2014 Reading: Out Of My Mind

THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING!

I saw it while I was shelving in the children's center in the library and after I read the back, I knew I HAD to get it. The concept, if pulled off correctly (which it was), is a fascinating idea for a story. Frankly, I'm surprised it's considered a children's book at all. It was so well written out and mature.

The only thing I can think of is that it's from the perspective of an 11 year-old so that may be what gives it such a low rating, but it holds up as a good book for just about anyone.

I devoured it within a few hours of finishing The Scorch Trials and I am very glad that I did.

The concept of being stuck in your own head and having no way to communicate with anyone around you is something I cannot even fathom. I think that I would go insane with my own thoughts. The character in the book, Melody, is super intelligent but has no real way of getting that out there and you start to feel for her right away. I tried to imagine what it might be like, to not be able to express yourself like other people did, to begin to feel as if you were a burden to those around you, to be so intelligent but have everyone think you're not because of something like cerebral palsy. I honestly don't know what I would do with myself. I don't think I am a strong enough person to deal with that kind of thing, which just makes this book even better.

I highly recommend this book because it's a semi-short read and the story is fantastic. I'm really glad I picked this up.

2014 Reading: The Scorch Trials

I pretty much devoured this book as soon as my hands got on it. I just really want to know what's going to happen. I am invested now.

It just sucks that I started, like, 3 books already before I got to this one. Oh well, they all get to take a back-burner so that I can finish this series. (Unless it takes forever for the third one to come in, then I'll just read whatever I can grab in between.)

I never mentioned this in the review for the first book, but I kinda really don't like dystopian literature. Or anything dystopian for that matter. I don't really like zombie movies, and I think the only movie that I really enjoyed that had to so with a sad future was "Metropolis" but only because I watched it in a film class and mainly enjoyed the aesthetics of such an old silent film.


But, I really do enjoy this series so far. I hope that I'll enjoy the third one (and ending) as much as I have the other two. With the way they left it off, I have NO CLUE what is going to come next.

Shitty 80's Horror Movie Review: House (franchise)

I had never even HEARD of this franchise before, and some of the people who said they saw it had no idea there was more than one. So, that should tell you how popular it was.

House (1986)

 House II: The Second Story (1987)

House III: The Horror Show (1989) 

 House IV: Home Deadly Home (1992)

2014 Reading: The Maze Runner

Let's be honest with ourselves, the only reason I even picked up The Maze Runner by James Dashner in the first place is because the movie is about to come out. A movie that stars Dylan O'Brien. Dylan O'Brien who is one of the only reasons I watch Teen Wolf. Because I wanna do awful things to him in a darkened room. Repeatedly.

But you didn't need to know that.

It's one of those books where you just have no idea what the hell is going on. Which, as it turns out, puts you in line with the main character, so you're okay! You learn WITH the characters at their pace.

If they do the movie right and don't change much, it has the potential to be a really good story. I realize that some of the aspects might be difficult to convey on camera, but it still has boatloads to offer. If they do it right. (I'm just going to enjoy the flock to barely legal dudes running around for 2 hours like the perv I am, anyway.)

The concept is a bit familiar by the end: dystopian society doing all it can to try and fix the problems that have come up by breeding and training a new hope within children.

I admit, I am still a little confused but since I know that this is a three part series, I know I've still got more to get through. As soon as I can I'll be starting the second in the series.

On to the next one!

*BONUS VIDEO!* True Blood: Godric

When I was talking about True Blood in my last video, I COMPLETELY forgot to talk about one of my favorite story lines of all time. I am so ashamed. As soon as I found out, I immediately shot another separate video just for him.

I just have a lot of feelings, okay?

Shitty 80's Horror Movie Review: Killer Klowns From Outer Space

THIS MOVIE WAS FANTASTIC!

I watched it while I was intoxicated and could not stop laughing. And I hate clowns!

And the music was spectacular.

At some point, I'm pretty sure I texted my friend and said that I was going to scare sober!me by making a really creepy close-ups picture of one of the clowns as my background and then when I woke up (not remembering anything) I would piss myself when I turned on my computer.

...As it turned out, she talked me out of it, but I still had a ton of screen caps on my desktop and I texted her the next day:

I also apparently claimed that I was going to rewrite the script for the movie to make it more modern and then send it to Tim Burton and insist he be as dark and R-rated as he could be with it. And I think I cast the key roles of the movie as well. Something about Johnny Depp being the ice cream truck and Armie Hammer as the police chief or something.

I am completely awesome when I am not in my right mind.

*NEW VIDEO!* Let's Talk About: True Blood

This is another one of those shows that I just avoided at all cost. One day, my sister told me to at least watch the very first episode (she was still mad that I had gotten her hooked on the Twilight books).

I made it about 2 minutes in before I shut it off and then walked away. It was so BAD. The accents were horrible (I live in the south and hearing it every day is bad enough, but these people were MURDERING an already bad sound and it just hurt my brain), the acting was terrible, and it was YET ANOTHER vampire show to crop up form the craze that swept the world a few years ago and has still yet to end. I wanted nothing to do with it.

But I finally sat back down (after about a week) and made it through the first episode. Ugh.

I kept watching because my sister still liked to make me feel guilty about the Twilight thing and then FINALLY we got to the good stuff. And by "good stuff" I, of course, mean the first appearance of Eric Northman. Hellllloooooooo......

I'LL TAKE IT!

I decided to read the books sometime after that and... Ugh. Again. It's horrible. It is just horrible literature (much like the Twilight books), but there is just something about it. You know that you are going to hate every moment of it, but you just have to keep reading to see what trash the writer is going to come up with next.

I went through all of the Twilight books just waiting for steamy, sparkly vampire sex... Nope. Not a damn word.

I went through this, hoping for... Well, I don't really now what I was hoping. Something astounding.

I'm still waiting.