January 2015 Updates

Here is what I've been reading and watching in January:

• I watched series 2 part 1 of the 100 TV show and I am currently watching series 2 part 2. The 100 is heartbreaking and I wish I'd never started watching this show. Unfortunately, it's too late. I'm hooked. I loved series 1 of the 100, but series 2 is even better.
• I am currently watching Elementary series 3. Series 3 is not as good as the first two series, but I like Kitty.
• I watched Broadchurch series 1 which was AMAZING. I am currently watching season 2. This show is really well done and it's British, so why aren't you watching it?
• I randomly started watching Avatar: the Last Airbender. I thought I was just going to watch the first episode and see what it was, but I accidentally watched the whole first season and I couldn't just stop there. I am now watching the Legend of Korra, the sequel show to The Last Airbender. Avatar is great. I love the world and the characters. This is not the type of show I normally watch, but I don't regret watching nine episodes in one day in the slightest.
• In the very end of December I watched The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. I really enjoyed it. It's probably my favourite of the Hobbit movies. I'm also just really glad Tauriel didn't die. When The Battle of the Five Armies comes out on DVD I'm going to marathon all the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies.
• I read The Infinite Sea, sequel to the 5th Wave. The Infinite Sea was even better than the first book, if that's possible. I love the writing style in this series and the characters and everything and I need the final book right now. WHY CAN'T I HAVE IT RIGHT NOW?
• I finished reading The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare. The Bane Chronicles is a book of short stories about the best character in the Mortal Instruments: Magnus Bane. This book made me really happy, and it also made me laugh a lot. I would definitely recommend it for fans of the Mortal Instruments.
• I read the entire Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy and it was really good. I can not understand why I did not read this series earlier. I really like the writing style and the characters. I usually hate angel/demon books, but this one was good.
• I randomly read the first book in s series that came out last year, Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch. I honestly didn't like it very much. I almost didn't finish it, but I ended up reading the whole thing. I just couldn't really get into it. The world didn't seem real, the plot didn't make a lot of sense and the characters seemed like really awkward cardboard cut-outs. I'm a little disappointed, the description of the book sounded good. I don't plan on continuing the series.
• I read the third book in the Falling Kingdoms series: Gathering Darkness. It was pretty good. Literally everyone dies in this series. I will continue to read the series as it comes out. It's not my absolute favourite, but it's good enough to keep reading.
• I read We Were Liars, which is a realistic fiction book. I actually read a realistic book! I mostly read it because it won a Goodreads choice award last year. I actually really enjoyed it. It's really short, so it didn't take me long to read and the ending is mindblowing. I'd definitely recommend it. 
• I read the first book in the Eon duology. It's called Eon: Dragoneye Reborn. I really enjoyed it and i want to read the sequel. The main character is awesome and this is the first book I've read the has a transgender character in it.
• I read To all the Boys I've Loved Before which is another realistic fiction book. I wanted to try to read some more diverse books this year. I liked it, but it's realistic, so I didn't love it. I will read the sequel when it comes out.

Book Characters (Top 5 Lists)

The items on these lists are in no particular order.

Top 5 Characters:

1. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter
2. Celaena Sardothien from Throne of Glass
3. Blue Sargent from The Raven Cycle
4. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games
5. Cassie Sulivan from The 5th Wave

Top 5 Side Characters:

1. Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter
2. Zu from the Darkest Minds
3. Ringer from The 5th Wave
4. Rue from The Hunger Games
5. Zuzana from Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Top 5 Antagonists:

1. Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter
2. Sebastien from The Mortal Isnturments
3. President Snow from the Hunger Games
4. Queen Levana from The Lunar Chronicles
5. King Leck from Graceling

Top 5 Romantic Relationships:

1. Blue and Gansey from The Raven Cycle
2. Tessa and Will from The Infernal Devices
3. Magnus and Alec from The Mortal Instruments
4. Day and June from Legend
5. Adam and Ronan from The Raven Cycle

Top 5 Friendships:

1. Celaena and Rowan from Throne of Glass
2. Will and Jem from The Infernal Devices
3. Harry and Luna from Harry Potter
4. Annabeth and Piper from The Heroes of Olympus
5. Reyna and Nico from The Heroes of Olympus

Top 5 Parent/Child Relationships:

1. Sirius and Harry from Harry Potter
2. Remus and Harry from Harry Potter
3. Percy and Poseidon from Percy Jackson and the Olympians
4. Tris and Natalie from Divergent
5. Liesel and Hans from The Book Thief

Top 5 Sibling/Cousin/Close Family Relationships:

1. Fred and George from Harry Potter
2. Percy and Tyson from Percy Jackson and the Olympians
3. Sadie and Carter from The Kane Chronicles
4. Katniss and Prim from The Hunger Games
5. Akiva and Liraz from Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Top 5 Enemy Relationships:

1. Harry and Voldemort from Harry Potter
2. Clary and Sebastien from The Mortal Instruments
3. Bitterblue and Leck from Graceling
4. Magnus and Cleo from Falling Kingdoms
5. Alina and The Darkling from Shadow and Bone

Top 5 Groups of Friends:

1. Harry, Ron and Hermione from Harry Potter
2. Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Hazel, Frank and Leo from The Heroes of Olympus
3. Blue, Gansey, Ronan and Adam from The Raven Cycle
4. Will, Jem and Tessa from The Infernal Devices
5. Ruby, Liam, Chubs, Vida, Zu (an others) from The Darkest Minds

Top 5 Characters I would Date: (Yes, I am bisexual.)

1. Celaena Sardothien from Throne of Glass
2. Blue Sargent from The Raven Cycle
3. William Herondale from the Infernal Devices
4. Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson and the Olympians
5. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter

Top 5 Characters I want to be Friends With:

1. Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter
2. Hazel Levesque from The Heroes of Olympus
3. Jem Carstairs from The Infernal Devices
4. Cinder from the Lunar Chronicles
5. Liam from the Darkest Minds

Top 5 Characters who would Probably be my Enemies/Frenemies:

1. Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter
2. Kestrel from The Winner's Curse
3. Isabelle Lightwood from The Mortal Instruments
4. Ronan Lynch from The Raven Cycle
5. Magnus from Falling Kingdoms

Top 5 Characters I would Trust with my Life:

1. Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter
2. Frank Zhang from The Heroes of Olympus
3. Reyna from the Heroes of Olympus
4. Jem Carstairs from The Infernal Devices
5. Chubs from The Darkest Minds

Top 5 Characters I would like to have by my side in a Fight:

1. Celaena Sardothien from Throne of Glass
2. Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson and the Olympians
3. Reyna from The Heroes of Olympus
4. Hazel Levesque from The Heroes of Olympus
5. Jace Wayland from The Mortal Instruments

Top 5 Characters like Me:

1. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter
2. Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson and the Olympians
3. William Herondale from The Infernal Devices
4. Cinder from the Lunar Chronicles
5. Chubs from The Darkest Minds

Top 5 Characters I would Love to have a Conversation With:

1. Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter
2. Gansey from the Raven Cycle
3. Ringer from The 5th Wave
4. Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson and the Olympians
5. Kestrel from The Winner's Curse

List of Books the Characters Featured in this Post come From:

• Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
• The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
• The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
• The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
• The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare
• The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
• Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth
• Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes
• Legend trilogy by Marie Lu
• The Young Elites trilogy by Marie Lu
• Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
• The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
• Graceling trilogy by Kristin Cashore
• The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix
• Grisha trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
• The 5th Wave trilogy by Rick Yancy
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor 
• The Winner's Curse Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski
• The Darkest Minds trilogy by Alexandra Bracken

Top 25 Favourite Characters #11

I've written ten "Top 25 Favourite Characters" lists before, as it changes often. Here are the links to my first ten:

My Opinion: The Top 25 Awesomest Book Characters

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25. Lexa from The 100
24. Donna Noble from Doctor Who 
23. Ringer from The 5th Wave
22. Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano from The Heroes of Olympus
21. Amelia Pond from Doctor Who
20. Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter
19. Guinevere from BBC Merlin 
18. Martha Jones from Doctor Who
17. Cassie Sullivan from The 5th Wave
16. Blue Sargent from The Raven Cycle
15. Joan Watson from Elementary
14. Merlin from BBC Merlin
13. Liesel from The Book Thief
12. Rose Tyler from Doctor Who
11. Annabeth Chase from The Heroes of Olympus 
10. Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter
9. Sherlock Holmes from BBC Sherlock
8. William Herondale from The Infernal Devices
7. Adelina Amouteru from The Young Elites
6. Celaena Sardothien from Throne of Glass
5. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games
4. Clarke Griffin from The 100
3. Clara Oswald from Doctor Who
2. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter
1. The Doctor from Doctor Who

Different Sexual Orientations in Fiction

This post is about different sexual orientations in fiction and how the topic of sexual orientation is represented in fiction.

I'm not going to be talking about people who are transgender or people who are genderfluid or anything like that. I do believe that representation of different gender identities is as important in fiction as representation of different sexual orientations, but I'm not going to be discussing gender identity in this post because I don't feel like I have the right to talk about this topic. This is partly because I identify as the gender I was born as and also because I do not know very much about gender identity.

