tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21483013765833712072024-02-06T22:30:49.268-05:00Nancy Drew is my HomegirlBook Reviews, Book News & Other Assorted Book-Bookery!EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-11072647055741749732016-05-21T19:04:00.000-04:002016-05-21T19:04:32.253-04:00Evil Eva Reviews... The Magicians<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong>EvilEva reviews ......</strong> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Magicians-Novel-Trilogy/dp/0452296293/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463699447&sr=1-1&keywords=the+magicians">The Magicians</a> by Lev Grossman.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";"><strong><u>Dissecting The Cover: </u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I don't really understand this cover. I guess it's supposed to represent the tree that Quentin magicked into being at the end of the book? No spoiler alert needed there as said scene with said tree is of no real importance to the story. Which makes it a fairly odd choice to use such a throw-away scene as "cover material."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">A more accurate cover would feature a gaggle of melancholy teens, smoking and drinking and looking completely bored with their trivial, pedestrian lives.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">This cover, however, with its copse of tranquil trees and its serene little stream looks better suited for a brochure for a mental health facility. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">You know, on second thought, maybe this is the perfect cover choice after all! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";"><strong><u>Let's Review:</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Quentin Coldwater is perfectly bored with his perfectly planned life. Everything is laid out before him, opportunities well within his grasp.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Yet while trudging through the drudgery of everyday life, Quentin longs for something more. Silly as it seems, he can't help but dream of the fantastical, fictional world of Fillory, a magical land from the pages of his favorite childhood stories.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">The books brimmed with strange creatures, daring escapes, perilous journeys.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Quentin's life of college interviews, clueless parents and unrequited love seems spectacularly lackluster by comparison.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">So when a way out suddenly presents itself, Quentin jumps at the chance to finally embark on an adventure of his own. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It begins when a simple piece of paper leads him to the discovery of a lifetime. Magic is real!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It exists within the walls of an exclusive college, hidden away in upstate New York where only a chosen few possess the ability to find it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Quentin is one of those few.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">At Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, Quentin will be taught the principles of magic and learn what it takes to become a <em>true</em> magician.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It's exactly the kind of excitement he's been searching for!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Little does Quentin know, it could also lead him to the very thing he's been so desperate to find--- a way in to Fillory.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">With the help of his friends and his newly acquired skills, Quentin sets off on the ultimate quest: the pursuit of all that he desired from his past and everything he could ever imagine for his future. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong><u>Here's What I Think:</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I really have to hand it to myself, I made this book sound totally readable in the Let's Review section. However, the truth of the matter is, I hated this book. And I don't mean in an "aw I really wanted to like it but I didn't. what a bummer" kind of way. I'm talking about a "rip the spine right down the middle, hurl the thing across the room, salt and burn the earth where it lands" level of hatred. Which is kind of crazy because it had so much potential.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It's been touted by other reviewers as an adult version of Harry Potter. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It received raves from George R. R. Martin and John Green (authors I <em>actually</em> like.) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And after reading a sample of the first chapter I myself was intrigued enough to give it a try. A decision I quickly regretted.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">So where did it all go wrong?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Well, there was the plot, the pacing, the characters, the dialogue, the lack of actual magic. I could go on. And I will! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Behold my list of grievances!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Grievance #1.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I'll start with the fact that I don't know what to call this thing. I mean, I do----</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">piece of shit</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">waste of time</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">boredom personified.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">But as far as genre goes, I don't really know where to put it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I mean, this book is seriously all over the place, leading me to believe that Mr. Grossman suffers from what I have coined Distracted Dug Syndrome.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Distracted Dug Syndrome, or DDS as it is more commonly known, is a condition in which a person (such as the aforementioned author) is focused on their work, chugging along, getting shit done when all of a sudden SQUIRREL!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">They become distracted, lose their train of thought and then hitch that train to a wholly different caboose only to have it chug off in a completely different direction than the one it was originally pointed in.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It is my professional opinion that this was the case with The Magicians.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">For instance, chapter 1 finds Quentin discovering a dead body. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">We don't know who this corpse is or how he died or what this means for Quentin. Ah, so obviously a mystery is afoot, right?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Wrong! This poor unfortunate soul gets maybe four pages in which we learn nothing about him, nothing is resolved as far as he (whoever he might be) is concerned and I guess it's a good thing Quentin wasn't particularly traumatized by this event because we never hear about it again. And all of a sudden the story devolves into something completely different.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">As I said--- SQUIRREL!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Now Quentin is attending a secret, exclusive Hogwarts-esque magic school. Well, this book <em>is</em> called <em>The Magicians</em> so I guess that makes more sense than a possible murder mystery. Alright. I'll roll with it. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I will admit that Mr. Grossman spent a little more time ripping off Harry Potter than he did with that half-assed whodunit. However, it's not long before--- SQUIRREL!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And suddenly we're dumped in some sort of low budget Narnia. So..... wait..... now it's a fantasy novel? I am so confused. But, like I said, I can roll with this. I like lions. I like witches. I like wardrobes. Let's end this thing on a high note! Let's vanquish evil and save Fillory! Who's with me!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">-SQUIRREL!-</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Goddammit!!!! Now it's a coming-of-age story!?!? Now we're "learning lessons?" "Growing up?" "Gaining insight?"</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">What the fuck am I reading!?!?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm all for genres colliding. I like a good supernatural mystery. A historical romance. A supernatural romance. A historical mystery. A comedic drama. A dramatic comedy. Hell, I'll take a historical, romantic, mysterious, supernatural, comedic, dramatic, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, coming-of-age story. As long as it's done <em>well</em>. As long as the transitions between genres are seamless and everything comes together and makes sense in the end.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Unfortunately that didn't happen here. And I think the whole genre confusion is ultimately what lead to such a disjointed plot. Also known as...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Grievances #2.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">The best way I can think of to describe the plot would be if the author grabbed several books from his shelf at random, stuffed them in a blender, hit puree, dumped the whole big mess on to paper and named it The Magicians.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Like I said, the story is just all over the place.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It begins in Brooklyn where Quentin fantasizes about being anywhere else. Then there's a death, an odd paramedic, and a folder with Quentin's name on it which leads him to this mysterious estate in upstate New York which turns out to be a magic school called Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy. So Quentin takes a test, passes, and is allowed to attend this magic school. Which he does until he's whisked away to Brakebills South in Antarctica, then it's back to the regular Brakebills where Quentin promptly graduates somehow even though we never really read about him actually going to classes or doing homework or taking tests. It should be noted here that all of this has been crammed into part 1 of this book. There are still three parts left in which Quentin flees to Manhattan where he discovers that Fillory, a magical Narnia-esque place he thought only existed in the pages of his favorite childhood book series, <em>actually</em> exists in real life and he can <em>actually</em> go there. But first he has to travel through the Neitherlands which is like a giant portal-possessing waiting room and THEN he finally gets to Fillory only to find it's not what he thought it would be so he goes back to NYC where he works for some account team.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I know. What!? The actual!? FUCK!?!?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And that's not all. Not only does the story bounce around from place to place, but storylines are constantly introduced only to invariably be dropped and replaced by a whole new storyline that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the first one only to <em>then</em> have the original storyline reappear some 200 pages later with a "resolution" that seems thrown in as an afterthought. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Like, Oh, by the way, this is what happened to Alice's brother, and this is why Professor Mayakovsky was banished to Antarctica and oh yeah, remember that Beast fella from chapter 8 well it's actually [redacted]</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">But none of these come as big reveals or jaw-dropping revelations. Instead they land with a hollow THUNK! because any kind of interest you might have invested in the answer died a slow painful death long ago.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">There are just too many ideas and not enough follow through which makes the plot a confusing mess which ultimately aids in the fuck-upping of other aspects of the story, like the pacing. Or as it shall henceforth be known...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Grievance #3.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">The pacing is unbelievably haphazard, making the timeline practically impossible to follow. One day can drag on for a whole chapter while an entire year is gone within the span of a couple of sentences. And these time jumps aren't used to propel the story forward. They just seem thrown in (like everything else in this book) for no reason. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It doesn't keep the reader on their toes, it confuses them to the point that they're forced to flip back however many pages it takes to figure out what fucking day it is and how much fucking time has passed. It's especially frustrating when the parts of the story that <em>could</em> have potential, like the magic classes and the ins and outs of Fillory, are rushed through and summarized quickly. While the parts that are boring and offer no real relevance to the story, like the inane game of Welters that wants so badly to be Quidditch and what it's like being a fucking goose, have paragraphs upon paragraphs of mind-numbing prattle devoted to them. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">At times it can make getting through the book really hard. It's like wading through raw sewage with waders on. Or slogging through a shitstorm with a faulty umbrella. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Although no matter how bothersome and tedious the pacing might seem it is nothing compared to big fat....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Grievances #4.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Which is the characters. It is a rare book indeed when you can find absolutely NO character that you like/relate to/root for. But, lo and behold The Magicians <em>is</em> that rare book.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">The "hero" of our story is Quentin Coldwater. And the best word I can think of to use to describe him is insufferable. Completely and utterly insufferable. He does nothing but whine and complain and blame everything and everyone for his "problems" when really the only "problem" he seems to suffer from is being a pathetic little bitch. He literally gets <em>everything</em> he wants and he's <em>still</em> not happy. I mean, he basically gets accepted to Hogwarts, finds a girlfriend that loves him despite his awful personality, journeys to Narnia, defeats an evil monster, gets handed a crown, a kingdom, and a high paying job at which he doesn't even have to do any actual work and all he can muster is boredom, self-pity, and mild depression.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Basically you spend the whole book wanting to punch him in the throat and coming up with colorful little nicknames for him like Harry Twatter. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And I know what you're thinking, what about the other characters? Surely there's at least one that you're happy to see appear on the page. No. There's not. The rest of the characters are just as terrible. Probably because they're all more or less the same person. Every character in this book (their names really don't even matter) is pretty much interchangeable. No one has an individual voice or any kind of distinguishing qualities to differentiate them from the next loser. It's just hipster douches as far as the eye can see.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And they're all so "brilliant" and so "gifted" and so disgustingly underwhelmed that they've been <em>hand-picked</em> to attend this <em>secret</em> university that teaches <em>MAGIC</em>!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Ugh! They all act so blasé and above it all. Like it's no big deal that they basically MADE IT TO HOGWARTS! And who even cares that they get to use REAL MOTHERFUCKING MAGIC!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It made me want to go full Voldemort on these ungrateful brats! I was seriously more invested in thinking about what I could use as my own Horcruxes so that this plan may come to fruition than I was with reaching the end of this book and finding out what happens to these boring entitled shitheads. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Now, you might be thinking, well certainly with Quentin and Co. starting out as the human equivalent of hot garbage those 402 pages should afford them plenty of opportunities to reform, evolve and become decent non-garbage people, right? No, you stupid optimist.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">These characters end exactly as they began. Immature, stunted, self-centered and miserable. Or as I said before, completely and utterly insufferable. Seriously. They should just rename this book Hipsters Hate Adventures. Or The Chronicles of Nothing: The Lion, The Witch and The Whatever. Or Harry Potter and the Too-Cool-For-Magic-School Classmates. Any one of these titles would be acceptable as they all succinctly describe the character's perpetual flippancy. They also happen to accurately describe the story between the pages of this book far better than the actual title does. Because after reading it, you <em>know</em> the characters are douchebags, you're not so sure however if they are actually magicians. Which leads me to the final and possibly gravest of grievances.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Grievances #5.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Where exactly is the magic!?!?!?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I mean, the book is called The MAGICIANS, there is a MAGIC school where they teach MAGIC to students who want to become MAGICIANS but there are no spells cast, no potions made, no charms used, no curses uttered. And no explanation is ever given for how any of this works. Apparently we don't need to know the mechanics involved with levitating a marble or bending light or flying to the fucking moon! All we need to know is that it can be done and we call this magic. Which is basically what one of the professors at this "prestigious college" says to his impressionable students:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";"><em>"In any case, we do not and cannot understand what magic is, or where it comes from any more than a carpenter understands why a tree grows. he doesn't have to know. He works with what he has."</em></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">If that's the case, then why exactly do they need to attend these classes? Why does a magic school even need to exist?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It's like an English Lit professor saying you don't have to know how to read in order to understand literature.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">It's an easy out. And in taking it, Grossman completely misses out on any opportunity to fully engage his reader by providing details that could set his story apart from others like it. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I mean, this is fantasy. You have the keys to the kingdom. You can create worlds and languages and creatures. You can make the impossible possible, the unbelievable believable, transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">So just saying magic is magic because it's magic seems like a cop out, not to mention a total insult to the reader.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Although, I'm really not at all surprised to feel underwhelmed by this book yet again. It was pretty much my permanent state while reading it. I mean, I've already dealt with sloppy writing, dropped storylines and forgotten characters so the fact that this magic school ended up being less than magical seems like par for the motherfucking course. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">In fact, I'm fairly certain the only real magic involved here is how my interest in this stupid story -POOF!- disappeared. I guess this was a rather long way of telling you what I actually already told you at the very beginning of this review/rant, which is I HATED this book.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">For me, The Magicians was like a Dementor from that other far superior fantasy series, it just sucks your soul right out of you. So if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go find a piece of chocolate, lie down and try my best to recover. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";"><strong><u>Swoony Times:</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">This is not a swoony book. There are no sexy times. I mean, there <em>is</em> sex but it is definitely NOT sexy. Unless people transforming into foxes and fucking is your thing. If so, there is <em>that</em> in this book. Also, on a sidenote, you might want to consider some kind of psychiatric help as an affinity for fox-fucking is a pretty weird affinity to have.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Anyhoo, I'm fairly certain the reason for such an abysmal showing of the swoons is entirely thanks to Quentin and his nonexistent personality. Being that he is such a whiny, angsty, entitled turd of a person, it's really no surprise that he has pretty much zero chemistry with anyone he comes into contact with. But I suppose one could say he has the most least chemistry with Alice. Or the least most chemistry? I don't know. However you want to phrase it, Quentin and Alice are the "romantic leads" of the story. I have used quotation marks here as Quentin and Alice's "romance" is in no way "romantic." </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Their relationship feels completely forced. Like they've stuck together strictly because Quentin happens to be the main character and the main character <em>obviously</em> needs to have a love interest and because Alice.....</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Well, I don't exactly know why Alice feels the need to be saddled with Quentin. She could do so much better than this wretched little weenie. Well maybe not <em>so</em> much better because honestly there is nary a swoonworthy boy to be found in this book.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">But literally anyone would be an improvement over Quentin. Seriously. It is so hard for me to believe that anyone would be interested in Quentin AT ALL much less in a "let's take off all our clothes and hug with our genitals" type of way.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">In fact, it is at this point in the story where I had to suspend my disbelief the most. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">There's a wizarding school in New York, you say? Sounds legit.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">A magical land from a fictional book actually exists? Perfectly feasible. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Teenagers turn into geese and fly to Antarctica? Highly logical, Mr. Spock.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">But are you really trying to tell me that there is someone out there that finds Quentin to be suitable boyfriend material!?!?!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Surely you jest, sir. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">As someone who has read the Harry Potter books and watched the Harry Potter movies and obsessed over the Harry Potter universe (and as someone who is both living and breathing) obviously my ultimate goal in life is to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I'm actually still anxiously awaiting my letter of acceptance. It should be here any day now.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">But in the meantime I thought I would check out Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, and let me just say, it's less expecto patronum, more expecto disappointment. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">See, Hogwarts is like an illustrious ivy league while Brakebills is your safety school. You're almost guaranteed an easy in but you don't really want to go there. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">So even though there are few things that tickle my fancy quite like a magic school, this one just wasn't for me. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">*sighs* Maybe I'll take a year off instead. To find myself....</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">or Narnia!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I love when characters in books LOVE books. It's like meeting a kindred spirit. And despite his many flaws that irritated the ever-loving fuck out of me, Quentin's unwavering obsession with his favorite book series was something I could actually relate to. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Getting lost in another world, finding hope and redemption in a character, believing wholeheartedly in something that can't be done, envisioning yourself somewhere far better than where you are. The knowledge that you can relive it all in one afternoon, snuggled in your coziest nook by simply turning a page is, in itself, true magic. Because as every book lover knows, a good story <em>never</em> lets you go. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">*<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Paperback-Box-Books/dp/0545162076/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463784677&sr=1-4&keywords=harry+potter">The Harry Potter series</a> by J.K. Rowling.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">*<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Narnia-Box-Set-Lewis/dp/0061992887/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463784730&sr=1-1&keywords=the+chronicles+of+narnia">The Chronicles of Narnia series</a> by C.S. Lewis. </span><br />
