Anticipated YA releases: May 2015

So May 2015 has A LOT  of new releases coming out that I am PRE-ORDER RELEASE DAY exceeded and I thought I'll share the top 5 books I'm looking forward to be getting my hands on (and reading DUH!).

Note: Click on the title for more info on the books

1) Pandora Jones: Reckoning (Pandora Jones #3) by Barry Jonsberg

The final installment in the Pandora Jones series!

The ending of the second book turned the whole story 360 and made me want to know what in the world is happening in this world!

Its a great Aussie Apocalypse YA with a hint of supernatural elements. Expect fast pace action, friendships and a good air of mystery!

Fans of The Maze Runner Series and Divergent should give this series a go!

Check out :
Admission (Pandora Jones #1): (Review Here)
Deception (Pandora Jones #2) : (Review Here)

2)  A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass

Okay I am very late on the Sarah J. Mass wagon and hopefully in May I can start get onto reading one of her books.

I just placed an order for Throne of Glass though I might start with this one as its said to be a retelling of beauty and beast.

Also I have been snooping trough some book bloggers book hauls and most of them who hauled this book got a masquerade mask! I'm looking forward to seeing if there any masquerade balls.

3) The Heir by Kiera Cass

First off... can we just STOP AND DROOL AT THE PRETTY COVER!?!?

I love The Selection series though I had a bit of mix feelings when I first heard of The Heir coming out.The One was a great conclusion to the series but thinking back it did have some loose ends and some forshadow for the future of the series.

I wanted to read something that was not a selection book from Keira Cass but since this is both a fan and (I assume) publisher request, I guess an expansion of the series is called for. 

I'm looking forward to this as it takes place 20 years in the future from The One. Not gonna say anything else as SPOILERS!!!

If you have yet to read The Selection Series check it out as its 'The Hunger Games' meets 'The Bachelors' and yes its Reality TV addictive!

4)  P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before #2) by Jenny Han

I only read one book by Jenny Han which was the previous book in this dualogy 'To all the boys I Loved Before' and adored it to pieces! It was one of my top books of 2014!

I'm looking forward to this as the last book left me with my heart in pieces and was half way trough putting it back together.

Can't wait to read more of Lara Jean, Peter and Kitty in this installment!

Check out this dualogy for a heartwarming yet complex emotional story about first loves and sisters.

Also Check out To All The Boys I Loved Before:
Goodreads (Click Here)
Book Review (Click Here)

Also check out my Top books of 2014 (Click Here)

5)  Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider

Saving the best for last Extraordinary Means is my most anticipated book of the month!

Robyn Schneider's previous book The Beginning of Everything (or Severed Heads and Broken Hearts in the UK/AUS)  is one of my all time favorite books! Like top shelve favorite! Its a book that I shove down people's faces and tell them READ THE DANG BOOK!

So I happy danced when I heard that she was coming out with a new book this year and happy tapped danced while I did a back flips in the rain when I received an e-ARC from the publisher on Netgalley earlier this year! 

Yes I already read the book on my Kindle, the advance copy and I LOVE THIS BOOK TO DEATH AND NEED A GALLON OF STARBUCKS TO GET OVER THE END! 

I have a lovely hardcover pre-ordered from the bookdepository (along with PS I Still Love You)

A way to describe this book is if John Green's 'Looking For Alaska' and TFIOS had a kid, and the kid was a harry potter and doctor who fangirl who loves the Butter Beer secret Starbucks menu, Extraordinary Means will be that beautiful off spring! 

I'll put up a review of her previous book The Beginning of Everything in the next couple of weeks and a review of Extraordinary Means on the release date but just so you know though I did get an ARC of this I still went out and bought (with my own $$$) a copy of the book! 

Till then you can check out my thoughts on The Beginning of Everything on:

Top Books of 2014 (Click Here)

Top 10 Influential Books (Click Here)
Book Review (Click Here)

So that's my anticipated books for the month of May 2015. There might be more that I'm missing so let me know in the comments your anticipated books for the month that I should check out! 

