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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Songs that remind me of books.

Feb 16, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list that members at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. All bloggers are then welcomed to join. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a free topic but around the idea of books and music so I choice the topic; Top ten songs that remind me of books.

There are in particular order, and I have chosen these songs for different reasons. Sometimes it’s the song that reminds of the characters or of the book as whole and somethings it reflects how I felt during or after reading the book.

Maybe Someday by Griffin Peterson – Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover: Okay maybe this is cheating but hey, it does remind me of the book. If you don’t know what I am talking about Colleen Hoover worked with Griffin Peterson to make an album with the songs from the book and it’s perfect. I adore the album and listen to it a lot. If you want to check out the songs you can here. Apart from Maybe Someday, I love I’m in Trouble, Living a Lie and A Little Bit More.

Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon – Cress by Marisa Meyer: This represents the relationships in Cress for me. I don’ t know why, but it just fits.

One Call Away by Charlie Puth – The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare: This song is kinda of new to me, but when I was thinking about it, it reminds me of the relationships in the Mortal Instruments and it’s perfect. Plus it’s such a nice song.

Stiches by Shawn Menders – Blood Promise by Richelle Mead. This song is this book to me. It reminds me so much of how I felt reading the book the first time and every other time after that.

It Will Rain by Bruno Mars- Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout: This is perfect for the romance of this series. It’s beautiful and this song is one in the same.

Ordinary People by John Legend – Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry: This is for Noah and Echo, the push they pull, they fight and they love. Plus John Legend is amazing and this song is beautiful.

Breakeven by The Script – The Next Together by Laura James: This song reminds me of the whole book. How they always their way to each other and then lose each other just as quick. When they are together it’s beautiful and when they are not, it all breaks apart.

Bad Blood by Taylor Swift – Summer Skin by Kirsty Eagar: YES, YES and YES. I reminds me of Jess and all the girls against the Knights. Plus I had to put a Tay song into here.

And that is my list done for this week Top Ten Tuesday. I know it’s not 10, but I could not think of any more. What are some songs that remind you of books, do we have the same thoughts? If not what would you say for these books?

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten OTP’s

Feb 9, 2016

I ship people like crazy. I just want everyone to be happy forever, so this weeks Top Ten was really hard for me. I tried to keep it one couple per book series. If you don’t know what OTP means, it means One True Pairing. Before I start my list, I have to warn you for spoilers; however post of these couples are well-known. These are also in no particular order.

Oz and Emily from the Thunder Road Series by Katie McGarry. This is one of my most recent OTPs, from last year I might add. But Oz and Emily are so cute together – but I have a feeling that they might be knocked off when Walk the Edge comes out later this year.

Kestrel and Arin from The Winner’ s Curse by Marie Rutkoski. If these two don’t get together by the end of The Winner’s Kiss, I will be very angry. They care about each other so much, and Kestrel would do anything for Aria and just gosh. Please

Katy and Daemon from the Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout: These two had my heart from the get go. I adore them together so far and after all they have been through they deserve it.

Rose and Dimitri from Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead: This is one of my first OTP. Because seriously how can you not?

Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. This slow burning romance is perfect. The banter between the two is gorgeous and I love it.

Sydney and Adrian from Bloodlines by Richelle Mead: This couple has given me nightmares. They ran around other so much, all I wanted was for them to be together.

Cinder and Kai from The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer: I love every single couple of this, If I could add all these couple to my OPT’s list, but I tried to keep it to 1 per series. I love Cinder and Kai – they are adorable together and I want them together forever.

Noah and Echo from Pushing the Limits Series by Katie McGarry. I love all Katie McGarry’s couple my Noah and Echo are by far my fav from the Pushing the Limits.

Magnus and Alec from The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare: These boys hold my heart. Seriously and the recent Shadowhunter Academy short stories. Yes.

Rachel Watts and James Mycroft from the Every Series by Ellie Marney. These two quick thinkers are adorable. I cannot explain how much I love this couple living in Melbourne.

So here are my OTP’s. I tried to give a mix of older books and newer books. What are your OPT’s? Do we share some?

