The number one thing I hate about traveling is not the long lines or the tediousness of the airport. No. Its the fact that I have to carefully decide which books I should bring. Its an awful process. I feel like I'm deciding between my children. "Sorry Jim, we love Karen more and would rather have her travel with us." I mean I hate it. And the selection process.... what if I want an adventure book? What if I want a mystery book?
Its so complicated.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
What I hate about travelling
NANCY DREW!!
I love Nancy Drew so much, she is definitely one of my favorite heroines. Besides being totally kick ass she was smart and pretty and a detective. Ihad a detective dream for a while due to her. I love her books, I have so many and I play her videogames. What can I say, I love feeling like a detective
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
The leather bound life
I would really love to have old, semi brittle, leather bound versions of all of ny books. It would be amazing to read Macbeth in a ye olde type book.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Everthing I...
Accidentally, I created some colloquial phrases. I wish to share these in case you are ever in need:
Everything I drop, falls.
Everything I touch, breaks.
Everything I grow, dies.
Everything I light on fire, burns.
Feel free to borrow them.
Everything I drop, falls.
Everything I touch, breaks.
Everything I grow, dies.
Everything I light on fire, burns.
Feel free to borrow them.
What counts as a book
I was organizing the books in my room (by genre for those of you who are curious) and I got to the comics. I personally feel that a comic CAN count as a book, if it is worthy. Existential type comics such as Calvin and Hobbes counts, definitely. Actually, Calvin and Hobbes is a perfect comic, in my opinion. It is clever, funny, sweet, moving, intelligent and mischievous. It is perfect. That definitely counts as a book. I also have some comics of The Simpsons. Those, while hilarious I do not count as books. They are only humorous, there is no real content. No intelligence beyond the humor.
I do not feel like magazines count as books. Well, that is not entirely true. I think that, once again, intelligent magazines such as National Geographic counts. But something like People or Cat Fancy do not. Those have nothing beneath the surface. They are simply entertaining and not even that much.
Graphic novels count. Positively. I often draw art to my books. A graphic novel is just a book that has been fully arted.
I do not feel like magazines count as books. Well, that is not entirely true. I think that, once again, intelligent magazines such as National Geographic counts. But something like People or Cat Fancy do not. Those have nothing beneath the surface. They are simply entertaining and not even that much.
Graphic novels count. Positively. I often draw art to my books. A graphic novel is just a book that has been fully arted.
Why we read
I was talking with my father the other day and he asked me why I liked to read.
I thought it simple at first but its a pretty deep question.
Why do I like to read?
After thinking a bit I have come to this:
The possibility of a whole world that's accessible simply by understanding words printed onto paper. A world where fairies are real or aliens run amok or shadows come to life. Its a truly amazing thing actually. We all wish magic was accessible to us - that we could create monsters or slay dragons or have adventures. I want to go on a quest, find a new country or meet my doppelganger. I want an exciting life full of adventure. I think we all do. Some part of us understands that we are in a dull routine that ultimately ends with nothing major happening in our life. We try to justify it by work and school and money, but really none of that is truly necessary. If we want adventure nothing should stop us. If I want to travel to Ireland and meet a leprechaun, the only person standing in my way is myself. Well, in my particular case it would be myself and authority figures. But that's why we read. We want to experience something we cannot.
To adventure, to live, to truly DO something.
We want to learn, to investigate, to experience, to journey through the world of characters and imagination.
Books let us adventure off into a imaginary world so we can actually start to experience life.
I thought it simple at first but its a pretty deep question.
Why do I like to read?
After thinking a bit I have come to this:
The possibility of a whole world that's accessible simply by understanding words printed onto paper. A world where fairies are real or aliens run amok or shadows come to life. Its a truly amazing thing actually. We all wish magic was accessible to us - that we could create monsters or slay dragons or have adventures. I want to go on a quest, find a new country or meet my doppelganger. I want an exciting life full of adventure. I think we all do. Some part of us understands that we are in a dull routine that ultimately ends with nothing major happening in our life. We try to justify it by work and school and money, but really none of that is truly necessary. If we want adventure nothing should stop us. If I want to travel to Ireland and meet a leprechaun, the only person standing in my way is myself. Well, in my particular case it would be myself and authority figures. But that's why we read. We want to experience something we cannot.
To adventure, to live, to truly DO something.
We want to learn, to investigate, to experience, to journey through the world of characters and imagination.
Books let us adventure off into a imaginary world so we can actually start to experience life.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Advice for bookworms!
May I recommend another peice of advice....
