I often feel like I get disappointed in things far less often than most, and I have no idea why that is. I think it's most obvious when it comes to TV shows or book series. People will sometimes complain over certain aspects of the series, such as the ending, and I'm usually perfectly fine with it. It's weird that it tends to happen more with series than with movies or stand alone books. I think it's because I get so wrapped up in the series and so attached that it becomes harder for me to recognize flaws. I just focus on all of the positive things instead.
I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing. After all, is it good that if one of my favorite series does something I may love it, but I would be put off by the same thing in a movie or stand-alone book? I guess it's something that doesn't really matter, even if it means that I'm more forgiving of series when I review them. I kind of like it to be honest. It means that once I get into a series, it's harder for me to become disappointed by the series. That doesn't mean it will always be the case, but typically speaking I'll keep enjoying the series as long as it lasts.
I've never understood people who can stop a series before finishing, whether that means not reading the next book or stopping watching a TV series. I get way too attached to do something like that. Once I've started, I'm going to follow through and see what happens. I can't think of one series that I've ever left unfinished (unless we count the ones I'm still in the middle of). Between the characters and plotline, there's always something that I have to see through to the end.
Monday, July 22, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
Legend of Korra Season Two Comic Con Thoughts
I had planned to write a post about something completely different today (something that I've been putting off for more than a week), but then the Korra panel happened at Comic Con, and I just have to write about it. (There are no spoilers in this post, by the way.)
First of all, we finally know what month season two will be released! It's coming out in September, if you haven't heard, and I'm ecstatic that we finally at least have a month.
I haven't watched or even looked at everything that came out of the panel. I've seen some pictures and watched the trailer, but that's it. It's not that I'm avoiding spoilers, but it was a lot to keep up with as it came out. I'm sure I'll get around to looking at everything once things calm down a bit.
The trailer looked absolutely amazing though. The music was incredible. That was something that I noticed immediately. In addition to that though, the animation looked beautiful. I don't typically notice or pay close attention to the animation, but it really stood out to me in that trailer. I'm not sure that all of it was completely finished, but I still really liked the look of it. The trailer didn't give much out storywise, but it was beautiful to watch. Nickelodeon also released a clip of episode one, but I haven't watched it yet.
All of the other information that I've actually seen has helped make me even more excited as well. We only have two months now! I hope I can make it that long!
First of all, we finally know what month season two will be released! It's coming out in September, if you haven't heard, and I'm ecstatic that we finally at least have a month.
I haven't watched or even looked at everything that came out of the panel. I've seen some pictures and watched the trailer, but that's it. It's not that I'm avoiding spoilers, but it was a lot to keep up with as it came out. I'm sure I'll get around to looking at everything once things calm down a bit.
The trailer looked absolutely amazing though. The music was incredible. That was something that I noticed immediately. In addition to that though, the animation looked beautiful. I don't typically notice or pay close attention to the animation, but it really stood out to me in that trailer. I'm not sure that all of it was completely finished, but I still really liked the look of it. The trailer didn't give much out storywise, but it was beautiful to watch. Nickelodeon also released a clip of episode one, but I haven't watched it yet.
All of the other information that I've actually seen has helped make me even more excited as well. We only have two months now! I hope I can make it that long!
Thursday, July 18, 2013
A Long "To Do" List
I have quite a long "to do" list for today, and I've done basically nothing other than watch a documentary on Netflix. I've been so productive lately that I'm not going to get too mad at myself though. Other than going with my mom to pick up our dog Mickey from the vet later, I have quite a bit of writing to get done, and I also really need to go ahead and buy some of the books for one of the literature classes I'm taking next semester. I can't even remember how many books it was that I needed, but if I keep putting off getting them then it'll be a day before I go back to school and I won't have them.
I'm off to do some writing though. I'm hoping to get a lot done before the vet calls about us going to pick up the dog.
I'm off to do some writing though. I'm hoping to get a lot done before the vet calls about us going to pick up the dog.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
My Literary Family
If I have participated in Book Chat here on the blog before, then it was an extremely long time ago. I did participate on my Youtube channel more recently though.
