Today is the last day of this 16 day blogging journey and I’m sad. I had so much fun doing this. At first I thought to myself “what did I do?!” when I had signed up, but now I wish it was longer.
Now, onto today’s topic. I’m pretty sure we all have many books in our 2014 TBR list, but these are the books that I’m super excited about.
What are some of the books you just can’t wait to get your hands on in 2014?
I’m writing this post on my iPhone so I apologize for the lack of pictures.
There is always talk about the best book to movie adaptations and opinions vary. These are my favorite book to movie adaptations as of now.
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
If you start to think about it, the movie made the book better (and was better. The movie had that spark that the book was missing.)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
I’ve seen this movie twice already and both times I thought it was flawless. One of the best adaptations yet.
One I hope will be good adaptation is
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
It comes it February 14, 2014.
I don’t own a lot of bookish things. I don’t collect journals, necklaces, posters, scarf, etc. There is one bookish thing that I do fall for and buy when I see them. That would be bookish mugs. So far I only have 3… well 2 if I was super picky, but one of the mugs I did buy at Barnes and Noble. Here is my collection of bookish mugs! (If you are curious as to wear you can buy these, leave me a comment and I’ll let you know where you can!)
Today I show you my life outside books. The biggest “thing” in my life for the past four years was College. I went to Biola University and obtained a BA in Communication Studies and got a minor in Theology/Bible Studies. I graduated May of 2013. Now, 6 months after graduation, I’ve interned at a Movie Marketing Company and I’ve worked at a Finance Institution. Don’t know what the future holds for me, but that’s a little glimpse into my complete world.
Oh and in the picture below, the girls with the black hair and the red sash on the screen… THAT’S ME!
Resolutions.
I’m not really a resolution type of person. I never really do resolutions. For the sake of this post and for my reading I will give myself a reading goal. My goal is to read 50 books in 2014. We all know I can read way more, but I don’t want to pressure myself. I like doable goals. One’s that can make me feel accomplished and at the same time, push me to do more.
What are your 2014 resolutions?
They’re from two different worlds.
He lives in the estate house, and she spends most of her time in the stables helping her father train horses. In fact, Savannah has always been much more comfortable around horses than boys. Especially boys like Jack Goodwin—cocky, popular and completely out of her league. She knows the rules: no mixing between the staff and the Goodwin family. But Jack has no such boundaries.
With her dream of becoming a horse jockey, Savannah isn’t exactly one to follow the rules either. She’s not going to let someone tell her a girl isn’t tough enough to race. Sure, it’s dangerous. Then again, so is dating Jack…
I loved Catching Jordan, I hated Stealing Parker, and I liked Things We Can’t Forget. In my head, I didn’t know if I would love this book or hate it. What did perk me up was the whole ranching side and racing horses aspect of the story. That intrigued me, but apart from that, I really didn’t know what my reaction to this book would be.
I am going to be absolutely honest with you… I LOVED THIS BOOK. I fangirled throughout the whole entire book. I love the way Miranda Kenneally develops her characters, how we can see them grow. I love that this book takes place several years after the first book, Catching Jordan, and we are able to see what has happened to our favorite characters in the past 4 years.
The romance in this novel is believable. Jack, that lovable bastard, is it just me or did he remind you of Adrian Ivashkov a little? Anyone? Maybe just me, but man I loved him as a character. He has his faults, several at the beginning, but he sees his wrongs and changes. That’s why I love him.
Savannah was also a character I enjoyed because she didn’t let a guy define her. She one knew her worth and did not lower herself to please a guy in a way that degrades her. We need more girl characters in YA that know their self-worth and fight for their life instead of letting a guy fix all of their problems.
Overall, I recommend this book. It is a quick read that will have you gushing and screaming of joy. I can’t wait for Breathe, Annie, Breathe which is Ms. Kenneally’s next novel.
Oh my, Oh My… This is a very HARD question. I can choose from so many characters that I don’t even know where to begin. I sat here for a minute and it hit me. The character I would like to spend New Year’s Everwith would be ADRIAN IVASHKOV.
He is sweet, sensitive, funny, the life of the party, and unbelievable sexy. I would be crazy if I wouldn’t want to spend NYE with this beautiful boy.
Now, who would you spend NYE with?
I only really had one goal this year and that was to read 55 books in the entire year… Did I succeed? Well… I FREAKING DID! I’ve read 120 books in this year and I’m currently halfway through 5 different books. So we’ll see if that number will go up by tomorrow.
2013 was the year I actually put a reading goal on myself. I stressed out until I hit that 55 and after that, I read at my own pace. I might do another reading challenge for 2014… maybe I won’t. We’ll see.
Did you guys set any goals for yourself for 2013 and did you succeed?
2013 was the year I’ve read the most books ever. So far I’ve read 120 and there are still three days in the year so I might just bump up that number by 2 or 3 more books. Out of the three topics we could talk about today, I decided to focus on my favorite reads of 2013. Here are some of the books I thought surpassed my expectations and blew them out of the water!
Today y’all gotta guess which book each object represents. Finally a post where I’m going to make you guys work. Let’s do this! *first pump*
What are your guesses? Come on guys, I’m sure you call all guess at least one of the books! 🙂
The Talking Bookworm 