5) Spend the weekend reading. Read for at least an hour a night. Read in the shower. Read on the moon. Read during the apocalypse. Read whilst morphing into a cat. Read anytime... except when driving in the car. No one likes getting carsick.
5) Spend the weekend reading. Read for at least an hour a night. Read in the shower. Read on the moon. Read during the apocalypse. Read whilst morphing into a cat. Read anytime... except when driving in the car. No one likes getting carsick.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Technology will never replace books!
The best kind of books are real books. Nooks and Kindles are not good. Not at all. The feel of a book and turning the page and the smell of knowledge is wonderful. No matter how hard technology tries, books will persist.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
My dream Library
You know reality is kind of bad. I wish I could form my own universe. I would have A forest in a magical land filled with fairies and elves. Within this forest would be a castle/ library. I would stay there with my fairy friends and we would all read books together and watch movies and go exploring. My library would be amazing. I would have every book ever on infinitely tall bookshelves and ladders and slides to get you to different sections. Quotes from books and painting and book sculptures would be everywhere. Beanbags and pillows would be there too. There would be trees and plants in my library. My magic friends would also be obsessed with reading. It would be magical.
Fablehaven. A sick day devoted to books
So over the course of the past two days, have been sick. I don't call it sick though, I call it extended reading time. I read the Fablehaven series today. So good. I am reading the fifth book. I finished the fourth today. I had a mini freak attack at this one mad part. This.book is written by Brandon Mull. Hes pretty darn good. I LOVE fantasy and fairy tales. This book is chock full of magic awesomeness!
Monday, November 18, 2013
The Girl who could FLY!!
This is my absolute favorite book! :-) I have read out dozens of times and still cry every time. Books are amazing that way. This book is spectacular. Ive always wished could fly. I have dreamed of flying with Peter Pan and soaring through the clouds. I relate to Piper so much. When she is forced to conform I cry. Always. Dr Hellion has also made me experience positively every known human emotion towards her.This book is my spirit animal. Love this book. Read it and read it again.
Oh and for those of you still in doubt, read the interview with Victoria Forrester in the back. Its hysterical!
SPOILER ALERT ON HIVE
Okay so I just finished the second HIVE book and OMIGOD!
SPOILER ALERT...if you haven't read it, that is.
Its FILLED with plot twists! First Wing dies. Then he doesn't. Then the Contessa is evil! OMIGOD THE CONTESSA IS EVIL! Not even good evil, but bad evil.
At that moment I just got up and walked around whisper-yelling "Omigod The Contessa!"
You know when a apart in a book is so good that you have to get up and freak out over it. Yeah, well thats what happened for twenty minutes.
There was something that was supposed to be shocking, but I sort of guessed it already so it wasn't that big - with Cypher, I mean.
It ended on such a mad cliffhanger, that I just finished and went, "I NEED that next book. Now."
SPOILER ALERT...if you haven't read it, that is.
Its FILLED with plot twists! First Wing dies. Then he doesn't. Then the Contessa is evil! OMIGOD THE CONTESSA IS EVIL! Not even good evil, but bad evil.
At that moment I just got up and walked around whisper-yelling "Omigod The Contessa!"
You know when a apart in a book is so good that you have to get up and freak out over it. Yeah, well thats what happened for twenty minutes.
There was something that was supposed to be shocking, but I sort of guessed it already so it wasn't that big - with Cypher, I mean.
It ended on such a mad cliffhanger, that I just finished and went, "I NEED that next book. Now."
Sunday, November 17, 2013
MORE Lemony Snicket reading quotes - beacuse I can!
“It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.”- This is now on my list of fears!
“Sometimes words are not enough.”
“The book was long, and difficult to read, and Klaus became more and more tired as the night wore on. Occasionally his eyes would close. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over.” ( He does this and it is great. Darkness is mentioned? Two pages pure black. A reflection discussed? He mimics the passage upside down below it!)
“One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck of cards" or "Anna Karenina" when the obvious answer is "a well equipped boat and a crew to sail me off the island and back home where I can play all the card games and read all the Russian novels I want.”
“There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.”
“There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages on which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like a life, particularly a good one, which is well to worth staying up all night to finish.”
" But one type of book that practically no one likes to read is a book about the law. Books about the law are notorious for being very long, very dull, and very difficult to read. This is one reason many lawyers make heaps of money. The money is an incentive - the word "incentive" here means "an offered reward to persuade you to do something you don't want to do - to read long, dull, and difficult books.”
“Of course, it is boring to read about boring thing, but it is better to read something that makes you yawn with boredom than something that will make you weep uncontrollably, pound your fists against the floor, and leave tearstains all over your pillowcase, sheets, and boomerang collection.”
