....Why oh why do I have to be a morning person?!? Oh yeah, the only quiet time I get to write is when the rest of the tribe is sound asleep. There's also that thing called motherhood that has my brain thinking about all the stuff I have to do 5 minutes before my eyes have even opened for the day.
Thank goodness for coffee-induced alertness! Another great thing about being up before everyone else, even if it is a Saturday at 6am, is that I get to read in peace. Now... since I'm writing today, reading might not actually happen, but it seems more and more these days, I'm up before the sun, allowing me the chance to read without feeling guilty about ignoring my kids.Did you see a trailer a while back for a movie called Beautiful Creatures? It's based on a book with the same name written by Kami Garcia. I did and it looked kind of interesting if you like movies about magic, supernatural powers and love. (A good love story can carry a movie a long way in my opinion). Click the picture below to see the first trailer released in the U.S.
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| Yep I'm familiar with this face palm too. |
Oh well, I'm like a fine wine. Better with age, right?
Anyway, so I'm reading the Beautiful Creatures Series and currently on book 4. I will say, I was enticed enough to read pretty quickly through the first installment. The writing flows pretty smoothly but I found myself somewhat jumping ahead a few sentences every so often to get to the meat of it. Now, I like a book with good long detail (think Anne Rice or JRR Tolkein), but this was nothing compared to Tolkein length-wise and I was still skipping details.
It's an interesting plot I've not read about before and the book does a great job of getting the back story intermixed with current-day plots. I can't say if the historical references were accurate, but they sounded familiar enough. (I could have paid more attention in history class). I decided to go ahead and read books 2 (Beautiful Darkness), 3 (Beautiful Chaos) and am currently on Beautiful Redemption, book 4.
Again, entertaining, but I'm not feeling like, "I can't put it down!" Maybe it's the writing, the content or the fact I saw the movie that has me throwing this book on my list of "coffee table" books. For those of you who don't speak Rebecca, that means it's a book that sits on the coffee table next to the magazines for light reading and you're able to walk away without feeling as if you're leaving a good friend behind. (Oh, how I still miss you Christian Grey!)
I can't say the movie did the book any justice, but isn't that the way? The movie always seems to leave you wanting if you've read the book. I was truly disappointed at how the movie turned out. Whole plot changes that would definitely affect future movies! Now I know they can't make the movie EXACTLY like the book, but damn! They changed a lot! The characters all seemed too old for high school students. College maybe, and too many details were off. I guess if you hadn't read the book, maybe it wouldn't have seemed so....wrong.
So, if I were to make any recommendations I'd say, if you haven't read it yet, see the movie first. That way when you read it you won't be disappointed. If after you've read the first book you like it, read on, but borrow it from the library. Don't invest in it if you don't LOVE it. If you've already read it and haven't seen the movie, don't bother or wait till you can borrow it from someone else. If you're like me, who read AND saw the movie..well, I'm sorry.
So there you have it. A new series to consider. On a side note, GO SEE IRONMAN 3. Loved it! Action packed, funny, great effects and Pepper kicks ass! That is all.
~~~If you don't see a silver lining...make one~~~
