#Fridayreads and Weekend Challenge

Welcome back to another round of #Fridayreads and Weekend Challenge. I have said before and I will continue to say it, this is by far the best day for blogging because I just feel so inspired to blog. What better to in a week then to blog about you upcoming weekend with what you plan on reading. Now onto some disappointing news in the form of another extended vacation from the blog, I have plans to visit some friends of mine and I most likely won't get to read a whole hell of a lot. So, I will be taking a break starting this Monday until I log back into the blog. What does that mean? It means actually what means I won't be blogging for at least a week, maybe longer depending on when I remember and decided on blogging again. Another reason is I will be starting my first career job in October so, I will be busy getting into a routine on the job.

Without further hesitation I give to you my #Fridayread and my Weekend Challenge for the September, 20th. I am currently reading EONA and the Host. I have planned to get to at least one or two chapters into both novels before the end of the weekend. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Update Monday

Hello and welcome to another episode of Update Monday, where I reveal what happen over the past seven days in my reading world and maybe even reality. First I like to say that I do really enjoy writing on this blog I might not post as much as I could or should, but I do try to be insightful when I do post. So, on the reading front in my world I finished EON and I decided to not jump right into EONA, but rather start Plague: A Gone Novel.

I love reading series and the Gone series by Michael Grant is just the best possible series out there right behind Harry Potter. What other book series has depth, action and a general page tuner feel to it than the Gone series. I love this series so much and I enjoy the fact that I can personally read one book in the series and put it down picking up the next installment a year later and still have the same emotion attached and remembrance. That is the reason for doing this blog to find those awesome series and novel that just need the word to be spread even if the word has been spread. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

#Fridayreads and Weekend Challenge

I am sorry that I didn't post on Wednesday, but I wasn't feeling up to the blog status for that day. However I have wonderful news and my spirits are high and I have never been this excited in a long time. I have heard back from an employer, whom offered a position to me and of course I said yes. So, what does that mean for the blog and my reading hobby. Well first and foremost my career takes president over the blog, but I will still try to post on a decent schedule and time on the Monday, Wednesday and Friday format. I might just be skipping a couple of weeks here and there because I am swamp at work and can't blog those days. Positive aspect would be I am able to purchase some more books grant the books I purchase are the authors that I know and love; this will allow me to have some book hauls on the blog. I will still do the other episodes on the blog which bring me too today episode of #Fridayreads and Weekend Challenge.

This Friday I will differently finish EON and start EONA so, I am able to check off a completed series. Now I still have some other books that I have started, but have pick up in awhile I am still planning on reading those as well, but this series EON and EONA is quite good hence the reason for finishing this series over the other books started. What are you currently reading and challenging yourself to accomplish? This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Update Monday

I'm back and ready to begin anew the wonderful world of blogging. I took more than a couple of week hiatus, but I didn't process the needed inspiration for blogging. To be completely honest I still haven't overcome my slump. Don't get me wrong I am still reading and still writing reviews I just haven't been in the mood to post on the blog. Another reason is I forget to post on the schedule days and I didn't want to change up the line-up. There is a reason why I have a Monday, Wednesday and Friday line-up on the blog; its because it's easier to keep track of what I have to write about on the blog.

Now for this episode of Update Monday, I still have been reading quite a lot recently during the slump period on the blog. I have finish A Thousand Orcs, even though I am still reading the Host I have started and nearly finished EON: Dragoneye Reborn. The novel A Thousand Orcs was differently a different read for because first and foremost it was an adult fantasy novel because the main characters were not in their teen years. For my first actual adult fantasy novel it wasn't bad, but I still prefer YA fantasy novels because of the coming-of-age story involved in the novels. Which bring me to EON which is a oriental style novel with dragons, emperor and sword wielding characters. This novel is making me want to blitz throughout to get to the second and final installment, EONA. I have been reading and I will most likely post a review on next Monday. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Wacky Wednesday

Welcome to another episode of Wacky Wednesday, where anything is possible and everything happens for a reason. I am here to say that I am going on a little hiatus for five days so, I won't be able to post the #Fridayreads and Weekend challenge for this week. However I will provide a challenge for this weekend and I challenge myself to read at least a hundred pages of a new novel. What am I thinking starting a new novel when I have started a few already? The case in point is that I am going on vacation and I want to bring along a novel that I know for a fact that I will be into reading rather than a novel that is boring or slow pace like the current reads that I am reading. When I get back on Monday I should have an interesting post about what I have finished or nearly finished. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Update Monday

Mondays are just plain boring sometimes and in other times the day itself can be quite eventful. That could actually be said about any and all days. Today was quite eventful for me because I have a phone interview with a company that I really really want badly. Hopefully, this Friday I will have a good interview and I am able to receive the job offer.

