Book Cover and Size Rant

Okay hello hello this is Macy and I JUST WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS IN GENERAL OKAY. So, what I'm saying is that people I know judge books by their cover and size. Like, why? Just because its small doesn't mean it's a cheesy kids book or not going to be good. And covers? They might be horribly illustrated or... not appealing, but that doesn't mean you can be like "oh, this must be a bad book because there's kid with overalls on it". Please. Stop. No matter size or cover, it may or may not be a good book. Sometimes the cover is a beautiful view, and you buy it without reading the summary. Please. Read the summary. Maybe the cover has an ocean on it and it's about someone surviving the desert, but you don't know because you didn't read the blob or a couple pages. You grabbed it because it was pretty, but things are misleading.
So anyway, there are a couple books I can name right here. I do have some. (1) The Emily Windsnap series. It has a nice cover, but I thought everyone in it was completely stupid and ignorant, and it was really cheesy. (2) Out of My Mind. Two words. Horrible. Ending.
Two? Yes. That's all I can think of right now, boo-hoo. There are plenty more, but I can't remember right now.
Alright. I hope you could learn from this, because I admit I do judge books by their cover, and I try not to. Anyway, links below!

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Mockingjay Part 1 Teaser Trailer Review

Hello everyone, and yes, it is Breigh. Now I bet you are wondering, "Well why on Earth is it Tuesday and Breigh is posting?" That my friends is because I, (surprisingly enough) do things other than blogging. I was reading, but we'll get to that later. So as you can probably guess by the title of this, I will be reviewing the Mockingjay Part 1 Teaser Trailer! Are we not going to talk about how this movie is literally coming out in November, yet all we have right now is JUST the teaser trailer? Honestly I'm  kinda  REALLY nervous! Movies coming out in 2015 even have a complete trailer, and this movie is only months away. Well, nonetheless, let's begin!  

So in the teaser, we get a first look at Coin,

truth be told, i feel like this is to be one of the best casting ideas they have had so far; except for, of course, Josh and Jen. I feel like Julianne Moore really capture all that Coin is about, fierce, ambitions, and well, a bit intimidating. No one else in my opinion would be able to pull that off.

Also in the teaser, we see District 13 for the first time,


 I imagined it with just a tiny tiny bit more light but I do think that the directer did it perfectly. It really captures the whole idea of the underground, kinda grimy, dark conditions.

So that's all I have today!
Sorry that this was short guys, its getting really late here and I am so sleep deprived. Well, thanks for sticking with me you guys!
-Breigh  

Septimus Heap Series

So today I thought I would tell you about the wonderous fiction series called Septimus Heap. It's about a boy who, when a child, had been taken by a common midwife because he had magical powers. He lived under the name Boy 412 for 10 years until one day he finds out the truth about himself. Now, his father was pretty sure he was gone but he didn't want to admit that to Septimus' mother, though the mother still had hope that she would find her child. What's odd is that the day that Septimus is kidnapped, Silas Heap (the father) finds a baby in the snow, with beautiful violet eyes and small dark brown baby hairs. They soon find out that the child is a daughter of their late Queen.
When Princess Jenna finds out, she's hurt that they didn't tell her before but gets over it pretty quickly when she realizes that she, her new-founded adopted brother (Septimus), Nicko her other adopted brother (out of 7 brothers in total), her adopted father and the ExtraOrdinary wizard go an adventure to get away from a deadly assassin. Later in the story the Extra Ordinary  wizard requests Septimus to be her apprentice. In the next books, Septimus and Jenna face loads of adventures together.
So I rated this series 5/5. I absolutely loved it. I hope I got all the facts right because I haven't read it in a while so if I didn't please send us an email at bookshelfies@gmail.com to correct me!
Well, see you next Friday!

My Top 5 Best Divergent Characters

This is excluding Tris and Tobias, 'cause duh. They'd be 1-5.

5. Tori Wu

Tori is totally brave and awesome. She's Divergent, which makes her more brave and awesome. She defends herself and her faction, and is a great tattoo artist.

