Monday, September 22, 2014

10 Reasons Why I Love NBC's The Blacklist

The Blacklist

1. Criminals turned good
2. Her husband is a bad dude
3. James Spader is perfect in this
4. A secret weapon
5. Her first day at the FBI
6. A Special task force
7. NBC
8. Red is still a criminal
9. SO MUCH SECRECY
10. The way it penetrates your mind so you can't think about anything else


Series 2 premiere Monday 9/22 on NBC at 10/9 central

Sunday, September 21, 2014

The Maze Runner Movie Review

Okay, so I must first say this- Thomas, Newt, and Minho: The Golden Trio. Second, it is an amazing adaptation, so if you were having any doubts about if you should see it or not, just go and see it; there will be no regrets. Thirdly, it was just amazing.

The way that this movie was amazing was amazing in the same way that if i stay was amazing, it was extremely true to the idea. With Divergent I feel like they were true to scenes, but weren't true to the book and it's ideas; therefore, it wasn't nearly as good of an adaptation. Like if i stay, The Maze Runner was true to the idea and feels of it, and just had scenes changed, left out, or added (all of which were fine, or good). The Fault in Our Stars was a good adaptation because of how it was almost exactly in line with all of the scenes, and was extremely true to the feels; I didn't like to the book but that adaptation was perfect.

I recommend this to fans of Divergent, The Hunger Games, Shatter Me, and almost all dystopias/ thrillers.

Saturday, September 20, 2014

True Cross Country Runners


10 Reasons Why I Loved The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

1. Figuring out a maze
2. Minho, Newt, and Thomas
3. Runners
4. Grievers (because they scare me so much)
5. Frypan's cooking sounds delicious
6. Being Stung/ The Changing
7. Maps
8. Chuck being the best friend ever, even after Thomas was sort of a jerk to him
9. A functioning society...sort of
10. The Box

(11. Newt's British accent
 12. Gally being such a jerk
 13. The names
 14. Ivy Vines
 15. Being attacked in the woods)

Saturday, September 13, 2014

10 Reasons Why I Loved Falling Into Place

Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang

1. I love the name Liz
2. Amy Zhang is from Wisconsin
3. There are tough issues confronted but not so much that it was an after school special
4. Liz isn't nice
5. There is drinking and swearing, but it isn't encouraged
6. Jake is a cliche
7. Silence
8. No one notices all of the mistakes she has made, and she never gets in trouble
9.  Her father
10. Crying in the rain

Monday, September 1, 2014

How To Make Summer Last Longer

1. Don't think about summer ending
2. Pretend that Labor Day is in the middle of July
3. Think of something you did this summer and be proud of it
4. Look on twitter and say to yourself  "At least I have something better to do than to complain to the entire       world about how my summer sucked."
5. Sigh, and get over the fact that fall is here
6. Go running without a shirt on to protest fall
7. Go swimming in a lake or outdoor pool
8. Watch a movie about summer
9. Do Something
10. Look at the clock and start counting down