How many books did I read in 2014? That's a good question. I can't answer it exactly, to be honest, because I didn't count all the times I reread the book this year and the books I've read online. So really, I've read more than I say I did here. This year was a good year for reading. I read a total of 152 Books this year (at least that I wrote down). I kept a jar and wrote down the book and the author every time I finished a book, then put it in the jar. Not sure if that made any sense but... Like I said before, this isn't the most accurate count because I started this book halfway through the year so I only wrote down the books that I remembered I read and because I read A LOT of books online this year. 
Well, here's the list of books that I read. Sorry I'm not going to include pictures, it'd take WAY too long. This list is in no peticular order, it's just the random order I pulled the slips from the jar so....

1. I am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Forgotten Ones by Pitticus Lore
2. I am Number Four by Pitticus Lore
3. Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
4. Daimon by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
5. Four’s Story by Veronica Roth 
6. Battle Angel by Scott Spear
7. Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
8. Fall of Five by Pitticus Lore
9. The Fugitive by Pitticus Lore 
10. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
11. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
12. Secret by Brigid Kemmerer 
13. Raven by Lauren Olver
14. Halfblood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
15. Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins 
16. On The Fence by Kasie West 
17. Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi 
18. Champion by Marie Lu
19. Prodigy by Marie Lu
20. Elixer by Jennifer L. Amentrout
21. Divine Vices by Melissa Parkin 
22. Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
23. Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry by ... don't remember I read this one for school
24. Just One Day by Gayle Forman
25. I am Number Four: The Lost Files: Nine's Legacy by Pitticus Lore
26. Shades of Earth by Beth Revis 
27. Reboot by Amy Tintera 
28. Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
29. Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins
30. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
31. Bittersweet Love by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
32. The Way Home by Abby Nash 
33. Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout
34. Spirit by Brigid Kemmerer 
35. World After by Susan Ee
36. This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
37. Alienated by Melissa Landers 
38. The Maze Runner by James Dashner 
39. Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins 
40. The One by Kiera Cass
41. Rebel by Amy Tintera
42. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks 
43. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken 
44. Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead 
45. Sacrifice by Brigid Kemmerer 
46. Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan 
47. Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas 
48. Storm by Brigid Kemmerer 
49. Shadows by Jennifer L. Armentrout
50. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
51. Requiem by Lauren Oliver
52. Divergent by Veronica Roth 
53. The Transfer by Veronica Roth 
54. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
55. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
56. Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout
57. Pivot Point by Kasie West 
58. In time by Alexandra Bracken 
59. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
60. Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
61. Natural Born Angel by Scott Spear
62. What I Thought was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick 
63. Better Than Perfect by Simone Elkeles 
64. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi 
65. Charles and Emma (Read for school don't remember the author) 
66. Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
67. Revenge of Seven by Pitticus Lore
68. I am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Last Days of Lorien by Pitticus Lore
69. The Iron Trial by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
70. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
71. Spark by Brigid Kemmerer
72. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
73. #Scandal by Sarah Okler
74. Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout
75. I am Number Four: The Lost Files: Five’s Legacy by Pitticus Lore
76. Sweet Reckoning by Wendy Higgins
77. Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
78. Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson 
79. The Prince by Keira Cass
80. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
81. The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa 
82. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
83. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han 
84. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare 
85. Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, and Maureen Johnson 
86. In The Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken 
87. Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins 
88. White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
89. Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
90. The Son by Veronica Roth 
91. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand 
92. My Life With The Walter Boys by Ali Novak 
93. Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead 
94. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
95. The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima 
96. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa 
97. Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
98. Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas 
99. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
100. The Elite by Keira Cass
101. Just One Year by Gayle Forman
102. Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
103. Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi 
104. Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout
105. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
106. Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead 
107. The Rise of Nine by Pitticus Lore
108. Hana by Lauren Oliver
109. The Guard by Keira Cass
110.  Across the Universe by Beth Revis
111. Staff of Serapis by Rick Riordan
112. Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
113. Fracture Me by Tahereh Mafi 
114. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead 
115. Alex by Lauren Oliver
116. Legend by Marie Lu
117. Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson 
118. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey 
119. Frostbite by Richelle Mead
120. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
121. The Elite by Kiera Cass
122. I am Number Four: The Lost Files: Search for Sam by Pitticus Lore
123. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West 
124. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick 
125. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
126. A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray 
127. Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
128. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
129. I am Number Four: The Lost Files: Return to Paradise by Pitticus Lore
130. The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey 
131. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi 
132. Heartbreaker Chonricles by Ali Novak
133. The Initiate by Veronica Roth 
134. Annabel by Lauren Oliver 
135. I am Number Four: The Lost Files: Six’s Legacy by Pitticus Lore
136. Battle Angel by Scott Spear 
137. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner 
138. Angelfall by Susan Ee
139. I am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Fallen Legacies by Pitticus Lore
140. The Power of Six by Pitticus Lore
141. Insurgent by Veronica Roth  
142. Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
143. Immortal City by Scott Spear
144. Stargirl .... by Idk 
145. Boundless by Cynthia Hand 
146. Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout
147. A Miillion Suns by Jennifer L. Armentrout
148. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han 
149. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare 
150. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
151. Split Second by Kasie West
152. Young Elites by Marie Lu

So I just got back from seeing The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five  Armies. It was a great movie   and I'd love to go and see it again. Lord of The Rings has been a book series that I've loved since a very young age, I didn't read the Hobbit until later, but I highly enjoyed that book too. The movies are just as spectacular as the books. I wish all book to movie adaptations had as good directors as the Lord of The Rings did, the movies followed the books well and have great actor choices and action scenes, what more could you ask for? 

Seriously, the acting in all of the Lord of The Rings movies and the Hobbit Movies were phenomenal and the actors were perfect for their roles. I would rate The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies a 9.5/10 stars. I really enjoyed it and it was a lot of fun to watch. 

I have to say..... I might like the Hobbit movies more than the Lord of The Rings movies, nah, I like them both equally. 

Lord of The Rings is a story I grew up loving, watching the movies every year. In fact, I'm watching the Fellowship of The Ring part one at this moment. The Fellowship is my least favorite of the Lord of the Rings books and movies, there's a lot less action in them, but after watching the Hobbit movies, I have a new found liking of the Fellowship. I never disliked it, I just didn't like it as much as the other movies. 

Notice how Bilbo gets dirtier in every poster? 😂

My least favorite part in any of the J.R.R Tolkien book to movie adaptations are definitely the Frodo & Sam adventures in Return of the King. It's funny because that may be the most important, is the most important part, I just don't find it as interesting as Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimlee (I forget how to spell it) 's story.

My favorite characters in The Lord of The Rings Trilogy are Pippin, Merry, Legolas, Gimlee, Sam, and Aragorn. I really like Boremear (how do you spell these names?! 😥) feremere, Frodo, Gandalf, and well, a lot of the characters, it's really hard to define my favorite characters lol. I like all the protagonists in this series. 

In the Hobbit my favorite character is most definitely Kili. But I still like all the other main characters. I have issues, haha.

Just want to point out that the producers of these astounding movies made one book into three movies and three books into six movies. Congrats on your money making techniques guys. I think separating book to movie adaptations (as long as they're good) into different parts is good because then you can add more details than you regularly would in a 2-3 hour movie. 

So my family watched the first two hobbit movies last night and this morning but unfortunately I was too busy to be able to watch with them so I can't give you a full review on the series but..... I can give you a review on The Battle of The Five Armies. 

Where to begin? Shall I start with the beginning? Okay so I'm going to ask you to leave now if you don't want any spoilers and come back once you've watched the movie. Okay bye no spoilers people! 




Spoilers 

I'll admit I was on the verge of tears at quite a few points in this movie. Mostly at the end fight. See! I read the book so I knew Fili, Kili, and Thorin would die but... I knew I'd be affected by Kili's death but all of them made me considerably sad. 

Though, yes, Kili's made me the most sad. Him coming to try and save Tauriel then getting stabbed in the chest by that freaking ork? D: I knew the three of them would die when they were going up on the mountain but it was so depressing watching it. When Fili and Kili went scouting I was inwardly screaming noooooooooooooooo, though I would've been kicked out of the theater if I'd actually been doing that. So, Fili was the first one to die, it was so sad that they dropped his body right in front of Kili. And I just realized that Thorin never found out if Kili had survived or not which makes the whole ordeal even more depressing. Kili but up a dang good fight, though, before going out. It's been awhile since I've read the Hobbit so I don't know exactly how they died but those fights certainly did keep me on the edge of my seat, not literally. I seriously thought Tauriel would die too because she wasn't in The Lord of the Rings but since Legolas and her kind of parted ways I guess it makes sense she wasn't in LOTR. (The thing stammers e most sense is that LOTR was made first)

Then there's Thorin's death. I did guess he and Azuk would die together but I wasn't expecting it as it happened. When Thorin followed Azuk's body over the ice, I literally wanted to scream RUN OFF THE ICE, YOU IDIOT but unfortunately Thorin didn't listen to my thoughts and it's what eventually got him killed. At least he didn't have to find out both his nephews were dead. So maybe him not finding out about Kili's death was a good thing. So only the Thorin and relations died in the company, the rest lived. Which is good, I mean, Gimlee needs his dad. 