Anyway, it is becoming more and more common for fiction (book, movies and TV shows) to include characters who are not straight. However, most of these characters who are not straight are gay men, and, slightly less often, lesbian women. Other sexual orientations are basically not shown at all.I'm going to list several different sexual orientations (or groups of sexual orientations) and some of my opinions on how they should be represented in fiction.

Gay Characters: There are actually many gay men in current fiction, which is great, but I've noticed that they often have similar personalities. They tend to be shown as stereotypically feminine. There is nothing wrong with gay men being stereotypically feminine, the problem is when all gay men are shown with the same personality. Gay men in fiction should have all different kinds of personalities, as should characters of all different sexual orientations. Gay men are also almost always white in fiction, which is obviously problematic. We need to see more queer people of colour.

Lesbian Characters: We definitely need to see more lesbian women in fiction. Often times, women are only present in fiction to be the love interest of the main male character. How about we put women into movies or books to be the love interest of the main female character? Also, we need to see more lesbian women of colour.

Bisexual/Pansexual Characters: There are significantly fewer bisexual characters than there are homosexual characters. I think this is because a lot of people think that you're either gay or straight. You can't be both. I've seen this stereotype so much in fiction and it bothers me to no end, especially because I am bisexual.

Asexual/Graysexual/Demisexual/Aromantic Characters: Asexuality (and all related sexual orientations) is not really shown in fiction at all. While I do not like this, I realize that it can be difficult to represent characters as being asexual. Of course, a character could just come right out and say they are asexual, but sometimes this just wouldn't work. If the character doesn't say they are asexual, it's pretty much impossible to know for sure that they are. If I hear about a male character in a relationship with another male character I think "Oh, he's gay (or bisexual)." If a character shows no interest in romance and/or sex I think "Oh, maybe they are asexual. Or maybe they are just not interested in romance and sex right now." I think that there need to be more characters in fiction who are not romantically or sexually involved with anyone. They don't necessarily have to say they are asexual. They just have to be not romantically or sexually involved with anyone. Seriously, romance is not necessary for a plot to function.

FINAL NOTE ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION: I am no expert in any of this stuff. I just feel really strongly that different sexual orientations should be represented in fiction, and I'll tell you why.

I am not straight and I only realized this recently. Part of the reason I never thought to question my sexual orientation was because I did not see many characters of different sexual orientations when I was younger. I did see a few queer characters in the books that I read, but they were so few and far between. I thought of queer people as somehow different, a group of people that I would never be part of. I wasn't exactly homophobic, I just didn't consider the fact that I myself might be part of the group of people who are not straight. Because of this, the lack of different sexual orientations in fiction is very personal for me. I want queer characters to be normal in fiction. I want queer people to be seen as regular people.

I am only fifteen and I have never dated anyone, nor do I plan to in the near future. I have been told that I can't know my sexual orientation at such a young age. While this statement annoys me, in my case, it is true. I am still not entirely sure what my sexual orientation is exactly. I think that I am somehow in the area between bisexual and asexual. For now I am calling myself asexual and biromantic. I don't believe I have ever been sexually attracted to anyone. I don't actually understand what this would mean. I do think that I understand romantic attraction better. I think that I have liked a few people romantically in the past (mostly girls). I have been told that I might be too young to be sexually attracted to people and that I might become less asexual over time. Maybe that is true. I guess I will just have to wait and see.

Anyway, sexual orientation isn't really some clearly defined thing. Every individual person defines their own sexual orientation differently. Some people prefer not to define themselves at all. But I think that we should start seeing more fictional characters that are confident in their sexual orientation (whether that be homosexual or bisexual or asexual). I think that this might help real people understand themselves and other people.

Book Alphabet

I had a totally random idea to choose one book that I have read for each letter of the alphabet. I had a slight problem with J, O and Z, but I think I worked it out. (Random Note; Who would have thought that there are so few books with titles starting with the letter J?)

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Fire by Kristin Cashore

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

John Green (I couldn’t find any books beginning with J, and anyway, you can't just choose 1 John Green book.)

The Kill Order by James Dashner

Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix (This is technically cheating)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling (this definitely counts)

Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Xenocide by Orson Scott Card

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Markus Zusak (Author of the Book Thief and I am the Messenger. I have apparently never read a book beginning with the letter Z.)

Also, if you like young adult books, you should check out this. Epic reads made a book recommendation infographic called 365 days of YA. If you want to find young adult book recommendations, this should be helpful.

