Books and Trailers

Quick post today since I'm studying.

Rick Riordan posted the cover of Son of Neptune a few weeks back.

To be honest, it's not as mind blowing as the over covers but what the heck. It's RICK RIORDAN! You know the book is gonna be EPIC!!!! But I still want an awesome cover XD

Book comes out October 4th!

And speaking of covers...

Hetalia Volume 4 is coming out!!!! OMG!!! But I still have to wait for the English Version :( I really need to learn Japanese.

The covers:

Chibi Prussia's on the cover!!!! LOVE!!!! I get that Italy is the main character but must he be the center of the cover!!?? THAT SPOT BELONGS TO THE AWESOME PRUSSIA!!!!!

Also, The Latest HP Trailer is up.



*Cue goosebumps*

I'm so excited!!!!! I'm totally catching the midnight screening for this! I don't care if it cost RM30++ I must watch!!! I connot wait to see it but I don't wan it to end!!

In other HP news.... JKR is planning something for HP. I wonder what it could be. Letters have been released all over HP fansites giving us a clue.

Some people have said this could be it

An OFFICIAL HP site? What is going on!!?? What is JKR planning? I wanna know!!!!!

This is what happens when you click one of the owls.

It takes you to a YT account. I bookmarked it :D I have to check here in 5 days man!!! I really Have too!!!

Now I'm off to study Informatics. Wish me luck!

PS: I changed my header picture. You like?

PPS: MY LAST EXAM IS ON MONDAY. F YEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

{Song in my Head}

~ Bruises and Bitemarks by Good With Grenades~
   

      "You bring the ropes and chains,
           I'll bring the pills and games;
                I can show you pain,
                     And make you say my name......"

Coming Now and Coming Soon

 THRONE OF FIRE COMES OUT TODAY!!!!!! (May 3rd in the US, May 4th here)

I NEED TO GO TO A BOOK STORE!! I NEED TO SEE THE REAL BOOK BEFORE ME!

And I need to finish reading it then returning it to the bookshelf. XD

Dammit, I so want to buy the book but THE COST!!!!

Yes, I've complain about the high price of books everywhere. But if any government wants people to read more they should totally lower the prices of books.

CHERN WEI!!! YOUR CONTACTS BETTER GET ME THE BOOK!!

Also, in the Children's Choice Awards recently, Rick Riordan latest book "The Red Pyramid " won best 5-6th Grade book AND he won Author of The Year for "The Lost Hero"!! Congratulation RICK!!!!!

In other news.....

SIMPLE PLANS LATEST MUSIC VIDEO COMES OUT TOMORROW!!!

The Jet Lag Music Video will feature Natasha Bedingfield and Marie-Mai, both featured artist of the English and French version of the song respectively .





And more Simple Plan News! Their latest Album is officially titled: "Get Your Heart On!"

From 1 to Awesome: I would rate this TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

So much Simple Plan on the cover XD

I can't wait!!! June 21st needs to come now!!! And they're going on tour EVERYWHERE!!! Fingers crossed they come to Melbourne.

They had a Live Chat Stream today which I missed because of stupid Uni. Grrrr.....

I'm so excited!!! First, Starship, then Kane Chronicles and now Simple Plan!!! I'm having the best week of my life! Oh, and I'm gonna watch the latest episodes of Glee, Fairy Tail and Video Game Reunion tonight too :D

THE WORLD IS A HAPPY PLACE FOR ME THIS WEEK!!

P.S.: Chern Wei, you're a bastard for not knowing who Simple Plan is.

{Song in my Head}

~Your Love Is A Lie by Simple Plan~

      "I can't bite my tongue forever,
           While you try to play it cool;
                You can hide behind your stories,
                     But don't take me for a fool......"

BOOKGASM!!!!!

The Throne of Fire comes out next month!!!

Rick Riordan is going on tour to promote his book in thr US..... Nooooooesss!!! Come to Australia Rick TT.TT I wanna meet you. But then, even if he came I couldn't afford the book anyway... $23.90 = RM72. Not. Fun. But I can't wait for this book!! I've already read extracts, here and here. I needs this nao!!!!

I can't even afford his latest book: Vespers Rising.

A prequel to the original 39 Clues series, documenting the history of the four Cahill siblings and another scheming family, the Vespers. I want it so bad even when I haven't even read the entire 39 Clues Series yet. Fuck. Of of the 10 books, I've read only 7, I wanted to find this book in the library but sadly, they dont have it. Double Fuck!

At the very least, Melbourne U library had books that I was desperate to read for ages :D

I have been desperate to read John Green's books since I discovered nerdfighteria (DFTBA!). Here I can!

Looking for Alaska is a great book. It has the perfect balance of teenage angst, love and humour, telling the story of a young boy who remembers the last words of famous people. John Green is an expert at telling a story by first person. You feel like you're in the character's head and can tell how he is feeling, even without John Green telling you. Fantastic book!!

