Top Ten Tuesday - Books I Loved More Than I Thought I Would

Each of the following books, I loved to start with, I knew I would adore them but somehow I managed to love them even more than I thought I would.

Around The World In 80 Tales - Dave Tomlinson

City of Good Death - Chris Lloyd

The Dry - Jane Harper

The Food Of Love - Amanda Prowse

The Art Of Being Normal - Lisa Williamson

Grave Digger - Michael Israel Jarvis

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Itch - Simon Mayo

 The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

 Looking For Alaska - John Green

The Broke and The Bookish host Top Ten Tuesday each week.

Top Ten Tuesday - Ten Books I Feel Differently About After Time Has Passed

This is a list of 10 books that over time my love has grown for. Okay so Geek Girl had to make it, unfortunately the rest of the geek girl series book covers wouldn't fit on.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish

Top Ten Tuesday - Book To Movie Adaptations I'm Looking Forward To/Book To Movie Adaptations I Cant Wait For

I myself love book to film adaptations, if I know there is a film adaptation of a book I tend to read the book before watching the film just because I would like my own imagination to create it all before I watch someone else's imagination create it on TV.

This post is a mix of both adaptations I'm looking forward too and those I can't wait for.



Book To Film Adaptations I need to watch;
1. The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2
2. Room - The book is written by Emma Donoghue and the film released November 6th.
3.The Martian. The Book is written by Andy Weir , the movie starts Matt Damon
4.The Scorch Trials, I actually haven't read any of the books by this point but I can make an exception.
5. Paper Towns, originally written by the fabulous John Green I have read it but have yet to see it, but lets face it, I half want to see it just for Cara Delevingne and Nat Wollf. Sorry Not Sorry

Book To Film Adaptations I Cant Wait For; (this will list apparent adaptations set for 2016 with supposed actors and some confirmed films.)
1. The Jungle book written by Rudyard Kipling is set to start Scarlett Johansson and is apparently due out in April 2016
2. Allegiant, well what can I say? I loved the movies and books so far.
3. The BFG written by Roald Dahl is set to hit cinemas in July 2016
4.A monster calls written by Patrick Ness is apparently hitting cinemas in October of 2016
5. Looking for Alaska written by John Green is apparently in production?? due to hit cinemas sometime in 2016??


Please know some of the above in the last 5 are alleged adaptions, with alleged dates and actors. Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish.

Top Ten Tuesday - Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds

This weeks Top Ten Tuesday includes characters who love reading, are writers, work at a bookstore etc.  I hope you enjoy my list.



  Hermione Granger - Harry Potter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matilda - Roald Dahl

 

 

 

 

 

 

Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster - The Fault In Our Stars

Alaska Young and Miles Halter   - Looking For Alaska

This list would of contained ten but unfortunately I couldn't think of anymore characters,  technically there are 6 characters here but only 4 books/2 films I'm really hoping I don't remember more after I've posted this.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created and hosted over at The Broke And Bookish

Looking For Alaska by John Green

Finishing my 3rd book of 2015 left me emotionally ruined leaving me no choice but to eat some chocolate.

Like most of John Greens books I have been unable to put it's power and meaning into words. Looking for Alaska is in no way different. I was left speechless and crying for ten minutes. I had written, deleted and re written this review several times to make sure I got it right finally settling with this.

In 262 pages Green was able to create a novel that allows teenagers to review their place in the world and deal with eachother better.

Miles Halter is a junior in a boarding school in Alabama. The teen from Florida is used to the sun, but not the heat of the Deep South. He's also not used to being one of the gang, but at Culver Creek this shy boy is accepted for what he is, after being wrapped in duct tape and thrown into a lake.

Like any school, there are cliques, the biggest two being the rich kids who live locally, who go home for the weekend and the kids who are there 24/7.

The latter group adopts Miles, and within that group his particular circle of friends is certainly a right bunch: there is The Colonel, his roommate, who is barely ever refered to by his real name. Takumi, the Japanese kid with the Southern accent; and Alaska Young, "the hottest girl in all of human history." Apart from a demanding school load, their main hobbies consist of smoking, drinking and the Culver Creek tradition of playing pranks on the other group all while avoiding the piercing gaze of The Eagle, the school's headmaster.

The experiences come fast for Miles, but the one thing constantly on his mind, Alaska. Flirty and distant, friendly and angry, unattainable (with a boyfriend in college) and available, and highly intelligent, her personality leads Miles and his friends into a labyrinth of emotions that, after a shattering tragedy, leave him wondering if there is any way out.

Looking for Alaska is funny, sad and inspiring. To all those who read this book, I hope you enjoy it.

Rating:
5 / 5