My Favorite Book of All Time

So, before I start, I would like to apologize for not blogging in a while. I have a life, so yea. I read The Fault in Our Stars for school recently, although I have read this book multiple times before. This is my all time favorite book of all time, like, seriously, I am in love with this book. If I could marry a book, this would be it. I am sure no one is as in love with this book as I am. I could read this book all day everyday if I could. For all of those who have read it, I am like Hazel and An Imperial Affliction. No joke. Anyway, on to the review.

Well, naturally, I loved the book. I loved the characters (I wish more boys were like Augustus). I love how you can quote it all of the time (some infinites are larger than other infinites). I love the setting (INDY). For those of you that haven't figured it out yet, I live in Indianapolis, so this book was great for me. When she talks about certain places, I know exactly where she is talking about (like, Lazy Bones is real people!).

Peter van Houten was such a greatly developed character, no words can even explain him. He was so hateable yet you feel bad for him at the same time. His assistant was great. She was just indescribably great. Augustus was probably the best male character I have read about in a while.

This book made me laugh, cry, and laugh while crying.  think everyone over the age of 12 should read it (yes there is some adult-ish stuff). Please read this book, I would love you forever.

Rating Scale for Books:

1-5

0- Couldn't get past page 10 in fear of dying.

1- Ew. probably didn't make it past chapter 5 and then looked up the end.

2- Okay. May have been better if I wrote it.

3- Not bad. I'd recommend it.

4- My kind of book. There were probably only a few things that bothered me.

5- I liked this book. End of story.

6 and up- It was so epic I died a little inside.

Score

7/5

As always, if you have anything you'd like me to review, leave it in the comments.

~Stone 

I'm Back! And I Have a Lot of Reviews to Get Through...

So. To begin I am going to crunch 2 books int one post that are not alike in any shape way of form..... These 2 books are the Power of Six and My Sister's Keeper.

First, imma talk about The Power of Six. So I read this a while ago, so give me a little slack here. Anyways, this is the 2nd book of the Lorien Legacies series and I loved it. It had fighting bad guys, more legacies, girlfriend problems, and much so much more. I liked it, I'l read the next book. Fo shizz.

My Sister's Keeper was very different. I looooooved the writing style, how it changed from character to caracter. Not only that, but they changed fonts, for those of us that don't pay that much attention to those beginnings of the chapters. The book had a lot of unexpected twists and turns and I genuinely enjoyed reading it.

Rating Scale for Books:

1-5

0- Couldn't get past page 10 in fear of dying.

1- Ew. probably didn't make it past chapter 5 and then looked up the end.

2- Okay. May have been better if I wrote it.

3- Not bad. I'd recommend it.

4- My kind of book. There were probably only a few things that bothered me.

5- I liked this book. End of story.

6 and up- It was so epic I died a little inside.

Rating for The Power of Six

3.5/5

Rating for My Sister's Keeper

4/5

As always, if you have anything you would like me to review, please leave it in the comments.

~Stone

Pretty Little Secrets

The first thing I thought when I saw this book, "Oh my gosh, there's another Pretty Little Liars book?" And yes, my friends, there is. And I did my research, and there will be 2 more, don't you worry. The book I read was Pretty Little Secrets by: Sara Shepard. This book was okay. First off, my background with the Pretty Little Liars books. I have read every one of them, I actually started them in 6th grade, which I wouldn't suggest, because the average 6th grader does not need to know many of the things in these books. They are a little bit inapro-pro (if you know what I mean). I will read the next 2 book when they come out, although, I will not buy them. I do not personally own any of these book, I get them from the public library. But let me tell you, in my city, these books are hard to get your hands on. They are popular. I was actually lucky enough to stumble upon this book while looking for a different book. Anyways.

So this book is about Hanna, Aria, Emily, and Spencer. It is narrated by a third person narrator in which we do not know. Every girl has their own 'book' if you will. Between these 'books' there is a letter from A, which we do not know at the time, since Mona is dead. this book is supposed to take place after the 4th book, but before the 5th. You eventually find out who this A is in a later book. They all have their own little winter break secrets and although they are okay friends, they don't really show up in one another's 'books.'

