Bonni's Book Reviews

Anyone who knows me knows that I love anything to do with zombies. But I've already talked in length about my love for zombies in my Warm Bodies Review. So, when I went on vacation this week, you can imagine that I was looking for a good zombie story to enjoy while sitting by the pool. And I can confidently tell you that I found it.

Bonni so graciously allowed me to write a review of a book I just finished reading so, I wrote up a review for her blog. I hope you all enjoy it.

Paprika is a science fiction book that was written in 1993 by Yasutaka Tsutsui. It first came to my attention when I watched the film adaptation Paprika last year. I'm someone who always loves to read books then watch the adaptations and see the differences, etc. And this instance was no different. I went and saw the movie, then immediately bought the book (mainly because I enjoyed the movie so much.)

Okay, so when was the las time that you read a book that you never wanted to put down? I haven't read one like that in a long time. I have read great books, don't get me wrong, but that doesn't mean I couldn't put them down. The Girl Who Would be King by Kelly Thompson was captivating from beginning to end. I can't think of anything really like it. First of all it is about girl superheroes which like never happens, and when it does they are just super slutty big boobed amazon women or something similar. A lot of the people who read this already know how I feel about girl superheroes haha. This is different though. This is almost a coming of age/superhero/awesomeness story.

Ok so Alex told me I HAD to write a review on The Hobbit, but how on Earth do you write a review on something that has been read and loved by probably millions of people for YEARS?? I honestly don't know, so I decided to both review as well as talk about the differences between the first time I read it and this time around.

The first time around, I think I was in Middle School still and I think my brother was reading it for a class in High School or something and I wanted to read it too. I tried really hard to get through it, but honestly it was a huge struggle. I hated how much detail there was in everything and just couldn't get past some of the language and story. I am ashamed to say it, but I really don't think I was a very good reader back then. I hated the fantasy books because they made you have to create your own version of a world and you couldn't just rely on thing that you were already familiar with. I didn't like the Harry Potter books the first time through either and still have yet to read The Lord of the Rings. I am proud to say now that I think I am much better at reading. As most people who actually read this know, I love Harry Potter and everything about the HP Universe. I also have now given The Hobbit a second try and Loved it as well!

This time around I found the immense amount of detail wonderfully helpful in imagining the scenes and characters. I did have some help from the movie, but this movie did not cover even close to half of the book. To be honest I am surprised they are making it into 3 movies. I am guessing they will have to take a lot from other sources like The Silmarillion in order to fill out the last 2 movies. I am very excited regardless.

Okay, so I may have lied when I said I was going to incorporate some actual reviewing in here, but it is too hard. I think that anyone who loves getting caught up in another world will love this book and if you read it at a young age, like me, then definitely give it another chance. That goes for most fantasy genre books.