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EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-72491250406115596252014-05-12T16:24:00.000-04:002015-08-22T15:04:24.864-04:00The Game Of Thrones Drinking Game<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Recently I not only <em>got into</em> Game of Thrones, I got ALL UP INTO Game of Thrones! I marathoned the entire series thus far which consists of 3 complete seasons and a half of a season.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">All in all I consumed 36 episodes in a little under a week. (And that's all while also watching my regularly scheduled programs.) So, yeah, I became slightly obsessed. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, of course, I totally had to make a drinking game for my latest obsession! Thus: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Take a shot of your drink of choice whenever any of the following happens...... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*A main character dies. (Take another shot if it was someone you actually liked.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Boobs!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*This just in: "Winter is coming."</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Daenerys says "my dragons."</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Someone makes fun of Tyrion's stature.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Someone makes fun of Brienne's stature.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*You want to punch Joffrey in the face.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Anytime Jon Snow "knows nothing."</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Bran has that goddamn 3-eyed raven dream.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Hodor says "Hodor."</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Sword fight!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Prostitute sighting! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Someone refers to Jon Show as a "bastard."</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Someone refers to Daenerys as "Khaleesi." </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Someone refers to Jaime as "Kingslayer." </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Arya recites her shit list.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Jorah gets friend-zoned. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Someone loses a body part.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Someone takes a drink.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*"A Lannister always pays his debt."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Brace yourselves a hangover is coming, so, as always, drink responsibly. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-45313920462945050122014-05-07T00:30:00.000-04:002015-08-22T15:05:45.095-04:00All The Books-Into-Movies News I've Been Neglecting<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Alright. I know what you're probably thinking: where the hell have you been!?!? ALL OF THE THINGS have been happening!!! YA Books-Into-Movies news has been BLOWING UP and you're nowhere to be found!!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I know. I know, you guys. I've been a VERY bad book nerd and an even worse blogger.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So let's forgive me and get all caught up, kay?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, because so much has happened lately (and because I've been so damn neglectful,) I decided that what this post really needs is some categorization! I'll be breaking these trailers down into three separate categories.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I'll start with the tearjerkers. Or as they'll be known henceforth:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I imagine that all of you have seen this one already as it has been viewed OVER 17 MILLION TIMES! But in case you missed it, here is the trailer for the much-talked-about, uber-hyped <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fault-Our-Stars-John-Green/dp/014242417X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399433369&sr=1-1&keywords=the+fault+in+our+stars">The Fault in Our Stars</a>. Check it: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Are the tears flowing yet? If that sob-fest of a trailer wasn't enough for you, be sure to check out <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/04/30/the-fault-in-our-stars-cover/">this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly</a> because it's dominated by the stars, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort. (I gotta admit, the photos of the two are pretty darn adorbs.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The movie will be hitting theaters next month. June 6th, to be exact. So you've got plenty of time to pick out your opening day outfit! <a href="http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/PopCulture/Movies/TheFaultInOurStars/The+Fault+In+Our+Stars+Okay+Always+Girls+T-Shirt-10173951.jsp">This shirt from Hot Topic</a> is my current fave. Or you can show love for your book boyfriend with <a href="http://www.myteespot.com/product.php?productid=22254">this one from My Tee Spot</a>. Or maybe <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/home-gift-john-green-fault-in-our-stars-adult-turquoise-t-shirt-l-xl/26118071?ean=887439090839">this simple little number from Barnes and Noble</a> is more your style.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And if you thought TFIOS was the only Weepie headed your way, you were very, very wrong. Another life-obliteratingly sad YA book has recently been made into a movie and will be making its way to a theater near you (and making you openly weep at said theater) August 22nd. I'm talking about Gayle Forman's beautifully written masterpiece, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/If-I-Stay-Gayle-Forman/dp/014241543X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399433330&sr=1-1&keywords=if+i+stay">If I Stay</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Break out the tissues while you check out the trailer:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's been sooooo long since I read this book that I've more or less forgotten most of the specifics, but what I DO remember is that I LOVED it! It immediately put Gayle Forman on my insta-buy author list. And just watching the trailer makes me want to go back and read it all over again!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And speaking of Chloe Grace Moretz, not only will she be playing Mia in If I Stay, <a href="http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/04/16/chloe-grace-moretz-5th-wave/">she'll also be kicking ass and taking names as Cassie</a> in the film adaptation of Rick Yancey's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/5th-Wave-Rick-Yancey/dp/0399162410/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399433733&sr=1-1&keywords=the+5th+wave">The 5th Wave</a>! I'm excited yet terrified that they decided to make this book into a movie. I loved the book and can't wait to read the sequel (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Sea-Second-Book-Wave/dp/0399162429/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399408747&sr=1-1&keywords=the+infinite+sea">The Infinite Sea</a>! Out September 16th! Dammit! That's too far away!) so I'm really hoping they don't fuck this one up. Ya hear me, Sony Pictures!? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Because it's like, a law now that all YA dystopian novels MUST be made into movies. It's called "The Hunger Games Effect."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Anyhoozle, the first trailer is for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Maze-Runner-Book-1/dp/0385737955/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399409578&sr=1-1&keywords=the+maze+runner">The Maze Runner</a>, a dystopian series by James Dashner. I've got this book TBR-ing on my bookshelf right now, so I haven't actually read it yet but, I gotta admit, the trailer has my interest piqued. I'll have to read it soon because the movie hits theaters September 19th and a true book nerd ALWAYS reads the book FIRST! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Next up is the trailer for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Giver-Readers-Circle-Laurel-Leaf/dp/0440237688/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399410045&sr=1-1&keywords=the+giver">The Giver</a>, a Newbery Medal Award winning book all the way from the 90s written by Lois Lowry. The movie doesn't come out until August 15th but already people are getting super pissy about it. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is another book I haven't read yet so I'm, personally, not all up in arms but other people are having all kinds of shit fits all over the internet about this movie for one reason or another. After giving <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435651/?ref_=rvi_tt">their IMDb page</a> a gander, the only things I see wrong with the movie so far are:</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">A. It has Katie Holmes in it. And, let's be honest, homegirl hasn't been the same since Tom Cruise abducted her. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">and B. It has Taylor Swift in it. And, let's be honest, her pie-eyed, gee-golly-willikers, bullshit REALLY gets on my nerves.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you follow me on Twitter, you already know that I absolutely LOVED Lifetime's version of that completely bonkers, incest-filled mess, <a href="http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/flowers-in-the-attic">Flowers in the Attic</a>! Well The Baby Jesus has answered all of our prayers and the kooks over at Lifetime are making the sequel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Petals-Wind-Dollanganger-V-C-Andrews/dp/0671729470/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399433441&sr=1-1&keywords=petals+on+the+wind">Petals on the Wind</a>! Here is the first trailer to this insanity:</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Petals on the Wind will premiere on Lifetime Monday, May 26th at 9 pm. Just want to make sure you've got all the information. If it's anything like the first one, you won't want to miss it! And come hell or high water, I will be live-tweeting the shit out of it! So follow me on Twitter @girlsleuth and we can snark like the best of friends!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">P.S. Please, please, PLEASE check out the <a href="http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/petals-on-the-wind/pictures/petals-on-the-wind-sneak-peek-gallery/potw-2">Petals on the Wind photo gallery</a> on Lifetime's website in which Heather Graham gives you so very much crazy, 70s chic fierceness!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Now I'll turn it over to you guys. Hit me up in the comments section and tell me which movies you're most excited to see! </span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-30006934204209905652014-04-03T17:46:00.000-04:002015-08-22T15:06:09.048-04:00Be Kind Rewind: Veronica Mars Movie Edition <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Alrighty, fellow marshmallows, the Veronica Mars movie has been out for a little over two weeks now. I feel like that's plenty of time for all of us to be sufficiently caught up with our Neptunian pals. Thus it is finally time to sit down and discuss the ever-loving shizz outta this movie! So let's dive right in, shall we? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So the very first thing I couldn't help but sqeeee over happened at the beginning of the movie. When Veronica and Piz (!) are walking out of a building there's a guy with a guitar on the street singing <a href="http://youtu.be/Bm1g5Yg0hUw">We Used To Be Friends</a>! I LOVED THAT! I felt like it was a total wink to faithful marshmallows everywhere! I might have actually applauded at that moment. Yes, that's nerdy. Nope, I don't care.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Now, as most of you probably know, I'm Team Piz all the friggin' way. So, hells yeah I was psyched that Veronica was with him living blissfully in sin in New York at the beginning of the movie! And New York Piz seems even better than Hearst College Piz, y'all! I mean, for one thing his hair is a major improvement. As is his wardrobe. Don't get me wrong, I loved Piz's cute, nerdy T-shirt and jeans combo, but his post-college look is super sexy and sophisticated. Just check that dope trench! And homeboy even makes that man purse look hot! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And even 10 years later, Piz still seems to be a major catch. I mean, how could you NOT fall even more in love with him when he totally didn't act like a jealous prick at the mention of Logan Echols? Or the fact that Veronica was heading back to Neptune specifically to help Logan out of a pickle?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And how amazing was it when Piz showed up at the Neptune High reunion and busted some sick dance moves whilst further bonding with V's old skool besties, Wallace and Mac? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I mean, how can you not like this guy?!? Well, don't ask me. Ask Veronica. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Because her judgment is for shit and she totally leaves Piz high and dry and doesn't go back to New York even though Piz's parents flew in to see her and even though it's totally obvious that Keith likes Piz waaaaay more than he ever liked Logan and Piz has been so great to her and FOR her but she just breaks his adorable little heart anyway and stays with Logan because she's got some serious addiction probs. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I mean, look at that face. He's so cute. And he's sweet. AND he's funny. Oh Veronica! For real, what are we gonna do with you? When will you learn, girl?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyway, as you can tell I'm still a little bit angry. And sad. And confused. I mean, why can't Veronica look beyond the shiny Logan veneer and see the amazing Piziness that is Stosh Piznarski?!?! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ok. Ok. I'll let it go. For now. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So speaking of Logan, he's in the Navy now. Yeah. He never really struck me as the patriotic, do-for-your-country type either. But here he is in his dress whites:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I guess it's good that he's given up his past careers which were poker and bum fighting. Anyhoo, so Logan is in the Navy and he's dating a pop star named Bonnie DeVille. She winds up dead and obvs the police think Logan did it. So of course Logan calls Veronica. And of course V motors all the way back to Neptune to help Logan, subsequently leaving an adorbs Piz unattended. *sigh* </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have to admit, the mystery wasn't the best. And the reveal of the baddie/reasons for the murder weren't all that great either. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For me, the REAL mystery was who in the actual hell is Bonnie DeVille? Oh, she used to go to high school with us, you say? Oh, she used to be Carrie Bishop? But wait a motherfucking minute here, who was Carrie Bishop? Not this girl:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Um. Was the In Memoriam portion of the reunion merely for people Logan may have murdered? I mean, no offense but who actually cares about Felix Toombs? Or Carrie Bishop for that matter. What about poor Meg Manning? And that whole bus full of kids from season 2? And where oh where was Lilly fucking Kane? I mean, Lilly's death is what kicked off this whole show! I guess the snubbing is that bitch Madison Sinclair's doing. Which makes her even more deserving of Veronica's face-punch! </span> </div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I'll show you how to make the whole shebang closer to Halloween, obviously, but for right now I'm going to show you how to make the adorbs mandrake baby in the middle of the cupcake. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">- 1 package of plastic baby favors (You can find these pretty much anywhere that has a baby shower section.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">- 1 sprig of foliage (this can be found at any craft store in the flower section. Just look for whatever kind you like the best.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And, I don't need to tell you this, but USE COUPONS whenever possible. (<a href="http://www.michaels.com/">Michael's</a> and <a href="http://www.hobbylobby.com/home.cfm">Hobby Lobby</a> almost always offer coupons for at least 40% off. Just check their websites and click on "Weekly Offers." I even linked them for you!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Step 1: Plug in your glue gun and let that sucker heat up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Step 2: </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">While you wait on that, start cutting your foliage the desired length. It's totally up to you if you want it a little longer or a little shorter. I went with a medium length. When you're done cutting enough for the amount of babies you have, set it aside.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Step 3: Take your plastic babies out of their packaging and try not to get creeped out by the ones with the crazy eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Step 4: Your glue gun should be good and hot by now, so we're ready to glue our foliage on top of our plastic baby's head! Let's do it! Use your glue gun and apply just a tiny drop of glue on baby's head. Quickly, before your glue dries, press your foliage into the glue. (Careful, cos that shit's hot.) You might want to add one more little drop of glue just to make sure your foliage is good and stuck. Reinforce that shit! Feel free to add a little more foliage if baby looks a little too bare for your taste. Let it dry completely and then peel off any of those glue strings that you get when using a glue gun. You know the ones I'm talking about. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Step 5: Now just repeat the steps for however many mandrake cupcakes you'd like to make. And BAM! You got yourself a mandrake baby!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Fangirl Pro Tip #1:</strong> You'll more than likely have some foliage left over. Keep it! You can always reuse it next year for more mandrake cupcakes and that'll be one less thing you have to buy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Like any good crafter, I already had a glue gun and glue sticks. And like any good type A, overly organized, obsessive compulsive, I already had a storage box handy too. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So I only needed to purchase the babies and the foliage.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">After using coupons, I got 40% off each item and I ended up spending a mere $2.98 for the whole project! Holla!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And with that, I'm now officially one step closer to <a href="http://nancydrewismyhomegirl.blogspot.com/2014/02/always-be-prepared-for-fangirling.html">being prepared</a> for my amazing Harry Potter Halloween! Don't forget to check back often for even more ideas!