This month's topic is to create your own literary family with authors. I've been putting a lot of thought into this, and I'm having a difficult time thinking of authors that I would want as my relatives. I think I'm going to keep mine pretty simple for that reason, but it has still been something really fun to think about.
I have to choose J.K. Rowling as my literary mom. She was the first author to come to mind. I associate Harry Potter with my childhood, and it just feels like it would be a natural fit to have her as a mom. I think she'd be a good one.
I haven't actually been able to decide on what author I would want as a dad, so we're just going to say that my literary family is a single-mother one.
For siblings, all I can think of is that I'd really like to have Laura Ingalls Wilder as a sister. Since her books are all about her childhood, I feel like I kind of already know what it would be like to grow up with her, and I think we would have a lot of fun. Things would probably be quite a bit different considering we'd be in a different time period though.
I'd really like to have John Green as an uncle. I debated choosing him as my literary dad, but for some reason I just see him fitting better as an uncle. I love watching his vlogbrothers videos as well, and I imagine we could have some awesome conversations at family gatherings.
For an aunt, I'd really like to have Maureen Johnson. I follow her on Twitter, and she's just fantastic. I imagine her and John together at family gatherings would make things extremely interesting.
I think this was a bit hard considering I don't know much about a lot of authors' personalities, but I still really like this topic. I'm probably going to give it more thought in the future. This post is kind of disjointed because I'm still kind of mulling it all over in my head and trying to decide if these are really the author's I want to choose. I'm sticking with this as my literary family for now though.
This month's topic is to create your own literary family with authors. I've been putting a lot of thought into this, and I'm having a difficult time thinking of authors that I would want as my relatives. I think I'm going to keep mine pretty simple for that reason, but it has still been something really fun to think about.
I have to choose J.K. Rowling as my literary mom. She was the first author to come to mind. I associate Harry Potter with my childhood, and it just feels like it would be a natural fit to have her as a mom. I think she'd be a good one.
I haven't actually been able to decide on what author I would want as a dad, so we're just going to say that my literary family is a single-mother one.
For siblings, all I can think of is that I'd really like to have Laura Ingalls Wilder as a sister. Since her books are all about her childhood, I feel like I kind of already know what it would be like to grow up with her, and I think we would have a lot of fun. Things would probably be quite a bit different considering we'd be in a different time period though.
I'd really like to have John Green as an uncle. I debated choosing him as my literary dad, but for some reason I just see him fitting better as an uncle. I love watching his vlogbrothers videos as well, and I imagine we could have some awesome conversations at family gatherings.
For an aunt, I'd really like to have Maureen Johnson. I follow her on Twitter, and she's just fantastic. I imagine her and John together at family gatherings would make things extremely interesting.
I think this was a bit hard considering I don't know much about a lot of authors' personalities, but I still really like this topic. I'm probably going to give it more thought in the future. This post is kind of disjointed because I'm still kind of mulling it all over in my head and trying to decide if these are really the author's I want to choose. I'm sticking with this as my literary family for now though.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Top Ten All-time Favorite Books
This topic came from Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I'm going through and doing all of the old themes whenever I get a chance here and on my Youtube channel.
1. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. This is in no way surprising to anyone who knows me at all. It will definitely always top this list. Harry Potter was my entire childhood.
2. The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This was the other series that kind of made my entire childhood. I think it's the reason I fell in love with that time period and possibly why I fell in love with history in general.
2. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. When I started reading this series in high school it almost instantly became one of my all-time favorites. The only books that top it in my mind are Harry Potter.
3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. We read this book in eighth grade, and I just absolutely fell in love with it. I was kind of in awe of the idea that people once used to actually believe in witches and accuse people of witchcraft.
4. The Giver by Lois Lowry. We read this book in sixth grade, and it was another one that I fell in love with instantly. I'm almost positive that it was my first experience with dystopian, which I would later go one to love completely.
5. The Chosen by Chaim Potok. I had to read this for summer reading before my senior year. I remember choosing it because I like history (and had already read Pride and Prejudice), but I wasn't really expecting much. This book made me an emotional mess though, and instantly became an all-time favorite. I love how it's a unique perspective of World War II. It's the only book I've ever come across that tells about a Jewish American during World War II.
6. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I read this independently but for school. I'd heard so much about this book, and it was intriguing enough that I decided to pick it when we had to choose a classic to read on our own. Turns out that a despise every character in the book, but for some reason I absolutely love it anyway.
7. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Yet another dystopian... This was part of summer reading the same year The Chosen was, but this one was required of the entire class. It hit me in a way no other dystopian ever has before. Unlike with others, I could actually see our society becoming this, and it really kind of hit me hard.
8. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. This was in our classroom library sometime during elementary or middle school, and I picked it up to read in class. It kind of broke my heart, but I love it for it.
9. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. I could have chosen any John Green book here (and Looking for Alaska almost got put instead), but I decided I had to go with The Fault in Our Stars. Cancer has definitely had an effect on my life (as it has with most), and this book just really kind portrayed cancer in an incredible way.
10. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. This was another book in our classroom library (I remember it was fourth grade), and it got passed around by all of my friends. I remember that it made every single one of us cry. I think it was the first book I'd ever read that had death as a major part of the story (other than Cedric's death in Harry Potter, which was much more fantastical to me at that age), and it really hit me hard.
There are so many books out there that I could have put on this list, but I'm very happy with naming these ten my all-time favorites. I realized while making this list that most of them were introduced to me through school, which I feel is incredibly lucky considering how many kids hate school reading. The list may have a few changes at some point in the future, but even so all of these books have a huge amount of meaning to me for various reasons.
1. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. This is in no way surprising to anyone who knows me at all. It will definitely always top this list. Harry Potter was my entire childhood.
2. The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. This was the other series that kind of made my entire childhood. I think it's the reason I fell in love with that time period and possibly why I fell in love with history in general.
2. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. When I started reading this series in high school it almost instantly became one of my all-time favorites. The only books that top it in my mind are Harry Potter.
3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. We read this book in eighth grade, and I just absolutely fell in love with it. I was kind of in awe of the idea that people once used to actually believe in witches and accuse people of witchcraft.
4. The Giver by Lois Lowry. We read this book in sixth grade, and it was another one that I fell in love with instantly. I'm almost positive that it was my first experience with dystopian, which I would later go one to love completely.
5. The Chosen by Chaim Potok. I had to read this for summer reading before my senior year. I remember choosing it because I like history (and had already read Pride and Prejudice), but I wasn't really expecting much. This book made me an emotional mess though, and instantly became an all-time favorite. I love how it's a unique perspective of World War II. It's the only book I've ever come across that tells about a Jewish American during World War II.
6. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I read this independently but for school. I'd heard so much about this book, and it was intriguing enough that I decided to pick it when we had to choose a classic to read on our own. Turns out that a despise every character in the book, but for some reason I absolutely love it anyway.
7. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Yet another dystopian... This was part of summer reading the same year The Chosen was, but this one was required of the entire class. It hit me in a way no other dystopian ever has before. Unlike with others, I could actually see our society becoming this, and it really kind of hit me hard.
8. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. This was in our classroom library sometime during elementary or middle school, and I picked it up to read in class. It kind of broke my heart, but I love it for it.
9. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. I could have chosen any John Green book here (and Looking for Alaska almost got put instead), but I decided I had to go with The Fault in Our Stars. Cancer has definitely had an effect on my life (as it has with most), and this book just really kind portrayed cancer in an incredible way.
10. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. This was another book in our classroom library (I remember it was fourth grade), and it got passed around by all of my friends. I remember that it made every single one of us cry. I think it was the first book I'd ever read that had death as a major part of the story (other than Cedric's death in Harry Potter, which was much more fantastical to me at that age), and it really hit me hard.
There are so many books out there that I could have put on this list, but I'm very happy with naming these ten my all-time favorites. I realized while making this list that most of them were introduced to me through school, which I feel is incredibly lucky considering how many kids hate school reading. The list may have a few changes at some point in the future, but even so all of these books have a huge amount of meaning to me for various reasons.
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