In a nutshell, Hanna goes to boot camp. Emily is a bad girl. Aria gets "married." And Spencer hits on a guy that her sister also likes, typical. If you have read any of the Pretty Little Liars books, this will not surprise you all that much. It is definitely a girl book though. If you a male, I would not recommend it. So that's that.

Rating Scale for Books:

1-5

0- Couldn't get past page 10 in fear of dying.

1- Ew. probably didn't make it past chapter 5 and then looked up the end.

2- Okay. May have been better if I wrote it.

3- Not bad. I'd recommend it.

4- My kind of book. There were probably only a few things that bothered me.

5- I liked this book. End of story.

6 and up- It was so epic I died a little inside.  

Rating

2.5/5

As always, if you have anything you would like me to review, please leave it in the comments.

~Stone

Witch & Wizard

A few weeks ago, my brother was reading the last book in a series and the graphic novel based off of the first book in that series so I thought, hey why not? The first book in the series is called Witch & Wizard by: James Patterson. This books plot line is pretty good, actually kind of confusing for a children's book. First off, I have read some of his books before, and I absolutely loveeee his writing style. He keeps his chapter short, sweet, and to the point. He separates the book into sections (I'm petty sure this one had 4 and an epilogue section), which makes it easier to stop reading at a certain point. Since the chapters are really short, there are over 100 in every book, I believe (this one had 104).

Now to the summary, so at the beginning of the book you here from the main character, Wisty, 's POV and learn that she is about the be hanged (hung, not sure, I'm not all that good at grammar). Then she flashes back, because you can't start a book at the end. Haha, yes you can, but that is another discussion. Anyways, I get off topic easily. Where was I? Oh, yes. So then you learn about the New Order and how Whit and Wisty are taken and that they are a witch and wizard (shocker). I can't really say anymore about that without giving the whole book away, but I thought it was pretty good. After reading the book, I read the graphic novel, which didn't give the book any justice. The graphic novel cover is to the right. I mean, if you read the book, as what the heck, may as well read the graphic novel. But if you just so happen to pick it up and you haven't read the book, IT WILL NOT MAKE THE BOOK ANY BETTER. PLEASE READ THE BOOK FIRST.

Anyways, there isn't really much for me to talk about without giving away the whole book, but I have a few more things to say. 1. If you like action/fantasy/future books. Read it. Definitely if you like fantasy.

2. Even though I am a girl, I would categorize this a 'boy's book.' I mean, this is an opinion, but if you're a girly girl, you probably won't like this book. Boys, yea, probably all of you will like it. But girls, I challenge you. Read it. Tell me if you like it in the comments.

Rating Scale for Books:

1-5

0- Couldn't get past page 10 in fear of dying.

1- Ew. probably didn't make it past chapter 5 and then looked up the end.

2- Okay. May have been better if I wrote it.

3- Not bad. I'd recommend it.

4- My kind of book. There were probably only a few things that bothered me.

5- I liked this book. End of story.

6 and up- It was so epic I died a little inside.

Rating

3/5

As always, if you have anything you would like me to review, leave it in the comments.

~Stone

The Hunger Games- The Movie Not the Book

Well, here's the deal about the Hunger Games. I read the books. All three, many times. I was super excited for the movie. I dressed up as Katniss, went to the midnight showing, and I was disappointed.
And before everybody is all "Stone, how did you not like the movie?!!" Let me explain.

I'm first going to start with the details. If you've read the book, you should understand me. If you've seen the movie and not the book (READ THE BOOK) you may be a little confused. First the good things, the actors were good at the action scenes. Like really good. Most of the beginning was pretty good. Peeta was great at I'm super in love with Katniss. The Gamemaker extra scenes were good, actually I'm glad they added those. The uprising in 11, that was a good foreshadowing.

The things that popped out to me, Cinna was meh. Peeta didn't loose his leg. Katniss didn't go deaf in one ear. Cato was hot. Thresh could've been different. The mutts at the end were disappointing. Where did Madge go? Where did Greasy Sae go? Where did Avox(es) go? Haymitch? Where did Katnisses thoughts go? Peeta and Katniss in the cave for 2 days? Their love seemed smaller without this. Katniss with Rue? What? Where did Cato's 'I got rid of Loverboy' line go? Didn't explain peacemakers enough. WHERE DID THE END GO?!