My Opinions: Hogwarts Houses

A lot of people have very strong ideas about what they think each of the Hogwarts houses is like and a lot of people feel very strongly about whichever Hogwarts house they are in. But I think that a lot of people have the wrong idea about how the house system works. I think that many people take what is written in the Harry Potter books too literally. You have to remember that what we hear in the Harry Potter books is seen through the perspective of a certain character (Harry Potter). Characters do not always see things correctly.

In the books we are told that Gryffindors are brave, Ravenclaws are smart, Slytherins are cunning and Hufflepuffs are kind. Many people take this to be the absolute truth about the Hogwarts houses. The thing is, we know that these descriptions are not always so accurate. I'll give you some examples:

• Hermione Granger was sorted into Gryffindor, but she is so smart. Shouldn't she have been in Ravenclaw?
• Peter Pettigrew was sorted into Gryffindor, but he doesn't seem very brave to me.
• Gilderoy Lockhart was sorted into Ravenclaw, but I don't think that anyone would consider him to be smart.

These are just a few examples. There are many characters who don't seem to fit into their Hogwarts houses. Some people have said that the words brave, intelligent, kind and cunning are not necessarily the traits the people in each of the houses have, but they are the traits that those characters find most important. Hermione may be very smart, but she said herself in the first book that she thinks bravery is more important that brains. Peter may not be very brave, but he admires people who are brave. Gilderoy Lockhart may not have been smart, but he values intelligence.

I think that this idea makes a lot of sense. It explains why Harry could choose to be in Gryffindor rather than Slytherin. Even if he had some qualities that were Slytherin-ish, he chose to be in Gryffindor because bravery was more important to him than cunning. It also explains why even though Neville wanted to be in Hufflepuff, he was sorted into Gryffindor. The sorting hat saw that bravery was more important to Neville than kindness. This idea also explains why relatives tend to have the same Hogwarts houses. Most families find the same traits important. Children tend to have the same opinions as their parents.

I do love this idea that the sorting hat sorts based on the traits you admire rather than the traits you possess. But, the thing is, the house system isn't perfect. The sorting hat does it's best, but it does have a few limitations. Mainly, the sorting hat cannot put Muggleborns in Slytherin (or at least it couldn't during the time Harry was at Hogwarts). This means that there are many Muggleborns who should have been in Slytherin but were instead put in another house. There is also the problem that some people fit into multiple houses equally or don't really fit into any of the houses at all. The sorting hat sorts these people as well as it can, but it can be wrong sometimes.

And there is one more problem. This problem is that different people define things differently. "Bravery" probably doesn't mean to you exactly what it means to me. Different people have different ideas about what makes a person intelligent. So my question is this. How does the sorting hat determine which traits are most important to a person when every person defines words like "kind" and "cunning" differently?

There are two possible answers to this question that I can think of. The first is that the sorting hat uses the same definitions of bravery, kindness, cunning and intelligence for every person it sorts. These very specific definitions of the four house traits would probably have been determined by the house founders. For example, the sorting hat sorts people into Gryffindor if they fit Godric Gryffindor's definition of bravery. I don't really think this is true, however. I don't really have a specific reason for disliking this theory, it just feels wrong to me. The house founders lived a long time ago. Are their old ideas really relevant to the characters in Harry Potter's era or to us today?

The second solution to the problem of different definitions is that the sorting hat does not use the same definitions of the house traits for every single person it sorts. Instead, it uses the definitions inside each person's head. The way an individual student defines bravery or intelligence will be used to determine which house that individual student fits into best. I like this theory a lot. It means that our Hogwarts houses don't really define us. We define our houses.

Of course, this is just the way I see the Hogwarts houses. There are many, many different interpretations, and yours is really just as good as mine.

The 2015 Post

I can't really believe that it's 2015. Maybe time is speeding up or something. Wasn't it 2013 a few weeks ago? But, whether I believe it or not, today is actually the first day of 2015. Soon I am going to be 16 years old. 16 YEARS OLD. If I were not blind, I would be able to get my driver's license.

2014 was a pretty good year for me. I read tons of great books and discovered TV shows for the first time. I can't believe I didn't watch any TV shows before 2014. Hopefully I will discover even more awesome fictional worlds in 2015. This post is dedicated to everything that I am looking forward to in the coming year organized by month.

NOTE: This post has been update since I first posted it.

January:

• How to Get Away with Murder series 1 part 2: With the amazing ending of the first part of series one, I can't wait to see more episodes.
• The 100 series 2 part 2: The 100 is a great TV show. The ending of the last episode was heart breaking and I need more episodes right now. I don't know when in 2015 they'll be coming.
• Fairest: I am almost more excited about the prequel to the Lunar Chronicles series than I am excited about the last book in the series, Winter. Queen Levana is one of my favourite villains.
• The Darkest Part of the Forest: I'm super excited to read Holly Black's new fantasy standalone.