4. Marlene
She's quirky and laughable. I love her daring sense, even when plastic bullets almost hit her instead of a muffin on her head.

fanart bc you know

3. Peter Hayes
Okay, I know everyone hates Peter in the first book. But in the second book, he's not as a hey-lets-go-kill-that-person kind of guy. He saves Tris, and that's... pretty nice.

2. Uriah
He's fun and I love him. Uriah was totally awesome, why wasn't he in the movie? He's also daring, as all the above, and I love his personality and sense of humor.

is he portraying uriah? im not sure

1. Christina
Christina is one of my favorites, even if she kind of was trying to avoid Tris. She's funny, brave, forgiving (sometimes), and... pretty.

alright, that's my list! sorry for the short captions and stuff, i'm kind of lazy today.
(yes i forgot will do not yell at me)

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Looking for Alaska: Book Review

So hey guys, it's Breigh, and today I will be doing a book review on Looking For Alaska (LFA)!

(The numbers after each statement correlate to a number below which gives more info on what I thing about that)

*SPOILERS BELOW*

Some deep thoughts on LFA,

- this book has made me think more than any other on life, death, religion, and honestly, just what happens after. {1}

- Alaska's death was honestly the meat of the story {2}

- Pudge has one of the best character development stories in throughout the entire book {3}

{1} Life is short. I feel like i always knew that but after reading this it was deeply enforced, Alaska Young taught me that on a stronger level. Another thing, death is fast. Too fast. One moment you are here, the next you are not. Oh, and religion, everyone has the option to choose a way to live their life, and religion is a set of rules on how to do it in an way that a stronger person did. After? Now that's all about what you think, and for Alaska, that meant going wherever you would be heading with no regrets.

{2} Ok. Face it. This book would mean nothing without her death. It was all centered around the before; all of the good times they had, and that built up her character so that the after would be more effective,and the after; why she died, how she died, when she died, and the impact she left. Her death was essential toward the book moving forward.

{3} Pudge at the start seemed kinda scrawny and scared and naive and at the end was much stronger mentally yet weaker in a sense. His overall change was actually quite remarkable compared to the others, although I believe that the Colonel was most hurt by her death.

That's my review! thanks for reading:)

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Well, that's all for today y'all! Sorry for the late post!

-Breigh

Movie Reviews and Introductions

Once upon a time, in a world where people sit around and watch TV, 3 girls emerge from the depth and introduce books to the world, creating a new species called fangirls.
Well, hi! I'm Namratha and I'm one of those girls. Here's a little intro and then I'm gonna get to my movie review. I like reading of course, I love baking and art. And as you can see by my see by my awkwardness I'm not good at this whole introduction thing. So if you start to like what I post, just remember that I only post on Fridays, but I post every week! So let's get to that movie review!
Divergent:
So I'm here to review the movie Divergent. Who liked it? I thought it was pretty good and I liked that they didn't leave out any major details. I thought Shailene and Theo were great together. Honestly, I don't think  anyone else would have had the same connection. Other than them, all the other actors worked for their role.
Harry Potter:
Okay, now the first six movies left out some of my favorite parts, but I really liked how they spaced the seventh movie out into 2 parts, because they didn't leave out any important details with that. But you know what I truly wish? That they had used the books as literal scripts for all the rest of the movies.
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Childhood Books (Plus Intro)

Hi! I'm Macy and we're supposed to write intros about ourselves, but I'm going to do both an introduction and a blog post. So.. my name's Macy and here's ten facts about me:

1. I've never had a blog before (that's why this is so... rookie)
2. My favorite drink is the Baja Blast Freeze from Taco Bell
3. My favorite series is Divergent (I haven't read many series, honestly, I usually read normal novels)
4. I watch My Little Pony Friendship is Magic... PEGASISTERS RULE!
5. I have a dog
6. I like pizza
7. I eat yogurt a lot
8. I wear sweaters in the summer
9. Harry Potter>Harry Styles
10. I got suspended from Google the last time I had a Gmail account (so fun)

Alright, now you know me. Let's move on to everyone's favorite childhood books.