Now I am going to rant about what bothered me the most. Near the end, after the games, Peeta and Katniss are supposed to watch parts of the games and then be interviewed about the games. In the book, she was supposed to be acting like she was really in love with Peeta. And in the book, SHE WAS REALLY IN LOVE WITH PEETA! In the movie Jennifer Lawrence was like 'I couldn't imagine life without him.'  Don't get me wrong, Lawrence is a great actress, but she just didn't do this for me. When she is at interviews the first time, she spins to show off her dress and she is supposed to say "Oh, no, I can't spin anymore. I'm so dizzy!" In this girly "I am trying to act kind of stupid" voice. In the movie it was kind of like "Ug, I can't spin anymore." Bleck.

But people, don't think that I didn't like the movie. The action scenes were great. The actors were mostly good *cough cough Alexander and Josh cough cough*.  And I know that they can't make everything in there but the real people they advertise too, the readers, would've sat through a 3 hour movie.

Movie Rating Scale:

1-5

0- Probably sat through the whole movie by force and complained afterward.

1- Average. 2/3 of the movie was probably bad.

2- Okay. Might have been better if I wrote the screenplay.

3- Not bad. Probably see it again and recommend it.

4- My kind of movie. probably only a few things bothered me.

5- Wow! I loved this movie! (I'm picky about movies. This won't come up often)

6 and above- No words needed.

Rating

3/5

As always, if you have anything you would like me to review, please leave it in the comments.

~Stone

A Million Suns By: Beth Revis

This is my first post so please, be nice. The book that I read first was A Million Suns by Beth Revis. It was very good and in short I am going to explain it.

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST BOOK (or if you don't plan on reading them at all) I MAY ACCIDENTALLY RUIN SOMETHING! YOU ARE WARNED.

Anyways, so Amy and Elder are on a ship called Godspeed headed to another planet for colonization. They find out that the ship isn't moving, but they are actually there. Bad stuff happens. The End. Although my summary sounds very bland, I actually really enjoyed the book. The first book, Across the Univers, was really good. I read it last summer thinking "It's long. I like long books. The people on the cover look like they might kiss. I like romance." Then I started reading it and I was like "Ewwww. It's science fiction." But I actually really enjoyed it. I'm going to admit, I really don't like science fiction, I've tried reading and writing it and I just can't get into it. But as said a million other times, this was my exception.

I think another reason I like it is because I really like these books is because I feel I can relate to the characters. Sure, I'm pretty sure they are older than me (I believe that they are 16) and I'm about 2 years younger. I really felt tied to the character of Elder, more than Amy, which is odd because Amy is a girl. I kind of liked Elder's voice more, even though they both had a relatively same voice (pro and con). I think I'm kind of weird when I read books, I tend to like one character over the other. I like how he wanted to be a leader, but not take the name of Eldest and how he kind of struggled for power. He didn't want to take after the last Eldest and yet he flashes to thoughts of Eldest a lot at the end.

Now the things I didn't like. The end. LADY! YOU LEFT ME ON AN EDGE! AND I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JANUARY TO READ THE NEXT BOOK! WHAT?!?!??!?!!!!!!! The end was super suspenseful and I wasn't very happy anyways. I mean, they were mad at each other. You could have had them make up first! I don't mean any disrespect to the author, I mean I can't write this well so..... Whatever.

Rating Scale for Books:

1-5

0- Couldn't get past page 10 in fear of dying.

1- Ew. probably didn't make it past chapter 5 and then looked up the end.

2- Okay. May have been better if I wrote it.

3- Not bad. I'd recommend it.

4- My kind of book. There were probably only a few things that bothered me.

5- I liked this book. End of story.

6 and up- It was so epic I died a little inside.

Rating

4/5

As always, if you have anything you would like me to review, please leave it in the comments.

~Stone

Welcome to BMAOE!

Basically, I am going to being writing reviews for any kind of entertainment, but mostly books, movies, tv shows, and music. These requests will come from you, the readers. I will start out doing what I stumble upon, but it will mostly be what you suggest, so I'm going to need a lot of user interaction. If you would please comment your ides or tell me in person, that would be great. Share with others if you would like.

Just remember that these are personal my thoughts.

~Stone