TV Series Review: Shadowhunters Ep4 Spoiler Free

Feb 8, 2016

Shadowhunters: Episode 4

Episode Name: Raising Hell
Release date: 2 Feb. 2016
Running Time: 42 mins
Starring Katherine McNamara,Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende, Matthew Daddario, Emeraude Toubia, Isaiah Mustafa, Harry Shum Jr.,Alan Van Sprang, David Castro, Kaitlyn Leeb
Watch: Freeform (US) – Netflix (Worldwide)
Episode Reviews: 1|2| 3 | 4

After getting a clue about who may have wiped Clary’s memories, the crew hunts down the High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus Bane. With all of the warlocks in hiding from Valentine, the team must lure Magnus out with something he can’t refuse – a killer party and something very valuable. But with emotions running high, more may come out of their meeting with Magnus than just the retrieval of Clary’s memories. Meanwhile, Simon doesn’t seem to be himself after his recent Downworlder encounter.
Ep4 is Directed by Tawnia McKiernan.

Raising Hell:

Episode 4 begins back at the institute with Clary (Katherine McNamara) having a nightmare of when her memories were taken.

I am starting to like Katherine as Clary more as each episode goes on and on. She is starting to ‘fit’ more and it’s nice to see her grow. The chemistry between Clary and Jace (Dominic Sherwood) is also starting to build and become more believable and not cringe worthy. We also get to see a shirtless Jace training – and why not.

In Ep4 we also see the tension starting to build between Clary and Simon (Alberto Rosende). We start to see that Simon loves Clary a lot and she only thinks of him as a friend. On the other hand we also see that Simon is very stubborn, Clary just wants to help her mum and the Shadowhunters are the only people who can help her at the moment and he cannot see that.

However I do love the snide remarks Simon has towards Jace and the other shadowhunters, put a real smile on my face.

For the first time in the series, we get to see Simon’s house and room. He goes there after leaving the institute. Maureen (Shailene Garnett) makes an appearance and there is a slight hint of foreshadowing. Simon’s mum also appears in Ep4 and I actually liked her and not looking forward to things that are coming.

The thing that we have been waiting for. Magnus (Harry Shum Jr) and Alec (Matthew Daddario) finally meet! They had me screaming internally, because they were so good together! I loved Magnus’ little side remarks, some were so cute and the faces that Alec pulls just had me smiling like no tomorrow. We start to see the spark between the two and I truly enjoyed it.

However we also see Alec shut down. There is a scene that happens in this episode that brings to light Alec’s sexuality and it seems he is the only one not taking it well and it broke my heart I want everything to be okay.

I feel the fight scenes are becoming better as the season goes on and I hope that they are perfected soon, because you know – big battles and all.

While we are talking about shadowhunters. I need to rant about something. I am seeing many comments about how it’s different from the books, how people are not going to keep on watching because it’s different and I need to say something before I explode.

It’s very, very hard to adapted a book to a TV Series, love at The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars and The 100. You see parts of the book in them, but that is it. It is annoying me the comments that I am seeing that just complain. I haven’t seen a group of people complain more in my life. It’s crazy what people are saying.

Yes, it’s not like the books, however I do see the books in the TV Series. It’s in the characters look, in the sets, in how the characters act, and in some of the scenes. The essence of the book is there and with each episode it is starting to come out. Also the first book was set during a time line of just over a week, how is a 13 episode series supposed to be set over a week. Everything would be so slow. So by them adding and changing things makes total sense.

Overall, I enjoyed Ep4, I cannot wait to see more of Clary and Jace and Magnus and Alec. I feel that both relationships are going to grow as the season goes on, I like each episode more and more as we go through the season and I do hope it continues, because I do want to see more.

Have you watched Ep4? Did you enjoy it? Are you going to watch more? Did you like the interaction between Magnus and Alec?

For all you Cassandra Clare fans out there I have added a new item to my Etsy store just for you! It’s an Angelic Rune Tote, perfect to fit the book/s your reading at the moment and anything else you need to carry around. You can buy it here and you can get it in White and Natural.