the office, I would watch more, but I want this show to end! With one of the biggest ensemble casts I have ever seen on tv, you would think that this show would be a mess, nope, this has to be one of the funniest shows on tv. The Office is a sitcom about the office life of a paper company, Dunder Mifflin, This show started the career of many comedy stars, most famously Steve Carell. This show just makes me so happy, it is a perfect blend of funny and sarcasm. My favourite characters have to be Michael Scott, Jim Halpert, Pam Beesly and Dwight Schrute. This show was part of the four cult NBC comedies which include of The Office, 30 Rock, Community and Parks and Recreation. I watch all four of these comedies and they all are amazing, my favourite has to be Parks and Recreation but The Office is a close second, however I also absolutely love Community and 30 Rock. 

Music: Ultraviolence     

Ultraviolence is the new album by american singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. If you know me well, you would know that Lana Del Rey is my favourite singer of all time, her songs not just have an amazing score, but have a powerful message. I thought nothing could beat her 'Born to Die' album but I think 'Ultraviolence' might of done it! This new album has a sense of noir which fits perfectly with the 1960/1970's theme I think she is going for. My favourite songs on this album are Cruel World, Ultraviolence, Fuc*ed my way up to the top and Brooklyn Baby being my favourite. Lana Del Rey is such a powerful singer and 'Ultraviolence' proves that.