Monday's Novel Talk (59)

Hey Chroniclers! First off this is post 398! Holy crap! But anywho, sorry for the late post but I just finished cleaning the room and fixing some things and doing laundry for the first time. I'm so exhausted! D'= But I'm sure I lost like 15 pounds from walking up and down those damn steps. Aside from that though, I have been sick a bit and I've been taking medication which has been putting me to sleep and knocking me out when I want to read.

Since last week I have finished How To Save A Life by Sara Zarr. I enjoyed the book, although the characters really were a bit unlikable in the beginning. But by the end I was happy with how it ended even though I called it from about halfway. It was a feel good book and I'm glad I read it. I might try to review the book but I really need to think more about it and figure out what I actually thing. The book also allowed me to check Colorado off of my 50 States Book Challenge! 

I also started reading A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. Let me tell you, I knew I was going to like this book and love it at some point, but I love it so much already! It's really giving me Harry Potter feelings with the way that there's some scenes that have nothing to do with plot but build the character and gives us history with the characters and I love that so much! It also switches character perspective with each chapter so we get different story lines and it's not set on just one thing. I'm currently on page 218 out of 674. So I'm almost done >.>

But that's basically all that I've been reading. What have you guys been reading? Leave your comments down below!


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Cast Them Away (3)

Hey Chroniclers! Happy Wednesday! I think it's Wednesday. My days are so off this week that I don't even know what's going on. I feel a bit confused and as if something is missing but there isn't. I think I might need to start running again to get out of the house more often. Let us get on with business though! Cast Them Away is a weekly meme hosted by me, The Subtle Chronicler, in which I choose an actor or an actress for a role from a book if it were ever to become a movie. WARNING: There may be spoilers withing if you haven't read the novel.

This week's will be a novel that I just finished reading this early morning! How To Save A Life by Sara Zarr! How To Save A Life is the story told from two different perspectives, Mandy and Jill. Mandy is a girl from Omaha who is pregnant and runs away to the house of a lady, Robin, who will be adopting her unborn child. Jill is the daughter of Robin who doesn't trust Mandy at all. Through-out the novel we see the truth, lies, the hurt and the trust between the two girls as the story unravels, but there's one person who I saw clearly in my mind with an actress. Robin.

Robin decides to adopt a baby out of the blue about a year after her husband's death. Along the novel, we see many moments where Robin stands tall and knows exactly what she wants. But then, there are others where she crumbles and breaks down and doesn't know what to do with her life anymore.

The person I would cast for this role would be...

Jamie Lee Curtis! Robin reminded me so much of Jamie Lee Curtis in Freaky Friday, the movie. In the book, Robin decides that enough is enough with moping and cuts her hair short and goes through this transformation to keep living life after her husband. She's in her early fifties but looks younger.

I think that Jamie Lee Curtis would be amazing for this part. I think it'd be a good role to bring Jamie back onto the big screen. Seeing her as this tough and proud lady who's a hard business worker but then be able to see the emotional side, and that she's not able to keep herself holding on much longer.

Plus I freaking love Jamie Lee Curtis and just want her back. So what I say is; make this book a movie and contact Jamie Lee Curtis and give her the part! That's it! Just do it!


What do you guys think of the casting? Do you have anyone else in mind? Who would you cast for the roles of Mandy and Jill? Leave your comments below and let me know!


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Monday's Novel Talk (58)

Hey Chroniclers! How are you all on this fine Monday? I'm actually doing fantastic because I no longer have that headache from yesterday. It was a killer and took away from my reading time but luckily I woke up fresh and got to read!

Since last week I have finished Confessor by Terry Goodkind. The last book in the first arc of Sword of Truth series. It was such a bittersweet ending that made me tear up. At least I know that there's more books for the second arc!

I also finished the prequel Debt of Bones by Terry Goodkind. It was a short fun read about how Zedd conjured the boundaries and saved his daughter. It was pretty cool seeing some of the historical events in actual words and not just hearing about it.

I started reading How To Save A Life by Sara Zarr. This book I bought on random impulse last year when I was at a Barnes & Noble. It also reminded me of The Fray and so I just got it. So far I'm actually enjoying it. The nice change of pace from adult to YA is helping me relax my exhausted brain a bit before I tackle some more adult books. I should be done with this one soon as it's a pretty fast read and I seem to be enjoying it a bunch.

But that's all I've been reading. What are you guys reading? Leave your comments down below and let me know.


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