Now onto the books that I have been reading over the course of several weekends. The challenge for this past weekend was systematically conquered. I even was able to read one chapter in the Host, which was long over due to be read. Knowing that this weekend was very productive in my reading schedule, I feel comfortable in saying that I am out of my reading slump. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

#Fridayreads and Weekend Challenge

Let another Friday down in the year and tons more to go until next year. In this weeks episode of #Fridayreads and Weekend Challenge I once again catch myself rinsing and repeating what I have been saying or more like typing for the last couple of Fridays. I am currently still reading The Thousand Orcs, the Host and Slaughterhouse Five. These novels are good, but they differently put me in a bad reading slump that is hard to dig myself out. Also, I have been preoccupied with Youtube and video games instead of reading the novels that I have picked out for myself. Hopefully I can get back to a more regular reading schedule because I finished the game I was playing which was Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. That is the reason I have been failing at my Weekend Challenges, but I think this weekend I will succeed because first and foremost I will be challenging myself to read two chapter in The Thousand Orcs only. I wish you luck in your reading and future endeavors. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Wacky Wednesday

Halfway through the week and its another episode of Wacky Wednesday. This post is going to be more of a simple blog post where I discuss something on my mind. In today society of social media are we pressured to rise to a higher standard of participation? I have a Youtube channel, crazyC88, I haven't posted a video in awhile however I still consider myself an active Youtuber because I comment on videos and view videos that I like.

What I am getting at is should we be dictated by the content of our social media site or by the content of our character? I know personally I don't have a twitter and I don't plan on creating an account because I see no real value in twitter, but I understand why some people would get an account. I think to help with an ever evolving social climate we should have a social media blackout day, where every users can't access there social media for one day allowing everyone to communicate as normal being and not through electronic means. Another thing that I do enjoy and try to strive to achieve is a schedule when and where I twitty, upload and post except people shouldn't be slave to these forms of communication. That is my two cents on social media and what I think about the evolution of social communication. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Update Monday

Another thrilling day that is Monday. On this episode of Update Monday, I bring good tidings in the form of progress on one front. I have made some head wind in the reading of The Thousand Orcs, which is a high fantasy novel by R.A. Salvatore. So far the novel in what I have read has really wowed me enough to be reading non-stop, but I do enjoy in some form however its differently not my favorite novel read this year.

Now for some disappointing news on the weekend challenge that I keep failing to succeed at. I want to eventually succeed and I will one of these weekends. However I did read The Thousand Orcs, but I didn't read my other current reading novels. Hopefully I can find the time in the day to get to at least one or two chapters in these long forgotten novels of mine. Time is avoiding me and summer vacation is running low on steam, but I will pull through into the autumn season with an even bigger reading push hopefully. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

#Fridayreads and Weekend Challenge

Another Friday and weekend to boot, its time for another episode of #Fridayreads and a Weekend Challenge. This post is going to be a little short, but to the point. I enjoy posting on Friday because I love to share what I am currently reading and challenge not only myself, but you as well.

This Friday I am still chugging through The Thousand Orcs, the Host and Slaughterhouse Five. Hopefully I can finish one or multiple over this Friday and weekend. Now for the challenge that I issue to myself and my readers is to read at least two chapters in any of your current novels. I am challenging myself thou to finish part II of The Thousand Orcs because that novel is divided into four parts. Good luck on your challenge and have fun reading. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Wacky Wednesday

This Wednesday's episode of Wacky Wednesday will be a little different. In the case that I will discuss not only books and reading, but other avenue of entertainment and how I manage my entertainment pleasure in today technological society. Today, we has a civilization have numerous sources of entertainment from television, radio, books, video games and the Internet. I love every one of those forms of pleasure.

This being a book review blog I love to read, but I also enjoy playing video games and watching videos. This past weekend I was watching a lot of Youtube video from book vloggers to let's players. That one reason why I didn't achieve my reading goal over that weekend and why I was late to the Monday post. Another reason is due to the fact that I was extremely busy with personal matters on Monday which caused for the delay in posting.

