Wormies Updates #5

Hi! It's that time of the week again where we (I) pick a book to read and discuss. After all the heavy reading that we did in the previous weeks, I decided to pick a fun and lighthearted book: Real Vampires Have Curves by Gerry Bartlett. I know that this books would appeal to my fellow wormies because majority of us are full figured (I refuse to call us overweight when we're not) and I think all of us love vampires, yes?

Also in keeping with the vampire theme is that this week will be the movie release of Twilight! I am totally psyched about going to see it this Friday and will also discuss about the pros and cons of the movie version.

So sit back and relax and I hope you enjoy this weeks read!

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Wormies Updates #4

Hello dear readers! Bookworm Lurchie has picked our book this week because I am still busy, unfortunately. I am quite excited about this weeks' book because I have actually read it for the umpteenth time (I was in grade school when I first read a translation) and I believe I can shed a few lights about the book: A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

Lurchie suggested that she would make a review on the book turned movie in addition to the review of the book. I know it's going to be different if she is going to base her comparison to the new movie with Brendan Frasier because it's actually not an adaptation of the movie. However, I will give her the reigns and let her do the review herself and I will be happy to comment on it when she has had her say.

For a little bit of history, A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne was first published in 1864. It is quite fascinating to note that Jules Verne had written about things that didn't happen before but are now quite real. His books have been published in different language but unfortunately, according to the North American Jules Verne Society, Inc., there have been bogus translations to his work, most notably A Journey to the Center of the Earth, because it was anonymously and badly translated to English. Since it was the first ever English translation, it is still in circulation today. Fortunately, many authentic translations have already been published.

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Thoughts from the Headworm

This blog Books Books Books (Books3x) is now in full swing! We are still in our 3rd assigned book but I believe the three of us are enjoying discovering new books and trying out different genres and basically, stepping out of our comfort zones.

As different at the three of us are, we have somehow come up with a common ground in books. Despite our difference in preferred genres, we have tried our best to read what each Wormie has picked for the week and try to give our ideas about the said book.

Unfortunately, I am in a bit of a pickle and am somewhat inactive when it comes to reading and sharing my thoughts on the assigned books. With that, I apologize. I hope to be back in full swing next month and I hope that you enjoyed reading our reviews.

You may have also noticed that each Wormie has also added reviews on books that she had read in the past and would like to share it with us and our readers.

Enjoy reading! Ciao!

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Wormies Updates #1

This week we will be reading about Eragon by Christopher Paolini.

The reason I chose Eragon as our book this week is because it is written by a guy who is just a year older than us. Yup! I shit you not! With four books and a movie under his rug before he became 25? Sheesh!

I am also interested to find out if the movie lived up to its name. We all know that movies are ALWAYS far off from the original novel that it was adapted from.

I hope you guys will have fun reading it! I'm still waiting for my book that I reserved from the library but I'll start reading the eBook tonight.

Enjoy being a bookworm!

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