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-28026745187798829772014-03-06T11:46:00.000-05:002015-08-22T15:07:07.357-04:00EvilEva's Trailer Park Dissects Divergent And Shows Veronica Mars Some LoVe<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">March 14th! It's so close I can practically taste it. And it tastes like... marshmallows! I'm, of course, talking about the Veronica Mars movie! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">After what feels like forever, V and the gang are FINALLY headed for the big screen!!! And if Veronica and Logan cute-ing up the cover of Entertainment Weekly wasn't enough for you, I've got even more scoop to keep your inner fangirl sqeeeing and swooning!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First of all, you can now check out the first 2 minutes of the movie!!! Yeah! Like, right now! While you're just sitting around in your jammies! In the privacy of your own home! Go ahead! DO IT! I'll wait. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wasn't that awesome!?! I know it's basically just a rehash of everything we already know, but who cares?!?! It's the first moments of the movie, y'all! It's our first moments back in Neptune since 2007! That's 7 friggin' Veronica-less years! We have SOOOOOO much to catch up on! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's the cover art of the first Veronica Mars book! It's called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Veronica-Mars-Original-Mystery-Thousand-Dollar/dp/0804170703/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393965385&sr=1-1&keywords=veronica+mars">The Thousand Dollar Tan Line</a> and it's written by show creator, Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham. You can add this little bit of sass and mystery to your bookshelf March 25th for the somewhat low price of $15.95.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And that's not even all, y'all! There's also talk of <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/15/cw-orders-veronica-mars-spinoff-digital-series/">a Veronica Mars spinoff series</a> coming to <a href="http://cwseed.com/">the CW Seed</a>! Rob Thomas will be at the helm of the project but so far no word on who will star in it. I'm hoping for a Piz and Wallace buddy comedy! Which, if you know me at all, has been my dream since the show went off the air. But I'd be totally cool with a Mac spinoff too! Either way, </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I'll definitely keep you posted.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So speaking of things being close, March 21st isn't that far off either. But I find it tastes less like marshmallows and more like Dauntless chocolate cake! ;)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Nice segue, huh? As if you didn't already know, the movie version of Divergent will be headed to a theater near you March 21st. And since I was in bloggy exile for quite some time, I completely shirked my duties of posting and reviewing the trailer. Well, there's no time like the present, right? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, here is the official trailer for the Divergent movie. You know, in case you've also been in bloggy exile for the past few months (or just living under a rock.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Check out the factions, y'all. Look at all those colors! It's like a Benetton ad from the 80s! Well except for the fact that Benetton would never have their colors all divided like that. They were all about the unity, people! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Um, excuse me but your faction is Abnegation. You definitely should tone it down with that makeup, girl. I mean, how did you even apply that mascara? You can only look in a mirror four months out of the year. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ok, I've never seen Jai Courtney in anything before but he looks sufficiently douchey enough to pull off Eric's supreme doucheyness. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Time for simulations! P.S. your bun is amazing! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yay! Maggie Q! I'm beyond stoked that Nikita is gonna play Tori! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Soooo you wanna be Dauntless, huh? Well alls ya got to do is jump off this here roof into that there dark hole with no knowledge of what could be down there. Could be snakes. Or maybe spiders. Or maybe nothing. Hell, maybe it's an endless hole. Maybe you'll just keep falling forever and ever.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Or maybe there's a net and a hot guy with a number for a name.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, hello, Four. "Welcome to Dauntless," indeed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And as an introduction to your new faction, here are some knives thrown at your face. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ah, the ferris wheel! I don't know about you, but this is one of the scenes that I'm looking forward to the most. So don't fuck it up, Summit. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm excited for the train jump too! Weeeeeeee!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oooh, swoony times! I don't recall things getting quite so steamy in the book though. But who cares! You know we're always all for shirtlessness here at Nancy Drew Is My Homegirl headquarters. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But if the 21st feels too far away to you and you want your Divergent <a href="http://youtu.be/TRTkCHE1sS4">now Daddy!</a>, well just check out this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly, Veruca. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And if you're looking for some Divergent swag so you can attend the movie premiere in true fangirl style, <a href="http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/PopCulture/Movies/Divergent.jsp?cm_sp=Homepage-_-Hero3-_-Divergent">Hot Topic's got ya covered</a>. You can show off your faction devotion with <a href="http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/PopCulture/Movies/Divergent/Divergent+Dauntless+Faction+Girls+T-Shirt-10135009.jsp">this t-shirt</a>. Or be a little more subtle with <a href="http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/PopCulture/Movies/Divergent/Divergent+Dauntless+Cord+Necklace-10132617.jsp">this Dauntless symbol necklace</a> or <a href="http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/PopCulture/Movies/Divergent/Divergent+Dauntless+Pin-10132744.jsp">these</a> <a href="http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/PopCulture/Movies/Divergent/Divergent+Abnegation+Pin-10132746.jsp">faction</a> <a href="http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/PopCulture/Movies/Divergent/Divergent+Erudite+Pin-10132748.jsp">pins</a>. Or go more of the badass route with <a href="http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/PopCulture/Movies/Divergent/Divergent+Tris+Temporary+Tattoos-10132667.jsp">these temporary tattoos</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And after the movie, if you wanna be all weird with your book love, you can get your very own Divergent Barbie dolls. You can get <a href="http://www.barbiecollector.com/shop/doll/divergent-tris-doll-bcp69">Tris</a> (whose skin tone is described as "nostalgic") or <a href="http://www.barbiecollector.com/shop/doll/divergent-four-doll-bcp70">Four</a> (whose shirt you can remove in order to marvel at his back tattoos. Cos that isn't weird at all.) and reenact your favorite scenes! (Cos that's <em>also</em> not weird at all.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, that's all the news for now. Now I'll turn it over to you guys. Hit me up in the comments section and tell me the exact amount of excited you are for both of these movies! Which Neptunian are you the most psyched to see again? What scene in Divergent are you most looking forward to? Have you already got your premiere day outfits picked out? And what do you <em>really</em> think of those dolls? (Gotta admit, they kinda creep me out.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A fangirl's motto, much like that of the Boy Scouts of America and <a href="http://youtu.be/XkU23m6yX04">Scar from The Lion King</a>, is to always Be Prepared. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">After all, what if Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles just so happened to be grocery shopping at your local supermarket? Well, if you were a fangirl, you'd definitely have a pen at the ready for autographing purposes. (You'd also have at least two backups just in case the first one unexpectedly ran out of ink.) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And what if your bus breaks down? Or your train is behind schedule? Or a layover has you stuck somewhere in Bumblefuck, Nebraska? A fangirl wouldn't sweat that shit! She's got a book handy! Or a Sudoku puzzle! Or some type of gaming device to keep her occupied!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">In other words, a true fangirl is ALWAYS prepared for ANYTHING! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Now, you may be wondering why I'm harping on you to be prepared. Well, I told you that to tell you this.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">This year I plan on throwing a Super Epic Halloween Party! How will it be both super and epic, you ask? By being Harry Potter themed, of course!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><em>Now</em> you may be wondering why I'm talking to you about Halloween when it's only FEBRUARY! Well here's how we tie everything together, so pay attention. In order to throw an amazeballs Harry Potter Halloween party in October, you need to start early. Like, say, in February!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So throughout this year I'll be posting lil' How To Fangirl posts in which I'll show and explain to you how exactly I'm preparing for my Harry Potter Halloween. And after Halloween, I'll show you the entire finished product! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I'm gonna kick things off next week with How To Make a Mandrake Baby! So be sure to stay tuned, guys.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And if you've ever thrown a Harry Potter party and have awesome ideas to share, drop 'em off in the comments section. </span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-78164071350240294902014-01-20T16:28:00.001-05:002015-08-22T15:05:02.809-04:00Book Resolutions For 2014<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's that time of year again! Time for resolutions! More specifically, BOOK resolutions! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So while thinking about what I would like to bookishly resolve to do <em>this</em> year, I figured it only made sense to take a look back on previous years and previous resolutions. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And you know what I found? I really suck at keeping them! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But I shan't let that lack of achievement stop me. Hells no! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I will learn from my past mistakes! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So this year I've resolved NOT to get all resolution crazy. Instead I will focus all my bookish energy on keeping the mere 2 resolutions that I've come up with. So, without further ado, here are my Book Resolutions for 2014:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">1. I will STOP obsessing about hitting that coveted "100 books read" mark and I will instead enjoy the books I <em>do</em> manage to read and I will review and post them promptly. (Normally and shamefully, I put the "pro" in procrastinator. I'd like to stop that shit and start blogging on the regular. You know, like a blogger does.) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">2. I will start up The Super Nostalgic Book Flashback Challenge again! I've been wanting to do this one for a while now. I've kinda missed the BSC, and the Sweet Valley gang, and the effed up horrors of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike. I've also missed being super snarky. ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, there you have it. My very short list of Book Resolutions for 2014! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">What about you guys? Got any Book Resolutions of your own that you'd like to share? Well dish it up in the comments section or you can find me on Twitter @girlsleuth and share your rezzies by using the hashtag #BookResolutions.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But, alas, nope. Instead I'm reporting live from the kitschy innards of Nancy Drew Is My Homegirl headquarters where there are, unfortch, no tropical drinks with tiny paper umbrellas or shirtless cabana boys to fetch them for me. But there <em>are</em> shelves and shelves of books to read! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And, after all, that <em>is</em> what this blog is about: BOOKS!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I realize you may have forgotten that since I went all radio silent. And I totally understand if you're super confused, considering I haven't written a blog post since... Holy Shit! July 21st! Of LAST YEAR! That's 5 months, 3 weeks and 4 days!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Just think of all the bloggy, bookish, awesome shizz that's happened since July friggin' 21st of last friggin' year! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ugh! I've been a very, very bad book nerd. And that's my bad, y'all. But, you know, sometimes life just kind of happens. And when it does, things like books and blogging and blogging about books has to take a backseat for a sec so you can refocus and sort your shit out. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I feel like, at this point (5 months, 3 weeks and 4 days later,) the bulk of my shit has been sorted. Meaning I'm ready to jump right back in and blog my lil' heart out! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Sooooo, I'll be back soon! And I hope you will too! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A friggin' Veronica Mars movie sneak peek!!!! Check it and then fangirl the fuck out!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ok, compose yourselves, Marshmallows. Cos you know we've GOT to discuss the shizz outta this thang! So let's begin:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And even Jamie Lee Curtis has taken a break from sharing her secrets on how to keep your pooper on the regular in order to do an ACTUAL MOVIE! Was Activia one of the Kickstarter backers? Or did Kristen Bell put in a good word for JLC after they played the mother/daughter duo in that movie <em><strong>You Again</strong></em>? Either way, it's Jamie Lee Curtis, y'all! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Is it Gia? Is Weevil married to Gia? Is he the one that sent her that sweet bouquet? But how the hell would Weevil and Gia get together? Ok, maybe I'm reading too much into this scene. Let's get back to the reunion. Is it a Neptune High reunion? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If so, then why would Piz be there? He didn't go to Neptune. Veronica met him at Hearst College in season 3. So, if this <em>is</em> a high school reunion maybe Piz is there because he and Veronica are TOGETHER!!! *squeeeeeees*</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Now that certainly looks like a Neptune High reunion! People fighting! Most likely PCHers vs. the 09ers. *sigh* Just like old times, y'all. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Too bad we have to wait til 2014 to finally see it. I. Can't. Wait!!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, what did you guys think? Are you too fangirled up to type right now? Me too! I'm at a Jessica-Spano-on-caffeine-pills level of excitement here! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">What are you looking forward to the most? The mystery? The romance? The nostalgia? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And most importantly, which side do you land on: Team Logan or Team Piz? You know my answer. (Piznarski all the way, baby!) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Hit me up in the comments and let me know what you think.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And if you thought the Veronica Mars news ended there you are awesomely mistaken. <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/veronica-mars-movie-book-series-585496">V's story will continue on even <em>after</em> the movie ends</a>! In book form!!! Rob Thomas will reportedly be working with Alloy Entertainment writing two books that pick up wherever it is that Veronica's big-screen story leaves off. This is amazing news, seeing as any VM fan worth their salt knows, originally Rob Thomas envisioned the world of Neptune as a novel anyway. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">As a book-slut, I'm totally for this idea. In fact, I think it's been a long time coming. I mean, someone really should've offered up this whole book deal as a way to reward hardcore fans for staying the course even through the somewhat-sucky third season. After that, someone should've just decided "hey, let's just write grown-up-Veronica adventures! that would be totally awesome! and plus the fans totally deserve it!" </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Why didn't someone think of this sooner?!?!? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Well y'all, this is almost too much excitement for your girl to handle. So I'll end this post with the cutest pic evs! It's the Marshmallow and her Soda Pop! Awww! I am SOOOOO excited for this movie to FINALLY happen!!! And then the books, guys! The books!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"> </span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-83236013077841959112013-07-20T20:03:00.000-04:002015-08-22T14:58:55.723-04:00Behold: The Newest Catching Fire Trailer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Welcome back to the trailer park, y'all. It's been awhile but, boy, have we got some shizz to discuss now. Because the newest trailer for the second installment of The Hunger Games franchise, Catching Fire recently premiered at Comic Con and everyone is fa-reaking out!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And now you can too! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">If you haven't already, by all means, peep the trailer:</span>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now, let's discuss the shizz outta this thing! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ok, so, for the most part the first half of this trailer is just rehash from the previous Catching Fire trailer. Don't try to fool us, Lionsgate. We're not stupid. We have seen this shizz before. The little old man being killed. Gale getting whipped. Prez Snow and Plutarch with the talky-talk business. The riots. The Mockingjay signage. This is old news. We don't care for your rehash. Be gone with your day-old bread-like trailer bits! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The fact is I was all prepared to lose my damn mind over some newness, and you're trying to give me the same trailer as before just in a different order?!? I should call shenanigans. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But! BUT!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Then there's the second half of the trailer! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">There's the Quarter Quell! And Finnick! And the other victors! And Finnick! And the island! And Finnick!!! AND OH MY GOD I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ahem. Sorry about that. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ok, you've won me <em>back</em> over, Lionsgate. I'm officially re-psyched for this movie! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">November 22nd can't come soon enough! For me at least. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But what about you? What did you guys think of the trailer? Are you glad we FINALLY get to see some of the other victors? Or were you hoping the trailer would be a little more Finnick-y? Were you longing to get a better look at the new arena? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Or did you think this new trailer was perfect and you're too busy hyperventilating to find the correct keys on your keyboard to type a coherent comment? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Umkay. Well, whenever you get your wits about you, be sure to drop me a comment and tell me EVERYTHING on your mind. </span><br />
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EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-71523506259476132802013-07-11T10:02:00.000-04:002016-05-19T19:51:23.687-04:00Evil Eva Reviews... Shadowlands<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong>EvilEva reviews ...... </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shadowlands-Kate-Brian/dp/142316525X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1440869236&sr=1-1&keywords=shadowlands+kate+brian">Shadowlands</a> by Kate Brian. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I might actually like this cover if not for the oddly fancifully-dressed young lady right smack dab in the center of it. I mean, WTF? At no point in this book is Rory super dressed up. (She's also not a brunette.) So I don't get the fancy girl at all. Or the birds. Or the equally inappropriately attired blond (or is she a redhead? or is it that hideous ombre which I blame Pinterest for?) on the back cover. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I imagine the meetings for this cover design (and most YA covers in general) went a little something like this:</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">"Quick! Get me a teen, a fancy gown, and some random something that will appear equal parts innocuous and ominous!" </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I do like the font and the color of the title though. And I like the cloudy, there's a storm a-brewin' background. If only they had stopped there. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Rory Miller was taking a shortcut home from school when she was attacked. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">She would've been killed like the rest of Steven Nell's victims, but she managed to get away. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And so did Steven Nell.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">With Rory alive and a killer on the loose, the FBI is afraid he'll come back for her. So they place Rory, her father, and her sister Darcy in witness protection, sending them to the remote island of Juniper Landing, where everything, from the homes to the people, seems a little too perfect.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Rory and Darcy are immediately befriended by a mysterious group of locals and soon enough their schedules are filled with bonfires and parties. But while the carefree vibe of the island helps with Rory's anxieties, she still can't shake the memory of her terrifying ordeal.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Then the disappearances start. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And Rory is convinced Steven Nell has found her once again. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Is it merely coincidence? Or is Nell back to finish the job?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And is that even Rory's biggest problem? Because the beautiful island of Juniper Landing is holding a dark secret of its own.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong><u>Here's What I Think:</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In a way I feel slightly cheated by this book. Based on the inside jacket cover blurb, I thought Shadowlands would be an on-the-lam, cat-and-mouse, psycho-killer-stops-at-nothing-to-get-the-one-that-got-away type of book. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And while it is <em>partly</em> that, I felt like the main focus was really the island Rory and her family are relocated to, and the weird and mysterious shizz that immediately starts going down once they arrive. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Which isn't <em>that</em> big of a deal. I mean, I like mysterious islands. I watched Lost (until it got all tedious.) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">But because of the blurby, false advertising, coupled with the fact that I knew this story would be spread out over three books, I felt like the beginning was a little rushed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">In a way, I guess that's my own fault. I just assumed that the build up of Rory being preyed upon would make up the bulk of the book. But within the first few chapters, Rory's attacked, gets away, the FBI is called, Steven Nell evades capture, and Rory and her family are sent to live elsewhere under semi-assumed names. It's all just a little too much at once. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And, unfortunately, this was the first of many problems I had with this book. And I HATE saying that because I heart Kate Brian. But Shadowlands and I just didn't seem to click. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">For starters, I never really connected with Rory. I mean, sure, I felt bad for her. She just went through this terrible, traumatic event, she's forced to leave her home and everything familiar for some unknown location, AND she's <em>still</em> being pursued by some whackjob. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I get it. That majorly sucks. However, it's no excuse to abandon any kind of a personality. And I felt like Rory didn't really have one. Her character just fell flat for me. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">In fact, most of the characters seemed one-dimensional. I found that I really didn't care what happened to any of them, I gave less than a shit about their well being, and whenever they seemed to be in perilous danger, I might have actually stifled a yawn.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Which is complete madness because normally Kate Brian is a wiz at character development. Unfortunately, the characters of Shadowlands seemed to be suffering from a terrible case of the blahs though. (Except Olive. She was by far the most likable. I mean, she plays guitar, hates running, and dresses like a vaguely emo Claudia Kishi! Get me a "wild" BFF charm necklace that I can bestow upon her STAT!)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Another problemo I had with this book was its Big Bad. Or rather how the seemingly incompetent FBI "handled" him. Which was incompetently. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I mean, I'm pretty sure if a serial killer was fo sho after you, the FBI wouldn't merely shove you in an SUV and have you rely solely on GPS technology to get you where you're supposed to go. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I'm fairly certain you would be escorted in some fashion to your new location by someone that actually works for the bureau. I would really hope they wouldn't leave something that important up to your dumb ass.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I'm also fairly certain they wouldn't let you keep your first names and simply change your last name. I mean, this "Steven Nell" fellow is supposed to be some kind of criminal genius, having killed at least 14 people and evading the law for years, but he's suddenly gonna get tripped up because you changed your last name from Miller to Thayer?!? Even though you're STILL a family of three comprised of a father named Nick and his two daughters, Rory and Darcy?!? WHAT?!?! No! Just..... no.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">So, ok, technically my problem was more with the dum-dum FBI rather than with Steven Nell. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Really as far as Big Bads go, he's not too shabby. In fact, he practically seemed plucked right out of an episode of Criminal Minds. Which is to say, he's a total creep.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Most of the chapters are told from Rory's POV, but a few give us insight into the completely twisted, disturbo mind of Steven Nell. His chapters made me super uncomfortable. It's like that feeling you get when someone's breathing down the back of your neck. *shudders in revulsion*</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Ok, so, by this point in the review you're probably thinking, "Damn, bitch! What did you like about this book? According to the Scale of Judgment you gave it a solid 3, which makes it <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mildly Amusing. So where's the Mildly Amusing part?!"</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Well, calm down, y'all! I'm getting to it.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">What I DID like about Shadowlands is that it involved a mystery! I LOVE mysteries! I get super excited when a mystery starts to unravel. I love rustling up suspects, dodging red herrings, examining clues, identifying shady behavior! It gives me such a rush! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">However, this mystery was kind of an unsolvable one. Or maybe I'm just an idiot. Either way, I didn't figure out the M. Night Shyamalan-ian twist at the end. I knew <em>something</em> was rotten in Denmark though, so I put on my Nancy Drew cap and got all thinky on this bitch!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Which, sadly, yielded zero results.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I like to think that's not my fault though.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I felt like the book was layered in too much random weirdness: point A not really connecting to point B, and point B only connecting to point C by a very thin, loose thread.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I think Kate Brian layered this book with too many twists and turns but didn't provide the reader with enough lil' bread crumbs to actually figure out what the fuck was going on. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">But even though Shadowlands and I didn't totally hit it off, that doesn't mean I'm giving up on this trilogy.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Now that I know what's going on in Juniper Landing (more or less,) I'm hoping all the twists and turns and random weirdness of the first book will be explained more succinctly in the sequel, HereAfter. (Available October 1st!)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Maybe I can get some of my mystery-solver street cred back. ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong><u>Swoony Times:</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">There really aren't any swoony times to be had in this book. And rightfully so. I mean, something super traumatic <em>just</em> happened to Rory. So, of course, she's still raw and vulnerable and scared out of her mind. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Not that that keeps her from <em>noticing</em> the boys Juniper Landing has to offer. I mean, she's still a teenage girl after all. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">There's the dark-haired, cocky, popular pretty boy, Joaquin. He immediately takes a liking to Rory even though she totally throws 'I'm just not that into you' vibes his way. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">But Darcy is seriously (and somewhat embarrassingly) smitten with him.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Rory's more into Tristan, the mysterious, blond, man-of-few-words type. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Nothing really comes of either coupling, but hey, it <em>is</em> a trilogy. Maybe some major makeout seshes and copious swoony times are on the horizon! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong><u>Bonus Shizz:</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Nice Digs!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Even though Juniper Landing seems seriously shady, I couldn't help but be taken in by the descriptions of the beachy atmosphere! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Rory and Darcy have a pretty sweet set up; a cozy cottage complete with window seat, winding staircase, floor to ceiling windows and easy access to the beach! I mean, if ya gotta hide out from a psychotic serial killer, it might as well be in a quaint, postcard-perfect beach town, am I right? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Mystery!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">From the jump there seems to be something majorly up with the folks of Juniper Landing. I mean, we are almost at Stepford levels of bizarre here. And even with the hundreds of thousands of hours I've logged solving mysteries alongside Nancy Drew, Veronica Mars, Isabel Spellman, and Jessica Fletcher, I couldn't make heads nor tails of what exactly the eff was going on. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">So the ending was quite a shock for me. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">You bested me this time, Kate Brian, but I'm not willing to give up my magnifying glass just yet. You can bet your bottom dollar that I'll be sharpening my skills before the sequel comes out. ;) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">Cliffhanger!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I know cliffhangers aren't for everyone. I know there are some people that reach the end, see the cliffhanger, and immediately start f-bombing it up while stomping around their house for like, a week, grumbling under their breath and throwing their hands in the air. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I'm the opposite. I LOVE cliffhangers! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">In fact, if I know going in that I'm reading a trilogy or a series, I kinda just <em>expect</em> them.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">I like to refer to this as The Alias Effect. If you watched the show (and why wouldn't you? It was AWESOME!) you know why.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">If you didn't watch it (I don't know that we can be friends anymore. Especially if you're not at least willing to Netflix that shizz.) Alias pretty much couldn't end an episode with anything other than a cliffhanger. I don't care if it was the third episode of the season or the season finale; they were gonna leave you heart-pounding, mind-blown with maybe a little bit of pee in your pants. Because, with an ending like <em>that</em>, you gotta stick around and see what happens next! JJ Abrams was super crafty like that.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">And even though I felt like I was slogging through some portions of this book, Kate Brian reeled me back in with that ending. Guess homegirl knows a thing or two about The Alias Effect herself. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";"><strong><u>If You Liked That, Try This:</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Private-Book-1-Kate-Brian/dp/1416918736/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369341891&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=privateby+kate+brian">Private</a> by Kate Brian.</span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong><u>The Scale of Judgment Says:</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">...... 3. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "georgia";">A little more mystery, a little less "mysterious island," please. </span><br />
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EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-40165862317020745172013-06-19T13:59:00.001-04:002015-08-22T15:00:47.252-04:00Divergent & Veronica Mars Lookie-Loos! Plus A Visit To Middle Earth & Wonderland!<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hola my lil' bloggermuffins! i know, it's been awhile since i posted anything. That's my bad. i've been supes busy and i unfortunately haven't had a lot of time to blog (Or read. Boo, you whore!) And it seems in my Internetal absence A LOT of Books-Into-Movies/TV news has been a-swirlin'! But fear not, for i have Favorited it all and now i will Cut & Paste the shizz out of it here for your enjoyment! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So let's play a game of catch-up, shall we? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Not too long ago, I shared <a href="http://nancydrewismyhomegirl.blogspot.com/2013/05/dystopian-books-into-movies-news-that.html">the first look pic of the Divergent movie</a>. Well now there are even more pics to squee/swoon/have sads over! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Behold Tris' first moments at the Dauntless compound: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And here's our first for reals look at Theo James as Four:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So? What do you guys think? Do these stills (<a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/">from EW</a>, obvs.) make you excited to see the Divergent universe come to life? Or are you still grumbling over <em><a href="http://nancydrewismyhomegirl.blogspot.com/2013/04/why-shailene-woodley-is-currently-bane.html">certain</a></em> casting decisions?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">While we're on the topic of first looks, g</span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">et ready to lose ya damn mind... it's the very first sneak peek at the Veronica Mars movie!!!!!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*loses damn mind* </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">V. Mars herself, Miss Kristen Bell tweeted a pic of her first day on set! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(Is that a Veronica Mars Trapper Keeper!?!?! <strong><em>I</em></strong> want a Veronica Mars Trapper Keeper!!!!)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And if that wasn't exciting enough, a whole slew of Neptune's finest have been confirmed for parts and/or cameos in the movie! Here's the video-graphic proof from <a href="http://youtu.be/ubZDNzpIeOc">Enrico Colantoni</a> (aka Keith Mars,) <a href="http://youtu.be/-11PlBvUkc4">Percy Daggs III</a> (aka Wallace Fennel,) <a href="http://youtu.be/QDLs_4yXPk8">Chris Lowell</a> (aka Piz,) <a href="http://youtu.be/Di3Wrafxx7g">Francis Capra</a> (aka Weevil,) <a href="http://youtu.be/QpxCoUB1jCo">Daran Norris</a> (aka Cliff McCormack,) and <a href="http://youtu.be/ADKKZA5twgI">Ryan Hansen</a> (aka Dick Casablancas.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2771372/?ref_=sr_4">word around the girls bathroom</a> is that these peeps are also a go for the movie version (just no video confirmation.):</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Tina Majorino will reprise her role as Mac. (Yay!) Krysten Ritter will be back as Gia Goodman. Brandon Hillock will once again don his mustache and uniform as Deputy Sacks. Amanda Noret is back for her role as total bitchface Madison Sinclair. And Jonathan Chesner is on board as Corny. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Plus there are a lot of "rumored" appearances from the likes of Parker, Leo, Troy, and one of my personal faves Vinnie Van Lowe! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So get psyched, Marshmallows!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">In amazeballs news for LotR fans, the trailer for the sequel to The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug, was recently unleashed on the fandom. i haven't seen the first movie yet but this one looks pretty awesome. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Like i said, the trailer looks awesome. What some people might take away from it is: "hey, it's Legolas!" or maybe "ooh, cool dragon!" </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">My very first thought, however, was: "wait. wait a second. is that? is that... Lee Pace?!?!?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">i'll end this post with a new fall show that i'm already super excited about! It's a kinda sorta spin-off of ABC's Once Upon A Time, which i don't watch but my mom is totally obsessed with. It's called Wonderland and centers around the character Alice, obviously. It looks really cool and the graphics look pretty phenom. Check it out: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's set for Thursdays this fall which <em>could</em> conflict with my Vampire Diaries habit. But there's always online watching. Or hell, maybe this will be the year that this homegirl finally gets a damn DVR and all her TV obsessions will be a simple record button away. (Like in olden times when i had a VCR!) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That's all i've got for you now. So now it's your turn. Head downtown to the comments section and deliver all your rants and raves!</span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-87203243563886052032013-05-20T18:42:00.000-04:002015-08-25T18:36:02.835-04:00Evil Eva Reviews... Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>EvilEva Reviews ......</strong> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Hanging-Without-Other-Concerns/dp/0307886271/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368297662&sr=1-1&keywords=is+everyone+hanging+out+without+me">Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)</a> by Mindy Kaling.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Mindy looks adorbs in her ruffled pink top and thoughtful as if she truly <em>is</em> contemplating whether everyone is hanging out without her. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Sure, the cover is fairly simple; just Mindy in front of a fancifully-wallpapered wall. But this is a comedic actress/writer's memoir not some sweeping, serious, doom and destruction, robot-y, famine-y dystopia or some dramatic, love triangle-y, teens-on-a-tandem-bike-in-the-pouring-rain romance. So for me, the simpleness works.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And, because of the books you can <em>usually</em> find me reading, I'm just glad they let Mindy keep her head! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">You might know Mindy Kaling as a writer as well as the portrayer of Kelly Kapoor on <em>The Office</em>. Or maybe you know her from her hilarious new comedy <em>The Mindy Project</em>. Or perhaps you know her from simply being awesome.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">However you've come to know Mindy, now you can know her even better!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Part memoir, part Girls-Guide-To, <em>Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?</em> is a fun, witty collection of essays on life, love, work, and friendship told in Mindy's signature self-deprecating, sassy, sage voice. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Mindy's book reads like what I imagine a really long, scattered conversation with the woman herself would be like if we got together for a chat and cheese fries at Applebee's. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">She would regal me with stories of her time at <em>The Office</em> and what it was like working for a television psychic, while peppering in her opinions on women in romantic comedies that most certainly don't exist in real life (which was my fave chapter!) and the rights and responsibilities one should uphold in order to be a dope best friend. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">We would exchange childhood horror stories of being made fun of and living with the atrocity of having a bowl-cut.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">We would talk fashion, gossip about boys, and I would badger her into dishing about what her famous friends are <em>really</em> like. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Then we would promptly order dessert! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Reading Mindy's book is like being granted access to your best friend's diary. <em>If</em> your best friend happens to be extremely complimentary about her coworkers, deeply loves her parents, and keeps a tight lid on her sexual exploits.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, yeah, Mindy doesn't reveal anything<em> too</em> dishy and salacious, which is kinda what you <em>want</em> from a celebrity memoir (if you're me anyway!) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">There's no <em>x</em> is such a d-bag. Or <em>y</em> is a total monster. Or <em>z</em> really needs to get her shit together. Which I totally get. I mean, Mindy doesn't seem the type to talk trash about a person. In print. For the whole world to read. But maybe... over cheese fries? :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">While there is a chapter on guys and romance, Mindy doesn't really spill the tea on any of her previous or current romantic entanglements. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">However, she does share her views on one-night stands (not into them,) chest hair (totally into it,) and the vast differences between men and boys (too many to name, though all hilarious and totes true!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I love looking at old photos! Seriously. I can easily be lured into wasting the better part of an afternoon with the mere mention of these often times unflattering and embarrassing relics of days gone by. I mean, relatives, friends, boyfriends, enemies, even random celebrities. I'm a sucker for ANYONE in OshKosh overalls and terrible 80s hair! </span></div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Mindy has assembled pics of herself as a "chubby" baby and an adorably bespectacled little kid. There's also that one picture on page 19 in which I don't have the slightest clue what the fuck is going on. But in which Mindy appears to be bobbing for apples... in MIDAIR! While wearing some sort of Wonder Woman-esque outfit! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Best Friends (In My Head) Status!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I totally stole this from Wendy Williams. Wendy is constantly declaring that people she's never met are her best friends IN HER HEAD. I get it, girl. There are tons of authors/celebrities/what-have-you that I think I would totally connect with if, you know, I ever actually met them. Wendy Williams is, in fact, one of them. (How you doin'!) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Mindy is also one of my best friends IN MY HEAD! I just totally dig her sense of humor and her sassypantsness. I also like that she's a girls girl who's not afraid to show her smarts AND unleash her inner nerd!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">From page 83 (Part of Mindy's Best Friend Rights and Responsibilities)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><em><em><br /></em><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><em>I get it. You get it. We take forever getting off the phone anyway. This is a blessing.</em></span></em></span></blockquote>