What I want to know is what do you enjoy in the entertainment field in today connected world? No matter how advanced our world get we still need to have some form of entertainment and we need to find a balance between different forms of entertainment. If you are like me and I know you are you enjoy multiple forms of entertainment, then it can get a bit overwhelming trying to manage the sources. That is why sometimes I am a little slow in reading and reviewing because I was taking a break from my reading pleasure and focusing on another pleasure source. I hope you find your balance and enjoy the fruit of the entertainment tree. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Update Monday

Sorry about this Monday, I was extremely busy with other stuff to post this week episode of Update Monday. However, I will say that this past weekend I read a little bit, but I actually watched more Youtube video than I should have done. I am continueing reading my current novels tracks and will keep you up-to-date on the status of those books. Once again I am sorry that this post is a little short, but I don't want to not post anything. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

#Fridayreads and Weekend Challenge

Sorry that this post on this specific Friday was a little late and behind in the time. Being Friday ya'll know what that means its another episode of #Fridayreads and a Weekend Challenge from your wonderful and wacky surrogate crazy. For this particular week pasted, I started two new novels and still chug along with the Host.

For this #Fridayreads, I have selected to continue reading The Thousand Orcs, Slaughterhouse Five and the Host. That is three novels that I am currently reading which is by far the most I have ever attempted to read at one give point in time. However I will only be focusing on one novel and occasionally be reading the others throughout the weekend and upcoming weeks.

For this Weekend Challenge, I will do has I suggested above and focus on one novel and read the other sparely. The Thousand Orcs is the novel that I choose to focus my attention on by reading at least one hundred pages or more. As for the other novels I will try to read one chapter in each for this weekend. I look for to another fascinating Update Monday, which will be upload a little later than normal because of errand throughout the day. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Wacky Wednesday

Going, going and gone is another day, but this day is the wonderful and funny Wacky Wednesday. For this edition of Wacky Wednesday I decided I will talk about a specific book series that I want desperately made into a movie or television series. There is countless books out in the world and Hollywood recently has had a fascination of making adaptation of those books. I am here to discuss one of my favorite book series that I believe can be a great movie or even a television series.

The series that I want to introduce to a possibly of being an adaptation is the Heir Chronicles by Cinda Williams Chima. The story is filled with magic-packed mystery with an interesting hierarchy system. The inspiration comes from the War of the Rose because the completing sides are both the White Rose and Red Rose which is this world of weir are controlled by the family of wizards, people born with wizard stones. Now the series first follows the last of the Warriors whom must complete in a game, but eventually thing go a little sour causing a rift to form between the England side of the pond and the American side of the pond. Who doesn't love a good tyranny versus liberty story? The characters in the whole series are wonderful and well-rounded character to enjoy throughout the adventure. So, with the on set of the Hunger Games why not have a fantasy version for the lovers of fantasy genre. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Magyk Review

Do you want or love a magical world beyond your imagination? Don't bother looking any further than Magyk by Angie Sage. This novel is similar in scope to the first few Harry Potter novels with a magical world, children learning about magic and so on. The world is breathe-taking simple to explain, but rather fun in a great middle grade style especially the different chants used for spells and the characteristic of some of the wizard characters. Now this book isn't Harry Potter, but a new series in its own right that features a kingdom with wizards and a wizard's tower along with a newly crown queen by the end of the novel who is only ten years old. The story is the basic good versus evil present in most if not all middle grade reads. However, I see like some other series that this book series will become quite mature has the characters themselves age. All in all I recommend this book and its corresponding series if you want a series to grow and evolve while you read the series. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Update Monday

Hey guys and gals, welcome to another update Monday. Where the place to be is smack down in the middle of this post because I will give you the 411 on my reading schedule. First off lets begin with the challenge that I made this past weekend, I challenge myself to finish Clockwork Angels and I accomplish that task. Now I didn't get to read any of the Host, but I figured that I will get to it after finishing the current major project.

After completing the challenge I took a break from reading the rest of the day on Sunday. However I did choose two new novels to feel the void. I selected Slaughterhouse Five (ebook) and A Thousand Orcs, a fantasy novel set in the Forgotten Realm series. Lets recap what I am currently reading this moment I am reading the Host, Slaughterhouse Five and A Thousand Orcs.

These three novels are differently novels that I want to read, but I don't have a real drive to read these three. I hope once I begin reading one of these novels that I will get deeply invested and will continue at an alarming speed to finish the novel. Have you ever had those moment when you wanted to read, but didn't have the passion behind the book you will reading? That is the feeling I have right now about my upcoming trial and tribulation. Hopefully I can get over that feeling and get to more books. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

#Fridayreads and Weekend Challenge

Its Friday once again and we all know what that means, it's time for another installment of the popular #Fridayreads and my personal feature Weekend Challenge. Before I even get to those features I would first like to say that I am differently in a reading slump. Now this blog is actually helping me not stay in a deep reading depression rather a more mild reading recession because the blog reminds me that I eventually will have to have another review to post in order to continue this blog.

Here is for all the hope and luck in the world that I am able to pull myself out of this slump with this Friday and weekend. Now I am still reading the same books that I have been reading for the past couple of Fridays. For today on this #Fridayreads, I am currently reading Clockwork Angels and the Host. I have only read about two chapters in the Host and I am half way through the other novel.

