Review: Spellbound by Sylvia Day

Spellbound
Written by Sylvia Day
Pages:179
Published:
Format Read: Ebook

Synopsis

Max Westin. Sex incarnate. She could smell it, feel it with his proximity. Everything about him was a little rough, a little gritty. A primitive creature. Just like she was. He held her hand a little too long, his thickly-lashed gaze clearly stating his intentions to have her. To tame her…
“Victoria.”
Her name, just one word, but spoken with such possession she could almost feel the collar around her neck.
“It’s in your nature,” he murmured. “The desire to be taken.”

Review

This book could of been so good but sadly it wasn't great. I love the ideas and the charters but the story was a bit naff. It honestly could of been 2 or maybe even 3 books or even just a bigger book because everything felt very rushed though. which was sad because there where some pretty dramatic scenes that could of been explained in depth and really pulled you in where as with only 179 page the author really didn't have the room to do that. and it was the same with the sex, the scenes where good but if the author had of taken just a bit more time with them and made them longer they would of been so much better.
I did love the characters and I liked the ideas of the familiars and how Victoria was a slinky black cat. It was a fun idea and god I really wish there was more. I don't normally like how paranormal erotica books are always in these huge ass series  but for this book I wish there was more. I wanna know more about the world and more about that glorious couple and more about the magic. So we have established that I really wish this book was longer with more development. But over all it was enjoyable and would recommend it to paranormal romance readers.

*3 out of 5 stars*

Crazy About YA Books Goodreads Readathon #9: TBR

Okay so from the 20th to the 26th one of the groups I am part of is holding there 9th readathon. This will be the second one I have participated in. I hope to get a good amount of reading done but am currently in my last weeks of school so for once work is going to have to come first. Here's some books I hope to get too.

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Chills and Thrills Readathon: Sign Up and TBR

And another readathon called Chills and Thrills all about Halloween and its amazing themes. This readathon is hosted by A Perfection Called Books it is her first time holding a readathon so i'm really excited to be apart of this lovely Halloween themed one! below is my TBR for this.

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Dewey's:Wrap Up

During Dewey's 24 hour readathon I slept far to much, way more than what I wanted to. I read a total of 474ish pages. Below is what I read and how much ish I read of them. I didn't keep exact track of how much I read of each because i'm silly. I'm kinda unhappy with how I did but that's okay I enjoyed the readathon

 Finished Books 179pages119Pages(ish)
Started Books 70ish pages80pages

Dewey's: First 6 hours

well for the first 6 hours I well, I slept. I didn't wake up to my alarm to wake up early so I could get my read on and I couldn't stay awake until 1 am which is when the readathon started for me. So yea not to impressed with how the first 1/4 fr the readathon has gone for me but hopefully it will look up from here. I look forward to reading my little heart out for the last 3/4.

Dewey's: Food

Okay so with Dewey's 24 hour readathon starting at 1 am tonight for me I have gotten my self some yummy chocolate which has Orange lollies, Orange chew's and fizzy things in it by cadbury and have stocked up on milo and milk for the 24 hour period. I will also be drinking lots of tea to keep me up and happy both berry and your standard tea flavored tea, what ever the hell that is. There are also sour cream and chive chips to snack on, for when I need a top up. Things like dinner and that are will be easy to take care of as  I still live at home so dinner will be cooked for me tomorrow night and for breakfast I will just be having my normal chocolate porridge with far too much sugar on top and I most likely won't bother with lunch. So yea there is my food plan for the 24 hours. I wish I had some yummy juice or fizzy as well but cant get any now sadly but I shall live.

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon!

Finally get to participate in a Dewey's 24 hour Readathon. Now this happens to fall on the perfect weekend. I am doing nothing and seeing nobody (I mean there is school work to be done but who needs that when there is a readathon). So here is my TBR. The Stand is the only book I will set in stone and will only read another book of I need a break of the big bugger. I can't wait for this too kick off at 1 am for me. I shall have a snooze before it starts.

Review: The Mist by Stephen King

 

                                                                                 

The Mist
Written by Stephen King
Pages:230
First Published:1980
Format Read: EBook

It's a hot, lazy day, perfect for a cookout, until you see those strange dark clouds. Suddenly a violent storm sweeps across the lake and ends as abruptly and unexpectedly as it had begun. Then comes the mist...creeping slowly, inexorably into town, where it settles and waits, trapping you in the supermarket with dozens of others, cut off from your families and the world. The mist is alive, seething with unearthly sounds and movements. What unleashed this terror? Was it the Arrowhead Project---the top secret government operation that everyone has noticed but no one quite understands? And what happens when the provisions have run out and you're forced to make your escape, edging blindly through the dim light?

