Bookish Academy Awards

Hello!

Last weekend was the Oscars so I decided to take part in the tag circulating Booktube and list my Bookish Academy Award winners for the books I read in 2014.

Best Actor - Best Male Protagonist

Liam from The Darkest Minds: The finale was released last year and holy cow did I love it. The Darkest Minds is one of my favorite series and Liam is such a comedic, sarcastic, badass, wonderful protagonist.

Best Actress - Best Female Protagonist

I'm tempted to say Ruby from The Darkest Minds but since I already listed Liam, I'm going with Karou from Daughter of Smoke & Bone. Karou is a kickass female protagonist who doesn't let anyone stand in her way and I want to be her best friend.

Best Cinematography - Best Plot Twist

I can't remember any plot twists so...

Best Costume Design - Best Book Cover

Just look at it. Need I say more?

Best Supporting Actor - Best Male Sidekick

Kenji Kishimoto <3. I love his and Juliette's relationship in this series. He's badass, sarcastic, funny, and I want more of him.

Best Supporting Actress - Best Female Sidekick

Zuzana is seriously the best friend ever. She's adorable, she has a great relationship with Karou, and she lightens up the intense story as well as furthers it.

Best Original Screenplay - Most Unique Plot/World

I have never read anything like If I Stay. If you don't already know, the book follows Mia, a girl who recently was involved in a car crash and lost her parents and her brother. Throughout the book she is in a coma and debating whether or not to wake up. I thought the story was incredibly unique and  loved it.

Best Adapted Screenplay - Best Book-to-Movie Adaptation

I reread TFiOS for the movie and it was fantastic. I've only seen the movie once but I thought it was a brilliant adaptation. It stayed very true to the book while also creating an understandable and well made movie.

Best Animated Feature - A Book That Would Work Well in Animated Format

Amulet is such a fun, creative graphic novel and I think it would be an amazing animated movie.

Best Director - A Writer You Discovered For the First Time

To All the Boys I've Loved Before was the first book written by Jenny Han I read. I've since read her Summer series and I love all her books. They're sweet, unique contemporary romances that don't include all the cliches normally found in romance. The characters are wonderful as is the writing.

Best Visual Effects - Best Action in a Book

I'm going to cheat a little and choose a manga series for this one. Attack on Titan has beautiful art with outstanding action scenes.

Best Musical Score - Best Music in a Book-to-Movie Adaptation

The score in Mockingjay was amazing. It perfectly complemented the film.

Best Short Film - Best Novella

Night of Cake & Puppets, the novella to Daughter of Smoke & Bone was adorable. It followed the first date of Zuzana and Mik and was magical.

Best Picture - Best Stand-Alone

I'm not one for paranormal books, every one I've read just wasn't a good experience, but The Coldest Girl in Coldtown was great. Vampirism is such an overdone topic but this book gives it a fresh spin. I was captivated by the plot and the characters and I wish there was more.

Best Documentary - Best Historical Fiction/Non Fiction

I had to read this for school and I really enjoyed it. The writing is wonderful and it's a very interesting perspective of the Vietnam War. This book is historical fiction but it feels a lot more like non fiction (in a good way).

That's the last one! Thanks for reading :)
Hana

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Most Anticipated 2015 Movie Releases

There are quite a few movies coming out this year. Here are the ones I'm most excited for.

Insurgent - March 20

Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side. (via IMDb)

The movie I am most excited is definitely Insurgent. I love the Divergent series and while I didn't think Divergent was the best movie, I still can't wait to see Shai and Theo in Insurgent. I'm really confused about the premise of the movie in relation to the book though.


Avengers: Age of Ultron - May 1

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry at it is up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans. (via IMDb)

Avengers was so badass and awesome. I loved all the characters and action. It took a while for the 2nd movie to come but now it's finally here!


Pitch Perfect 2 - May 15

Collegiate a cappella group the Barden Bellas enter into an international competition that no American team has ever won. (via IMDb)

Pitch Perfect was an amazing movie; the perfect combination of sass and song. I wanted a sequel the moment I stepped out of the theater for the first movie and now I can't wait for it to come out.


Paper Towns - June 5

A young man, Quentin and his four friends, embark upon the road trip of their lives to find the missing girl next door. (via IMDb)

John Green is one of my favorite authors. The Fault in Our Stars was a great adaptation so hopefully Paper Towns will be as well. It wasn't my favorite book of his but I did really enjoy it.

Minions - July 10

Minions Stuart, Kevin, and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world. (via IMDb)

Minions are so cute! I loved the minions in the Despicable Me movies and I'm so excited to see everything they did before Gru.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - September 18

The Gladers have escaped the Maze, but now they face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a world ravaged by solar flares and disease. (via IMDb)

I don't think The Maze Runner is a particularly great book adaptation, however, it was a pretty good movie. I have yet to read The Scorch Trials but I'm still excited to watch it.

Mockingjay Part 2 - November 20

After being symbolized as the 'Mockingjay' Katniss Everdeen and District 13 engage in an all-out revolution against the autocratic Capitol. (via IMDb)

I really enjoyed reading The Hunger Games and have been liking the movie adaptations. Mockingjay pt.1 was a bit slow and somewhat boring so can't wait to see all the action and badassery in part 2!


And those are my most anticipated movies of 2015.

Thanks for reading!
Hana

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