Cassy In Her Own World

So, in all the now-classic romantic movies, there is a certain set up. Girl meets boy/Boy meets girl Girl/Boy develops feelings for boy/girl Toss in a romantic rival, an old friendship that gets ruined, misunderstandings, spells gone awry, etc. etc. COMPLICATIONS Girl/Boy does something to win boy/girl back/their affection, etc. Girl/Boy and boy/girl live H.E.A. The End. I trust you've seen a movie or two once in your life, no? And I trust you've asked yourself once or twice how come it's sooooo easy for people in movies to get together. And how come people in movies always look so g-d GOOD all the time (that one really bugs me, personally). And where do people get IDEAS for all these romantic mishaps, anyway? And where do they get the rules that apparently every screenwriter there ever was seems to know? And why, WHY WHY WHY does no one in REAL LIFE seem to know them? The fact behind the fiction: These screenwriters have lived through their own relationships and...

Book: The Winter Prince Author: Cheryl Sawyer Link:  Amazon.com: The Winter Prince Summary: Mary Villiers is worried about her dear surrogate father, King Charles I. He is thinking of publicly arresting five members of Parliament, thereby starting something he cannot stop. Her loyalty to the King is put to the test when she does some things she could regret. The King's nephew, Prince Rupert, is to come to England to fight with the King's army. From the moment he arrives, he enchants everyone; everyone except Mary, who believes  that Prince Rupert returning to England would mean the destruction of the royalist army. But neither she nor Rupert can stop what happens between them. The Prince comes to England and fights for his uncle, but everyone is keeping secrets in those dark times... Review: This book was hard to read because of the old English Sawyer used, but once you start reading, you get used to it. This book had everything: love, intrigue, secrecy, war, strateg...

Book: Angelmonster Author: Veronica Bennett Link:  Amazon.com: Angelmonster Summary: Mary Godwin is a writer. Her father was a writer, and her mother was a writer, too. She believes in feminism, but also in true love. But most of all, she believes that when the poet Percy Shelley comes to her father's book store looking to sell his book of poetry, he was really meant to find her instead. The two soon fall in love, making plans for marriage and children, but their relationship can never blossom past a churchyard romance, because Shelley is still married. So the couple, with their accomplice, Mary's step-sister, Jane, flee England for Europe. They take a boat to the continent and on the way, they meet a painter who tells them the story of a scientist who dug up bodies and patched them together, trying to reanimate them. And thus Mary's story is born. After many years and many dead children, Mary's perfect angel starts to turn into a monster, and nothing can save t...

Book(s): The Hunger Games; Catching Fire; Mockingjay Author: Suzanne Collins Link(s):  Amazon.com: The Hunger Games ;  Amazon.com: Catching Fire ;  Amazon.com: Mockingjay Summary: Katniss Everdeen has taken care of her family for years now. She breaks the law every day when she crosses the fence into the forbidden forest to hunt for game, which she sells illegally in the underground trading market called the Hob. Every year, two tributes from each district are selected to take part in the Hunger Games, a punishment founded by the Capitol. When Katniss volunteers to take her sister's place in the 74th Hunger Games, she turns the game on its head and, in turn, accidentally starts something in the districts that she's not quite sure she can -- or wants to -- stop. Review: From the moment I opened the first book to the moment I finished the last, these three books captured my every spare moment. I could literally not stop reading unless forced, because the books see...

Book: Claiming Georgia Tate Author: Gigi Amateau Link:  Amazon.com: Claiming Georgia Tate Summary: Georgia Tate lives with her grandparents. Her mother is dead and her father lives with a blonde woman named Sissy. One summer, after a traumatic experience of spending time with her father, Georgia Tate is forced to question everything about herself, starting with her mother. This is the story about a little girl who has to grow up too fast and learn to deal with things she never should have had to. Review: Claiming Georgia Tate is an interesting book. It combines the innocence of a child with the complexity of modern times. This book forces you to imagine a lot of difficult situations, but it also teaches you about the harsh world we live in and how to survive it. With good friends and a strong will, you can achieve anything, but nothing will ever go the way you want it to, because life is just unpredictable. It read easily and the characters seemed more real than most book...

Book:      Sophie & Carter Author:    Chelsea Fine Link:         Amazon.com: Sophie & Carter Summary: Sophie and Carter live in the bad part of town. Sophie's mother is never around to take care of her four children, so the job falls to Sophie until the kids run out of money. Carter takes care of his mentally unstable mother so the state won't take her away from him. They're seniors in high school, minutes away from graduation and life is starting to weigh down on them. Their only escape is sitting on the swinging bench on Sophie's front porch at night together, talking about everything and nothing at all. At school, they pretend not to know each other to make their lives a little easier. Who needs high school drama when your life is slowly falling apart at the seems? All Sophie and Carter need is each other to hold on to so they don't fall off the edge. Review: I started reading this book with high expectations. Amazon revi...

So, I don't quite know how I got on the topic, but I found myself in the bathroom this morning thinking about it. And before you people think dirty things about me, I was at the sink. So there. ANYWAY... You know the saying "you can't choose your family"? Well, the same goes for best friends, in a way. I mean, think about it. When you first meet people, you don't know anything about them. They could be the nicest person in the world and then turn out to be a mass murderer or something, but it doesn't matter because that murderer is your best friend and that's all that matters to you. And as I was thinking about this, I was wondering why that is. Why are we predetermined to like some people and not others? Surely, some factors are based on how they react to you, some people are just plain mean, but hey, even they have friends who must like them. The fact of the matter is, people become friends based on their first reaction to each other. Think back to k...