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</em></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">This is probably one of my most favorite observations in the book because, literally the day before I read this passage I was on the phone with Bestie J and we got disconnected and just didn't bother calling each other back. It's friend code. We were basically just bullshitting around anyway, this wasn't a life or death convo so it was like, well, guess we're done talking. It really is a blessing though. Especially when you're long-winded and you've both just finished reading the same book and could quite literally stay on the phone for at least five more hours discussing imaginary characters that you kinda care more about than some of the actual people in your life. Some calling plans just can't take that kind of booknerd dedication, you know?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">From page 161 (Mindy's inner monologue after a conversation with her ex's new girlfriend who is both young and not a bitch)</span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"></span>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><em><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><em>Also, I'm your "hero"? What am I, ten thousand years old? I quickly said something weird like "Bless you, child," excused myself, and walked briskly away.</em></span></em></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Official-Book-Club-Selection-According/dp/B008SM19SY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368297714&sr=1-1&keywords=kathy+griffin">Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According To Kathy Griffin</a> by Kathy Griffin.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">(Truth be told, I'm only suggesting this one because it's the only other memoir I've ever read. Plus, much like Mindy, Kathy is super hilarious. Although you would probably be alright trying <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bossypants-Tina-Fey/dp/0316056898/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368570788&sr=1-1&keywords=bossypants">Bossypants</a> by Tina Fey or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Are-You-There-Vodka-Chelsea/dp/1416596364/ref=la_B001JS0NMM_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368725475&sr=1-1">any of</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chelsea-Bang-Handler/dp/B0098RG78K/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368726134&sr=1-1&keywords=chelsea+handler">Chelsea Handler's</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lies-that-Chelsea-Handler-Told/dp/B00A19TA7Y/ref=la_B001JS0NMM_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1368726617&sr=1-4#_">books</a> too. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Well, ladies and gentlemen, it seems our Ricky-centric (ok, ok MY Ricky-centric) freak out may have been for naught. What I mean is, <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/05/09/delirium-pilot/">the Delirium pilot was not picked up by Fox</a>. Which, if I'm being honest, I'm kinda happy about because now I won't have to witness that toolbox Ricky from Secret Life playing my sweet Alex. On the other hand, I'm a little bummed because this project could have been really awesome what with Emma Roberts (my homegirl!) attached to it. But, alas, it was not meant to be. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Although, if you were really looking forward to the project and have a dogged determination AND a Twitter account, you can search Twitter for peeps lobbying to get the show up picked up by another network and join in the crusade. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Cursed with a similar fate, <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/05/10/the-selection-not-picked-up/">The Selection won't be making it's way to the CW either</a>. If you remember, a pilot had already been filmed once and was passed over. It then got a complete redo with a completely different cast. But, this pilot, once again, wasn't picked up. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I guess maybe networks are scared that dystopians have been doing so well that they're bound to be on their way out pretty soon much like the witches of the 90s and the vampires of the 00s. Maybe their lifespan just seems better suited for movie trilogies. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">A show that totally IS happening is The Originals! <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/04/26/the-originals-picked-up-for-series/">The spinoff of the CW's The Vampire Diaries is set to premiere this fall</a>! You can check out the back-door pilot (and totally squeal over that part where Klaus leaves a message for Caroline!) <a href="http://www.cwtv.com/cw-video/the-vampire-diaries/the-originals/?play=5e708bfd-7ea0-4e1a-9218-c97bee25b64d">here</a>. (But it's only for a limited time so hurry and watch, k?) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Now, here's the big movie news of the week, kiddos. The One Who Would Be Augustus Waters has finally been revealed! <span id="goog_1135146849"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/">And the part goes to<span id="goog_1135146850"></span></a>......</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ansel Elgort! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I thought the name sounded kind of familiar and then it dawned on me why. He's the actor that will play Caleb Prior in the film adaptation of Divergent. So he'll be in two really big Books-Into -Movies. One in which he'll play Shailene Woodley's brother and the other he'll be playing her lover. That's..... weird. But congrats, Ansel (even though this is starting to get into some V.C. Andrews type of weird territory.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Speaking of Divergent, a while back <a href="http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/04/24/shailene-woodley-divergent-first-look/">Entertainment Weekly</a> gave us a first look at the movie. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I'm still totally NOT into Shailene Woodley playing Tris but this is a pretty cool still to share right out of the gate. So, well played, EW. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And in even MORE Divergent news, the title and the cover art for Veronica Roth's third and final book in this series was recently released! It will be called Allegiant and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006202406X/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1K94XQVJ2K5RMYN3F1DT&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846">will hit stores October 22nd</a>. And I'm too friggin' excited! Like, Jessica Spano on caffeine pills excited!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I'll end this post with two new trailers. The first is the international trailer for The Mortal Instruments. This one seems a little more in-depth than previous trailers, plus it includes a sneak peek at baddie Valentine!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">City of Bones will be in theaters August 23rd. </span>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The other trailer is for Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes. Surprisingly, this is the first of Judy's many books to ever be turned into a movie. I've never read this one but based on the trailer, it looks pretty emo. It's all death-talk and pill-popping and crying-jags, hospitals, the desert, and what I'm just assuming is a dead father story. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">It stars Willa Holland from Arrow and, unless my eyes are deceiving me, the Pink Power Ranger. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Huh. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Anyway, you can catch Tiger Eyes in theaters starting June 7th. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well guys, I think we are sufficiently caught up with our Books-Into news. But, as you well know, new shizz is being reported EVERYDAY. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So I'll try to stay super vigilant with the latest.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Now I'll turn it over to your rants, raves, comments, and concerns. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Leave 'em in the section below. </span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-51852388694238309832013-05-11T16:45:00.000-04:002015-08-22T15:02:46.633-04:00There Will Be Blood!<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ok, well there won't <em>technically</em> be blood. That's just me being super dramatic with my post title in order to get your attention. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So. There <em>won't</em> be blood but there <em>will</em> be CHANGES! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Perhaps y'all have noticed that lately I've been quite slacky with my posting and my reviewing and my various other bloggy responsibilities. Well the reason is this: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I wanna revamp my blog!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Yes, I know <a href="http://nancydrewismyhomegirl.blogspot.com/2012/01/nancy-drew-is-getting-facelift.html">I've done this before</a>. But sometimes you just get the urge to shake things up. And I've recently been daydreaming about backgrounds and fonts and features! So I definitely think the time to shake these things up is NOW! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So here's a list of shizz that I'll be changing/adding/what-have-you in the coming weeks: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Nancy Drew Is My Homegirl will have a whole new look! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*I'll be introducing a new feature called Honest To Blog in which I'll be revealing 5 random facts about myself! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Fangirl Five Fridays will NO LONGER be EVERY Friday. I'll be changing it to a monthly feature. The first Friday of every month, I'll be fangirling about what I'm the most excited about that's happening in said month. (And you can still fangirl right along with me!) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*I'll be adding a Tab called Homegirl Vocab. So if you ever come across a word or phrase that you've never heard and you're sure I either made it up or it's simply a reference to something you've never seen, just hit up this new Tab and you'll be able to find the definition and finally know what the fuck I'm talking about! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*I plan on resurrecting The Super Nostalgic Book Flashback Challenge! I'm hoping to make that a monthly thing too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*I'm also kicking around the idea of having a weekly TV roundup post of sorts in which I'll dissect all the WTFery that's gone down on my favorite shows for that week. I like this idea and I think it could be really fun but I sometimes have a little problem with follow-through. So this one is just an <em>idea</em> at this stage. (But if Evil Eva can actually get her shit together, this feature will be a definite go!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, as you can see, I'm planning a bit of an overhaul. You might come back and see what, at first, might appear to be a completely different blog. But don't worry, y'all. It'll still be the same ol' Nancy Drew Is My Homegirl here! Just with 100% more awesomeness! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"></span><br />EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-65329000646274178812013-04-23T18:53:00.000-04:002015-08-22T15:03:06.314-04:00Divergent Movie News Plus TV News That Is Both Bookish And Not<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As the title of this post suggests, i've got some Divergent casting news for ya, as well as a little Books-Into-TV news, AND i've also got some regular ol' non-bookish TV news to spill! So let's get started!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*i'll kick things off with what i'm fairly certain is the very last of the Divergent casting news. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Mekhi Phifer (who my mind REFUSES to see as anything other than this permanent mental image: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">i don't even know why. In fact, i don't even think i've actually seen ALL of 8 mile. Apparently the mere trailer left a lasting impression on me as far as Mekhi Phifer's appearance is concerned. It's like i can't NOT imagine Mekhi without these hideous dreads. Even though he's been in a shit ton of stuff since 8 mile, and minus the dreads. So, i guess thanks a lot, 8 mile, for ruining Mekhi Phifer for me FOREVER) Anyhoo, what was i talking about? Oh yes, Mekhi Phifer <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/04/09/divergent-mekhi-phifer/">will play the role of Max</a> in the Divergent movie. Although, hopefully he won't be bringing those dreads and that puff jacket along for the Dauntless train ride.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The parentals of the Prior family have also been cast. <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/04/12/divergent-ashley-judd/">Ashley Judd has nabbed the role of Tris' mom</a>, while <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/04/16/tony-goldwyn-divergent/">Tony Goldwyn will play Tris' dad</a>. i don't mind Tony Goldwyn as he was a total kickass dad in The Last House on the Left. But Ashley Judd? Eh. She's not my fave for the role. Or for anything really. i'm not a huge Ashley Judd fan. Although i'm not a huge Shailene Woodley fan either. So... </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Oh Lord! Please don't let me hate this movie! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Now for some Maze Runner movie news! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">You know, i kinda thought The Maze Runner was a fairly popular series, but it seems like not that many people are keeping up with the movie news of it all. i keep coming across excited posts about the prospect of Delirium on the small screen and Divergent on the big screen, but i haven't really seen many peeps blogging about The Maze Runner film adaptation. Hmm. Well, if you're totally into the idea of James Dashner's dystopic vision coming to life, this news is for you! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Thomas, the main character in the book, <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/04/18/the-maze-runner-dylan-obrien/">has finally been cast</a>. The role goes to Dylan O'Brien, whom i've never heard of but am told plays on MTV's Teen Wolf. <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/04/08/kaya-scodelario-maze-runner/">The role of Teresa</a>, sole gal in the maze, will be played by Kaya Scodelario, another that i've never heard of but am told plays on the UK version of Skins. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">On a side note: i've gotta read this damn book! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Let's leave the silver screen behind and dive into some TV news that is truly awesome! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ok, so you remember how ABC totally unjustly canceled Don't Trust The B In Apartment 23 even though it was super hilarious and waaaaaay better than at least 4 of the comedies that are in their current lineup? Well, <a href="http://tvline.com/2013/04/18/dont-trust-the-b-in-apartment-23-last-8-episodes-online-season-2/">starting May 17th you'll be able to watch the unaired final 8 episodes of The B</a> on ABC.com, iTunes, and Hulu! Yay! i've so missed Chloe, June, and, of course, James van der Beek! Which is kinda weird because i couldn't stand him as Dawson because, well: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But as "James van der Beek" on Don't Trust the B, he's actually really brilliantly self deprecating. And i totally heart anyone that can make fun of themselves! So buck up, Dawson! You're gonna be alright!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*i'll end this post with the trailer for the pilot episode for the CW's Vampire Diaries spinoff, The Originals! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*sqeeees over the sheer Klausiness of it all* </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Is it just me or has the Original family kinda become your new fave characters on TVD? i mean, i always liked Elijah, and Klaus's bad boy behavior has had me squealing and swooning for some time now, but lately Rebekah has started tugging at my ol' heartstrings with her desperate desire to be human and loved. Bless her little unbeating heart. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, obvs, i'm super excited for The Originals!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The pilot (which doubles as the first episode of The Originals and the 20th episode of The Vampire Diaries) airs this Thursday at 8 pm!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The only thing i'm bummed about is that with the Originals headed for New Orleans, there will be relatively no time for any Klaroline. :*(</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">i guess i'll just have to watch and see and find out how much of my love for Klaus is directly proportionate to his shippiness with Caroline and how much is just flat-out Klaus-luv. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ok guys, now it's your turn. Tell me what you think about all this new news. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Are you cool with Mom & Pop Prior? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">On the edge of your seat for some Originals Gone Wild? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And how does Mekhi Phifer appear in your mind's eye?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Get your fingers at the ready and dish the shizz in the comments section. </span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-73531847596613410882013-04-18T17:12:00.001-04:002015-08-22T15:04:00.065-04:00Let's Discuss The Shizz Outta The Catching Fire Teaser Trailer<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nerds of the world rejoice! The teaser trailer for Catching Fire is FINALLY all up in the internet's business!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">i'm sure you've already watched and rewatched it like a hundred times. (Don't feel bad. i've done it too!) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So let's get down to brass tacks, as they say, and discuss the ever-loving shizz outta this thing! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">First, if you haven't already partaken (um, what have you been waiting for?!?!) by all means, partake your brains out:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Usually when discussing a trailer i realize i might come off a bit, um, what's the word, ah yes, snarky. i really can't help it though. Turns out, i'm a snobby reader. Yes, apparently i think i'm totes hot shit because i read the book before seeing the movie. And being such a hot shit, i feel entitled to snark it up when it comes to viewing Books-Into-Movies trailers because, more often than not, i can use the phrase "that's not how it happened in the book" while feeling vaguely superior to non-readers that are looking at me like "huh? what do you mean? who's Madge?" </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyhoo, i usually like to do a minute-by-minute analysis of why, based solely on the trailer, said movie is probably destined to not live up to its bookish potential.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Howevs, methinks i might have to eat my snark this time around. i mean, what's there to make fun of? Only a heartless troll would find anything funny or snappy to say about the dude from District 11 getting straight-up murdered, or Gale being publicly whipped, or Plutarch and Snow calmly discussing how Katniss needs to be dealt with (ie by KILLING HER!)</span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So there will be no snarky minute-by-minute for Catching Fire. Because, basically, i</span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">n the opinion of this Tribute, the trailer is pretty awesome. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The only thing missing? i think you know what i mean. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The freakin' Quarter Quell!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Throughout the whole trailer, there's really no mention of it. Except for that end bit with President Snow where he simply alludes to it. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But where is the arena?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And where are the newbs? Where's Johanna? Mags? Beetee? Wiress? And for the love of Buttercup, WHERE IS FINNICK?!?!? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">i mean, i get that this is merely the <em>teaser</em> trailer, but at least give us a <em>little</em> something new, Lionsgate! i mean, any little bread crumb will do. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ok, now i'll turn it over to you guys. What did you think of the trailer? Did you like it? Did it leave you a little disappointed? Were you really hoping for some new, Catching Fire specific stuff? Or did you really just wanna make sure that they didn't fuck it up with the casting of Finnick? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Whatever your rant or rave, drop me a comment and tell me what ya think! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Oh, and just a P.S., Catching Fire will be in theaters November 22nd. (And so will Evil Eva!) </span> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span><br />
