The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Movie Review

Okay so if you are I. the reading family you know great The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie came out Wednesday!!! I am happy to say it didn't disappoint me as much as I thought it would.

First is the obvious casting mistakes. Before seeing this movie I thought the casting was bad and that they could have easily picked better people for the leads and supporting actors/actresses. After seeing the  movie I was actually quite pleased at the acting, aside from Lilly Collins I still think that was a mistake. I really liked how Alec, even though he didn't have very many lines, he really made the character be just like he was in the book. Isabelle was a total badass and was awesome!! I have to say she was my fav character in the movie, the actress did amazing! Simon...well I love Simon in the book and  I love him in the movie. He brings goofiness and just something extra and the actor did an amazing job! He was the one actor, the only one really, that I was happy with prior to seeing the movie. Luke. Luke was good he wasn't  in it as much and I just wish he had a little more because, I thought, he is really important in the books. Both Church and Chairman Meow weren't in the movie which disappointed me greatly because I really think Church is important!

Moving on...The story line of the movie was good although the order of the events, compare to the book, were all mixed up and rearranged. This confused me greatly and throughout the movie I kept thinking 'Oh my gosh! Why did they skip that part?' and then after watching more of it the part they skipped was later in the movie. It was just weird. The 'creatures' throughout the movie were not what I thought they would look like from reading the description in the book. For example, the demon in Clary's house after her mom was taken, totally not right and stupid. The Silent Brothers were not the quiet sounding beings I thought they would be. They didn't glide and their voices sounded deeper and rougher than I thought they would've been. I was thinking more of a quiet whisper and them floating  soundlessly.  The vampires though were good, but who could mess up vampires? Twilight. That's who.

Overall the movie was good. It is better when I think about the movie completely separate from the book. This is what I do with the Beautiful Creatures book and movie and I enjoy both.


MUST SEE!! You have to get up and go see it right now! If you've already seen it...GO SEE IT AGAIN!!

Tell me what did you think of it?






*I have now seen it four times and LOVE it. Everytime I see it i notice more things that I hadnt the previous times. If you haven't seen it GO SEE IT!!

DECEMBER 3rd is when it will be released on digital copy and DVD! :)

It has been way too long...

It has been awhile since posting and I have been quite busy! I got a new job, started yet another semester of college and have been reading like crazy trying to keep up with all my favorite authors' books. In addition I made time for my family and friends. So what books have I been reading lately?


I have recently finished Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare. Throughout The Infernal Devices, although not proud to say this, I hoped that Jem was going to pass on and leave Tessa with Will and they would live happily ever after. I don't know what it is about Jem, but I just wasn't a fan of, but I just wanted him to leave. I didn't hate him, but wanted him to pass on peacefully and without hurting anyone. Another thing that kind of made me a little(minuscule) sad and less into the books is that Tessa doesn't use her 'gift' as much. That was one of the things that pulled me into this series and made it that much better and Clare lost some of that in this one. This book has SO many emotions that whip through the reader and I was all over the place with my emotions, but in a good way. The best part of this whole series, and I'll even put in the best part of the Mortal Instruments, is the ending. BEST. ENDING. EVER!! I have read many book series and none of them have endings that can compare to this ending!! This ending was beautiful and intense and just...awwwwe!! I have never cried while reading a book ever and I cried at least three times if not more! I am truly holding myself back to not write anything that will ruin the ending for those of you that have not read it, but let me just say one thing...I am awed by Jem. That is all I can not say anything else on the matter! Go read it! Seriously, why are you still reading this?


Okay if you are still reading this and/or have read Clockwork Princess, let's move on to the last book I have read shall we?

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire. This book is ridiculous. In a good way of course! I love this book and the characters are great. First is Abby, aka Pigeon. She is quite, reserved and is always with her best friend, America. I love America! She is great and the two of them together are awesome. And then we come to the boys...Since I want to save the best for last let's talk about Shep. I love Shep and Shep and America together! I think it's funny how she is so head over heals for her and just together they are perfect. Then there's Travis. Gosh...seriously I don't know where to begin! He is a
fighter and has tats, which are totally hot! To add to his bad boy profile he drives a Harley, although I'm not a fan of Harleys I am a fan of motorcycles so the type/brand/make can be over looked. Through Abby's point of view Travis is annoying and a total...guy, you know being a jerk and drinking because he's mad or beating up a guy for just a small remark made, but she is completely and totally in love with him and just denies it. In addition to Travis he has four other brothers that I think is a great touch to this book. I also think that Travis's dad also brings something extra to the book. Through the book there is some back and forth and 'I hate you's and 'I love you's, but it works. One this I truly love and cant seem to fathom how perfect it is, is the title! Beautiful Disaster is the PERFECT title for this great book! If you like simple romance novels I would recommend you check this one out! It's totally worth reading.

The book I am reading now is Walking Disaster, which is the second on of Beautiful Disaster. When I heard that this book was from Travis's point of view but the same book(story line) as the first, I became nervous but excited too. At the beginning of this book, believe it or not, I thought Travis was a totally moosh and he lost all of the hotness. Although he kept his love for Pidge to himself, he just sounded like a total...softy? bitch? LOL Well I am almost done with it and I am excited to see how this whole thing pans out from Trav's side. He has turned into a not so bitchy guy and is more of a sweet Trav Pidge deserves, but he still has that fighter, wild side to him which is always hot!




What have you been reading? What hotty has captured your dreams lately?

What do I do when my nose isnt stuck in a book?

I love reading and I read any chance I get, but I do other things other than read, surprisingly. One thing I love to do is hang out with my family. My family is really close and we are always doing things together. I have a brother  and a sister along with my parents. They always support me and they are an awesome group of people.

Another thing I like to do is watch hockey. I love hockey and my family is definitely a hockey family. My brother has been playing since he was like 5 (he is now almost 18). Going on hockey
tournaments has really pulled my family together. I love watching him play now and I also love watching the pros duke it out. My favorite team is the Blues because I'm a STL girl. And what hockey fan doesn't have a favorite player? My favorite player is Mr. Alexander Steen :) I also like Jaden Schwartz because he is good and we share the same last name.

One thing I really enjoy doing, maybe not as much as watching hockey, is making things with
DuckTape. When I was a senior in high school I was taking a arts and craft class and one day we made a guy wallet out of clear boxing tape and newspaper. I was so good at it and I made like three in one period while my classmates only had time for one. I decided that DuckTape would be sturdier and last longer. I made my first one and it was a little rough to say the least and it nearly took me 2 1/2 hours! Now I make them in 45min or less, I haven't really timed myself. I also make girl wallets and, personally, I love them! I have made many with different colors of tape. I've made one with poke a dots and purple, camo and bright
orange, Mizzou and blue jean, 'I <3 Bacon' and black, glow-in-the-dark Batman and purple and many other combos. I love my 'I <3 Bacon' one because it reminds me of Mr. Dante
Walker from The Collector. In addition to wallets I have made bows for my hair and purses. Bows are pretty easy to make and they are also fast to make. Purses on the other hand are complicated and take a lot of time and tape, but,
when I am done, they are awesome and sturdy. Here are a couple:

 



So that's it family, hockey and DuckTape :) What do you love to do? Other than reading of course!