I have news! That may be only news to me! But I'm excited!! Can you tell from the exclamation points?!
Ok ok, so last year there was this amazing sequel to an amazing series. Avatar The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, anyone? Yeah! Though Korra doesn't really compare to the amazingness of Last Airbender, it was still pretty amazing. That last episode is a masterpiece all by itself. But anyway, it ended and I (and friends around me) didn't know if there was gonna be a Book 2. You would know if you've watched it, it ends in a way that could really be the end to the series.
Buut I just found out, there IS a Book 2! There is! It is being made as I type! I should follow the blogs of the creators so I won't be kept in the dark like this again. Tsk me tsk.
And here's a picture from Book 2's color correcting sessions. How badass does Korra look, seriously! Click on the picture and it'll take you to the actual tumblr post of Bryan Konietzko, co-creator of Korra and Last Airbender.
I can't wait, I literally can't!
Because Goodreads decided to be down in just this second I'm typing this post, the Avatar geekiness part will be a little lacking. Anyway, do you read the official comic books of The Last Airbender? There are 3 so far, that tells what happens in between the end of Last Airbender and the beginning of Korra, development of the new republic and all that. The Promise Part 1-2-3 are out, read them if you haven't already! The next issue, which is called The Search, will be out on 20th of March! Less than 10 days!
Here's the cover! It will be about Zuko's search for his mother. An arc about Zuko? Can you wait? Cuz I can't! My inner geek is having a panic attack tonight!
I probably should have put these two in March favorites update, because I still don't have anything for that post, (though I started another book that looks promising), but news can't wait, much like I can't. So there you go, my fellow Avatar lovers..
Let's "can't wait!" till the Book 2 and the new issue.
Once again I'm procrastinating, ahem updating my blog, because I don't have a magazine to translate at all, nope! Fine, I do, but I promised a Part 2 for February and it's been a week since Part 1 already. I'm gonna do my actual work as soon as I finish this post, promise.
Enough justifying, on with the favorite-ing.
Sherlock
I know, I'm way too late for this. I sometimes stubbornly not watch some tv shows. But did you know that there's only 6 episodes and each of them are like 90 minutes? Why can't Brits do their shows in normal schedules? That being said, this show is a-mazing. My brother made me sit with him and watch this last month for a whole weekend, and I sacrificed my back watching it because we just couldn't stop. And holy guacamole, Benedict Cumberbatch, though has an unfortunate name, is an excellent Sherlock. It's like he is the man himself. I mean who doesn't love a Sherlock adaptation? But with all other actors (which will bring me to my second favorite in a minute), even yes with Robert Downey Jr, you know it's the actor acting as Sherlock Holmes. This guy though, I mean wow! So yeah, watch it if you haven't already, and lose your mind till the next season starts in September.
Elementary
I started watching this show the same weekend I finished BBC's Sherlock. After only 6 episodes, I was Sherlock-deprived when it ended. Hence Elementary. Though it doesn't reach the excellence of Sherlock, this is still a lot fun to watch. The Sherlock-Watson relationship is sometimes awkward, sometimes laugh-out-loud hilarious and sometimes aww worthy and it keeps the show interesting. Watson is Lucy Liu, which is a new twist all by itself, a female Watson. But, though I liked Jonny Lee Miller ever since Hackers, I can't really bring myself to call him Sherlock. The way he portrays him doesn't really fit if you ask me. So I suggest, if you decide to watch this, don't watch him as Sherlock but as a character with high deductive skills.
And I just love this photo of them, so I couldn't help but share.
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
This one isn't a book (though it technically is) or a movie or a tv show, but it's a vlog. And let me tell you, I don't watch a lot of Youtube aside from occasional make-up tutorials (no judging!), but this got me hooked! If you've read and enjoyed Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, I guarantee you will love this. Just imagine if Lizzie Bennet lived in this century and made a vlog about her life. Every episode is 3-5 minutes long, and it's updated twice a week, so it doesn't even take a lot of your time to watch. And if you're like me and your youtube video attention span doesn't go over 10 minutes, this will be perfect for you too.