Second book was An Abundance oF Katherines. It tells the story of a child prodigy who only dates girls named Katherine, after getting dumped by Katherine no. 19, he then proceeds to construct a formula of his relationships, his Eureka! moment. The best part of this book is the languages, the main character, Colin and his best friend are multi-lingual, therefore, they tend to mix a lot of foreign words in their speech, I've learnt so many foreign curse words :) Can't wait to put them in good use..... hehehe

No. 3 is Paper Towns. This was my least favourite book :/ Don't hate me nerdfighters! I just didn't think It was that good. Sorry.... The book started out good. A murder and a prank is always a good way to start ;) But after that it was just angst after angst after angst. I really hate teenage angst, moderation is good but if a character is gonna go on and on about something for pages, I'd rather not read it. However, this book will pull you in with it's engaging storyline, but unlike the main character, you just wanna kill everyone in the novel. Or was it just me?

By far the best book! Will Grayson, Will Grayson was the collaboration of John Green with David Levithan, some author I don't know. This was a story that featured both authors writing each chapter from the point of view of different characters, both named Will Grayson. With a perfect balance of humour and love, this book it tops on my "Books to re-read" list.

Yay! I'm so happy!

Oh, the book I'm current reading is The Fire Thief by Terry Deary. Don't let the funny name fool you, he's a fantastic author! Here, he tells the tale of Prometheus, a titan chained to the rock until he made a bet with Zeus, find a human hero or die permanently. Prometheus then time travels to the 19th Century, where the world has gone ugly and choked. Satire and gore is a great combination and Deary brings it in full here, especially in the footnotes, where the supposed 'author' explains about what he just wrote. I'm still in the middle of this XD I found out about this book when I went book-hunting in MPH 2 years back, I couldn't afford it then and when I came back for it, it was sold out. But now I can read! Yay!!! Also a perfect Greek Mythology fix for myself as well.

Next on my reading list: Finish Fire Thief series and start on Tunnels series by Roderick Gordon.

Now if Terry Deary and Rick Riordan would write a book together, my life would be complete!

{Song in My Head}

~Europa by Globus~
 

     "Empires built, and nations burned,
          Mass graves remain unturned;
               Descendants of the dispossessed,
                    Return with bombs strapped to their chests..."

Moviegasm, Foodgasm, Bookgasm

BOO!! 

Pictured above is Ben-Jie, if he was a chick XD

This was a good week for me. On Thursday, Chern and I went to watch movie. Wondering outside the theaters we came across this poster

 One minute we were looking at it speechless, then the next we BOTH pointed at the chick and said: "Ben-Jie!!" It's true ain't it?

The movie we watched was obviously Nicolas Cage's Season of the Witch. Everyone who reads this blog know that I am a hardcore Nicolas Cage fangirl. So I probably spent half the time looking at him rather than pay attention to the movie :)

How can a dude pushing 47 look so good!

In a nutshell, Nicolas Cage plays Behman, a 14th Century Crusader who is tired of murdering innocent people for the church. Him and his best friend Felson, who is played by Ron Pearlman (aka Hellboy himself!) become nomads travelling the countryside until the come across a village infested with the Black Plague. After finding out about their past, the Head Priest there make them take a witch who is said to be responsible for the plague to a remote monastery where the monks there will decide her fate. Along for the ride are a monk Debelzaq (Stephen Moore), a local knight Eckhart (Ulrich Thomsen), a swindler cum guide Hagamar (Stephen Graham) and an altar boy named Kay (Robert Sheehan). But the witch is not as she seems, she turns their weaknesses into her weapons and may not be what she claims to be...

Hellboy after hours

If Nicolas Cage weren't in this I may still watch this. The storyline was engaging and there were never dull moments. However, the acting was flawed in many ways. I know I am to believe thet Behman and Hellboy were supposed to be best friends but both lacked chemistry other than a few friendly comments.

Whoa there Missy!!

But then Nic Cage IS in it so at least I was entertained. C'mon! When a guy nearly 50 still looks good when wearing what looks like a burlap sack you gotta give him some credit!

Kay

The only reason I tolerate this guy is cause his curly hair reminds me of Darren Criss...... A less cute version...

I shall smolder now.

The movie has a total of 2 LOL moments. Both were probably unintentional, for me anyway. One was when Hellboy headbutts a demon minion not once but twice! Another is when demons were crawling on the damn celling like freaking lizards. THE CEILLING!! REALLY!!?? I totally LMAO'd there!! It looks like something a cheesy horror film would put in!

I knew he had a huge sword!

Overall, a good movie to watch only if you like Nicolas Cage and a supernatural film without much supernaturally things happening.

On Saturday, Esther, Iven, Cat, Jer, Grace and I met in Time square's Papa John's for a *sob* farewell lunch *sob* for me *end sob*. Foodgasms were everywhere as we ate cheese pizzas with traces some carbohydraty thingy at the bottom. I WANT THE PICTURES JEREMY!!! After Papa's was Gelato where more foodgasms happened!!!!

Later, I did a little shopping with Grace before going to one of my most favouritest place in the world.

Borders!!!!

