Life of a Random

Right now I'm reading a book that has a very cliche romantic plot. Every cliche it could have, it probably does. And since one of the things that is obnoxiously present is a love triangle, it got me thinking.  The love triangle in this book annoys me because the main character (Paige) first crushes on a guy, develops more feelings for him, and then finally starts "falling in love" but then as soon as love interest #2 comes along there's an attraction.  So almost immediately, she likes both guys equally and she's having that same old conflict that every friggin YA romance has. Oh no. I should like this guy. I do. I DO like this guy. But... this love interest #2 that I just met a week ago.... I feel such a pull towards him. He makes me a better person. I can't control how I act around him.  I mean please. For lack of better phrasing, I think that's a load of bull.  WHY. Why if you actually liked/possibly loved love interest #1...

Hello, there. I've just finished doing like a gazillion writing assignments (well, two, but still) and studying for CLEP exam and stressing. I stress a lot about school. I also have a headache. Ews. But I have come. More specifically, I've come to hit you with a few things you should definitely never ever have in your character names and then go to collapse in bed and nurse my wounds. Note: 1. SQUEE. Minho. 2. I had to verify that I in fact wasn't hallucinating and this was Minho with my sister. I'm tired. I also have a headache (refer to above GIF). I am justified. *drumroll* Behold my fabulous knowing. my list of 5 things to never dishonor your character's name with 1. Last names are not a thing.  I'm already bad at remembering names. In no situation do I also want to have to remember last names, especially if they're necessary to identifying the person. It is frustrating. And honestly, it's as frustrating reading such a long name a...

Throughout my many many years of reading and being a certified bookworm... *ancient knowing look* I've discovered several things that I really can't stand. More specifically, things in dialogue that just push all the wrong buttons. I'm right, of course. ;) 1. Too many exclamation points. Whenever a character always (or almost always) talks in exclamation points, it makes them sound like they're over-caffeinated or hyper or something. Nobody sounds that excited all the time in real life! Life isn't that awesome! They need to chill! See what I mean? Ugh, I can't stand it. It's like an overload for my brain. It refuses to accept all that exaggerated emotion. >.< 2. All capitals.  There is a time for all caps (Let's be real, it's necessary to fangirl. It's a way of life.) but that time is definitely not in dialogue. In my humble opinion. To me, it's better to use action or tags or something besides all caps. Rather than giving...

I didn't know this prior to attending my college World Literature class, but apparently Nigerian literature is a thing now. Yeah. You didn't know either did you. Anyways, I learned this because our first book (that I just finished reading) was by a Nigerian author named Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It's called Purple Hibiscus . It seemed to me to be a pretty typical (in a general way) "classics" type literature, but I wanted to discuss the parts that jumped out at me with you guys. Mostly about themes and such nonsense. Purple Hibiscus is a story about a girl who is abused by her father along with her mother and brother. It's the journey of her discovering that everything doesn't exist on her dad's whim and finding herself where she didn't know she had herself. It was very sad, but also very deep and kind of struck a chord in me. Buuut at the same time, I didn't really like it. SO, I'm gonna go through my complicated feelings, in no p...

Today is a day for a short, sweet post. I debated posting this for next week's Sunday Swoons post for  Briana's feature on Reader, Writer, Critic , but I decided I would do it today since it's closer to Sunday (I'm such a genius). This week's theme is: Romance Pet Peeves (That Happen All  the Time in Cookie Cutter YA) Briana basically covered all the bases ('case she's awesome like that) so I decided to sort of wander onto a different topic that's been on my mind recently. And which I hope you'll discuss and agree and disagree with in the comments. ;) So...hm, how do I lead into this? Every relationship ever written in fiction (but I'm going to focus on YA) begins with the common symptoms: tingling, nervousness, jumpiness, jitteryness. All around acting like you stole from the cookie jar. Multiple times. There's that boy/girl. A connection. Something that feels like an electric shock, which personally doesn't sound to com...

Lots of people say that the internet is not a personal place. It's not a place you should treat like your personal journal. And I agree, to a certain point. I don't share personal garbage on Facebook because I don't believe in telling people about my problems. Buuut, heart-to-hearts are good for the soul and once in a while I need to express myself with words by writing them because I say everything better that way. And because I feel like maybe...maybe they could help someone else too. I was thinking a few nights ago, somewhere between contemplating The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet and my future college life, about how I unknowingly set myself up for failure sometimes. I honestly discovered something about myself that I didn't realize before. And I wanted to share it with you. Don't run away scared now *grins* I promise, you can handle Selena in serious mode (hopefully). I've never thought of myself as a person who sets herself up for failure. I thought ...

This is a post where I will be de-mything the oh-so-mysterious bookworms who live everywhere only some people don't know that because of the cloud of bookworm cliches floating around the world. (I'm practicing my metaphors, okay? Gosh.) Note: This is meant to be exaggerated a little bit for comedic relief, that is-- "hilarious." Because I like being hilarious. On the other hand, these cliches do make an appearance and are meant that way, that is "seriously", as well. 1. Not every bookworm wears glasses. I know this may come as a shock but we don't all wear glasses. I know, I know. You have been lied to. Poor baby. It turns out that some of us wear glasses, some of us wear contacts, and some of us don't need things like that because we have 20-20 vision. *snaps fingers in Z-formation* I'm sorry you had to learn it this way...will chocolate help? (Chocolate helps with everything) You should probably get used to it though because I've h...

Woop woop! I have finally, lovelies, read Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. Almost everyone but me has read it and raved about it, and I finally get to add my voice to the total chaos. :D This isn't going to be a review. It's just going to be a list of things I like about Shatter Me and things I don't like about Shatter Me.                                     You can thank me later. Really. I don't mind.   Things I Did Like:  1. The writing style was amazing for the most part. The way Mafi portrayed Juliette's partial insanity was amazing. I loved the crossed out sentences, the halting sentence fragments, and even the repetition most of the time.  2. HER POWERS ARE AMAZING. She can legit punch through a steel door, guys. Oh, and she kicked it a little. 3. I love the cover...