THIS MAN IS A GENIUS!
“Sometimes words are not enough.”
“The book was long, and difficult to read, and Klaus became more and more tired as the night wore on. Occasionally his eyes would close. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He found himself reading the same sentence over and over.” ( He does this and it is great. Darkness is mentioned? Two pages pure black. A reflection discussed? He mimics the passage upside down below it!)
“One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck of cards" or "Anna Karenina" when the obvious answer is "a well equipped boat and a crew to sail me off the island and back home where I can play all the card games and read all the Russian novels I want.”
“There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.”
“There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages on which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like a life, particularly a good one, which is well to worth staying up all night to finish.”
" But one type of book that practically no one likes to read is a book about the law. Books about the law are notorious for being very long, very dull, and very difficult to read. This is one reason many lawyers make heaps of money. The money is an incentive - the word "incentive" here means "an offered reward to persuade you to do something you don't want to do - to read long, dull, and difficult books.”
“Of course, it is boring to read about boring thing, but it is better to read something that makes you yawn with boredom than something that will make you weep uncontrollably, pound your fists against the floor, and leave tearstains all over your pillowcase, sheets, and boomerang collection.”
THIS MAN IS A GENIUS!
Some Lemony Snicket reading quotes - a combination of two of my favorite things
"A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance,
particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has
been flooded."
“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”
“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.” “A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.”
“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”
“It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.”
" Well-read people are less likely to be evil."
“No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don't read is often as important as what you do read.”
“For some stories, it's easy. The moral of 'The Three Bears,' for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house.' The moral of 'Snow White' is 'Never eat apples.' The moral of World War I is 'Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.”
“The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if the ideas contained in the book are disappearing as the pages turn to ashes and the cover and binding--which is the term for the stitching and glue that holds the pages together--blacken and curl as the flames do their wicked work. When someone is burning a book, they are showing utter contempt for all of the thinking that produced its ideas, all of the labor that went into its words and sentences, and all of the trouble that befell the author . . .”
“They're book addicts.”
“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”
“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.” “A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.”
“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”
“It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.”
" Well-read people are less likely to be evil."
“No matter who you are, no matter where you live, and no matter how many people are chasing you, what you don't read is often as important as what you do read.”
“For some stories, it's easy. The moral of 'The Three Bears,' for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house.' The moral of 'Snow White' is 'Never eat apples.' The moral of World War I is 'Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.”
“The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if the ideas contained in the book are disappearing as the pages turn to ashes and the cover and binding--which is the term for the stitching and glue that holds the pages together--blacken and curl as the flames do their wicked work. When someone is burning a book, they are showing utter contempt for all of the thinking that produced its ideas, all of the labor that went into its words and sentences, and all of the trouble that befell the author . . .”
“They're book addicts.”
The movie dilemma
When books are turned into movies it is 99 percent of the time a disappointment. I never expect good things from a book gone movie. Most of the time wrong details piss me off. If they leave out details or events it irritates me. But the number one thing that bothers me about books made into movies is the people who have ONLY seen the movie and think they know everything. Then, since the details are wrong the person who only saw the movie is wrong and CAN NOT EVEN ACCEPT IT!
Here is some advice:
2. If you make a book into a movie, get all the details right.
3. If you have only seen the movie, read the book. I will guarantee it will be more amazing.
4. If you have not read the book, do not argue with those who have.
Here is some advice:
2. If you make a book into a movie, get all the details right.
3. If you have only seen the movie, read the book. I will guarantee it will be more amazing.
4. If you have not read the book, do not argue with those who have.
The higher institute of villainous education
I read every single night and I read very fast. So I am always looking for things to read. I started the second book of the
H.I.V.E series. OMIGOD!!!! It is so good. I Really liked the first and the second is so far so good! Read it! Read it now! This book makes me so curious as to what will happen.
Changed the better, I do belive you can be changed for the better...
So on my sisters gift, I altered it a tad. The book had a ton of references to the Nancy Drew books written in the 30s. (Which is the time the book is mimicking.) So I wrote a note everytime a refrence is made, she will know. Check it out!
Saturday, November 16, 2013
An advice piece
Looking at the name of my blog, I realized I am not actually posting any advice for bookworms to live by. So I shall start peppering my posts with a few advice pieces.I start now:
1. Although the wait is inconvenient buying books online is a great thing.
-You can get books unavailable in stores, save money on gas, and add to the ever growing carbon footprint!
You are welcome.
1. Although the wait is inconvenient buying books online is a great thing.
-You can get books unavailable in stores, save money on gas, and add to the ever growing carbon footprint!
You are welcome.
Happy Hannukah
Okay so this is one of the few series my sister actually likes. This graphic novel version of Nancy Drew.We have the first few books but not this one. The previous book had a preview of this one. She and I wantdd this so bad! I finally bought it online and in the spirit of the holidays, it shall be my sisters Hannukah present. I pleased since I can say I got her a BOOK!
oh and I LOVE NANCY DREW. So expect more Nancy posts in the future.
Am I alone in this?
Does anyone know the agony of a series and the next book is not out yet and it is purely torturous?
Update on Beyonders
Update: I have just finished the Beyonders ( A world without heroes). It was pretty good. But it ended on a cliff hanger.... now I have to get the next book. They treat books like television shows. Books take so long to read. You can't just end it on a cliff hang like that! I NEED to know what happens!
I need this adventure and mystery to have an answer!
I need this adventure and mystery to have an answer!
Lemony Snicket's amazingness
I would like to share my favorite author with you all. I positively LOVE Lemony Snicket. His series are so great. I love "A series of Unfortunate Events and ATWQ as well!". He writes in a stream of consciousness style. So he will start talking about one thing and he will give analogies. The analogies will be something like buying bread, or vacuuming the carpet or chasing a monkey down the hall of a library. Its so fascinating and always cracks me up. Here are some great ones by Lemony Snicket.
"He was as greedy as he was fictional."
"Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness."
" I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.”
“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.”
“A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly.”
I mean it. This man is my absolute favorite. Lemony Snicket, you and Edgar Allen Poe will always be amazing.
"He was as greedy as he was fictional."
"Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness."
" I suppose I'll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.”
“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.”
“A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly.”
I mean it. This man is my absolute favorite. Lemony Snicket, you and Edgar Allen Poe will always be amazing.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Ill be waiting...
Hey let me know, you readers out there, about any good books to read and or review.
A review on Life as we knew it series
One series that I really liked was the "Life as we knew it" series. The books are basically post apocalypse after the moon is knocked closer to Earth. I know that sounds futile but it messed up all the waves and drowned half the planet. It also meddled with the volcanoes causing chaos. The series was fabulous... well most of the series was. NOT the last book. The final book, "The shade of the moon", recently published, was TERRIBLE. I hated it. Even the editors hated. Everyone hated it. It really was that bad. I reccomend the series, but a warning, if you read it, do NOT read the last book.
Oh whats in a word
Words are amazing because they are really just a bunch of tiny squiggle that mean nothing. But humans gave shape and meaning and understanding to them. Read a word, any word. Banana. Chimpanzee. Frying pan. You know these words. You don't even have to sound them out and ponder the meaning. You simply KNOW them. You have memorized thousands of thousands of words that would otherwise just be insignificant little lines. You give meaning to these words.
A deal is made
Okay so my sister hates reading. With a passion. So I convinced her to read a series I love my bribing her with watching a trippy show that she loves. I hope she knows how much I am suffering just to get her to read.Its a sort of deal that we have that per chapter I watch two episodes. She is on chapter three. Out of thirteen. I will have to watch this awful show for the rest of my life...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Don't judge a book by its cover... sure....
I just started a new series. I was cleaning out my garage and found this in the debris. The cover was pretty awesome and the author wrote another series love so thought I would give it a try. I don't why people say not to judge a book by its cover. I totally judged this book by its cover and its pretty good so far. I mean just by looking at the cover I was intrigued.
A magical thing
The mind is a magical thing. Its infinite in its ability of imagination and constantly multitasking. Reading is so amazing since it lets you imagine the words and allows you to just get consumed completely by the power of words.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Peter and the Starcatchers
Okay so I absolutely love this series! Its called the "Peter and thw Starcatchers". I LOVE these books (so much that I drew this). Its the prequels to the Peter Pan story. My favorite is the first book and then the epilougue like last book. My friend loves the series too. He thought the ending was bad but then I told him of the last book. The look on his face was priceless. I love how amazing reading is.
I also made a Starcatchers locket since I love this series so much.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Read this series!
I strongly recommend this series I have read, called "The Sisters Grimm", it's about these girls who are descendants of the Grimm brothers (the fairytale writers). Lets just say that in this town, the characters don't exactly stay in their storybooks. I didn't finish it when I was little so I now decided to. Lets just say I'm a tad obsessed. I also love art so accompanying, I have included a picture I drew of the characters.
If reading is not your cup of tea, skedaddle!
Good morning world, for your and my personal pleasure, I have created a book blog. I positively love reading and I wish to share my love with the world! Come along friends...and lets have an adventure.
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