I am such a nerd

I saw some interesting books there too

Children's books

Wow. Just wow. I remember reading Peter and Jane when I was young. This makes the corny classic even BETTER!

HP POP UP!!!!!! I WANT!!!!!!

I bought this book. Disney Hyperion. Hard Cover. EPIC!!!! I looked for this book for ages!!!!

Lightning Thief Graphic Novel!!!!! LOVE!!!!! It cost about 50 bucks so like any Malaysian, I spent an hour reading this in the bookstore and then retured it to the shelf. :) But I loved it!! The storyline was changed slightly for the graphic novel but at least it wasn't as mangled as the movie.

BOOKGASM!!!!!

And to make my day even better, Rick Riordan posted the latest cover for the new Kane Chronicles!!

I'm so happy :')

{Song in My Head}

~Raise Your Glass by Pink~

      "So raise your glass if you are wrong,
           In all the right ways;
                 All my underdogs, we will never be never be,
                      Anything but loud..."

You gotta love Rick Riordan

There is a new book coming soon :)

The new Camp Half Blood series is continueing with The Lost Hero!!!

ABOUT THE BOOK:

After saving Olympus from the evil Titan lord, Kronos, Percy and friends have rebuilt their beloved Camp Half-Blood, where the next generation of demigods must now prepare for a chilling prophecy of their own:

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,

To storm or fire the world must fall.

An oath to keep with a final breath,

And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

The top is the cover of the UK edition, the bottom is the US one :) Which do you guys think is better? :P I like the US edition cause the dragon looks cooler.

The Lost Hero comes out on October 12th!!!

Also, the final 39 Clues book is coming out at the end of this month :) Scholastic has already begun the countdown. I would put the book cover here but I can;t seen to find it :( Oh well......

PS: Kane Chronicles has come out for some time now, yet I haven't bought it. Its all Popular and Times fault. They have the Puffin edition of the book and the cover looks so freakin HORRIBLE!!! I want the Scholastic one!!!

PSS: I started reading Twilight.

No I have not gone mad.

If you see the side bar, you can see that I added a new link "Anti-Twilight".

It's this blogger torturing himself to blog the books to us smart people who cannot stomach Shmeyer. He also blogs about what he thinks about the book in hes own twisted way. And he hates Bella!!!!

Here's a small bit of Dan Bergstein's blog:

"If Edward had changed into a vampire when he was 60, would he still be lusting after 18-year-old Bella? And are you OK with that? Really? What if he was a vampire at the age of six? So watching an 18-year-old make out with a six-year-old is totally cool because they are true loves?"

Awesome!!!

Of Gullible People and Luxury Books

Last week I got an SMS from a friend

"Pls go to http://www.iyouweblog.com/ on tsunami this morning in Penang."

Needless to say i searched and found the page. In the page it was written that on 8 of April, a tsunami happened at 7.14 am. There was even a video.

However, after further digging, I found out thet the "breaking news" was actually crap made up by an idiot and a dumb moderator. The video was a modified version of the tsunami in 2004. Oh yeah, some other idiot copied and redid the whole page into his blog.

http://donnyien.com/interesting/tsunami-in-penang-apr-8-2010-7-14am/

This got me thinking, some people are so gullible. That is why so many people are losing their money on fake get-rich-quick scams. Really, I bet you think Bert and Ernie were just roommates. Falling for tricks and jokes is one thin, but when will people accept the if it's too good to be true, it ain't gonna work. Seriously, if my friend had even an ounce of common sense she would have checked first..... And I wouldn't have wasted an hour!

Since I'm complaining here I might as well complain about another thing. WHY THE HELL ARE BOOKS SO FUCKING EXPENSIVE!!!! Looking at the original book covers, it seems that Americans and the English are paying less the 10 per book!!

No Wonder Malaysians only read 2 books a year! These books are considered luxury items because of their price! 35 for a book that takes 2 hours to finish isn't worth it.....

Because of this I have to be extremely choosy over what books I buy. Only the best make the cut! Fufufu. I love reading and I love money and I love chocolate(nothing to do with anything, I just love it) But when awesome books are in front of me I will swallow my pride and buy it.

But really, I would love to expand my home library, but my wallet and the Malaysian government won't let me!!

On a lighter note, I'm so freaking excited about 2 new series coming out by Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series!!

First up is THe Kane Chronicles, unlike Percy Jackson, this is set according to Egyptian Gods! Kewl!!! Kane chorinicles is another book that is actually made for teens and pre-teens but I love Riordan too much to pass on this book. I've already read the first chapter, awesome!!

The book is in stores May 4th!!! That means it'll be in Malaysia 2 months after that......gah....

Another awesome book is a new Olympians series!! Yay!!!!

Today, Disney-Hyperion announced that the second series of Camp Half-Blood adventures will be called The Heroes of Olympus. The first book, The Lost Hero, will be published Oct. 12, 2010.

It will all be based on the prophecy said in the last Percy Jackson book:

"Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. "

This is gonna be an awesome book!!!

P.S. Logan Lerman is NOT hot. Only cute. Johnny Depp IS hot. LOL