<br />EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-59925676637438542432013-04-16T17:33:00.000-04:002015-09-09T18:36:30.114-04:00Evil Eva Reviews... Attachments<div style="border: currentColor;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><strong><u>Dissecting The Cover:</u></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I'm totally digging this cover! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I like that it's simple. I like the double meaning of the title. I like that it's cute without being cutesy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">To me, this cover says "Why, yes, I <em>am</em> a serious reader but with a touch of whimsy. Now hop on my unicorn as I adjust my monocle and straighten my cardigan sweater and we'll be off to Narnia tout suite!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Lincoln O' Neill has a pretty boss job title at <em>The Courier</em>: Internet security officer. It sounds fairly bad ass, like he'll be in charge of thwarting hackers and building impenetrable firewalls. Like James Bond on desk duty!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">That's pretty far off from what his job actually entails, which is reading other people's emails. He's basically a glorified eavesdropper. </span></div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Which isn't exactly what he signed up for. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But there is one bright side to his moral dilemma. Lincoln becomes thoroughly entertained by the correspondence of two of his coworkers. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder spend endless amounts of company time spilling the intimate details of their lives and loves; from weddings and weight gain, to boyfriend and baby trouble. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Lincoln knows it's his duty to turn them in. But he just can't bring himself to do it. He also can't bring himself to stop reading their emails. </span></div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Which could be a problem. Because Lincoln is fairly certain that he's falling for Beth.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So the big question is this: How do you formally introduce yourself to someone whom you've been <em>technically</em> kinda, sorta semi-spying on for months? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And the bigger question? How do you declare your love to someone that doesn't <em>technically</em> kinda, sorta semi-know who you are? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Attachments came along at the perfect time for me in by book-reading schedule. I had just finished Matched and was super psyched to start Requiem which would be out... in TWO WEEKS! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I don't know about y'all, but I can't go two whole weeks without reading SOMETHING. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I was in quite the quandary. I didn't want to start Crossed (the next book in Ally Condie's trilogy) just yet. I needed something light and fun to break up the dystopia of it all.</span></div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And along came Attachments. It was the perfect chick-lit book with just the right mix of wit, drama, swoon, and fun! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The story is told two different ways, alternating chapter by chapter between Lincoln's more traditional third person telling and Beth and Jennifer's emails. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Lincoln is the primary protagonist though. We get to know more about him because we're basically in his head. And what we learn is that Lincoln is pretty much the quintessential nice guy. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">He's kind and caring and a little shy. He lives with his mom. Befriends Doris the vending machine lady. Plays Dungeons and Dragons with his friends on the weekends. Takes his nephews to the movies. Goes to his sister for advice. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But it also means his last girlfriend totally broke his heart. He's not skilled in the art of flirting. He can't hold his liquor. And he's slightly awkward socially. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But you still root for him. You want him to succeed. You want him to get the girl. You hope that phrase "nice guys finish last" doesn't apply to him. He's just a lovable character.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">As are Beth and Jennifer! Their emails are hilarious, revealing, sad, inappropriate, honest, random, and sweet. And even though, because of this format, we only get a few pages of their interactions at a time, they never feel like secondary characters. We learn all about their lives: the good, the bad and the ugly and it's all done with a sense of humor that can only exist between two best friends. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And while I loved the book as a whole, their conversations were my favorite parts. Maybe because they reminded me of myself and Bestie J!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I guess what I'm trying to say is, their friendship actually felt <em>real</em>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Not like Jennifer merely existed for Beth to have someone to squeal with over her Cute Guy. (Not to say they don't squeal over cute guys. They do!)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I just hate it when the best friend role isn't fleshed out and it seems like homegirl's sole purpose is to drift into scenes, wholeheartedly agree with our heroine, and fade right back out. I like my besties with some personality!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So I really appreciated that Rainbow Rowell gave Jennifer her own story separate from the story she shared with Beth. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ok, so I've told you about my love for Lincoln, Beth, and Jennifer, but, truth be told, Attachments is a veritable cornucopia of great characters!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">There's Lincoln's well-meaning mother who can't let him grow up. His frazzled sister that desperately wants him to. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The saucy and sage Doris.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Christine, Dave, and the rest of the ragtag band of misfits that make up Lincoln's D and D group.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The hard-partying, smooth-talking, occasionally douchey but ultimately redeemable, Justin. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Beth's irritatingly cool rocker boyfriend, Chris. And Jennifer's sweet if often times oblivious husband, Mitch.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Basically, Rainbow Rowell is a genius when it comes to creating characters that are both lovable and flawed. She's also fairly masterful when it comes to building a hilarious story out of a seemingly simple concept. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I mean, sure, Attachments is a zippy, light, little read about office romance. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But we NEED zippy, light, little reads! They give us a much needed break from all the heavy, intense seriousness provided by our various dystopian, murder mystery, psychological thriller, vampire/werewolf love triangles. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, if your book-reading schedule has recently been slammed with heavy-duty reads, might I suggest you take a walk on the zippy, light side with an awkwardly awesome guy and his love for a girl he's only read about! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">You may be wondering how a book can have such a high swoon-quotient when the two main characters don't even meet until the very end.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Well the answer is simple. I have no idea.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But Rainbow Rowell does! In fact, she's kinda mastered the shizz.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">You can practically FEEL the tension between these characters! From Lincoln's unrequited lust to Beth's experimental longing. It's a sweet, will-they-won't-they, intense tummy-knotter that keeps you desperately turning the pages til the very end.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">TRUTH SERUM TIME: I think I might be a bit of a voyeur, y'all. I totally look in people's windows when I'm driving at night if their blinds are open and their lights are on. And I wonder what they're doing and if they're watching something on TV that I like. Or I think "Hmm. A burgundy living room wall? That's pretty bold. I don't know if I could live with that. It's a little distracting." </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I mean, I'm not so bad that I snoop in people's medicine cabinets. I mean, we all have some kind of diarrhea medicine in our bathrooms. After all, everyone poops. So what do I care what brand you use? Answer: I don't. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I <em>will</em> however ALWAYS that a gander at your bookshelves. And I'll totally silently judge you if you don't even <em>have</em> a bookshelf. (I mean, what is <em>that</em> about!?!?) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Anyhoozle, the point of that tangent wasn't to frighten you into never inviting me over to your home, I was just trying to explain why I find it so fun reading other people's emails. Because I'm evidently a really fucked up individual. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I mean, it's not like I read other people's emails in real life. That's an invasion of privacy. But I <em>do</em> like when books are written in this format. I feel like we get to know the characters in a different, maybe more authentic way. Plus it makes for a quick read! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Author Stalker Status! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I realize that I'm kinda just gushing at this point in the review but I can't help it, you guys. I LOVED this book! I LOVED the characters! I LOVED the idea! And I LOVED Rainbow Rowell's writing style! So much so that I immediately went out and purchased <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eleanor-Park-Rainbow-Rowell/dp/1250012570/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1366079405&sr=1-1&keywords=rainbow+rowell">Eleanor & Park</a>. And then made a note to remind myself that Rainbow's next book (titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fangirl-Rainbow-Rowell/dp/1250030951/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1366079541&sr=1-4&keywords=rainbow+rowell">Fangirl</a>!) (sqeeeeeee!) will be coming to bookstores September 10th! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><em>"There's never been a moment," he barely said, "when I didn't recognize you."</em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><em>She wiped her eyes. Her mascara smeared. He nudged the merry-go-round into motion. He could kiss her now. If he wanted. </em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><em>"I'd know you in the dark," he said. "From a thousand miles away. There's nothing you could become that I haven't already fallen in love with.</em></span></span></blockquote>
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</span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hear that? That's the sound of me swooning! This is why nerd boys are the absolute best! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">From page 318:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*i'll start with Books-Into-Movies-news-EvilEva-totes-doesn't-approve-of: it seems Shailene Woodley has won <a href="http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/03/19/shailene-woodley-fault-in-our-stars/">yet another coveted YA book to movie role</a>, that of Hazel Grace Lancaster in the film adaptation of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So isn't that just peachy fucking custard. Answer: no. It is not. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">i mean, has anyone else SEEN The Secret Life of the American Teenager?!?!? i don't think they have! Because if they had, they would see that Shailene Woodley is so NOT a good actress. (And, while we're on the subject of being fairly terrible, that toolface that plays Ricky on Secret Life should totally NOT be playing my sweet Alex in the Delirium TV show either. i mean, he's terrible AND he has Dylan McKay-ish hair in the year 2013! <a href="http://youtu.be/mrSDkwpmcDw">i seriously feel like Abed in that one episode of Community</a>: "What's going on? Am i deaf? Can you guys hear me talking right now?" But instead of being deaf, i feel like everyone else has suddenly lost their ability to see. And i'm sitting over here struggling through reruns of Secret Life thinking maybe i'm just being too hard on these poor children and if i could just give this show ONE MORE SHOT, but NO! It's STILL terrible. THEY are still terrible. Thus i'm feeling very Abed and have to ask: "What's going on? Am i blind? Can you guys see what i'm seeing right now?!?!) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So. Anyway. i'm not all that jazzed about Shailene Woodley being cast in another role that i feel is too good for her, urm, "talents." But i'd love to know what you guys think? Am i merely being too hard on this girl or do you agree with me that she kinda can't act and WHY ON EARTH are they tainting my book-memories with her gigantic ABCFamily face?!?! Dish it in the comments. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Speaking of Divergent, (which we kinda really weren't, we were only speaking of Shailene Woodley, but she's {unfortunately} gonna be in Divergent so i think this segue still works. anyhoo,) <a href="http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/03/21/kate-winslet-confirmed-divergent/">the rumors about Kate Winslet</a> being somehow, someway involved in the Divergent movie are true, y'all. And just as <a href="http://nancydrewismyhomegirl.blogspot.com/2013/03/and-then-there-was-four.html">i previously predicted</a>, she'll be taking on the role of Jeanine Matthews. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And recently, <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/26/divergent-ben-lloyd-hughes-ben-lamb-christian-madsen/">three others were also cast</a>. Ben Lloyd-Hughes will play Will. Ben Lamb will play Edward. And the role of Al will be played by Christian Madsen. i've never heard of any of these guys. (Apparently i'm not the only one though. When i hit up Google Image Search for each guy my results were basically "um. uh. fuck if i know." Well, except for Ben Lamb. Apparently there is a better-known Ben Lamb that isn't an actor at all but a ginger-headed poker player. Regardless, thanks for nothing Google Image Search.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyhoozle based on the pics provided by the above link from Hollywood Crush, i don't think i would've picked any of them. Especially the dude playing Al. He's totally NOT how i pictured Al in my noodle. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*Now, onto news that i can not only get behind; i can also get in front of it and to the sides as well. And believe it or not, this news actually has to do with 50 Shades of Grey. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">No, guys, don't start going cray, ok, i haven't actually read it yet! However given the latest casting rumor about the movie i might just have to break my vow of never reading Twilight fan-fiction EVER and take a crack at that shit. Why, you may be asking yourself? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Well because rumor has it Stephen Amell (aka Oliver Queen from my newest fave TV show, Arrow! As well as my current TV crush!) may be in the running for the role of Christian Grey! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=328250763945015">And this news is straight from the horse's mouth</a>. Sorta. More or less. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Now, as i mentioned before, i still haven't read the 50 Shades books yet but i know the basic gist of them; it's all bondage and sex and what have you. Now, thinking logistically, that would mean that there would be copious amounts of sex scenes in the movie version. Which would also mean that Stephen Amell would be shirtless (and perhaps pantless) for a good bit of the movie. Which is something that your girl, Evil Eva, is all for! (Unless they cast Shailene Woodley as </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anastasia Steele. At which point, i'll be totes out, y'all.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And now, a gratuitous shot of a shirtless Stephen Amell! (You're welcome, ladies!) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*i don't know if any of you out there are particularly excited for the upcoming film adaptation of James Dashner's The Maze Runner or if you were even aware that such an adaptation was in the works, but either way The Maze Runner is in fact being given the old book-into-movie treatment and recently a few names have been tied to the project. <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/05/maze-runner-will-poulter/">Will Poulter is being considered</a> for the lead role of Thomas. Thomas Brodie-Sangster <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/14/maze-runner-thomas-brodie-sangster/">will play a character named Newt</a>. And Aml Ameen will take on <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/18/maze-runner-aml-ameen/">the role of Alby</a>. This all means nothing to me as of right now because The Maze Runner is still currently TBRing it on my shelf. But if you've read the series and have an opinion on these casting decisions, comment away kiddos! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">*This fall ABCFamily is introducing a Pretty Little Liars spin-off called Ravenswood. (While also proving that they don't really understand what a "spin-off" is.) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Here's the synopsis for the show from their website:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And <a href="http://beta.abcfamily.go.com/shows/ravenswood">here's the link</a> to said website in case you wanna delve even further into this business.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh, and it was recently reported that <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Pretty-Little-Liars-Spin-Off-Ravenswood-1063195.aspx">Pretty Little Liars has been renewed for a fifth season</a> of bat-shizznat craziness! The fourth season will kick off this summer starting June 11th at 8 pm. Hopefully we'll find out what was in that trunk. And why it was sooooo shocking. (My money is on it being Ally's dredged up corpse! Any takers? Any at all?) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*And now i'll send you off with a little (and i do mean little) tease! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here is the teaser trailer FOR the teaser trailer for the Catching Fire theatrical trailer (Because that's evidently something we do now. That and winter hiatus'.) It's really just a cheap ploy to get you to watch the MTV Movie Awards (Sunday April 14th at 9 pm on MTV!) in which they'll be playing the whole teaser clip as opposed to just the teaser of the teaser clip which i am gifting you with now...... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Although, let's be for reals, it's not all that much of a gift. It's basically Effie's ass and Katniss in what i'm imaging to be an adorable sweater and i say "imagining" because i can only see a tiny piece of the sleeve. What this clip does not include is really the only thing we wanna see. i'm, of course talking about Finnick! i don't give two shits about whatever Muppet-skinned ensemble Effie is trying to rock (apparently, in the future, the only PETA is one that bakes cakes! See what i did there?) or the touring of the other Districts. i wanna see the newbies, dammit! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hopefully the <em>actual</em> teaser trailer won't be such a tease and we'll finally see some new faces. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ok guys, that's all the news i've got for you now. But be sure to check back often for even more dish!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Now i'll turn it over to you guys. Share your opinions on any or all of the topics i just got finished covering. </span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-77832316995745481822013-03-18T11:39:00.000-04:002015-08-22T14:49:50.886-04:00And Then There Was Four!<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well bloggermuffins, that casting decision of Peeta-sized proportions has finally been made!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">i am, of course, talking about who will be playing Four in the upcoming Divergent movie. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And the role goes to... <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/15/divergent-four-theo-james/">Theo James</a>. Which is actually kinda funny because recently, after seeing a commercial for Golden Boy, i was trying to determine whether i found him attractive. My verdict? Well, he <em>is</em> quite handsome. i mean, obvs. But i think that might be the problem. Maybe he's a little TOO handsome. And, truth be told, i'm not that big a fan of guys with pouty lips. i mean, i'm not into thin-lipped guys either. Typically i go for the Goldilocks of lips: aka just right. ;) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Anyhoo, i think that's my main problem with Theo. He's a little too pouty for me. And i think that's the problem i have with him playing Four. Four is in no way, shape, or form pouty or modelesque. Four is gritty and badass and rough around the edges. And i don't know if Theo has what it takes to pull that off. Although, i've never actually seen him act. So maybe he's really the perfect Four and i just don't know it because, based solely on my Google Image search, he looks too GQ. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">i just don't know, guys. For the moment, i'm totes on the fence about this one. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What do y'all think? Did the movie casting peeps get it right? If not, who would be your ideal Four? Dish it in the comments. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Oh, and in less-important-because-it-isn't-about-Four Divergent movie news, <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/14/divergent-jai-courtney/">the part of douchebag Eric</a> has also been cast. He will be played by Jai Courtney. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Also, that rumor about Kate Winslet being somehow involved with this movie still persists. Although it's still unclear who she'll play. My money would be on Jeanine. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And i recently heard <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/downton-abbeys-theo-james-nabs-428998">an AMAZING rumor</a> which i REALLY hope is true: Aaron Eckhart is perhaps, possibly vying for a role in the movie! My guess is that he might play Tris' dad. i don't care if he wins the part of Garbage Man #2, i LOVE me some Aaron Eckhart!!! Just the possibility that he MIGHT be in this movie is enough for me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Well guys, it seems like Divergent movie news is coming fast and furious these days so whenever someone else is for sure cast (Will! Al! Uriah!) i'll be sure to report it. So be sure to check back for more Books Into Movies news soon. </span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-49671040529052426002013-03-14T21:36:00.000-04:002015-08-22T14:50:14.660-04:00Delirium Casting, Total Books Into Movies And TV News Overload, Plus The Veronica Mars Movie!!!<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hey there, bloggermuffins. i'm back with even more Books Into Movies and TV news. And a lot of the news i've got to share has to do with casting decisions. So let's get down to business so we can then rant and rave about said decisions. Because, trust me, i've got quite a few rants to make, y'all. And also quite a few raves! (Veronica Mars movie!!! Ahhh!!! i'm soooo excited!!!) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Let's kick it off with Delirium:</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You know, for a project that seems to have taken foooooorevvvvver to come together, Delirium has suddenly been tossing out names left and right. <a href="http://nancydrewismyhomegirl.blogspot.com/2013/02/austenland-clips-vampire-diaries.html">Awhile back i told you that Emma Roberts was chosen to play Lena</a>. Which i'm not mad at one little bit because i love Emma Roberts! She's a great actress and i think she'll do a phenom job at capturing both Lena's naivity and her strength. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Recently a few more names were named. Some i'm ok with. Others? Well, we'll come to that in a minute. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Pilot-Season-Billy-Campbell-Delirium-1060858.aspx">Billy Campbell has been cast as Thomas Fineman</a>. Whenever i think of Billy Campbell (which, admittedly, isn't often) i always think of that movie Enough (which is pretty much the ONLY Jennifer Lopez movie that i actually like.) If you haven't seen it, Billy Campbell plays a total dick in it. i mean, at first he's nice and charming. That's why Jennifer Lopez falls for him. But then he turns into an abusive douchebag. So JLo takes their adorable daughter and high tails it outta there. But, being a complete dick, Billy Campbell follows her and they have this huge fight at the end where JLo kicks his ass because while she's been hiding from him, she's also been training and taking karate classes and shit. Long story short, JLo totally kills Billy Campbell. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Anyhoo, my point (and yes i <em>did</em> have one) is that Billy Campbell can play a very convincing villain. i also think that his stint on The Killing as Darren Richmond will help him channel Mr. Fineman's political side. So, in other words, i'm good with this decision. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And speaking of the Finemans, <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/02/20/delirium-gregg-sulkin/">an actor has also been cast in the role of Julian Fineman</a>. And that actor is Gregg Sulkin. Some of you might know him as Lil Fitz, Ezra's younger brother Wes on Pretty Little Liars. Since i'm not a Julian girl, i don't really care one way or the other about this casting decision. It's fine, i guess. Unlike <em>SOME</em> decisions. (We're just not there yet. But soon, my pretties, soon!) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The role of Lena's bestie, Hana, <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/04/delirium-pilot-hana-jeanine-mason/">has been snagged by Jeanine Mason</a>. i had no idea who this chick was but then i checked imdb and found out that she plays the new girl, Cozette, on Bunheads and she was also on So You Think You Can Dance. So she's evidently more dancer than actor but we'll see how she does with Hana. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">A role that i didn't even know was part of the Delirium universe, that of a Senator Hargrove, <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/08/delirium-michael-michele/">has been assigned to Michael Michele</a>. i guess this is supposed to be in place of Mayor Hargrove who we don't even meet until Requiem and even then we don't really <em>meet</em> him. So i don't know why they've changed the character from a Mayor to a Senator or why they've made him into a woman (yeah, don't let the first name fool ya. Michael Michele is a chick) but i guess we'll just have to wait and see what this character is all about. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And now, yes, NOW, for the big steaming pile of casting BULLSHIT!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/02/26/delirium-alex-daren-kagasoff/">Daren Kagasoff will play Alex</a>. That's right, friends! Ricky from fucking Secret Life of the American Teenager and his Dylan McKay hair will play my sweet, beloved Alex. This is SUCH BULLSHIT!!! SUCH COMPLETE BULLSHIT!!! UGH! i can't believe this! Of ALL the actors they could have picked, why oh why did it have to be Ricky from fucking Secret Life of the American Teenager and his motherfucking Dylan McKay hair?!?!? WHY?!?!? Ugh, isn't it BAD ENOUGH that Amy from fucking Secret Life of the American motherfucking Teenager is gonna play Tris in the Divergent movie?! Now they have to cast fucking RICKY as my sweet, sweet Alex in Delirium?!?! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Needless to say, i totes DON'T approve of this decision. :*(</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ok, i could literally complain about this forever so let's just go ahead and move on, guys.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Since i just mentioned Divergent, let's discuss some of the casting choices there. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">We already know that stupid fucking Amy from stupid fucking Secret Life nabbed the role of Tris. And we also already know how i feel about that. But <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/12/divergent-zoe-kravitz-maggie-q/">three more actors have been added to the roster</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Cinna, will play Christina. Ansel Elgort has been cast as Tris' big bro Caleb. And Maggie Q will play Tori. i'm really excited that Maggie Q is on board and i like her as Tori. Nikita is one of my fave shows and i think if anyone is totes Dauntless it's Maggie Q! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">We've talked a lot (or it feels like a lot anyway) about <a href="http://nancydrewismyhomegirl.blogspot.com/2013/02/austenland-clips-vampire-diaries.html">the shuffling around of The Selection</a> TV project. Well it seems like now the whole thing is getting recast. i thought that perhaps Aimee Teegarden's role as America Singer was safe but apparently not. <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/02/26/the-selection-america-yael-grobglas/">Homegirl has been replaced</a> by someone i don't know named Yael Grobglas.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/01/the-selection-prince-maxon-celeste/">The role of Prince Maxon has also been recast</a>. It goes to an actor by the (pretty awesome) name Michael Malarkey. i've never heard of him either. But based on his pic on the Hollywood Crush link, he's seems pretty hot, so kudos there, CW. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The final piece to the love triangle, <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/04/the-selection-aspen/">the role of Aspen Leger</a> will be played by Lucien Laviscount an actor i totally don't know as opposed to William Moseley who originally won the role and whom i totally <em>do</em> know from all the Narnia films. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">A king and a queen have also been cast. The role of Queen Amberly will be played by Louise Lombard. Never heard of her. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/03/07/the-selection-king-anthony-head/">And the role of King Clarkson goes to</a>, get this you guys, GILES!!! From Buffy the Vampire Slayer!!! Yeah! Anthony Head!!! This news is supremely awesome and i totally approve! Now all i have to do is actually READ this book so i'll know if any of these actors are actually right for these roles. Yep, i still haven't read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Selection-Kiera-Cass/dp/0062059947/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363304682&sr=1-1&keywords=the+selection">The Selection</a> yet. i guess i should probably get on that. Especially if this new version winds up getting the green light. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And lastly, the Best News EVER!!! The loooooooooong awaited Veronica Mars movie is finally a go, people!!! i'm sure by now <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/veronica-mars-film-online-fundraiser-launches-194633733.html">you've all heard the news</a>. How Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas (creator/producer of Veronica Mars NOT the lead singer of Matchbox 20) asked the rabid VM fans for help through donations to the tune of $2 million. And how in mere hours after the call went out, 09ers and PChers alike dug deep and came up with the cash! And how now the Veronica Mars movie is officially on like Donkey Kong!!!! It's so damn exciting!!! Now check out the vid from <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project?ref=live">Kickstarter</a> and weep with fangirlish tears o' joy! :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you'd like to help make the dream a reality, head over to <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project?ref=live">the Kickstarter website</a> where you can donate any amount of dough you'd like. (Last i checked it was already at over $3 million!) But get it in while ya can because the funding will close April 12th. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">i think that's about all the excitement (FINALLY a Veronica Mars movie!!!!!!) and the disappointment (Noooooooooo! Ricky from Secret Life! Whhhhhhhhhy?!?!?) i can take in one blog post. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Now i wanna know what you guys think. Give me your rants, raves and everything in between in the comments section! </span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-62654016967260628832013-03-06T13:08:00.000-05:002015-08-25T18:36:45.470-04:00Evil Eva Reviews... Matched<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<atomicelement id="ms__id225"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><highlighttext id="ms__id226">I actually don't mind this cover. Even if it does commit a YA book cover double-whammy: Semi-faceless girl? Check. Fancy pretty dress? Double check. </highlighttext></span></atomicelement><br />
<atomicelement id="ms__id227"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><highlighttext id="ms__id228">Howevs, at least the girl </highlighttext><em><highlighttext id="ms__id231">does</highlighttext></em><highlighttext id="ms__id229"> look like Cassia. I mean, from what I can tell. Since, you know, she's semi-faceless and all. I mean, at least they got her hair color right. And the green dress looks very much</highlighttext><highlighttext id="ms__id230"> the way Cassia's Match Banquet gown is described. </highlighttext></span></atomicelement><br />
<atomicelement id="ms__id232"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><highlighttext id="ms__id233">Although, I don't recall there being a moment in which Cassia is stuck in a bubble. Unless you count the "bubble" that is the Society in which she lives. Boom! Your mind just got blown!</highlighttext></span></atomicelement><br />
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<atomicelement><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><highlighttext></highlighttext></span></atomicelement><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the Society, everything is predetermined. Nothing is left up to fate.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Where you'll work. Who you'll marry. Even when you'll die. It's all decided for you. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Cassia Reyes is on her way to becoming exactly who the Society wants her to be. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">On her 17th birthday she finally finds out who they've chosen as her Match. Cassia is surprised (and more than a little relieved) to discover that the face on the screen at her Match Banquet is a familiar one. She already knows her Match! It's her best friend, Xander. Cassia feels beyond lucky. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Until an error occurs. Another face appears. Another boy Cassia knows. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ky Markham. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But Cassia has already been Matched. And the Society is never wrong.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So what could it possibly mean? Is Cassia meant to be with her original Match? To live the happily ever after the Society has arranged for her?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">For those that like their dystopias a little more romantic, swoony, and love triangle-y and a little less "Let's start a revolution!" or "Ah! Zombies! Ruuuun!," Matched is the book for you. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I'm not saying this is strictly a love story though. The Society is fucked up, to be sure, but because Cassia has been raised in it her entire life, she doesn't know any better. She doesn't know that there are things that should be questioned. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">She blindly trusts her government. Until she doesn't. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">To me, that was the brilliance of this book. With other dystopian novels, because of the main character's already strong point of view, we pretty much know early on that shizz is super shady and that officials are not to be trusted. But Ally Condie allowed the bullshizziness of her dystopian Society to unfurl slowly. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">In fact, while reading I thought, this doesn't seem as bad as Panem where they televise young children fighting each other to the death. And at least they haven't completely outlawed love and decided that it's a disease that needs to be eradicated a la Delirium.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">They just want to find you your perfect Match. And place you in the right career. And dictate how many children you can have. And--- Holy shit! I've drunk the Kool-Aid!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But see! That's how they get ya. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Everything seems fine. Everyone seems content. But it's just smoke and mirrors. There's something truly unsettling about the Society. And it's because all the soul-sucking evilness is done subtly. All the changes happen slowly. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So it takes Cassia awhile to realize that her "choices" aren't for her own well being. In fact, her choices aren't really HER choices at all. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And when she realizes that and what that truly means, she finally decides to take her life and her fate into her own hands. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And she's pretty smart about it. She rebels quietly, on the down low. She doesn't immediately gather up her pitchforks and torches and start full-on raging against the machine. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Which is good because, in the Society, that's a quick way to get yourself red-pilled. So mucho snaps to Cassia for showing some smarts. Something she demonstrates further by recognizing that any decisions she makes to break the rules won't just result in consequences for herself, they also have the potential to endanger everyone she loves. So Cassia really has to think about the risks she's willing to take. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Not to imply she's some self-sacrificing donkey, shouldering all the burden, and not even entertaining the idea of getting someone else involved in her troubles. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">That's one thing that I REALLY hate that seems to be super prevalent in YA. From Harry Potter to the Pretty Little Liars, it seems like everyone is totally wrapped up in this whole "being noble" bullshit. But you're not being noble. You're being an idiot. AND frustrating the reader to the point that they want to throw large, heavy objects at you. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">WHY do fictitious people have such hang ups about asking for help? I mean, what are friends for?! You can't very well defeat a dark arts obsessed wizard or an anonymous stalker with an affinity for vowels by yourself.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Sorry. It seems I've gone off on another one of my classic tangents. Let's get back to the review at hand---</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">That's why I Judd Nelson fist pumped so hard for Cassia. Because she recognized that shit was about to hit the fan and she didn't shut down. She turned to her parents and her best friend, Xander.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And even though she couldn't be completely forthright with them , she did give them plenty of read-between-the-lines, what-i'm-telling-you-isn't-<em>necessarily</em>-what-we're-<em>actually</em>-discussing, wink-wink, know-what-I'm sayin'. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Most of Cassia's absolute truths were saved for Ky. And they revealed said truths slyly. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, like I said, I appreciate that the author didn't just allow Cassia to suffer in silence and wallow in untold secrets for the entirety of a 366 page book. Because, also like I said, I HATE that. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Ok, I think I've pretty thoroughly exhausted that topic. So let's move on. In fact, let's go ahead and put a ribbon on this thing. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Is Matched the rip-roaringest, compulsively page-turniest dystopian on the block? Probably not. It was a bit slow at times and there were moments when I felt like Ally Condie was maybe <em>over</em>-describing the situation/character/event/common household item. But I don't fault her for that. Because homegirl can flat-out write! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">More than anything, Matched </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">is a beautifully written story about a sweet first time romance and what it means to find your own freedom. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Matched delivers one of those tried and true themes commonly found in YA: the love triangle. But because the Society is so butt crazy controlling with its strict ass rules, the most one can hope for is a few longing glances, a little light hand holding, and maybe MAYBE a chaste kiss or two. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But, HELLO!, when you've got a love of triangular proportions, you're gonna want to up the ante eventually. And that's just what Ally Condie does. She provides the slow burn. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Cassia has a BIG decision to make, so she takes her time making it. And, surprisingly enough, this didn't make me want to pull my hair out in fistfuls, clutching them towards the sky and screaming, "JUST PICK ONE ALREADY!!!"</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I mean, homegirl was conflicted. I get it. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Should she go with Xander, her best friend and original Match, knowing that he would be her safest bet and that she would always be happy enough with him?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Or should she really take a chance and choose Ky, the momentary glitch in the system, knowing that in choosing him <em>everything</em> in her world will completely change? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">It<em> is</em> quite the dilemma picking one handsome, smart dude that totally adores you over another equally handsome, equally smart dude that also happens to totally adores you.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, who was I rooting for?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I think I'll take a Team Ky t-shirt; light pink, size M. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Although, in truth, Cassia really couldn't go wrong no matter which guy she chose. Both Ky and Xander possess the boyfriend potential trifecta: intelligence, a kind heart and a hot body!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But Ky's character was a little more fleshed out. We get to know him on a deeper level. Plus, I gotta admit, he totally won me over with the sneaky, wonderful way he shared his story with Cassia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Dystopia!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Oh dystopias! I wish I could quit you. Although not really because this has, surprisingly enough, been the one genre where I have yet to stumble upon a stinker. </span></div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I mean, The Hunger Games, Delirium, Divergent, the Walking Chaos trilogy? Loved 'em all! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And Matched fits right in. True, it might not be the balls to the walls, thrill a minute, action-packed type of new world that you might be expecting. But that's ok. Personally, I would rather have a little variety now and then than read the same old story of Girl Meets Boy And Other Boy and Must Almost Single-handedly Save The World. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Love Triangles!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I've got a real love/hate relationship with love triangles. When done properly I think they can be fun and swoony and just a teeny bit heartbreaking (but in a good way.) When done improperly however--- UGH! Don't even get me started. *cough*Bella/Jacob*cough*</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">The love triangle of Cassia, Ky, and Xander is one I can get behind. Cassia's feelings for both boys never felt forced or rushed. And because they all grew up together, the progression from "it sure is fun swimming together," to "hey, you're actually pretty cute," seemed natural. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And even though it's fairly obvious that <em>romantically</em> Cassia prefers Ky, it's equally as obvious that she genuinely loves Xander too. But hey, you never really know. I mean, there are two other books in the series and I guess anything could happen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">This passage left me seriously conflicted. On the one hand, it's so beautifully written.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But then there's that other hand. It physically hurt my stomach to read this paragraph. As a book nerd I absolutely cannot abide book homicide. Also, I'm not too keen on people being told what they can and can't read either.</span><br />
