I have a serious problem with listening to audio books while I'm at work. Since there is not rule against not being allowed to listen to music at work, I figured I would listen to some audio books. When I was younger, I hated reading. My mom could never get me to read to save my life. But I guess when you get older you discover things about yourself that you didn't know that you would enjoy. My first audio book series that I was addicted to was the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. The reason why I chose to read this series first was because one night Matt and I were looking for movies to rent and we came across City of Bones. I wanted to watch it so I told Matt we should check it out. Do you ever watch a movie that has so many loop holes throughout the movie and then at the very end of the movie your like, what just happened? Well that was me after we watched the City of Bones. I goggled the movie title and found out that it was a six-part book series. Which got me interested in finding more about what was going on to happen in the next part.
This a six book series that is about When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to Pandemonium, a club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder – much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons.Equally startled by her ability to see them, the murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret tribe of Nephilim warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. This is her first encounter with Jace Wayland, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours, Clary's mother disappears, Clary is attacked and almost killed by a demon, and is soon pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance.
But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did suddenly get the Sight? Secrets will be told.The books in order are Mortal Instruments City of Bones; City of Ashes, City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels; City of Lost Souls; City of Heavenly Fire.
My opinion of the books vs. the movie. The books were completely by far 110% better than the movie. I mean honestly, what they should do is just fire the production team and just start over. I mean seriously. They left out so many details from the book it really just made me angry. My coworker Rachel, can tell you that I would get to certain parts of the book and I would just rant about how they never showed this or that in the movie. It was a a hot mess. However, I have finished all 5 of the books and I'm currently waiting for the 6th book to come out in May. I'm pretty excited for it!
Moving on to my latest book addiction. I just finished listening to the first book of the Divergent series, by Veronica Roth. I was interested in these books because again, the movie is coming out in March and it has a great A-list cast, but also I'm really into series with a futuristic twist. The book summary for Divergent is as follows:In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris, and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together, they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes-fascinating, sometimes-exasperating boy fits into the life she’s chosen. But Tris also has a secret: one she’s kept hidden from everyone, because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly-perfect society, she also learns that her secret might be what helps her save those she loves . . . or it might be what destroys her.
I just finished the first book today, which is titled Divergent, and I'm probably going to start the second book tomorrow, which is titled Insurgent, followed by Allegiant. I'm excited to get started on this new book series and hopefully its worth the read.