February:

• Red Queen: This is that first book in a fantasy trilogy by a debut and it sounds promising.
• City of Savages: This is a science fiction book by a debut author and it sounds fascinating.

March:

• Insurgent (movie): I enjoyed the first Divergent movie, and I hope the second one will be good as well.
• Shadow Scale: I am eagerly awaiting the sequel to the awesome book Seraphina.
• The Winner's Crime: The Winner's Curse, the first book in a trilogy, came out last year and it was great. I can't wait to read the sequel.

April:

• Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda: This is a book by a debut author. I usually don't read realistic fiction, but this book sounds adorable.
• The Girl at Midnight: This is another book by a debut author and it sounds interesting.
• An Ember in the Ashes: This debut is getting so much hype that I obviously have to read it.

May:

• PS. I Still Love You: This is the sequel to one of the only realistic fiction books I read last year, To All the Boys I've Loved Before.
• A Court of Thorns and Roses: This is the first book in a brand new series by Sarah J. Maas. It's by Sarah J. Maas. Of course I'm going to read it.

June:

• Paper Towns (movie): I enjoyed The Fault in our Stars movie, and I'm excited to see Paper Towns, especially because it's my favourite John Green book. 
• The Witch Hunter: This is yet another fantasy debut book coming out this year.
• The Book of Spirits and Thieves: This is the first book in a companion series to the Falling Kingdoms series and I can't wait to read it.

August:

• The Fate of Ten: The fifth book of the Lorien Legacies was better than I expected. I am awaiting the sixth and (possibly) final book in the series.

September:

• Queen of Shadows: The third book in the Throne of Glass series was amazing and I need the fourth book right now.
• The Copper Gauntlet: The first book in the Magisterium series was better than I expected and had a surprising ending. I want to read the second book to find out what happens next.
• Walk on Earth a Stranger: This is the first book in a new series by Rae Carson. I love Rae Carson, so I'm definitely going to read it.
• The Last Star: The 5th Wave is one of my favourite series ever and I can not wait for the last book.

October:

• The Sword of Summer: While The Blood of Olympus wasn't as good as I hoped it would be, I'm still excited to read the first book in Rick Riordan's new series.
• The Rose Society: The Young Elites was one of my favourite books of 2014, and after an interesting epilogue, I can't wait for the next book.
• The Immortal Heights: The Burning Sky and The Perilous Sea were both fantastic. I can't wait to read the third book in the Elemental trilogy.
• Six of Crows: This is the first book in a new series set in the world of the Grisha Trilogy.

November:

• Mockinjay Part 2: The Hunger Games movies are some of my favourite book to movie adaptations. I am really looking forward to the final movie.
• Winter: The fourth and final book in the Lunar Chronicles series is highly anticipated by many people, including me.
• Soundless: I'm honestly not a huge fan of the Vampire Academy series (it's not my genre), but I am going to read this because it sounds fascinating.

December

• Frozen Tides: I love the Falling Kingdoms series and I am excited to read the fourth book.

Things Without a Specific Date (Yet):

• Doctor Who series 9: After an awesome Christmas special, I'm dying to see more Doctor Who. Unfortunately I'll probably have to wait a while.

CHANGES TO THIS BLOG IN 2015:

I am planning on making several changes to this blog in the coming year. First, I will be posting one post at the end of each month summarizing all the books I read and the movies and TV shows I watched in that month. I'm tired of making random "updates" posts. These new monthly updates posts will not include a few select books/movies/TV shows that I want to write individual reviews for.

Second, I will probably be posting less often (though I hope to post at least once a week). To make up for posting less often, most of my posts will probably be long.

Third, I am currently working on cleaning up this blog. When I started it, I never expected to keep going with it for this long and I also never suspected that anyone would actually read what I write. Surprisingly, this blog actually gets more than 100 views a day. I'm not sure how that happened. Anyway, I figured that if people are actually reading my blog, maybe I should try to make it interesting. Many of the things I posted when I first began this blog are either uninteresting or unrelated to the topic of this blog. Some of my old posts are honestly so embarrassing that I don't want anyone to ever see them again. I've been looking back at my old posts and deleting the worst ones. I'm also editing some of the better ones (I made so many spelling mistakes). As well as cleaning up my old posts, I'm attempting to create better and more interesting posts now.

Thank you so much to anyone who actually reads this blog. You mean a lot to me. You are also welcome to comment on my posts because I love talking to people who have similar interests.