Also Check out my list of anticipated book to movie adaptation of the year (Click here).

Till Next Time

Book To Movie News: Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, The Scorch Trials & Insurgent!

Okay so if any of you guys are Facebook and Twitter addicts (like the person typing this post) you will have seen A LOT of AWESOME book to movie news so let's discuss!

1) Looking for Alaska MOVIE

So John Green first novel Looking for Alaska is finally going to be a movie! I'm looking forward even though the book is probably my least favorite John Green book, I'm still intrigued to see how it looks like on the screen! The same team for TFIOS and PAPER TOWNS are returning to make the movie adaptation.

I'm planning to put up my Dream Fancast in the next couple of weeks so look out for that!

2) Paper Towns Movie Poster

Speaking of John Green, THE PAPER TOWNS MOVIE POSTER IS OUT AND...um.... ah...

I have mix feelings to the movie poster... like A LOT OF MIX FEELINGS!

I like the 'Get Lost' 'Get Found' tag line. It sums up the movie! 

While I like the mysteriousness of Cara and Nat on the poster... I kinds hate it because it's not relevant to the movie. Also WHY IS CARA'S HAIR SWEEP UP TO NAT'S FACE? I DON'T GET IT!

I feel like they were trying top hard to imitate the iconic TFIOS poster and while THAT WORKED because 1) it was sort of imitating the book cover of the two clouds if you flip the cover side ways 2) you see the close up of Hazel Graze nasal cannulous which of cause its significant for the character 3) its sweet and fluffy just like the movie.

I wish they had something like a map background or even them sitting on a mini van, JUST SOMETHING more relevant to the story (apart from Q's fascination with with Margo!) and not that blue background!

Its meh and very stereotype which  kind of a let down but who knows, I might like it the more I stare at it or not... ask me in 3 months! Anyways its just a poster, its the trailer and movie I should be anxious about!

 
UPDATE: Credit the person who made this awesome poster that I found on John Green's Tumblr.

I was stalking tumblr and saw this fanmade poster! This is what I pictured in my head for the poster! WHY CAN'T THIS BE THE REAL POSTER? IT RESEMBLES THE TFIOS POSTER BUT STILL RELEVANT TO THE STORY! 

Anyways its just a the poster and we should not judge a movie by ts poster like how not to judge a book by its cover.

What are your thoughts on the poster for Paper Towns? Love it? Hate it? Mehhhhh? Don't Care?

3) The Scorch Trials Movie Stills

Excuse me while I fangirl my excitement!

Pictures taken from this SITE

I AM FULL OF ADRENALINE JUST LOOKING  AT THE STILLS SO IMAGINE ME WHEN I AM WATCHING THE MOVIE! I'm talking BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS EXCITED!

From the looks of the pictures, like the first movie its gonna diverge a bit from the plot and once again expand Theresa's role (which I don't mind as I love Kaya who plays her!).

This I'm okay with as it worked very well for the first movie and if they do it right it should work for this movie!

I'm super excited for this movie as The Scorch Trials is my MOST FAVORITE James Dashner's book to date and from the looks of the pictures IT LOOKS EPIC AND BADASS!

Also is it bad that I'm mostly looking forward to this scene of them upside down hooked on the leg? Its not in the book BTW so I'm intrigue to see what that scene is about!

THEY BETTER NOT HURT MY MINHO!

What are your thoughts on the stills??? 

(Click Here) for my review on 'The Scorch Trials'.

(Click Here) for my review on "The Maze Runner Movie"

4) I'm ready for Insurgent movie!

Insurgent movie is being released NEXT WEEK!!!

I marathon the rest of the Divergent series so I finally read Insurgent and love it! Looking forward to the movie which is coming out next week and nope I still have yet to watch the trailers!