Wasn't it funny in the Unexpected Journey when Legolas goes 

And what is this horror (or whatever he says) 

And then Glowen goes That's my wee lad, Gimlee!

And Legolas makes a face

 I still crack up when I see that. 

Let's talk Legolas, shall we. So the thing about him is they had to make Orlando Bloom look younger if not the same age as he looked in LOTR so there was something faintly fake looking about him, which was unfortunate. And I've come up with a theory about his never ending stock of arrows in LOTR, since he ran out in the battle of the five armies, he swore never to do so again and got a magical non ending quiver. 

No wonder Legolas is so resentful towards dwarves in LOTR. One took away his love, he lost many of his people in a battle started, in a way, by dwarves, and elves hate dwarves anyway so... 

I loved how they connected the movie series by Legolas' dad telling Legolas to go to the north and find Aragorn also known as Strider. In Lord of the Rings, it seemed like Legolas and Aragorn were friends and there's a little bit of a back story for them. Though, Aragorn is very friendly with all the elves, especially Arwen. Tehe. 

Who to talk about next? How about Gandalf? So, that fight  with Saromon and Elrond against the black riders was pretty awesome looking wasn't it? Then the whole Galadriel power thing was cool and a little frightening. Did anyone get a tweed bit of a flashback to Return if the King when pippin is with Gandalf during the battle when Bilbo was with Gandalf during the battle? I did. I feel like it would've made the movie more interesting if Gandalf had used his powers during the fighting. Now, the movie was already astounding so if Gandalf has used his power to would've been flabbergasting. 

Thorin. He was really starting to annoy me with the dragon sickness, as he was supposed to, but he was redeemed when he went out to fight. I teared up when

 1. Kili went raging into battle after Fili's death 

2. When Kili was fighting and I knew he was going to die 

3. When Kili died 

4. When Thorin was dying 

5. When Thorin was apologizing to Bilbo while he was dying 

6. When Bilbo was over Thorin's body 

7. When the company was sad over Thorin 

8. When Tauriel was crying over Kili's body 

Yeah, a lot of feels. 

I thought the movie ended a little hastily. They were probably running out of time to they needed the movie off quickly but I would've liked it to be longer. Actually I just want to keep getting Middle Earth movies from the same producers. I would've liked to see Biblo settle back into his life a little more but I did love to see how they connected the LOTR and the hobbit in the end of the movie. 

What did you guys think of it?

-Anj

This book was highly enjoyable. I think I may have liked the first better, but I still really like this one. I'm giving The Iron Daughter a 8.3/10 stars. While I still enjoyed the book, Megan got more annoying. Remember in the last review how I said she annoyed me only a few times? Well, in this book I got really irritated with her a lot of times and there were quite a few times where I felt second hand embarrassment. All in all, if you liked the Iron King, you should read the Iron Daughter, it's a pretty good follow up to the first book. If you want to see my feelings on the Iron King, scroll down. 

