The Bookish Island

3/31/2015

March Book Haul

March Book Haul Part 1

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3/20/2015

Paper Town Movie Trailer Thought

These are my thoughts to the Paper Towns movie trailer.

Did I read the book first?

No, Will I? Probably.Whats more funny is that I ad bought the book like a few days before the trailer came out.

Am I looking forward to seeing the movie?

Heck yeah!!

You know I along with many other fans, have been on the bandwagon since John first announced it on his channel. And I though tit was going to be freaking cool if it happened.

you know what I don't really have much words to describe my excitement.

But the thing that's bothering me is -Should I read the book first? I own it and its in my tbr but I've noticed that when a movie is coming out and I read the book first (like with Horns and The Best of Me) I get disappointed with the movie and I'm afraid it might happen with Paper Towns.

The Trailer

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3/07/2015

Short Book Collection of Spanish Classics

I wanted to do two things today. Post this and ask if it was okay to post in Spanish as well.

Here is my short collection of Spanish classics.

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Books I Can't Seem to Finish

I noticed that I developed a thing. I start reading books and I'm not even half way through them when I stop reading them and start another one and so on. It's bad.

Here are the books that I start but don't seem to finish.

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3/05/2015

10 books I would love to read | Young Adult

On the account that I have only read 4 books in my life. And I mean from page 1 to the end. I was thinking of making lists of the books I would love to read from different genres. I think it would be fun.

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2/27/2015

Book Haul | Saga, Looking for Alaska and Joyland

February | Book Haul

This being my first book haul here on this blog is a little nerve wracking and a little dumb.

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2/22/2015

Saga Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples | Book Review

Review of:
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

I had some money in my pocket and a desire to spend it. Thus I got myself my very first graphic novel.

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Title: Saga Volume 1

Author: Brian K. Vaughan (writer) & Fiona Staples (artist)

Publication: October 2012 by Image Comics

Format: Paperback, 160 pages

Source: I bought it

Genres: Adult, Graphic Novel, Sy-Fy, Fantasy, Romance, Fiction

Rating: ★★★★★

Synopsis:

When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.
From New York Times bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina) and critically acclaimed artist Fiona Staples (Mystery Society, North 40), Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in this sexy, subversive drama for adults.

Thoughts:

When I saw this on the displays at Walmart I was in shock. I grabbed it and just held it for a minute before eyeing the cover; back than front. I looked up again and I saw that there was Volume 2 and 3 up there where volume one was. Sadly the only volume 1 they had was a little bend in the top but, I grabbed it and ran.

When I got home I immediately opened this bad boy up and I started to lose sight of reality. The world, the characters, the plot everything sucked me into the world of Saga. By the time I finished reading the last page, I felt immediate sadness. I'm definitely getting volume 2.

It really did spike my curiosity. I wanted to know why the baby, Hazel, was narrating the story. I wanted to know if the Prince and/or the Freelancer were bad guys or good-bad guys. So many things went tough my head when I was reading this. I wanted to know more about the ghost girl too. She seems like a cool chic.

Most of all I think I was in love with the art. You don't know this but, when I was younger I wanted to be an artist. So this made me remember that dream of mine.
Though Fiona Staples art is amazing. I loved the colors and the characters. The way she did this was amazing.

Okay, I might be throwing a lot of compliments and good words but I really do mean what I wrote 100%. I hope someone else feels that way.

PS. Of the characters my favorite was Isabelle.
PPS. She was pretty cool. I also liked the fact that ghost in this is red in color and not the typical white, grey, transparent or even blue.

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