So that's my book to movie news round up and am super excited to see all of them!

Let me know any book to movie news and up and coming book to movie adaptations you guys are excited about in the comments!

Also check out my Anticipated Book To Movie Adaptation of 2015 for the adaptations I'm excited for!

Till next time!

Anticipated Book To Movie Adaptation 2015!!!

I am not a big movie buff but and I'm very picky with what I invest my time with the movies I watch. Same goes for book to movie adaptations as I only watch those I know I will enjoy. In 2014 I saw 3 book to movie adaptation and they were all so.freaking.good!!!

So this year there are a handful of movies I'm anticipating and am probably gonna watch including some movies based on books that I love!

Grab some popcorn as I list my top anticipated book to movie adaptations of 2015!

1) The Duff (Based on The Duff by Kody Kiplinger)

Released Date: February 20, 2015 (USA)

I love the book and am super excited to see this on the big screen!

I actually did a trailer review and discussion (click here) and from the looks of it its not gonna be a faithful book to movie adaptation.

They borrowed the ideal of 'The Duff'' but changed the story and tone down the content to make it "PG-13 Disney Channel-ish friendlyish", which I don't blame them if they want to widen their audience as the original story is a bit... mature?!?!

Still I can't wait to watch the movie as Meg Whiteman looks exactly like how I picture Bianca in the book and I freaking love Robbie Amell from True Jackson VP and Picture This!

Check out the book as its one of the most refreshing and unique I've read and keep in mind its VERY different from the movie.

Click Here for my review on "The Duff".

2) Insurgent ( Based on Insurgent by Veronica Roth)

Released Date: 20 March 2015

I feel kinda guilty adding this to the list as I have (at time of uploading this post) yet read Insurgent.

Still I enjoyed both the first book and movie so I'll pick up the Insurgent (I have a month ++ so I'll be fine) before I watch the movie.

Till then plzzzz don't spoil the story for me!

I have only seen the poster and some stills. Not letting myself see the trailer till I READ the book!

3) Paper Towns ( Based on Paper Towns by John Green)

Released Date : 5 June 2015

After the success of The Fault in Our Stars, the same team is back with this adaptation of Paper Towns and I'm excited to see this on the big screen!

To the TFIOS fans who have yet to read Paper Towns, keep in mind that this is VERY different from TFIOS.

This is more of a Sherlock Holmes mystery story. Questin aka Q has always fascinated with his childhood best friend and neighbour Margo and her wild adventures. One night dress as a ninja, Margo takes Q for a midnight joyride of revenge around Chicago only to disappear the next day leaving a series of clues of her whereabouts.

I'm looking forward to seeing Nat Wolf taking the role as Q and am interested to see Cara Delavigne acting skills as Margo.

At the moment there is no trailer or poster but it should be out soon so looking forward to seeing the anticipation leading up to the movie premiere.

4) The Scorch Trial (Based on The Scorch Trials by James Dashner)

Released Date: 18 September 2015

MY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION OF 2015!!!

I LOVE The Maze Runner Movie and it was my favourite book to movie adaption of 2014!!!

It was sort of a faithful adaptation as they keep to the plot of the book but how they translate to the screen visually was so much better! Heck in my opinion they made the storyline better!

If the acting, cinematography, and action sequences is just as good or better than the first movie this will franchise will be a hit!

I love the scorch trials book! There was always something happening in the book which made it nerve biting, WTH IS HAPPENING GOOD!!!

If you like fast pace, unpredictable stories with wicked action sequences you will love this series!!! 

I could not put down that dang book and I marathon the series after watching the first movie!

I'm looking forward to seeing more of the amazing cast especially this guys (mostly Minho and his SASS which they better not tone down) and their friendship and bromance on the big screen!

(Click Here) for my review on 'The Scorch Trials'.

(Click Here) for my review on "The Maze Runner Movie"

What are your anticipated movies of 2015??? Let me know in the comments!

Till next time