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

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

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   

Wacky Wednesday

Welcome to another Wacky Wednesday, where I choose the topic of the day. I have chosen a terrific tag which originate over on the Tube (i.e. Youtube) by the talented and amazing, theBookTuber. Go watch his video tag at (New) LITERARY IDENTIFICATION TAG. I really love watching booktubia video because the community is so warm and welcoming. I am technically a member of that community because I started reviewing books over there, but I decided I wanted to rebrand myself before branching back out to the booktube community. Now on with the tag of today.

The question within this tag were of the following variety.

1. What fictional character is most like you? (Personality)

• I would have to select Henry Grimm from Knightley Academy because I love to continue read and learn even if it turn on to be a chore.

2. What character would you most like to play in a book-to-movie adaptation?

• I would have to pick the title character of the Inheritance Cycle, Eragon because who won't want to become a dragon rider and have magical powers. Also, I see some feature in Eragon that I process.

3. What character do you physically resemble the most?

• I would select Harry Potter because of the spectators.

4. What is a quote from a book that hits home/describes something in your life really well?

• A chapter from Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon where one of the minor characters wrote about bullying.

5. What character do you have the most sympathy for?

• Snape from Harry Potter or Nick Gautier from the Dark Hunter universe.

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

-crazyC

Wacky Wednesday

Welcome to Wacky Wednesday on the crazyC Book Cafe blog. I was think what should I do for this edition of WW. Should I do another tag post or something different. I was watching some Youtube video and getting caught up in my queue. More specifically I was watching tag videos for idea on tags. There were a couple of neat ideas such as the completed series tag or the top 2 in 6 genre tags, but with both I felt that I couldn't really contribute much to the tag because I only have like three series completed and I don't really have a lot of say in the other genre, mostly fantasy. What I decided to do is go to Goodreads and find a book that I have read or own that has had a cover change and discuss which cover I like best. Lets get to hunting and covering, the choice of cover to be discuss this Wacky Wednesday will be The Curse Worker series by Holly Black more specifically The White Cat.

The series cover style started being publish with the style on the left, while recently redesign the covers to be similar in style to the style on the right. Both style aren't bad, but for purest like myself or other we tend to want to keep our series looking similar so when they change the covers it sometimes forces us to have to repurchase the new cover. I don't repurchase the books, but I tend to try to find the old covers or purchase the new ones from where I left off in the series however I will be angry. Fortunately with this series I only have one book with the old style so, I am not too upset. I actually like the old covers because it remains me of a film noir style while the newer covers makes me think New Orleans style. I hate when publisher change the covers, but I know why they do it just makes me mad. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Wacky Wednesday

You guys and gals know what day its today. The wonderful, astounding wacky Wednesday where I will blog about book tags, maybe haul or even versus posts. Mostly I enjoy blogging about a certain book tag that is either going around Youtube or the blogging sphere. Hopefully you will enjoy this tag and that I can provide some wackiness for you.

Wednesday are differently becoming my favorite day of the week because of Wacky Wednesday and my favorite shows aired on television, Melissa and Joey and Baby Daddy. Those shows are differently my guilty pleasure as with reality singing shows like the X Factor and recently the Voice. However I don't watch those reality shows live rather I watch them on either Hulu or find a link somewhere on the vastest of the intertube.

That is enough of my everyday ordinary life. Lets get to the tag portion of the post. This tag was created on Youtube by InTheBookCorner. The A to Z tag where you list book title that you own starting with the letters of the alphabet.

A - Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the

B - Brisingr

C - Child of the Dark Prophecy 

D - Demon King, the

E - Education of Little Tree, the

F - Firelight

G - Gone

H - Hunger

I - Ill Winds

J - 

K - Knightley Academy

L - Lies

M - Magyk

N - Night Magic

O - Odyssey

P - Physik

Q - Queen of Attolia, the

R - Rope Trick, the

S - Secret Prince, the

T - Thief, the

U - 

V - 

W - Wicked Lovely

X - 

Y -

Z -

If you would like to know the author, then feel free to comment and I will gladly provide the information to you. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC

Wacky Wednesday

Hello and you know what time it is; its Wacky Wednesday and that means another tag either done by me or from another blog or youtube. This tag is my creation, but it been done before so I won't take full credit for creating this idea for a tag. What this tag is about is that the YA market and novels in general are flooded with terrific and not so wonderful series be multiple book series or a trilogy. What I am going to do is recommend some awesome high adventure fantasy series starting one to ten.

Recommended Fantasy Series Tag:

1. Harry Potter Series - You can't have fantasy series list without adding the ever popular and amazing Harry Potter with his lighting bolt scar and all.
2. Inheritance Cycle - Now I know what you are thinking that "oh here comes a fanboy moment." I personally think this series improves greatly with each book that the author releases starting with Eragon being so-so and Inheritance being the best so far.
3. The Chronicle of Nick - The Queen of paranormal herself, Sherrilyn Kenyon, has a huge adult fantasy series in the Dark Hunter novels and now she has started a YA version of her Dark Hunter novels.
4. The Heir Chronicles - Cinda Williams Chima has taken something as basic as the War of the Roses and added a fantasy element in this series.
5. Seven Realm series - Another Cinda Williams Chima novel series, but this time its set in a high fantasy setting with terrific and unforgettable characters.
6. Lost Years of Merlin series - Who wouldn't want to see a different side to the highly popular and well-known wizard of all-time and his name is Merlin.
7. The Great Tree of Avalon series - What about way to continue the magic of the Lost Years of Merlin than with a new series involving Avalon and Merlin's heir.
8. Merlin's Dragon series - What better way to wrap up two great series Lost Years of Merlin and the Great Tree of Avalon with a bridge series filling in the gaps in knowledge.
9. The Queen's Thief series - A series with no magic, but set in world where the myths of gods and goddesses are told to the populos.
10. The Chronicle of Vladimir Tod series - A vampire novel involving a male main character and not that female character that falls in love with a vampire.

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

-crazyC

Top 10 Series I Want to Start But Haven't Yet!

I wrote in my introduction post that Wednesday would be wacky fun days where I will have tags, favorite and/or anything really wacky and fun. The first installment of Wacky Wednesday will be a tag. The tag was started by Inthebookcorner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5-3u1YuGdg. The tag is a youtube book tag about the top series you want to start but haven't. I am going to do this tag a little different and the book series that I list will be want to read and also wants that the first in the series but never finished.


Top 5 series never completed:

1. The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
2. Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
3. Curse Worker series by Holly Black
4. Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. The Infernal Device Trilogy by Cassandra Clare

Top 5 series started/finished first in series:

1. The Fallen series by Thomas E. Sniegoski
2. His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
3. Firelight series by Sophie Jordan
4. The Mortal Instrument series by Cassandra Clare
5. Skarlet: The Vampire Trinity by Thomas Emson

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

-crazyC