Bookalicious Book Club discussion

What are your current reads? Mine is Girl in the Blue Coat!

I'm currently reading
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.

BOOKSandCaffine wrote: "I'm currently reading
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl."

cool

I'm almost done with and I started a little bit ago

I just finished Guarded Wish, and now I'm unsure what to read next...

1st - Toys in the Attic
2nd - These Broken Stars

Addison wrote: "1st - Toys in the Attic
2nd - These Broken Stars"

I've heard a lot about These Broken Stars! You'll have to let me know if it's good!

I'm almost done with Everblue, and then I'll start Guarded Heart!

BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "Addison wrote: "1st - Toys in the Attic
2nd - These Broken Stars"

I've heard a lot about These Broken Stars! You'll have to let me know if it's good!"

Will do. I'll be digging into it next week.

BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "I'm almost done with Everblue, and then I'll start Guarded Heart!"

Yes, I want to read Everblue as well. Did I add that to my to-read list? I'll have to go back and check.

Addison wrote: "BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "I'm almost done with Everblue, and then I'll start Guarded Heart!"

Yes, I want to read Everblue as well. Did I add that to my to-read list?..."

Happy reading!! :D

Finished Guarded Heart, and now time to read The Watcher of the Night Sky!

I've decided to wing what books I'll read this month instead of doing a TBR list for the whole month.

BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "I'm currently reading
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl."

I know it's most likely not the same, but the movie adaptation of Beautiful Creatures is amazing. (I haven't read the book yet, so I can't be sure about the accuracy lol.)

I'm currently re-reading The Iron Trial because I read it a long time ago, and I really enjoyed it, but I just didn't keep up with the series. Anyway, I'm reading it again so I can read the rest of the books without getting confused. :)

I'm in the middle of These Broken Stars by Kaufman/Spooner. Pretty good, so far.

My most recent post on my blog explains all the books im currently reading

Josie Marie wrote: "BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "I'm currently reading
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl."

I know it's most likely not the same, but the movie adaptation of Beautiful Creatures is amaz..."

I watched the movie, and it was good on it's own- though based off the book not so much. But I did enjoy it too!

I loved The Iron Trial, I read it earlier this year and was pleasantly surprised :)

I'm currently reading The Cursed Girl and will have a review for it on my blog when I've finished it.

I just started reading Aru Shah and the End of Time and oooooh it is good. 👏

I'm reading When the Music's Over at the moment.

Josie Marie wrote: "I just started reading Aru Shah and the End of Time and oooooh it is good. 👏"

I've heard only good things about Aru Shah and the End of Time, hope you enjoy it!!

BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "Josie Marie wrote: "I just started reading Aru Shah and the End of Time and oooooh it is good. 👏"

I've heard only good things about Aru Shah and the End of Time, hope you enjoy it!!"

Thanks! I'm honestly LOVING this book so far. Aru is such a great character and I am really enjoying the writing style. So yea !

BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "Josie Marie wrote: "BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "I'm currently reading
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl."

I know it's most likely not the same, but the movie adaptation of Beautif..."

Yeah, movie adaptations can be really annoying when it comes to staying true to the story, but in my opinion, most movies are inspired by the characters and the world the author created. So it's up to the director to add their creative flair and switch things up a bit. I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I like it when a movie isn't an exact retelling of the book.

Oof that was in response to message 17 lol. ^

Yeah, I like movies on their own when their based off a book or series. Compared to each other- no. But on their own both are great!

I agreed actually. Movies and books are two very different mediums, and can both be great when developed as such. As long as the movie stays true to the structure of the story, the retelling in visual/audio form can be just as exciting as the novel, just different (as it should be). Although not often (enough), there have been movies that have actually been better than the novel. "Love Comes Softly" by Jannette Oake is definitely one of them in my opinion.

Addison wrote: "I agreed actually. Movies and books are two very different mediums, and can both be great when developed as such. As long as the movie stays true to the structure of the story, the retelling in vis..."

A Walk To Remember is one where I liked the movie better than the book.

BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "Yeah, I like movies on their own when their based off a book or series. Compared to each other- no. But on their own both are great!"

Yes! I can't remember a particular movie that I liked better than the book, but I know there have been a few.

Josie Marie wrote: "BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "Yeah, I like movies on their own when their based off a book or series. Compared to each other- no. But on their own both are great!"

Yes! I can't remember a particular mo..."

Same for me, usually when I watch the movie before I read the book- I like the movie better. When I read the book first I like the book better.

It varies for me. But I do prefer to read the book first, then watch its movie version. Many times characters/inner dialogue/scenes are explained thoroughly because they have the time and space, so I can delve more into the story itself and pull more out of it.

Addison wrote: "It varies for me. But I do prefer to read the book first, then watch its movie version. Many times characters/inner dialogue/scenes are explained thoroughly because they have the time and space, so..."

I prefer to read the book first, but there were a few times where I didn't know the movie was based off a book until I watched it the second time.

BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "Addison wrote: "It varies for me. But I do prefer to read the book first, then watch its movie version. Many times characters/inner dialogue/scenes are explained thoroughly because they have the ti..."

You know something else? I really don't like it when a book is made into a movie and then the movie poster or like a sticker of the main character in the movie is put onto the cover. What do you think about it?

Josie Marie wrote: "BOOKSandCaffeine wrote: "Addison wrote: "It varies for me. But I do prefer to read the book first, then watch its movie version. Many times characters/inner dialogue/scenes are explained thoroughly..."

I HATE when they do that!! I can't stand movie adaption covers, I just want the original covers.

exactly

Yeah, that mostly bugs me too. If you read the book first, you develop your own idea of what the characters looks like, and they're very rarely similar to the actors in their movie adaptations.

I got my hands on ! Super excited to see how this duology ends.

That's awsome!!!

Desara wrote: "That's awsome!!!"

:) I'm hoping to finish a lot of series this year, ones that I meant to finish a long time ago Lol!

Haha ya I get what you mean

Eek, I have like 3 ARCs to read and I just finished one! Now for Guarded Crown by Addison Carmichael and Orion's Awakening by Leon C. M. Joseph!

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I've finally gotten to start Guarded Crown!! And by that I mean I was able to actual find time to start reading the first page, Lol.

That is awsome!

Good for you, hope you have fun with it. I've started another book by a fellow author, and I feel like my pile keeps getting bigger, not smaller! Ugh!! Just never enough time to read, write, blog, promote, and actually HAVE A LIFE too!

Haha, same with me Addison! It's getting really crazy this time of the year where I live too! (No details!)

I just finished two books in one day! Now I have to pump out the review for one of them and start reading another ARC!

I am currently reading Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly and The Sons of the Alpha book 1

Just started Alex, Approximately! Crossing my fingers and hoping it's good!

Good luck!

Just started Divergent ( i know im so behind)
I am falling in love with it!