Summer & Guilty Pleasure Reads

This Summer, I've decided to read as much as I can possibly attain. Then again, this is usually what I do every Summer, so it's not any different than my previous holidays. Eh, whatever.

Anyway. I've embarked on many novels so far. Some are worth mentioning, others, not so much.

However, two recently, as which I've just finished are entitled Divergent by Veronica Roth and An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. Both of which were quite excellent. Both of them did not share any similarities, except for the fact that both Green and Roth are both wonderful writers.

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare is a novel that I am currently working on. I'll probably finish tonight but I'm on p. 355. So far, it's been exquisite. I hope it ends well. The good part, though, is that there are many more to come. The same applies to Divergent (It is a trilogy.)

I love series novels. Especially if all of them have already been written. It's easy to tear through them but also easy to be left wanting more. (Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, etc.)

Books that are NOT in a series, however, are nice but also leave the same "wanting" feeling. Maybe more than series books.

I like well written, witty novels. Sarcasm in characters is a great addition. But please, OH!, please don't describe the characters so well that you wish they were alive so you could keep them in your closet. I hate that. (Ergh, especially now. Jace Wayland  from City of Bones sounds soooo attractive.)

I do have a couple weaknesses, though. My guilty pleasures of literature, so to speak.

1. The Need Series by Carrie Jones

(Your typical Supernatural romance that includes werewolves and.... get this... pixies!)

2. The Poseur Series by Rachel Maude

(Oh, so horrible literature that is slightly similar to Gossip Girl, yanno. Just bad writing but an addicting plot. Would NOT EVER recommend to ANYONE EVER.)

Anyways. So everyone has there idea of the "perfect" Summer read. I just love, reading, okay?

I love it.

The Beach, Supernatural, Divergent, and Downton Abbey

Well, this week I am at the beach. Yes, the beach. I love and hate the beach. Mostly because of the tropical climate in an otherwise peaceful oasis.

So far, it has been rather stimulating. The weather has been warm for the most part; but it gets cooler in the evenings and my friend and I sit on the balcony and talk.

One of the greatest thing about going on vacation with the Patrick's is... the food.

Mrs. Patrick is, like, the best cook ever. This evening we had brown rice, bacon wrapped shrimp, and potato salad with plenty o' fix-ins. Yum! For breakfast, however, we usually have boxed muffins or cereal. (Frosted Flakes, though, my favorite.)

This morning, though, whilst enjoying a bowl of cereal, we turned on the television and a conversation followed.

Mrs. Patrick flipped the channel because we were watching Supernatural, which she does not like at all. The conversation proceeded as followed.

Mrs. Patrick: Ugh. Anything is better than that d**n Supernatural. Have you seen it?

Friend: Yeah, it's pretty stupid. Emma loves it.

Me: -forced laughing- Yeah, I do love it.

 

 

Loving that show is kind of an understatement. I've even attempted to get my 13-year-old brother to like it. (I think he likes it, but I never know with him.) Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, and Misha Collins have successfully morphed me into a dramatic horror freak.

 

 

Anyways, I would finished that post BUT earlier in the week, my friend and I were discussing Downton Abbey and how Mary was seduced by a Turkish dude and totally hooked up with him and he basically died mid-way. After this, we thought nothing of it. Then I started reading Divergent, which is a film that is to be released March 2014. I finished it yesterday, and fangirled. But just now, we saw a photo of one of the characters in the film. It was a meme. It was reminding the world of the actor's previous performance in Downton Abbey as Pamuke! Talk about coincidence!

 

It was very awkward because I thought he was the most attractive guy in the series. But in Divergent, he doesn't look too hot. Well, my feelings have changed tremendously.

 

Anyways, I apologize for the shortness of this post but I'm going to pore over Downton Abbey clips now.