Musing Monday #3

Musing Mondays, a book meme hosted by MzB of Should Be Reading, asks you to muse about one of the following each week…

• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

Book to Movie Adaptations – When to Read

There have been some great book to movie adaptations this year, and so the question of when to read the book is coming up more frequently. Do you read the book before or after you see the movie? Most people, it seems, like to watch the movie before they read the book but I’m the opposite.

The reasoning is sound either way – What if the movie’s bad so you don’t want to read the book? (eg Percy Jackson – amazing series but they completely butchered the movies) On the other hand, what if it’s a good movie but you can’t enjoy it because it didn’t stay true to the book? Or missed out on some important scenes? My reasoning is if I’ve read the book beforehand I’ll know if it is a good adaptation and, if it is, I will have a greater appreciation for the film.

I’d love to discuss with you! Do you read the book before or after you watch the movie? Why?

Musing Monday #2

Musing Mondays is a weekly bookish meme posted by MzB of Should Be Reading that asks you to muse about one of the following each week…

• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

My Musing…

Yesterday I went shopping with a couple of my friends and came home with seven books – ironically, we were there for over three hours yet those books were purchased in the last ten to fifteen minutes… So, anyway, I LOVE this bookhaul!! I bought…

I have read six out of the seven books I bought and I have to return one of them because it’s already been bought for me but that’s okay because I got a refund. 🙂

I also really want to go buy The Eternity Cure and The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa because I saw them at Big W and the covers on Book Depository are bad… (Which I just did – so excited!!)

As to why I bought them? I’ve got two words that say it all: Cassandra Clare. And, you know, I like John Flannagan too (I’ve met him!) though not enough to realise he had another book out… So I bought it! What else could I do? I have ALL his other books and this one’s got a Ranger in it! I really hope it’s someone we know… It would be SO awesome if it was Maddy!!

I could also technically include Looking For Alaska by John Green because my friend bought a second copy of hers so the covers would match and justified buying it by giving her original copy to me – awesome, right? ^_^

I’m going to stop talking right now because my writing is steadily deteriorating the more I write this… I apologise for the badly written post – at least I updated though! Hi-Five for that ;).

Let me know your Monday Musings! I’d love to hear them :).

Musing Monday #1

Hello, and welcome to my very first Musing Monday post (hosted by MzB from Should Be Reading).

Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…

• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

Describe one of your reading habits.

I can’t sit still when I read. I don’t know why, but after a time I always feel the need to shift position – be it when I’m reading in bed, on the couch, the bus, or even in the classroom or the library, it doesn’t matter.

What about you? Do you have any strange reading habits? Anything else that you’d like to share? Please comment, I’d love to hear what you have to say! 🙂

Sorry for the short post, I’ll try to do better next time. ^_^

Musing Mondays

I love the idea of these posts. What do you think? Should I start these (if I find the time)? Please comment! I’d love to know your opinions on this 🙂