By: Cait Marie Happy Friday, and happy St. Patrick's Day! This week, we're talking about favorite adaptations! Now, this can be open to interpretation--whether you think it follows the book well, if it's just a movie/series you enjoy, etc. For the sake of this list, I chose adaptations based only on books I've read. Some... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Green Book Covers
By: Mariah Brown This week is all about green covers! For a full list of the Friday Favorites prompts, click here. Bloggers, the linky to add your post is at the bottom! A Heart so Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer is the second book in the series, and I truly believe if you love fantasy... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Books to Movies
By: Mariah Brown I would love to see the entire book be turned into a movie, but we all know that will never happen. Things get edited and removed for one reason or another. Here is a list of my favorite books turned to movies. Divergent by Veronica Roth is a really good book. When... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Fiction Climaxes
By: Christopher Bartlett Almost everyone has those favorite pieces of fiction where once the climax starts, no matter how late it is or how tired they are, they just can’t stop till it resolves. In some cases, resulting in hours of lost sleep as they turn page after page. Followed by a day of limping... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: January 8, 2020
By: Christoper Bartlett Happy New Year, and welcome to 2020 here at Functionally Fictional and the second WWW Wednesday of the new year. WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think... Continue Reading →
Favorite Fridays: Brooding Boys of YA
By: Stephanie Wyatt These are the boys who look like they could end your life in one blow after making a snarky comment about you, but they just need a hug. Most fans love them. They make me question my real-life dating prospects. Here are my top five brooding boys of YA: 5. Will Herondale... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Auto-Buy Authors
By: Cait Marie Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. I don't typically do a "Top Ten Tuesday," but I like this theme too much to pass up. So, without further ado, the top ten... Continue Reading →
Harry Potter Spells Tag
By: Cait Marie If you know anything about me, it's probably that I love Harry Potter more than just about anything in this world. That's dramatic, but I've been in love this series and world since I was 9 years old. My sister and I had the first two books before that, but I didn't... Continue Reading →
Greek Myths Book Tag
By: Cait Marie I was tagged in the Greek Myths Book Tag by Hannah over at Books, Life, and Other Oddities. I've always loved mythology—Greek, Egyptian, Norse—so I thought this would be fun! Zeus: King of the Gods — My Favorite Book Oh, this is a hard one! There are so many! The Shadowhunter books... Continue Reading →
Cait’s Review of “Carve the Mark” & “The Fates Divide” by Veronica Roth
By: Cait Marie I have decided to do one review for both books in Veronica Roth’s newest duology. Let’s start with the non-spoiler stuff! Find the book here!Carve the Mark is a young adult science fiction novel that takes place on a different planet. This planet, Thuvhe, is divided into two opposing sides with very... Continue Reading →