SPOILERS FOR THE IRON DAUGHTER 
First off, she's the Iron Daughter because she inherited Machina's powers.... right?? 
The simile of Mab's power to the power of a massive glacier was a little off feeling. It's a bit of a weird comparison. 
Okay, Megan we get it, Ash is ignoring you, it makes you sad, you can stop saying it now, Seriously, that was all that was going through her head and it was starting to annoy me. Yeah, I get it, she's in love. But seriously, he did tell her that she couldn't have so much emotion in the Winter Court and it's obvious that he still likes her so if Megan could calm down like forty notches that'd be great. 
We all know that eating faery food is bad by now and that Rowan is trouble so WHY IN RAZIEL'S NAME WOULD YOU EAT THE DANG APPLE HE GAVE YOU?! Seriously Meg, USE. YOUR. BRAIN. 
Then we she yelled out I love you to Ash, FACE PALM. 
Let's talk about Sage, shall we? I was just starting to like him when Julie killed him off, but she didn't give us, the readers, enough time to attach to the character so his death didn't really do much to the reader. I think if Julie had given us more time to get to know Sage then his death would've felt more monumental which is what it was to the Winter Court. I kinda imagine Sage as Daniel Gillies, his Elijah acting just make me think of Sage (the little we know about him) 
When Megan was like, I hate you! and then wait, you were faking not liking me? 
I was just thinking DUH MEGAN. Seriously, it's not that hard to figure out. Another face palm for me. 
Like with the Sage thing, this whole book was a little too fast paced for me. Sometimes fast paced works, like in Legend, but this book seems like it's just trying to hurry through and be done. I feel like if Julie had taken more time to build the relationships instead of just having action on top of action, the book could've been a lot better maybe even 9 or 10 stars. 
Okay, was Puck's return awesome or what? Don't say or what. I still LOVE Puck, so I was so excited to see him come back. These quotes just set my feels off
"I'll always come back for you." 
"I'd come back from the dead for you." 
Then after Puck's return we get Grim and it's like, YES! The team is back! 
Let's talk about Iron Horse, shall we? Did any of you think he was just there to die? Because I did. He's just kinda there, yelling and fighting, and I didn't make any special bond with him and when he dies I feel like that was supposed to be saddening to me, but I didn't really care. I was more sad about Sage's death and all the what if's about age than I was over Iron Horse's death. 
How freaking obvious was it that Charles was her dad? I mean, seriously, why did it take her that long to figure it out? I figured it out as soon as Megan was like, there's something familiar about him. I mean seriously, Puck figured it out before Megan and he never met her 'dad'. 
Okay, I loved Leananisdhe she was awesome. I wasn't sure how I would feel about her when we first heard about her, but I ended up loving her character. She'd be a pretty awesome aunt/god mother as long as I didn't piss her off or anything. 
Puck and Megan's Kiss. sldknfgrhwdajksvnfrkdjsvboirwhdfsvnjroidvh So much emotion. I loved that moment, except, she was thinking of Ash during it. Remember, as I said in my Iron King review, I have nothing against Ash and  even like him with Megan. I just want Puck to be happy, and Megan makes him happy, although, she's kinda breaking his heart right now which annoys me even more. I mean, he's always been there for her her entire life and she just takes it for granted. It pissed me off at her. Especially since she was just pretty much using Puck as a rebound since Ash said they could never be together. I really wanted to slap Megan in the face right then and there. Then add the part where he asks her to stay in Never Never with him and she's like I love you but no. I was SO FREAKING PISSED OFF. I just want to hurt Megan. Very badly. And for Puck to find a nice girl who deserves him. 
Now let's talk about Ash. He's trying to do what's right, keep Megan safe and save the world. Let's leave it at he's a good guy. I'm looking forward to seeing whenever he and Puck make up and become friends. Because that has to happen. It's been hinting to that all through The Iron Daughter. They did used to be friends, remember? 
Either he's going to somehow be able to give up his oath to kill Puck, or Puck is going to die and Ash is going to forgive him on his death bed. Those are the only two options I can see happening. 
Wouldn't it make the books so much more interesting if Ash had sworn to never see Megan again? Then they'd have to somehow, I don't know, make all the faery oaths break able. But then I guess we'd never get to see Ash again because it's from Megan's POV unless she used a magic stalking glass or something. 
Seriously, did Megan have to follow Ash back out into the regular world? She could've just waited then gone to visit him, then she wouldn't have been banned from Never Never and she could visit Puck in his homeland and all that cool stuff. But nooooo Megan just had to follow Ash. Even when Puck asked her to stay. 
I felt SO BAD FOR him at that moment. Especially after she tells him she loves him then follows another man out of the picture. That must have hurt. 
Honestly I don't care much that Megan's not allowed back into Never Never, I care more that Ash isn't allowed back and that Puck can't bring Megan back into Never Never. Though, I have a feeling she might be returning to Never Never in the future books. Don't know how, but she probably will. 
Everything in this book jut came by too easily. It was too convenient, and there weren't that many hardships. You could argue that Ash got possessed. Blah blah blah but those were all really easily fixed, weren't they? I feel like it all just comes too easily for it to seem realistic. Yeah, I know, realistic in a faery world, whatever. The book needed more realism because everything just happened to come by way too easily. Like her sealed powers, just because her powers were sealed she got through everything just fine, especially because she has Iron powers too. Hurray for her. 
I'll still be competing this series. Despite my complaints on the book, I still enjoyed it. 

This is going to be a series of mini reviews because I'm so behind. 

I'm alive! Were you imagining me suffocating under an enormous pile of books? No worries. I'm not dying. But I do have a lot of new books to show you since the last time I made a haul. Although, I also haven't been reviewing books lately so I think I'll post a mini review of the books I've read tomorrow or something. 

Tha Mark of Athena and The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
I already read this entire series, but most of the books are on my kindle. Now the only book in this series that I don't have is The Son of Neptune which is unfortunate since I love that cover. Though, my Lost Hero copy is pretty torn up since I bought that when I was in fourth grade and had no care for the treatment of my books, plus I lost the cover...
It was nice because I got these two books for free too!