Maybelline Eyestudio Lasting Drama Gel Liner
OK, let me be a girl for a second here. I've been obsessed with eyeliners for quite a while now. I have them all, pencils, kohls, liquids and gels. My discovery of gel liners was the latest and my first gel liner was a MAC and I though that was it, I was never buying another liner, I had found my perfection. Until I bought this. I have it in 01 Black and it's actually blacker than MAC's and stays on longer, doesn't transfer on my lid, and it comes with that brush which is really easy to use. It literally takes me 5 minutes to do a winged liner makeup (though I'm not as swift when using it on other people, like a few days ago, it took me half an hour on Burcu to get both wings identical, but we were bored waiting in the hairdresser so it was a nice distraction, anyway!) And it's cheaper too! So if you're looking for a good eyeliner I definitely positively absolutely recommend this. I'm actually gonna buy the purple one too, the minute I got my paycheck that is.
Soo that's all for February. I actually went through a brief Jeremy Renner loving phase when I saw him singing, but it was fleeting, therefore not really worth mentioning (though I just did, didn't I?). The first week of a brand new month is over and so far I've read 7 books, and nothing worth mentioning yet. Which bums me. Maybe you could recommend stuff for me to read and save me from myself?
Is it March already? The spring just around the corner? I won't freeze my butt off every time I leave the bed? Can life get any better? Yes it can. Here I am, in the beginning of yet another month, writing about my favorites of the last one. Isn't nagging the best? Cool. Glad you agree. Off we go then.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
I resisted reading this one for a while. It seemed so done a million times already, but it isn't. It's really good. I hear now they're making it into a movie with Kate Winslet and Shailene Woodley (the rest is undetermined) but forget about the upcoming movie, the book is good. I'm not really a fan of dystopian novels, I feel the world is pretty fucking bad already as it is, and I had the same prejudice before reading Hunger Games too and I'm glad I got over it. The story is captivating, the writing flows, the heroine is one tough cookie and the guy is swoon worthy. What more can you ask for?
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
This book. This. I feel like no words can do it justice. Mr. John Green has created the perfect book. And I'm saying this about a sad story. Do you know how many times I read the synopsis of this thing and went "umm no thanks"? Do you? Well, a lot. But Goodreads, good ol' Goodreads wouldn't give up on me, and I won't give up until I make everyone around me read this little perfection. Don't just read the synopsis and go "I don't feel like a sad story right now..", just don't, just dive in to it. It is a sad story, eventually, but sadness isn't all there is to it. You will laugh out loud, you will catch yourself smiling, you will cry your eyes out, and at the end you will be glad you've read it. Trust me.
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Not much to say about this one. It is fun and sweet and the chemistry between the characters really works well. It is like a good romantic comedy movie, but a book version of course. If you're looking for a light sweet book, look no more, you've found it. And it takes place in Paris, 'nuff said.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I've been obsessed with this movie ever since I found out they were making it. GetGlue really fueled my obsession too, so thanks a lot for that, yeah. I've read the book years ago, and it was one of the books I immediately fell in love with. And whenever I love a book to its every last word, I always worry when I hear they're making it into a movie. I get excited to see it but at the same time I dread that they will butcher it. But then the trailer came out and it literally gave me goosebumps. And I finally got to watch the movie last month and it blew me away. I couldn't even criticize it. The characters were perfect. The emotion in the movie was perfect. And the actors? Man, I have a new found respect for Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. I liked them before, but this was something else, they really became their characters. Logan Lerman is the perfect Charlie, Emma Watson is the perfect Sam and Ezra Miller is the perfect Patrick. And the writing, it was so true to the book. Probably because Stephen Chbosky, the author of the book, wrote and directed it. He really took the whole thing out of its pages and reflected it on the screen without losing any aspect of the book. Did I mention I talk a lot when I really really really like something? Well, there you have it.
Django Unchained
Mr. Tarantino did it again. Though, who else thinks he should comb his hair and button his collar when he's at the frikking Oscars?! Ahem, anyway. This is such a guy movie, but I've been known to enjoy guy movies so I loved the heck out of it. It was long, really long, but I didn't get bored for even one second. It is a humor filled action movie about a dramatic story. It has it all. I would take my hat off to Quentin Tarantino, if I was wearing one.
I have more stuff to talk about but I decided to make it into two parts because my guilt is eating away at me, since instead of working, I'm here updating my blog. If procrastination was a country I would be the president, the mayor and the owner of that bookstore around the corner.
