If anyone ever wonders why I haven't included Harry Potter characters in my previous Top 10 and Top 20 characters lists, it's because in my mind Harry Potter is on its own level. It will always be on a higher level than anything else. The Wizarding World is also so vast that I could probably come up with Top 10 or 20 lists of characters just within the Harry Potter series itself. In fact, I may do that one day. Oh, what fun! :)

One of My Book Pet Peeves

One of my biggest book pet peeves is when the cover model differs in a major way from the character description given in the book. I had this issue with a lot of the Vampire Academy books (I loved that series, by the way). 

This time, my issue is with the first book of Kady Cross's Steampunk Chronicles, The Girl in the Steel Corset. Okay, here's the cover image. 

This cover model's hair is obviously dark--a dark brown. The character that this is supposed to be--Finley--is described as having "honey-colored hair". So for quite a while I've been picturing this lovely girl on the cover, and dark brown hair. Then later on, I'm told she has honey-colored hair. "Honey-colored" suggests a dark blonde color. This throws me off because it totally messes up the original looks of the character I pictured with my mind's eye. I'm a very visual person so these instances bother me! By the way, this post is not meant to hate on this book. I'm enjoying it so far. I just wanted to share a rant I often have. 

My Reaction After Finishing The Infernal Devices Trilogy

*Originally posted on Goodreads on March 25 2013*

You know that feeling when you finish a book/series and you're left with a profound feeling of awe because the ending was so perfect in a way that you could never have predicted? That's how I feel after completing this series. Amazing, spectacular, terrific, wonderful; these are a few adjectives that come to mind when I think about describing the series and its perfect completion. Cassandra Clare is a genius. It's been a long time since I've truly loved a book/series this much. It's a rare feeling that I've only wholly found in a few series. There are not enough great things I can say about this series, or about Cassandra Clare and her writing.

The Infernal Devices is a prequel trilogy to The Mortal Instruments. The trilogy includes 1. Clockwork Angel 2. Clockwork Prince 3. Clockwork Princess

My Top 10 Favorite YA Female Characters

10. Aphrodite (House of Night series)
9. Six (I Am Number Four/Lorien Legacies series)
8. Will Scarlet (Scarlet series)
7. Rose Hathaway (Vampire Academy series)
6. Tris Prior (Divergent series)
5. Isabelle Lightwood (The Mortal Instruments series)
4. Tessa Gray (The Infernal Devices series)
3. Meghan Chase (The Iron Fey series)
2. Clary Fray (The Mortal Instruments series)
1. Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games trilogy)

Tune Tuesday!

Today's Tune Tuesday pairing comes from the wonderful Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa

This one's for Meghan and Ash

The lyrics are pretty perfect for them

Clarity -Zedd

Meghan/Ash

Tune Tuesday!

This week's edition of Tune Tuesday features my favorite artist, Florence + the Machine

and one of my favorite series, The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare

No Light, No Light -Florence + the Machine

Tessa/Will

The Transfer: A Divergent Story

For those who don't know, Veronica Roth is releasing four new short stories told from the perspective of beloved character, Four. I see what she did there.

Hypable (www.hypable.com) exclusively unveiled the cover of the first short story, The Transfer.


See the cover reveal and their article here: http://www.hypable.com/2013/08/08/divergent-four-short-story-the-transfer-cover/


By the way, these stories will all be released sometime between September 3rd and February 11th.

My Top 20 Favorite YA Male Characters

20. John Smith/Four (I Am Number Four/Lorien Legacies series)

19. Nine (I Am Number Four/Lorien Legacies series)

18. Stark (House of Night series)

17. Ethan Wate (Beautiful Creatures/Caster Chronicles series)

16. Alec Lightwood (The Mortal Instruments)

15. Gideon Lightwood (The Infernal Devices)

14. Loki (The Trylle series)

13. Cas Lowood (Anna Dressed in Blood/Girl of Nightmares)

12. Four/Tobias Eaton (Divergent series)

11. Magnus Bane (The Mortal Instruments/The Infernal Devices)

10. Simon Lewis (The Mortal Instruments)

9. Finnick Odair (The Hunger Games trilogy)

8. Puck/Robin Goodfellow (The Iron Fey series)

7. Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games trilogy)

6. Adrian Ivashkov (Vampire Academy/Bloodlines series)

5. Dimitri Belikov (Vampire Academy/Bloodlines series)

4. Ash (The Iron Fey series)

3. Jem Carstairs (The Infernal Devices)

2. Jace Wayland/Lightwood/Herondale (The Mortal Instruments series)

1. Will Herondale (The Infernal Devices)

Not Pretty Enough blog tour!

Today I received an email inviting me to participate in a blog tour for Jaimie Admans's new contemporary YA novel Not Pretty Enough, hosted by the Oops! I Read A Book Again blog. I've received a copy of this book and will be posting my review of it on here on September 19! I'm very excited for this!

http://oopsireadabookagain.blogspot.com/2013/07/blog-tour-invite-not-pretty-enough-by.html