THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN Part 1- Trailer

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo I couldn't find the actual official trailer, but this is clevverTV so I figured it's the next best thing. Seeing this trailer definitely got me pumped for November 18th. It shows a lot more than the last trailer did, especially of Bella's pregnant belly. Looks like this movie is going to have somethings to get used to, like Edward yelling at Bella, and Alice's new do...but we've already had to do that twice, now haven't we?

The first time I watched this trailer I temporarily forgot that this is just Part 1 and when it hit me (at the end of the trailer when it's only to the birthing scene), I had mixed emotions. I was like Oh, I'm going to have to wait EVEN LONGER for the next one, but also Yay! It's not the end yet! (I apologize for my terrible grammar in this post.)

All in all, I'm PRETTY PUMPED! I actually think this movie is going to be better than I thought, which is pretty amazing, cause I had some high expectations. It's still over a month a way, though! For now I must feed the need with watching the trailer over and over on my iPod (I downloaded it). So tell me guys, what do you think of what you see so far? I COMMAND YE TO LEAVETH A COMMENT!

Review: Halo

I'll tell you right now that this post is not going to be anything stellar. I went out of town this weekend and am in a awesome town in Maryland. Fun has ensued, and I just got to see relatives I haven't seen in a while. Anyway, this is not the computer I'm used, so this post will probably be pictureless. Sorry, but I'm not one to impose on the computers of others. Which is why this post will also be short (also because I did not bring my notes with me).

Halo was written by Alexandra Adornetto. I'd never read any of her books before, and I had heard alot of good things about Halo so I thought I would give it a shot. It's about three angels who get sent to Earth to better the small coastal town of Venus Cove. The youngest of the three, Bethany, is sent to high school and she falls in love. It has that forbidden love theme that seems to be in so many books these days. It was good. I had a good storyline. I mean I was curious about what would happen, but I thought it went kind of slow. It's a somewhat large book, around 500 pages if I'm remembering correctly. So, about the size of Twilight. I sort of feel like it took too long to get the climax. Like, there was too much rising action before the climax if that made any sense. It was just kinda of fluffy in the beginning, if that makes any sense. Once it got towards the end, thought, it was a little bit more Ooo, I wonder what's going to happen. I found that when it ended I wasn't terribly curious to see what happened next. It was a bit of a cliff hanger, but nothing too bad. So, I wasn't dying to find out what would happen next, and I figured I never would, right? I mean, it was the end of the book. Then I found out that there's a second book,  Hades. Still, I'm not all I have to get my hands on this book RIGHT NOW!

It had good parts thought, for sure. It was interesting because it's Bethany's first time on Earth AND she gets thrown into the high school environment. So it's like looking a small town life through fresh eyes. She looks at the high school drama of teenage girls differently than today's average teen would. So, that part was kind of refreshing. Of course, the romance element was good. The boy, Xavier, almost seemed too perfect thought. I guess they sort of always do in books, though. I mean, Edward (Twilight), Fang (Maximum Ride), Zane (Pretties). The list goes on and on.

Anyway, I truly am hogging this laptop, and I hear someone watching Alvin and the Chipmunks downstairs. So, I have no idea what will be in store next for Oh, That Alice, but make sure to check back soon and find out.

Review: Writing Jane Austen

Yeah, I know, it's been a while. But I'm back and ready to write a book review! I've been reading a bajillion different books all at once lately and I don't know why. Anywho, I believe I picked this one up at one of the closing Borders (possibly my opinion on that later). It's written by Elizabeth Aston, who has also written the Darcy Series.

If you want a summary, click the link to the left. If you want a review, stay right where you are.

Elizabeth Aston

I thought this book was kind of strange, because it jumped right in, didn't beat around the bush about Georgina writing this Jane Austen novel. So then I kept waiting for her to start writing...and I waited...and waited...and waited. I was started to get worried for her, because I had about 100 pages to go and she hadn't started writing yet. Maybe that's the way the author wanted it, but I thought the book was more going to be about her writing the book, not the readers counting the number of ways she can procrastinate. I just kept getting annoyed at how she wasn't writing and how she was complaining about the fact that she wasn't writing. I did enjoy the part where she read all of Austen's novels in, like, two days. I could identify with her in that everyone thought it was terrible that she'd never read them. I've never read a single Jane Austen. I've tried. I'm sure I'll try again someday and get through it, but for now, it's just not my thing. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

I liked the characters, though I felt like Georgina didn't have as much of a personality as the other characters. I really like Henry and Maud, of course.

So, the beginning and the middle weren't really my piece of pie, but it was worth it to read the last (about) 100 pages. The end was witty, clever, and suspenseful. So if you're having some trouble getting through this one, I would recommend sticking it out to get to the end. I was just happy with the ending all around.

I don't know what will be in store for Oh, That Alice next, but hopefully it comes out faster then this did.