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</span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-91967757693853118842013-02-11T13:16:00.000-05:002015-08-22T14:51:46.240-04:00Austenland Clips! A Vampire Diaries Spinoff! And Even More Books Into Movies And TV News!<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's been a hot minute since i shared any Books Into Movies and TV news with y'all but i've been storing it all up like a crazed squirrel and now i'm ready to unload these lil' nuts! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">First up, and perhaps most exciting (<em>IF</em> they get it right, that is. Although i won't even mind if they don't get it <em>completely</em> right as long as they don't get it so very very WRONG. Know what i mean?) i've got not one but TWO c</span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">lips from the film adaptation of Shannon Hale's Austenland! It stars Keri Russell, Jane Seymour, and the always hilarious Jennifer Coolidge!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Here's clip numero uno</span> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">in which Jane Seymour <em>looks</em> like Mother Goose but <em>acts</em> like a real mutha:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And the second clip in which Keri Russell looks more Holly Hobbie than Lizzie Bennet but bitch sure can shoot:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mmkay, is it just me or does the dude (who, i'm guessing is supposed to be Mr. Nobley)that speaks at the very beginning of this clip sound <em>exactly</em> like Snape? And i gotta admit, i kinda like it. :) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ok, so what do you guys think based on these two clips? Still looking forward to it? A little disappointed? Just ready for an <em>actual</em> trailer already? Let me know by heading on down to the comments and telling me what ya think. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">In super intriguing Vampire Diaries news, there are rumors out there that <a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/377856/the-vampire-diaries-spinoff-the-originals-starring-joseph-morgan-in-the-works">a spinoff might be in the works</a>! A spinoff focused on The Originals! As i said, this is super, super intriguing news, y'all. i mean, even more Klaus!?!? Yes, please!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">However, i don't see how they're going to incorporate Phoebe Tonkin, aka Hailey the Annoying Werewolf Girl, into the show as it is rumored that she's already been cast. i'd actually rather see my girl crush Candice Accola in the spinoff. They haven't really been utilizing homegirl's talents lately on TVD so if she headed on down to New Orleans with Klaus, i wouldn't be mad about it. Just think of all the horsey pics Klaus could draw for her! :) </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">We'll get a lil' taste of this business during the April 25th episode of The Vampire Diaries which is being referred to as a "back-door pilot" for The Originals spinoff. So be sure to watch out for that. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">You might already be aware that Gayle Forman's a-mah-zing YA novel <a href="http://www.amazon.com/If-I-Stay-Gayle-Forman/dp/014241543X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359839753&sr=1-1&keywords=if+i+stay">If I Stay</a> is being made into a movie. But did you know that a leading lady has finally been chosen to play Mia? And that leading lady is.......</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/01/24/if-i-stay-chloe-moretz/">Chloe Moretz</a>!!! Yes, y'all! HitGirl!!!! i'm all for this decision because i think Chloe is super talented especially to be so damn young. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Now, for the big question though: Who should play Adam? Any suggestions? Let me hear 'em. i suck at casting peeps so i don't know who i want to play him. Just someone hot, yet age appropriate enough for Ms. Moretz. :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Lauren Oliver's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Delirium-Lauren-Oliver/dp/0061726834/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360249520&sr=1-1&keywords=delirium">Delirium</a> trilogy might be headed for the small screen. Yes. That's right. The SMALL screen. NOT the big screen. So Delirium is currently (and slowly, evidently) being <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/01/23/delirium-lauren-oliver-pilot/">made into a TV show</a> for the Fox network. i don't exactly know how that's gonna work. i mean, there are only 3 books in this series. And one of them isn't even out yet. (Only 22 days until Requiem!!! *squeeeeeeeeees*) So with such a lack of material, i don't know how they're gonna squeeze more than a few seasons out of this story. But i know nothing of the TV writing process so who am i to say. i just hope that whoever <em>is</em> handling things will do so in a manner that all rabid Delirium fans such as myself will approve of. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And it seems, to me anyway, that they're on the road to doing it right. Because, <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/02/07/delirium-emma-roberts/">this just in</a>....... Emma Roberts has snagged the role of Lena Haloway! i heart Emma so hard. i mean, homegirl played <em>MY</em> homegirl Nancy Drew. And did a bang up job doing so to boot! Plus it's a known fact that Emma is a totes YA fan. So this pick is a-ok in my opinion. What do you guys think? And who do you think should play Alex? Again, i nominate someone hot. i don't know who but i <em>do</em> know that they'll have to be hot. And soulful. And sweet. But mostly hot. ;) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Not too, too long ago we dished about the prospect of a TV version of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Selection-Kiera-Cass/dp/0062059939/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360251208&sr=1-1&keywords=the+selection">The Selection</a> by Kiera Cass headed to the CW. Well, it didn't. But it might be getting a second chance. <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2013/01/23/the-selection-gets-second-chance-from-cw/">There's been talk of a revamping</a>. Apparently the show will still star Aimee Teegarden as America Singer but Ethan Peck and William Moseley might not be so lucky. Their characters might get recast. No definitive word as of yet though. i'll keep you posted if any new news on this one pops up. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And lastly, in how-did-i-not-know-this news, the ever popular novel by Markus Zusak (that i <em>STILL</em> haven't read) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Book-Thief-Markus-Zusak/dp/0375842209/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360554171&sr=1-1&keywords=the+book+thief">The Book Thief</a> is <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/geoffrey-rush-emily-watson-sophie-nelisse-cast-in-the-book-thief-film-adaptation_b64929">being made into a movie</a>. An actress by the name Sophie Nelisse will be playing the role of Liesel Meminger while Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson play her foster parents. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">That's all the Books Into TV and Movies news for now. So what do y'all think? Is there a particular Bookish Project that you're super ridiculously excited about? Are you a master caster that knows the perfect guys that should play Adam in If I Stay and Alex in Delirium? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Dish it up in the comments and tell me what ya think. </span>EvilEvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584923646332494618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148301376583371207.post-33117709163773826632013-01-30T15:59:00.000-05:002015-08-25T18:33:42.172-04:00Evil Eva Reviews... Soulless<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>EvilEva reviews</strong> ...... <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soulless-Parasol-Protectorate-Gail-Carriger/dp/0316056634/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359131666&sr=1-1&keywords=soulless">Soulless</a> by Gail Carriger.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This cover is oh-so-subtle yet tee-totes-perfect for this series. It manages to convey what the story is about without really giving anything away. Alexia actually looks the way she's described in the book right down to her trusty parasol. And I like the juxtaposition between foggy old England and the bright, neon 80sness of the title.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Miss Alexia Tarabotti has some major troubles. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">First off, and perhaps most troublesome, she has no soul.</span></div>
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Secondly, and far less offensively (except to certain folks in London society,) she's a spinster with an appreciation for knowledge, literature, and long unescorted walks about town.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Thirdly, and most recently, she was attacked by a vampire whom she subsequently had to kill.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Well things get considerably worse when a failed attempt to abduct Miss Tarabotti reveals a nefarious plot threatening the supernatural population. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Vampires have gone missing only to be mysteriously replaced by new, dreadfully impolite ones. But who's turning these new vamps? And who's going after the loner werewolves? And how does Alexia fit into all of this?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Soulless is the first book in The Parasol Protectorate series, an interesting take on those old sci-fi/fantasy favorites: our overly used paranormal pals, vampires and werewolves. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So how has Gail Carriger managed to, pardon the pun, revamp (har, har!) these classic beasties?</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Well, unlike most novels I've read about them, this one is set sometime in the 19th century. We're never given a specific date but everyone is very concerned about manners and dressing appropriately and tea. So, do the math on that one. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Another difference is that their existence isn't this huge secret being kept from humans. The supernatural set is out and proud, y'all. Not that all humans are necessarily excepting of them. After all, there's no Lady Gaga yet. So there's no one to tell them that it's ok to be <em>Born This Way</em>. Or Turned This Way, rather. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So, for the most part, humans are still kind of afraid of them what with the fangs and the massive hindquarters and whatnot. But some people are more enlightened. And the supernatural-ies <em>do</em> have their own government-type agency. Soooo... progress? </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Anyhoo, another way Ms. Carriger differentiates her novel from others is that she decided that some points in history were so obvs the work of vampires and werewolves. So homegirl rewrites history! You know that whole British Empire thing? They were totally involved. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I'm not used to such things. Most of the vamp/werewolf fiction I've read has been set in modern times and usually involves a forbidden teenage love triangle of some kind. So this was a nice departure from my ushe and I thought the change was interesting. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">However, even though this tale is set in polite times, don't get it twisted. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Miss Alexia Tarabotti is more of a Katniss than a Bella. In fact, I'm fairly certain that if Alexia ever met Bella, the first thing she would do is hit her up side the head with her parasol. Although I'm equally sure that she would be super appalled by Katniss' lack of manners as well. But I digress.</span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Alexia is a very headstrong girl. She knows what she wants. She does what she wants to do. She says what she wants to say. She goes where she wants to go (unescorted!) She is the way she is. And even though she might not be everyone's cup of tea, she stays true to who she is. Which is a very bad ass move. Especially given the time period. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Although I suppose it is a little easier for Alexia to be so brave given the fact that she has no soul. Which <em>sounds</em> horrible BUT it also means that she has this special power that negates the powers of the supernatural. Which totally comes in handy when shit starts to go down. And by shit, I of course mean of the paranormal variety. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">There's this whole mystery that Alexia becomes inadvertently tangled up in. And since it has to do with the supernatural community, Lord Conall Maccon, resident alpha werewolf, BUR bossman, and Alexia's love interest, has to get involved too. So of course there's ca-ray-zy sexual tension between them, reminiscent of that between Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy. (Only minus all those miscommunications and plus some sexytimes!)</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Actually I found quite a few similarities between this book and Pride and Prejudice. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Alexia is an even stronger-willed Lizzie Bennet. The fact that she's single and seems to scare away any prospects she might have doesn't seem to bother her. And she would rather read or have a nice walk with her bestie Ivy Hisselpenny (a total Charlotte!) than attend some tedious party or dance. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I definitely saw Mrs. Bennet in Alexia's mother. (So obviously I couldn't stand her.) And there were shades of Lydia and Kitty in Alexia's half sisters, Felicity and Evylin.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Lord Maccon wasn't a total Darcy though. I mean, his interactions with Miss Tarabotti, especially in the beginning, were very proud and prejudiced. But, actually I envisioned him more Beast from Beauty and the Beast rather than a <a href="http://youtu.be/hasKmDr1yrA">waterlogged Colin Firth</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">He's super stubborn and is used to people giving into him and being intimidated by him and simply giving him his way. Which is exactly why he and Alexia have that sexual tension I mentioned before. Because she doesn't let him get away with being so damn alpha-y. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Anyhoo, the characters are pretty much where the Pride and Prejudice comparison ends. Because Soulless has werewolves and vampires, a mystery and disappearances, scientists and a creepy waxlike man. <br />So, yeah. There's a lot going on in this book. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">It starts out a little slow and a little confusing but the pace picks up eventually although the confusion is still there. There were just a few parts that I thought weren't explained all that well. I mean, quite frankly, I'm stupid, Ms. Carriger. Sometimes I need shizz spelled out for me. Maybe that's just my problem though. Maybe all of you know all about dewans and potentates and the inner workings of the BUR Agency and how to successfully stop a automaton but EvilEva needs a lil' help now and again. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And speaking of that automaton, that was like, my biggest gripe concerning this book. I mean, I liked how it was introduced and I thought it came off super creepy, which ya know I loves, but deactivating the damn thing was supremely anticlimactic in my opinion. I mean, I realize this is sci-fi, and believe me, I can suspend my disbelief as far as the vampires and the werewolves and Miss Tarabotti being a preternatural goes, but this automaton thing would have been much cooler if it took more than a simple handkerchief to shut its ass down. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Other than that one minor blip though, I liked this story. For me it was a new, interesting take on something that I'm used to reading on a YA level. Plus, points for me for <a href="http://nancydrewismyhomegirl.blogspot.com/2013/01/top-ten-tuesday-my-personal-bookish.html">starting out the year</a> with <a href="http://nancydrewismyhomegirl.blogspot.com/2012/12/book-resolutions-for-2013.html">an adult book</a>! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Alexia is a rather strong-willed lady with several opinions that she doesn't mind sharing with pretty much anyone. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But this is the 19th century, baby. Opinionated, intelligent, willful ladies aren't seen as "marriage material." </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">So it'll take a certain kind of guy A.) to find Alexia with her abrasive personality and Italian features attractive and B.) to be strong enough himself to go toe to toe with her.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Enter Lord Conall Maccon. He's not only a werewolf but an Alpha to boot. So he can easily deal with Alexia, stubbornness and all. And what a totes cowink that all of the things that everyone else perceives as Alexia's "flaws" are exactly the things that Lord Maccon finds so irresistible about her. Her dark hair, her olive skin, her ample bosom and bottom, her generous mouth that WON'T STOP TALKING! It all just gives him the wolf-y tingles. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">And Alexia is just as smitten with Lord Maccon's intelligence, commanding attitude, and brawny physique. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">But now the most important question: did <em>I</em> feel the swoony-swoon? I'm not quite sure. I mean, Lord Maccon seems like an ok enough fella. But he's a little too bossy and demanding for my taste. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">I was more drawn to Professor Lyall, Lord Maccon's right-hand man. He's smart and efficient and he gets shizz done. My kind of dude! :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><u>Bonus Shizz:</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Sparkly Vampire!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">No, not of the Edward Cullen variety. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">Lord Akeldama is Alexia's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/SWkOyajvATiyE">Sassy Gay Friend</a>! He's outrageous and gossipy, he has a harem of muscular lads with names like Biffy, AND he has a wardrobe to rival that of Claudia Kishi! </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">He can definitely expect this girl to drop by for tea and the latest dish on the scandalous exploits of London's high society anytime! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><strong><u>If You Liked That, Try This:</u></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sookie-Stackhouse-8-copy-Boxed-Blood/dp/0441018238/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359571440&sr=1-1&keywords=sookie+stackhouse+series">The Sookie Stackhouse series</a> by Charlaine Harris.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Insatiable-Meg-Cabot/dp/B0085SAA4U/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359571520&sr=1-1&keywords=insatiable+meg+cabot">Insatiable</a> by Meg Cabot. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">...... 3. </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">It's like if <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Luxe-Anna-Godbersen/dp/0061345687/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359577058&sr=1-1&keywords=the+luxe">The Luxe</a> had a baby with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Saga-Complete-Collection/dp/031613290X/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359577258&sr=1-5&keywords=twilight">Twilight</a> and they decided to raise it half sci-fi half steampunk. </span><br />
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