Showing posts with label Matched. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matched. Show all posts

Sunday, February 15, 2015

♛Books That Should Be Turned Into Movies♛

Hello my lovely followers, the new year has begun and I would like to share a couple of books that I think should be adapted to movies. If you have any other suggestions for books that should be made into movies, then leave a comment below telling me why it should be adapted.
1. The Battle of the Labyrinth
By Rick Riordan
After The Sea of Monsters movie, I still think The Percy Jackson Series could continue. if it continued, then the next book ,as seen above, could be adapted by staying true to the plot of the book and to keep the main cast but, get a better director.
2. Cinder
By Marissa Meyer
I recently read Cinder and it has come to my attention that this book and it's sequel's should be adapted to a movie. Cinder has a great story that almost anybody would relate to and it is set in an apocalyptic time, which has been a trend in some major movies and it has a fairytale twist that some of us would love to watch. On a side note, I think the role of Queen Levana would be Vanessa Hudgens or Nina Dobrev because that was my initial thought when I read about the Queen. Also, Ellie Goulding would be a great addition to the movie soundtrack such as the song Burn.
3. Linger
By Maggie Stiefvater
I was in class and a couple of my class mates were talking about this book and I was surprised they heard of it. When I bring this book up in a conversation not many people have heard of it. When I looked this book over, I though that this would be great story to turn into a movie because it has the supernatural-forbidden-love-story that many young adults would be interested and I think Taylor Lautner would like to reprise another werewolf role.
4. Looking For Alaska
By John Green
With the success of The Fault In Our Stars and the up coming movie adaptation Paper Towns, I think it's safe to say that John Green should consider another adaptation of his books. I might not be the only wanting for this to happen but I think John Green would possibly consider it. Not to mention, I would totally envision Logan Lerman portraying the role of Miles Halter.
5. Matched
By Ally Condie
According to Wikipedia, the film rights were bought by Disney and are in production. I hope they would release some updates such as the cast, locations, and costumes. I'm interested how they would portray the setting and most importantly the plot. Personally, I would suggest they consider Josh Hutcherson as the role of Xander because he kind of looks the part after watch Mocking Part 1.
6. Where She Went
By Gayle Forman
Not too long ago the movie If I stay ended on a bittersweet note and I think they should produce the sequel, Where She Went. The movie would be interesting to see with a different point of view and all the flashbacks that happened after the first book while, Adam and Mia spend a day together in New York.
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Saturday, September 28, 2013

♥Matched (Book Review)♥

 
Hello beautiful readers! Sorry for the long absence I have been busy with school and it has been a little rough but I think I should at least squeeze in a review from my finished books. As you can tell from the title I will be reviewing "Matched" By Ally Condie. This YA novel is about a perfect world referred to as the "Society" and in the book we are introduced with the main character Cassia. Which starts with her own match banquet, the match banquet is when citizen's of the society see who they are to be matched or married to. Since the society is perfect, a glitch appears in the system and leaves Cassia to question the society for she is caught to be in love with Ky, who is a society outcast, and Xander, who is her childhood friend and her match. The story unfolds with her questions and decisions of the society.
 
Characters:
 
Cassia Reyes- Is a 17 year old and is the story's main protagonist. She is matched with her old friend Xander but is caught in love with Ky. She lives with her parents and younger brother.
Xander Carrow- He is an old friend of Cassia and secretly in love with her since he can remember. He is also good friends with Ky and is known to be the golden boy and somebody to look up to. Xander is Cassia's perfect match.
Ky Markham-He is an aberration, a person who is no longer a citizen due to his fathers acts of rebellion against the society. Which caused him to live with his aunt and uncle, and their son was murdered and is something that has never happened in the society. Because he is an aberration he could never be put in the matching pool. Ky also has feelings towards Cassia even though she is matched with Xander. He is also extremely jealous of Xander.
 
Overall Ranking:
I give this book a 4 and a half out of five stars because the storyline is easy to follow. I personally find bits of the story interesting such as the society thinking they have too much culture and deciding 100 songs, 100 poems, 100 pieces of art..etc. to have kept in the society. I also like how Cassia is secretly learning how to write even though the society forbids it and how she makes up games for her little brother in order for him to go to school for the first time. Which the society does not allow anyone to behave against the society. The other part to the reason I gave this rating is that this book is written by an English teacher. Which the author makes most of the book filled with lots of imagery but I find most of it over the top such as making the character refer to the color green a lot after she wore that particular color after her match ceremony. On that side note I found Matched to be a great read and it made me want to buy the next book and I will also review that soon. I for sure recommend it to any YA, dystopian, and romance readers because it is an easy read and it makes you question what your society is like and what it might be. I hope this makes up for my absence and I will get back to reviewing soon. Be sure to follow me on here and on the sites listed bellow! Let me know what you think if you read this book or let me know if you are interested down in the comment section.