For the Weekend Challenge, I want and will challenge myself to finish Clockwork Angels that is it for the challenges. I know what you are thinking where is the Host challenge? Well I plan on reading that to this weekend, but only when I pick the novel and I have no plans to reach a certain page number or chapter I will just read for the sake of reading. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Wacky Wednesday

It's that time again, what time? It's Wacky Wednesday where on this blog I provide tags, lists and other fun features from other blogs or vlog over at YouTube. This is probably my funnest feature on the blog because I get to dive into making lists and perform tags, which I enjoy writing about. Also, these post tend to be a little shorter than the average post from Mondays and Fridays.

This Wednesday I have decided to make a list of my favorite characters and the novel/series they are from. Grant it most of the characters are actually from a series because most of what I read has a series attached. So, let the fun begin with my top 11 favorite characters from novel/series.

1. Merlin - Lost Years of Merlin Saga
• What better person to have on the top of the list than Merlin, himself. I love wizards ever since reading Harry Potter and Lost Years of Merlin I have fonding for wizards.
2. Joseph (Seph) McCauley - Heir Chronicles
• Another wizard and this was a great series, I love the termoil that Seph goes through both physically and mentally.
3. Han Alister - Seven Realm series
• Another wizard and quite the opposite character that I enjoy reading about because he is a reformed thief lord turn wizard. His actions and motives are quite of self-centered except when it comes to his family. There is a part in the novel series that makes me cry for him, but I won't reveal it.
4. Nick Gautier - Chronicles of Nick series
• Who won't like wise-cracking, half-demon and half-human teenage boy. He is very satirical and funny with tons of one liners ready and waiting.
5. Eugenides - Queen's Thief series 
• Mysterious in many ways, but that is what makes me love to read about him and the series is very serialized leading up to a big punch line or reveal.
6. Professor Snape - Harry Potter series
• Who doesn't feel sorry for Snape. I mean he has an unrequirest love and was quite brillant, but was toss aside only to be vendication in the end.
7. Vladimir Tod - Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
• Another satirical and funny character that is full of one liners and humorous dialogue.
8. Henry Grim - Knightley Academy
• He is the knight version of Harry Potter, but without the magical influence to back the story. Instead the story is propelled by mystery and political twists.
9. Queen Attolia - Queen's Thief series
• She is a strong, independent ruler that is in love with Eugenides. What else is there to say about this character I enjoy reading strong female roles.
10. Damon Salvatore - Vampire Diaries
• By far the character in both the novel and show. I admire the character dark and chilling nature and can't help, but root for him to succeed in whatever he wants to accomplish.
11. Seth Clearwater - Twilight Saga
• The sidekick character always fascinates me because I consider myself to be a good fit in most if not all sidekick or secondary character roles. Also, his story in particular makes me want to read more about him.

This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC   

Vampire Diaries: The Fury and Dark Reunion Review

Have you ever loved a book series enough that you hoped and wished for Hollywood to make a movie or television series about it? For the Vampire Diaries, I had the exact opposite happen I enjoy the show so much that I wanted to read the source material. I said in the review of volume one of the Vampire Diaries that the novelization is completely different from the show. That statement holds true with this next installment because it follow none of the story-line from the show rather has its own agenda. All the novels and show has in common is the main characters and the general love interest between Elena and the Salvatore's Brothers. That being pointed out the writing style isn't quite bad being typical of a YA novel, where the characters talk in the language of the day which in the novel was the early 90s. The characters are independent, but occasionally get annoying to read about except for Damon, who is by far the most interesting character in both the novels and show and my favorite characters out of the all. Overall, the book series is good if you want a new and fresh version of the Vampire Diaries in between the show seasons. Don't let the vampire in your home unless you love them. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Update Monday

The started of another week and its Monday. On this episode of Update Monday, I have some troubling news to bring on the reading front. I once again failed at my reading challenge this past weekend and I didn't read on Friday. Am I a bad reader or just a bad book reviewer?

I think that I am a decent reviewer if only I could read everyday I think I could be better at reading. Part of me knows the reason for not being in a reading mood. Those reasons are that I decided to watched the marathon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Sunday and some family emergency came up that took priority. Beside reading countless number of series, I still enjoy a ton of serialized television and I like to watch certain shows. This Update Monday is a little lite, but at least I do have a review that I will be posting today. Hopefully this week is better on the reading battlefield because I have blitz through some novels maybe I need to slow down a bit and take a hiatus from reading. So, I am still reading the novels from my #Fridayreads segment and I will continue to read and finish those novels. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC