Mean Girls

Five reasons  why Mean Girls is Legendary.

A scandal-plagued star with nostalgia appeal. 

Anyone remember when Lindsay Lohan was a talented sweet former child star? Well that all went downhill after this movie. Mean Girls was definitely the high light of her career. Now people can't help but follow what train wreck she's gotten herself into. It's rather sad how far she's fallen but she did have a part in making a great movie so at least she has that on her resume if nothing else.

The hilarious duo
Tina Fey's and Amy Poehler have stared in many movies together sense but nothing will ever top their roles in Mean Girls. You get rid of one part of the movie it wouldn't be the same, and that goes for lovely duo. It's hard to imagine a time where the two didn't star side by side, it's a funny world with them together. This movie started the launch for the hilarious duo.

Rachel McAdams
She's a genius and if you don't believe me just check The Notebook, Red Eye, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Vow, About Time, or any other movie she's been in. If it wasn't for her this movie wouldn't be as good. She brought Regina to life and it would have been a shame if she had been cast as Cady like she originally auditions. Mean Girls really helped get her name out and she proved herself by following the famous role of Regina with many other memorable roles there after.

A universally relatable message
Although the movie is known for its famous quotes and sketchy, characters the plot actually has a serious note to it. The slightly dramatized scenarios that play out in the plot could have been taken from any high school in the world. I mean how true is that lunchroom chart? Anyone who ever sat in a high school lunchroom can relate to at least one of the characters. I know when I watch I also go through who fit what character from my school.

The Quotes

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Book Frustration 

After starting the final book in The Sweet Trilogy, Sweet Reckoning, I looked at my book calender to see what book comes out when and I became seriously frustrated. A few books on my list don't even have release dates yet and it's been over a year! It's getting old. 

#1 The Crossfire Series

Entwined With You the third book in the Crossfire Series came out June 4th of 2013. Almost a year people!!! I originally thought the series was a trilogy and was very disappointed when I realized I wouldn't know the ending by the end of the 356 pages. I enjoyed the books and anyone who enjoyed Fifty Shades of Grey would enjoy this series. The sad part is the plot could have come to a natural close in the end of the third book. All I'm saying is with the promise of two more books the wait better be worth it!

#2 The Premonition 

Incendiary the fourth novel in The Premonition series came out November 28th 2012. This book brought Evie and her fellow angel friends to the beginning of an interesting battle. It also left readers questioning who Evie should really end up with, Reed the fierce and loyal Power angel, or Xavier Evie's old  Seraphim flame. I know I hope she ends with Reed but I also can't wait to learn more about Xavier and Evie's relationship! But I'm getting sick of waiting. 

#3 Thoughtful

It's hard not to be excited for this next book. Thoughtless was an emotional roller coaster that leaves your heart in extreme pain but Kyle and Kiera both end in a peaceful way. I can't wait to read this book from Kyle's point of view because of the turmoil Kiera put him through. Hopefully it isn't bad, I would hate to wait this long to be disappointed.

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Sweet Evil

In honor of tomorrow's release of Sweet Reckoning the third and final book in The Sweet Trilogy by Wendy Higgins, I want to recommend the first book in the series to you all.

The first book in The Sweet Trilogy is Sweet Evil. Here's the book summary

What if there were teens whose lives literally depended on being bad influences? This is the reality for sons and daughters of fallen angels. Tenderhearted Southern girl Anna Whitt was born with the sixth sense to see and feel emotions of other people. She's aware of a struggle within herself, an inexplicable pull toward danger, but it isn't until she turns sixteen and meets the alluring Kaiden Rowe that she discovers her terrifying heritage and her willpower is put to the test. He's the boy your daddy warned you about. If only someone had warned Anna. Forced to face her destiny, will Anna embrace her halo or her horns?

I liked the character development in this book and even more so through the series I like how much Anna develops from being the naive sheltered girl to a strong women in the end of the second. She is thrown into a world where angels and demons aren't just ideas that are in books but that she's half of each. She suffers through unrequited love as well as being told she will leader of the nephilim race against the Dukes. And Kaiden, he was destined to be a bad influence on Anna but Anna sees the good in him and proceeds to push Kaiden to be a better person. The series only gets better with the second novel. I can't wait to see what will happen when the series comes to a close in the final book. 

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Books to Read Before They're 2014 Movies

I found a few more books that I missed in my last post regarding books turned movies.  So here they are. 

The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais 

Aug 8

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Sept 1

This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

 Sept 12

Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow

 Oct 3

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 

 Dec 25

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

A Book a Common Prayer by Joan Didion

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 

Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges

Devil's Knot by Mara Leveitt

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Trash by Andy Mulligen

One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte

The Switch by Elmore Leonard

Hector and the Search For Happiness by Francois Lelord

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman

Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahem 

A Walk Among the Tombestones by Lawerence Block

True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel  

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