February Wrap Up

I have to apologize because I haven´t been posting for a while, but I´m gonna try to do my best to post more often, anyway, this time I bring you my February Wrap Up!.

Last month I read 7 books and 1 comic, but I just reviewed on this blog 4 books (the comic is related to one book I read), because 3 of the books that I read were written in Spanish, and there´s not an English version, but If you want me to do a review of those books I can do it, just let me know in the comments. 

February was a great month! I did enjoy all the books, so, these are the books that I read on February, remember that you can click on the image and you will go to the review, except in the case of the 3 books I was telling you.

 

What did you read on February? Did you read one of these books? Let me know in the comments. Thanks for reading!

Civil War (Book)

Title: Civil War

Author: Stuart Moore

Series/Trilogy: No

Pages: 352

 

Synopsis 

 

SPIDER-MAN

IRON MAN

CAPTAIN AMERICA

THE FANTASTIC FOUR

THE EPIC STORY THAT BLOWS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE APART!

Iron Man and Captain America: two core members of the Avengers, the world's greatest super hero team. When a tragic battle blows a hole in the city of Stamford, killing hundreds of people, the U.S. government demands that all superheroes unmask and register their powers. To Tony Stark - Iron Man - it's a regrettable but necessary step. To Captain America, it's an unbearable assault on civil liberties.

SO BEGINS THE CIVIL WAR

Personal Opinion

I´m starting to get into this world of comics xD when I heard that this movie is coming out this year I wanted to read the comic immediately, but I found a little surprise, there was a book! that caught my attention and I decided to give an opportunity to this book. But, speaking about the movie, there is a detail, apparently in the movie the reason of the dispute won´t be the same reason of the comic, and I don´t know but I think that it would be better if they would respect the original line of the comic.

I was saying that it caught my attention to see the comic turned into a book, I thought that it would be a great idea reading the book and reading the comic at the same time, and it was a great experience. There are some things that are different between the book and the comic but there are just little things, a dialogue said but a different character, for example, among others. In that aspect, I think that Stuart Moore made a good job with this book.

The story, for those who don´t know, begins with this big incident caused by Nitro, a villian who has the ability to explode, that incident left more than 900 deaths, and this is one of the ultimate cause for the gobernment to take measures to control super humans, that is the Superhuman Registration Act, which obliges everyone who wants to use powers in public to registrate and reveal their secret identity. There are some who support this because they believe that it is the best course of action, like Iron Man, but there are others who think that it is a violation to the civil liberties, like Captain America. These characters are going to lead both sides of this war.

The book is very fluent and it´s easy to read, there are many action parts, characters who switch side, friends against friends, etc. it is a good option to have a good time reading.

Which side was I? Team Cap, of course, because he is one of my favorite superheroes of marvel universe, and because even though I wasn´t entirely disagree with the intentions  of Iron Man, that got out of his control, and also Iron Man it´s not one of my favorite characters.

About the ending, I thought that I knew what was going to happen because I had heard some things, but it was different, and I liked it but it was a little disappointing for me. I can say that I´m more interested in this comic world now!  

I don´t know what else I can say,  I liked the book, it wasn´t something amazing either, but it made me have a great time reading, it made me laugh in some parts, particularly the scene when Peter Parker (Spiderman) is talking with his aunt May, that was so funny!. I liked more the comic than the book, because it is more visual than the book, but both made me have a good time.

And although I said that in the movie the cause of the war is going to be different (something related to Captain America best friend, Buck) I´m really excited to watch it.

 Book Rating

  Comic Rating

Are you excited to watch the movie? have you read the comic or the book? Iron Man or Captain America? Let me know in the comments below ;)

Books that I want to read on 2016 (Part 1)

I´ve realized that there are some books coming out this year that I want to read and also there are many books I have that I haven´t read yet, so I thought about make a list of some books that I want to (and I hope to) read on 2016 here they are:

1. Morning Star - Pierce Brown 

There is no much I can say about this book, because is the last book in a trilogy, but I´ve really enjoyed these books, especially the second book that just left me very surprised with that ending. The first book in the trilogy is Red Rising, the second one is Golden Son and the last one Morning Star. These are books that maybe can be a little slow paced but at least in my case I liked the story that Pierce Brown has created. These books  also were part of my favorite books on 2015.

2. The Last Star - Rick Yancey 

The same story of the previous book, this is the third book in a trilogy, the first book is The Fifth Wave and the second one is The Infinite Sea. These books are about aliens, and I had not read something like this before but I liked the idea, I can wait to know what will happen in this story, besides in a couple of days The Fifth Wave movie is coming out and if you haven´t read the book yet, you should do it, there´s still time!

3. Steelheart & Firefight - Brandon Sanderson

I´ve been trying to read these books for quite some time and I´m really interested in reading them but for some odd reason I haven´t read them yet, I started to read Steelheart the last year and I hope I will read it on 2016, because there´s a lot of people who loves Brandon Sanderson´s books and I want to be part of this.

4. Civil War - Stuart Moore

I found this book without looking for it, the movie is coming out this year and caught my attention, I thought it could a good idea read this before watching the movie, besides I like the idea of comics turned into books, such as the Black Widow´s book that I read when the year was just starting. This book is within the booklist I want to read soon.

5. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

I am already reading this book, I´m almost finished and I think this book is gonna be part of my favorite books on 2016, I don´t know, I hope so, there are still some pages to read and I have to say that my head is a mess, I am constantly changing my thoughts. You can check the synopsis here.

6. Glass Sword - Victoria Aveyard

This is another book I´ve started but in spite of the fact that I was enjoying the book, I felt like I wasn´t making progress and it didn´t like me, that was the reason to start Gone Girl xD but when I finish that book I will continue reading thois book because Red Queen was a book I enjoyed a lot and has become one of my favorite books.

7. The Underland Chronicles - Suzanne Collins

It is not a secret that The Hunger Games wre a complete success, it became the favorite books for many people, it helped people to  start reading more, me included, and because o that I´ll always love this trilogy. Back to the point, this series was written before The Hunger Games and I want to read more Suzanne Collins books, I hope this series like me a lot, I don´t know much about it, just that it is about a boy with his sister who fall into a hole and arrive on an underground place. Something like Alice in Wonderland.

*Now I pretend to re read some trilogies and series*

8. The Narnia Chronicles - C. S. Lewis

I read these books when I was 14 years old, I remember I couldn´t stop reading and I really  enjoyed reading these books. I want to re-read them because I want to know what will be my thoughts now that I´ve growned up.

9. The Testing Trilogy - Joelle Charbonneau

I read these books because people said "if you  loved The Hunger Games you will like this trilogy". I liked these books and there are a few things that make you feel like you´re reading The Hunger Games, especially in the first book, but from the second one everything is completely different. This trilogy is about a society where just a few people can go to the college, the best ones, but first they have to go through The Testing, a series of tests of all types,  and people who went through the testing can´t remember anything about that.

10. The Ascendance Trilogy - Jennifer A. Nielsen

I read these books last year without knowing I will love them, there are many plot twists that I wasn´t expecting and I really enjoyed these books, especially the second and third ones because they were action packed books; it was impossible that these books were not part of my favorite books of 2015. If you don´t know about this trilogy, it is about a man who is looking for orphans who meet some characteristics to be an impersonator of the lost prince, just one orphan will be chosen, the others won´t have a clear future. 

Are you planning to read some of these books? you can leave a comment below to let me know and also if you want to recommend me a book, you can do it!