Showing posts with label boring books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boring books. Show all posts

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Cast A Harry Potter Spell! (BEST. TAG. EVER.)

Okay. I AM SERIOUSLY FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS LOOKS SO AWESOME!!!!!!! Okay, I am calming down...
Anyways, even if you haven't read Harry Potter, do read this post.

I found out about this marvelous tag from Feed Me Books Now one of my favorite blogs. Do check it out! Anyways...

Reparo
Fixes damaged objects
A book that needs some serious fixing: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens. It is true, that this book needs serious fixing. Why, you may ask. IT IS UNFINISHED!!!!!! So yeah, i need an ending...

Lumos
Creates a narrow beam of light
A book that deserves more attention: Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card. This novel was pure brilliance... and then I discovered that no one else had even heard of it -_-

Nox
Counters the effects of Lumos
An overhyped book: Um... I don't know... Ah ha! Eragon by Christopher Paolini. Don't get me long, I really liked the book, and definitely think the sequels deserve the hype... but everyone made this seem like a phenomenal mind-blowing book... and it really wasn't...

Accio
Summons an object from a significant distance
A book you’re anticipating: Visitors by Orson Scott Card. OH MY GREAT GATSBY, I CAN NOT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the third book in The Pathfinder Series and... I am so excited, I WILL PRE-ORDER THIS BOOK. And I never pre-order.

Alohomora
Opens unlocked doors, unless bewitched
A book you want to be more open about: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. This looks like  brain-hurting kind of book, and looks like it would be dreadfully dull, but it is a classic...

Expecto Patronum
Conjures an incarnation of positive feelings
A book that made you cry, or at least want to: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. Bloglings, I am getting teary eyed thinking about this book... It is so emotional and amazing and THE BEST BOOK EVER *cough* Yeah...

Morsmordre
Conjures the Dark Mark
A book you wish to mark as one of your favorites: *cough* TFIOS *cough*
Um, I'd say Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein. Because it is genius and heart-breaking and well-written and did I say genius. And the author excepted my friend request on Goodreads! *claps hands*



Petrificus Totalus
Petrifies victim
A book you wish to keep forever: *cough* TFIOS *cough*
Erm... The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Beautiful writing, brilliant story, and ultimately unforgettable.

Riddikulus
Used against a boggart
A book with a deceiving synopsis: The Neverending Story  by Michael Ende. The synopsis makes it sound enchanting and surprising... it wasn't -_-

Lacarnum Inflamarae
Shoots fireballs
A book you wish to burn out of your mind completely: The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper. Ew. Ew. Ew. The one book which I have never finished, this was horribly written, filled with cliches, et cetera, et cetera,

Wingardium Leviosa
Levitates objects
A book you wish to reread: Again... The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. This book is Just. So. Amazing. Please. Please. Read. It.

Avada Kedavra
Causes instant death
Worst book EVER: So, um, I'm going to toss out a book out I haven't read so it's kinda mean for me to say this but... Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Um, yeah... explanation not necessary.

Stupefy
Puts victim in unconscious state
A book with a chapter you couldn’t seem to get over: *cough* TFIOS *cough*  No, but really,...
Allegiant by Veronica Roth. *shudders* *sobs* it hurt...








Confundo
Causes befuddlement or forgetfulness
A book that generally confused you: Ruins by Orson Scott Card. In a good way, though! Everything was just so complex.

Crucio
Inflicts unbearable pain
A book that was a pain to read: Modern Times by Paul Johnson. Oh yes, let's change this cursed thing to is a pain to read.
Episkey
Heals relatively minor injuries
A feel good book that you enjoyed: Um, I don't read feel-good books... unless Harry Potter counts... because HARRY POTTER IS THE BEST!!!!

Impedimenta
Impedes target’s progress
A book that kept you up all night reading: The Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne... it also kept me up crying.

Silencio
Immediate silencing
A book that left you speechless after you read it: The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken. Other than me softly crying, I was speechless at the awesomeness of this book.

Legilimens
Allows you to delve into someone’s mind
A book with well-developed characters: *hush, I have only copied 2 books from your answers so far* The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. It was so good, and so, so sad :( Manchee *sniff*

Levicorpus
A spell that turns you upside down
A book that changed your mind about a character from its prequel: Harry Potter 2 because, I went from disliking Vernon Dursley to despising Vernon Dursley.

Obliviate
Used to hide memories
A book with a story you can’t remember: The Princess and the Goblin by George Macdonald... something about goblins, an old lady and a dove and Curdie... um yeah, re-read...

Peskipiksi Pesternomi
Useless spell
A boring book that had absolutely no effect on you: The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin. Boring. And boring. And boring. That's about what I got from the book.

Reducto
Breaks through solid objects
A book that convinced you to reconsider a certain genre: Cinder  by Marissa Meyer. I now love fairy tale retellings!

Rictusempra
Tickling spell
A book that made you laugh: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. I am currently reading this one, and I thought it was plain hilarious... I don't really know why.

Sectusempra
Offensive spell that violently wounds the target
A book that may have scarred you for life: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. EMOTIONALLY TRAUMATIZED.

Tarantallegra
Makes you dance uncontrollably
A series finale that made you feel giddy: Harry Potter 7.  I don't even need an explanation here.

Bombarda Maxima
Causes an explosion that breaks through obstacles
A book that made you explode with the feels: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. I'm crying again.

Finite Incantatem
Nullifies other spells
A book you thought you’d dislike, but ended up loving: Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl. I don't really like non-fiction but this was one was super interesting :)




PHEW, THAT TOOK FOREVER!!!!
Now let me leave you with some photos I took recently:
Cute little mousie...
 Go Ruth!
 Ah, Pearl
 Nice expression there.
 Walking on the moon! ;)

Talk to you all later! Please do comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

~Layla

Saturday, January 18, 2014

I GOT SOME FICTION!!!!!!!!!

If you are my friend on  Goodreads (which you almost DEFINITELY are) you will know that I have been crying dying over a NEED FOR FICTION. And bloglings... I GOT SOME!!!!!!!! I went to the library and came back with an enormous amount of books. Absolutely enormous. only 10, but.... they are thick. Here goes nothing:

Yes, you may admire.

I got:
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Partials by Dan Wells
Fragments by Dan Wells
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken 
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

I am extremely proud of this.

Currently Reading:

  I AM DYING, BLOGLINGS, I HAVE HEARD GREAT THINGS!!!!!!
Reading thanks to Meg's recommendation and Cait from The Notebook Sisters review here .  Go check out her blog, it is THE BEST, and check out her hilarious review!

Most Anticipating:

Partials by Dan Wells, and its sequel Fragments: 
I have  been recommended #1 three times exactly (smiles to my Goodreads friends) and naturally, I WANT TO READ!!!!!!!!

Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken 
This is the sequel to The Darkest Minds, which i absolutely adored, and i just want to hold the book and devour it and try not to cry...

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
I have loved Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, and The Heroes of Olympus series, so I am highly anticipating his work on Egyptian mythology!   


Now, I most tell you a liiiitttllleee... about my non-fiction reads. I am very slowly working my way through


Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. *hits head on 900+ page book* OOOOWWWWW!!!!! Needless to say, I will not go around talking about this book *rubs head*

I also just finished these two non-fiction books:

AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! I BURNT THE COOKIES!!!!!!!!! Um, yes...

Kon Tiki- 4.5 stars
Eats, Shoots & Leaves- 5 stars. 

On that strange note, and those burnt cookies, I will leave you. Have a good day!


Have you read any of these? What did you think? Which do you most want to read?