Review
Never before has a book made me feel sick and put me to a close to puking point. The Mist disturbed me on many levels. There was the mist which is already creepy enough without added speculations and then there was my worst nightmare added in. Huge Spiders, not just huge though Stephen King also had to give them webs that could slice your skin. I liked the variety of all the different characters it seemed quite realistic to the variety you would get if something like that happened in real life. For me that helped it seem more "real" that along with the way different people acted in face of an emergency. I mean the butcher cooked to help handle it and this would be truthful in a real situation. Some people would cry in a corner and others will get down and do things weather important or not.

The only disappointing part of this book was the ending. It was kinda the make up what happens your self ending which really just didn't float my boat. So I will never truly know what happened to them. This is why it doesn't get the 5 stars I was going to give it.

Overall I loved this book. I'm so glad I picked it up and managed to read in in one sitting. This was my second Stephen King and I really want to work my way though much much more of his works. I have a lot to catch up on. I can tell Stephen will become one of my favorite authors very quickly. I wouldn't recommend this book to people who are extremely paranoid and are freaked out easily because mist is a common occurrence and I know i'm going to look at it very differently from now on.

4.5 out of 5 Stars

Movie Review: Carrie 2013 Adaptation

 

Run Time:100 Minutes

Released: October 7, 2013

Review

I feel this 2013 adaptation of Carrie by Stephen King was good. It wasn't great but it was good and I really enjoyed it. I really like how the put a modern twist to it making it more watchable to our generation. The movie also got most of the bigger scenes pretty spot on with minor changed so I liked that. I also loved all of the direct quotes I spotted.

The changed a few minor detailed like scissors instead a butchers knife at Carrie's birth, Pink rather than red dress and 7 and 10:30 Pick up and curfew rather than 7:20 and 1. For some reason these things just bothered me a little. I also wish they hadn't off missed out a lot of the little things. I would have liked to see the scene when Carrie was three and Margret went nuts. I also would of liked to see cut ins of the bits of writing from Sue's book and news articles in the movie. As I said in my Carrie book review I feel these future writings gave a real sense of anticipation of what was to come and I didn't get that in the movie.

That sounds like a lot of complaints but overall I loved it. The book is definitely better and I feel to get the whole movie you need to have all the knowledge that the book gives you. But I would definitely recommend this film.

3.5 Out of 5

Review: Carrie by Stephen King

 

Carrie

Written by Stephen King

Published first in 1974

Pages:250

Format Read: Ebook

Synopsis

The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers. Repressed by a domineering, ultra-religious mother and tormented by her peers at school, her efforts to fit in lead to a dramatic confrontation during the senior prom.

Review

Okay so this was my first Stephen King book and I think I fell in love with his books with just this one. I really enjoyed Carrie it was a very interesting story about a bullied girl and how it all went wrong and got pushed too far. I feel like it would be a good book for high school bullies to read because it really shows reaction to continuous bullying, although a bit extreme. It made me think about all the crap things I had said and done to people and made me keep wanting to try change that. To me this is a good book when it makes me think about real life things rather than just the fictional worlds and story's I engross my self in. I also sympathized with the main character, Carrie because of the way she was bullied reminded me off a few years ago in my schooling  so I think this really helped me connect to her and feel what she was feeling. I loved the articles and books written after the events of the book that were slipped in right from start to finished, I felt this helped with the anticipation and foreshadowing of the end. You knew what was going ti happen. But how was it going to play out?

I noticed a couple of inconsistency's in the writing just two  but can only remember one. One one page it is a bag of screws and on the next it was a bag of nails. This bothered me just the tiniest of bits but was soon forgotten. I also found a bit around the middle a little hard to get though compared with the beginning and the end. Not sure why just wasn't quite as interesting.

Over all I really enjoyed this book. It made me think and cry and a whole bunch of other emotions so to me that is a good book. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in bullying, horror and telekinesis I cant wait to watch the two different film adaptations and to read more of Stephen Kings books in the future.

5 out of 5 Stars