*CONTAINS SPOILERS*


1. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

So if you didn't read this book as a kid, you're either crazy and homeless or not from America. This is one of the best heartbreaking children's books. Seriously, if you haven't read this, read it now. Even if you're forty-seven, read it.
This Katherine Paterson book is amazing. I love how it's kind of like The Fault in Our Stars, with a 90's childhood feel on it. The characters develop, you start to love Leslie, and then poof, she dies (I told you this contained spoilers). But it truly is amazing because this may be one of the first books you'll read and it teaches you that life isn't happily ever after all the time, and how to handle feelings. So, this is definitely a childhood must-read.

2. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

You know when you're reading a series, and then you finish, but the there's ANOTHER book? That feeling is great. That's basically Harry Potter. Well, at least up until the last book (boohoo). This is the best series of all time, according to everyone. This isn't a childhood series, this is an everyone series. Read it. I admit, I haven't read the whole series, but it's definitely going to be great.

3. Charlotte's Web E.B. White

I love this book! With Wilbur, Charlotte and the other quirky and amazing talking animals. This book is soo logical right? Well, it was a dream as a kid for animals to talk, and White's book made this happen, pretty much. Of course, someone ( or something) had to die, or this wouldn't be a book. And again, if you haven't read this book, you're cookoo. It's great how Fern (the girl) develops a lot of feeling to the animals. We all love puppies, don't we?
You'll definitely cry in this. One of the all-time classics, even for people who are over 60.

4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl definitely has some crazy and quirky books, as of where things could never happen in real life. His books feature fat, greedy kids, giant peaches and mixed-up medicine. But I guess that's what make his books so great! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a good book to start of with if you're planning to start his books.
The weird kids in the book definitely make up his books, and this has the weirdest one. Violet, who is spoiled and has a chewing gum record, Augustus, who loves chocolate and is quite obese, Mike who is obsessed with video games, gets what he wants and kind of scares me. Veruca who is... no words. No words at all. But then there's good old Charlie who's kind of the normal one.
And why forget Willy Wonka? He's slightly wack and seems to think everything is normal. Oh, and he's edible.
If you haven't read this book, hopefully this description of characters will make you want to.

5. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

It's ok of you haven't heard of this book, because it's not well known, but a good book.
Indian tribes. Yes. Indian tribes.
Karana is definitely a brave, young girl, who really represents none of us, because if I had to live on an island for 12 years, well I'd die on the 3rd day. SO Karana is definitely awesome. Handling, her brother and dog dying, being like whoa, I'm like alone is totally brave. She is definitely Dauntless. And the ending has a nice happily ever after, which isn't sappy. It's like in the 1600's, why would it be sappy? But this is an awesome book, and it has a sequel too, called Zia. The summary is kind of ridiculous, but I guess I'll read it?

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Blogger Intro's: Learn About Who We Are!

Hey guys, it's Breigh; and today for my first blog post, I want to tell you a bit about myself and the blog itself. 

 So I am Breigh and I post on Mondays. I figure we need a little name for these Mondays with Breigh, so comment your ideas! Maybe something like 'Breigh's Book Mondays'? You guys tell me!

A bit about myself would include: I am obviously an avid reader, I LOVE cats, pizza is an addiction of mine, and I like galaxy prints.  

 This blog is really simply about books. Anything you can think that might relate to books, we will post it here. Like movie and trailer reviews, book reviews, cover release reviews, parodies of songs transformed into book-ish songs, and that's just a few of the ideas we have. Leave some suggestions in the comments of whatever else you would like to see from us! We will include our personal social media links below, including the Instagram account that we all collectively own.

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Well, I love you guys and happy reading!:)

 -Breigh  

New Blog!

What is a book?

book:

(n.) a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.

A very accurate definition.

But there's more to glued pages and ink than that.

To us, it means:

1. uniquely portable magic

2. escape into a different life

Wait, you don't know us. Who are we?

Well, we're three obsessive girls, otherwise known as fangirls.

Breigh posts on Mondays. Macy posts on Wednesdays. Namratha posts on Fridays. We're gonna start posting next week. See you then!