Where has time gone?
I apologize ahead of time for not keeping up with my posts. So much has been going on and yet, I've still had time to start and finish some books that I have been reading.
As was mentioned before, I started reading Nightshade by Andrea Cremer and finished reading it. Overall, it was a fairly decent story. I personally hated how slow to start this book was, in fact I felt like the book really started to get interesting in the last few chapters. Like most books, this one ended with a cliff hanger ending which encouraged me to get the next novel Wolfsbane by Cremer. I was fairly disappointed with the second novel mostly because the protagonist, Calla, was feeling even more insecure in terms of her own feelings and how torn she felt between two guys. It's becoming a very popular trend now for authors to write about a protagonist with mixed feeling or the idea that the protagonist has to choose between two love interests. I really hate this trend to be honest because there isn't very many people who can do a good job writing about these situations. Yeah, love is complicated but for crying out loud, the entirety of the second book was about Calla being torn and I honestly wished this character existed so I could beat some sense into her. For someone like Calla to be painted as an Alpha and leader of her pack, she really proves to be a weak leader. I wished Calla had more leadership qualities or maybe she should have been written better as a simple lower pack member. Either way, Calla does have her moments when she is interesting to read however I've always felt torn about how I felt about her in general for a character. To be honest, after reading Wolfsbane, I feel quite confident to stop reading the series at this point. The ending of Wolfsbane was just enough for me to assume that the journey is over despite the fact that the author did write the third (and I assume final) book of the Nightshade series and it was called Bloodrose. So again, I don't feel the need to continue this series because the ending of Wolfsbane was enough for me to let go entirely.
A friend suggested the novel Matched by Ally Condie and I read it. I never thought I would be the type of person who would be interested in a post-apocalyptic/ controlled society type of books. However this book really was interesting and overall very entertaining. So entertaining that I got the sequel called Crossed and I am now currently reading that one. I love the series so far and I love the dynamic world and the characters that live in it. I am at a loss of words in terms of describing how good this series is. This series took me completely by surprise and I can't wait to learn more about it.
In addition, I had started reading the book Game of Thrones by George R R Martin. So far it is really good. I've first seen Game of Thrones the TV show before I knew about the books. I understand that there are some changes made between book and TV show but I'm hoping to learn more about the changes they've made once I'm done reading all the books. The first big thing I noticed about book vs. show is the fact that the ages were changed and I believe it is mainly do to the censorship we have in American television. First of all, Jon Snow is a 14-15 year old boy and Daenerys (Danny) is a 13 year old girl who was married to Drogo (and Drogo is declared to be 35 years or older). So yeah there is a distinct difference in age in the TV show version which would probably be best because even I have a difficult time imagining a poor 13 year old girl being married and impregnated at such a young age. But then again, it is believed that Juliet from Romeo and Juliet were only 14-15 when they were married. So yeah, it's really a fantastic book and a great show.
Sorry if most of this post is a quick rant with very little detail. I've been fairly busy in my schedule that I didn't really have time to write a lot. But hopefully, I will keep up with my posts now that things have settled...a little.
Anyways, have a great day and always have a happy reading time!
-Missy
