Monday, 16 March 2015

Favorite TV Shows?! 2015

Besides being a total bookworm, I'm also a lonely TV lover who sits by Netflix 24/7. I've come across a couple great TV shows that all of you will LOVE!
*Just as a side note, I watch many Tv Shows, but I chose three to suggest to you guys today!

Beauty And The Beast - Season 3 is airing May 21st - The CW
This is my favorite Tv Show of ALL TIME. Whenever I suggest this show to a friend, everyone is so surprised that Beauty and The Beast is actually a TV show. I admit it, I was surprised whilst scrolling through Netflix.

This show shows perfect balance of everything; action, romance, comedy, etc. That's one of the many reasons I love it so much. Next reason is the acting and the actors. Not only are the really good, Kristin Kreuk(Catherine Chandler aka the girl you see in the picture) is one of the prettiest human beings ever and her eyes are just the coolest things to look at. I love how the main character, Catherine and all the other characters are so bad-ass. They can kick so much butt and they need to too with all of the villains after them.

Beauty and The Beast is about a homicide detective named Catherine Chandler who was saved years ago from a shooting by a mysterious beast. Of course, everyone thinks that she's insane to have seen a "beast". Catherine is much more grown up now and she runs into the beast again whilst working on a case and her life is changed forever.

To be honest, I think The CW really needs to give this show more credit. It needs to make this series more known because if they put more spotlight onto it, I bet it would have a humongous fanbase.

The 100 - Season 2 Finale aired recently - The CW
The CW really makes the best TV Shows. The 100 is another one of my favorites. It is definitely action packed, but very gory, so beware if you're a youngster.

As much as this show is awesome, the one criticism is that maybe the writers should lay low on the action sequences and add a touch more romance and humor. I feel like it's been so long since I've laughed at something o the show because it's quite humorless. I believe the last time I actually laughed was when Murphy said that he would kill that guy, but remembered that he wasn't supposed to be violent so he added, "In a nonviolent way." That was funny. Anyways, I praise the acting and the writing. The acting is really one of the bests I've seen in so long. All of the actors do the best jobs they can and it's very good. The writing always keeps us on the edge of our seats!

The 100 is a post-apocalyptic story, where humans have been vanished from Earth by radiation 97 years ago. The few survivors made their way into space and built a home up there. Now, 97 years later, a group of 100 kids that have caused crimes are sent down to earth to see if it's liveable. One of the kids is Clarke Griffin, the main character and a stubborn, but born leader.

Honestly, I liked Season 1 better than the second because it was just faster and all the context was definitely more balanced. Thankfully it have been renewed, so that now we can continue on with Season 3!

Once Upon A Time - On Air Now For Season 4B - ABC
This is one of my recent favorites because I just got caught up a few days ago! This is the kind of TV Show that I grown to love, but it was't love at first sight. In fact, if I was still in the 1st to 2nd Season, I would be telling you how bad it is!

OUAT was definitely not love at first sight, as I said before. I loved the fairytale concept, but in seasons 1 and 2, the balance was not right. There would be way too much explaining(which I understand the reason of) and too little action, romance, and humor. Also, the acting wasn't on point with especially the child actors. I found Henry's acting to be a bit uncomfortable. Obviously, he's got better. Now, in Season 4, the romance has picked up(Captain Swan is life), the action is there, Killian's lines are awesome(along with Emma's snarky remarks and Regina's very dry humor), and there is not as much explaining. My favorite characters have to be Emma(obvi) and Regina(because she is so fabulous), but I also really love Belle.

Once Upon A Time is about a woman named Emma Swan, who is completely normal until her son Henry, who she had given up to adoption, takes her to a town called Storybrooke, where apparently everyone is a fairytale character and she is the savior. Naturally, she doesn't believe this, but many elements will cause her to save these people.

The beginning of this show is fairly boring, but please continue! It gets so so good in the third season and even better as it continues on!


Friday, 6 March 2015

⇝Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins⇜

Links:
Amazon | Goodreads

Summary: Harper Price is your ideal girl; pretty, smart, kind, and popular. Her life used to be simple until she was kissed by the school janitor in the ladies' room and got intense powers that allow her to kick some butt. After some research she comes to the conclusion that she's a Paladin and that it is her mandate to protect someone. That someone happens to be David Stark, annoying ass journalist. Can Harper survive(literally) her junior year?

Non-Spoiler Review: This was one of those books where the second you finished it, you wanted to read the next one. Some of you might want to wait until the second book comes out(Apr.7.2015) until you read it because it's actually a bit frustrating. Anyhow, the plot of this book was like nothing I've ever seen before. It's overachiever meets ninjas. Harper was a very 3-dimensional character and I liked how all she cared about in the hardest of times was that her parents are okay. Literally, she doesn't care if she dies, but she knows that her death will kill her parents, so she has to make sure she doesn't. David Stark is basically everything I am looking for in a male specimen down to his nerdiness. I don't understand why she finds him so aggravating. David Stark is definitely one of the many reasons that I will be reading the next book. There was quite a bit of action, drama, and the humor was humorous. I laughed at Harper's antics so much.

Spoiler-y Review: The millisecond that I finished the book, I knew this would be in my favorites. Out of all of the books I've read this year, Rebel Belle is by far the best. 

It starts off with Harper worrying about her lips, something so naive compared to her character development in the rest of the story. After killing her history teacher, I could tell the story was getting funky. I found it kinda hilarious that she did her research on Google because usually in kick-butt books, the hero always finds the wise old owl or some ancient library to get the info, but Harper uses something so modern. Then, we really get to see David Stark when he writes the article about Harper, which was a bitch move for him, but I still loved him because who doesn't??? Another part I found so funny was when Harper was testing out her powers. First, she slapped that guy(I don't remember his name!) and then she hits this random girl with her pen and blames it on speedy writing and lotion. Because yes, that happens to the best of us. I loved all the David and Harper bickering at the beginning of the book to the middle, where they kinda just accepted each other. The interview for the scholarship was obviously a trap, but it led to Harper threatening Blythe with a stapler, which was very comical. Let's talk about Bee for a sec here. She was such a good friend when she offered to not go to Cotillion just because Harper wouldn't be attending. Obviously, they ended up attending Cotillion, which was a pretty bad disaster considering Bee got taken and David got turned into so glowing Oracle. The whole thing with the punch was actually a surprise to me and it was very smart of Blythe. 

I'm worried that the oracle thing is going to eat the David we know up and replace it with some monster. That is actually one of my fears for the next book. 

For me, this book was next to perfect. I love it so so much!

Rating: 9.8/10

Recommend? YES to basically everyone because this is the ideal book. Loved it!