[Books] The Hobbit Movie Cover

Hello! Let's start by remembering me saying that I hate books with movie covers. I don't know why. Maybe it's because the authors go through a lot of effort to pick their covers and in some cases these covers take a lot of work. So suddenly slapping the movie poster on the book feels wrong. Also, I feel like buying the book with the movie covers is telling the world you're reading it because of the movie. Hahaha petty things but oh well.

Now every now and then a movie poster will be incredible. When the last movie in the Hobbit trilogy was being announced they released several covers. The one I loved the most was the one with Martin Freeman, playing Bilbo Baggins, who was kneeling with his head down holding Sting in one hand. He looks resigned, sad and solemn, dirty with the grime of the battle field. Knowing everything that happens in the Battle of the Five Armies (the event not the movie title), I feel like this image portrays all the emotions that Bilbo was probably feeling in the wake of the battle. So I love that cover. Seeing it on the book didn't cause that sense of wrongness I sometimes feel, but it just brought all the feels! I couldn't resist buying it, even if I already have two versions: one belonging to my brother and is the original cover with Smaug laying over his hoard, and a beautiful leather bound version with golden edges. And it looks awesome next to my Tolkien Collection (still in process of acquiring titles ^^).

What about you? What's your opinion towards books with movie covers? 

[Wrap Up] October

Okay so October is up and these are the books I read during the month of ghosts and ghouls! Ohoooo *insert scary noise*

Now, for the past months I've been reading whatever I wanted, mostly YA series and so on, but at the same time I had started doing the famous 2015 Reading Challenge, only I didn't notice how many of the books I was reading didn't exactly fit any criteria. So I am way behind.

Yesterday I finished the GoodReads challenge, which was 50 books. I've edited it to 56 for now and I might change it again later. Now I'm going to be focusing on ticking off the boxes I have left, which are around 13. With NaNoWriMo though I might not manage but the glory is in the trying.

These are the books I read:

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (A Book Published this Year) GoodReads
I was a bit disappointed with this book. The plot sounded awesome and mysterious but I thought it centered too much on the main characters and her not so good life. The ending was great in my opinion cause it wasn't a really feel good ending to the problem. I'll say no more! I gave it 4 stars anyway.

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (A Book Written by Someone under 30) GoodReads
Now according to my research Aveyard was 24 when she published this book. Not sure if I'm right or not. Excellent story, you can see my complete review here. 5 stars!

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (A Book Based on a True Story) GoodReads
There are no words to describe my love for this book. I thought it was heartbreaking and a testament to fortitude. The story is about an airman, Loius Zamperini who is lost at sea and rescued by the Japanese and taken to a POW camp. I gave it a well deserved 5 stars!

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (A Book at the Bottom of your TBR List) GoodReads
Not a big fan of this book. I thought the plot had a lot of potential, but I couldn't stand Clare at all. At the end it became another romance story with the typical couple problems and sex thrown in the mix. The time traveling got lost on the way. 1 star.

Holes by Louis Sachar (A Book with a One-Word Title) GoodReads
A short tale about a boy being sent to a camp for 'bad boys', where the Warden makes the kids dig 5 meter holes every day looking for treasure. It was a nice story and brought back many fond memories of when my teacher read it to us in class. 5 stars.

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (A Book with Antonyms in the Title) GoodReads
It took me awhile to get into this book full of women gossiping and rarely doing anything of consequence, but in the end I thought it was funny and was dying to see how it all unraveled. 4 stars.