It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

Hello, my bookish friends!

It was an exciting Saturday for me, because, although we don't have Book Expo America, we do have
Supanova Pop Culture Expo, where we can meet famous authors and actors! I could have spent thousands of dollars there on photos, signatures and books, of course. Well, in the end, I met these wonderful authors, Juliet Marillier and Marianne de Pierres (in the middle is actor Suzie Plakson from Star Trek):

Bevan McGuiness

and Colin Taber

and I stood near Matthew Reilly and Christopher Paolini, but their lines were too long to wait for an autograph. Cool to see them in the flesh though!

So now I have a new pile of fantasy, dark fantasy, adventure and cyberpunk dystopian books to read!

I'm loving all the gorgeous covers! Have you read any of these authors? They are all Australian, so possibly not, but they are all up there with the heavy weights like Robin Hobb and Suzanne Collins, so definitely worth a read.

We managed to see some of the visiting actors, Christopher Lloyd, Verne Troyer, Eric Roberts and Noah Hathaway from Neverending Story, but it was $40 for a photo and $30 for a signature, so we thought we'd just soak in their awesomeness from a distance! 

In other bookish news, I finished reading Insurgent and was COMPLETELY absorbed in it - 
just couldn't put it down. 

I enjoyed it more than Divergent because there was less violence and teenage romance, and more rebellion and mind control. The ending was BRILLIANT, and now I'm really looking forward to the third book in the series!

I also read Snow White and the Huntsmen this week. I was inspired to do so after seeing the film
Red Riding Hood, because of the whole modern fairytale thing.

And now I want to see the film of this one! Maybe we'll see it at the cinema next week. :)

Well I'm off to visit Book Journey, to see what everyone else is reading, and I might actually have time to comment this week!

See you there!

 xx

Screen Idols - The Help Cast

There is a lot of raving going on about this movie and rightly so! The book had a huge impact, and the movie is the perfect visual vehicle for the book. The cast is brilliant, and they deserve all their awards.

This is really just the beginning for Emma Stone - she is going to be a huge star!

 Octavia Spencer is a real cutie and has all the funny lines as Minny Jackson!

Being a teacher, I can relate to the life of a nanny, and Viola Davis plays the part of Aibileen with absolute conviction.

Bryce Dallas Howard plays the villain, Hilly Holbrook to a T. Her face just screams vicious. (Hard to believe she is sweet-as-pie Ron Howard's daughter!)

Celia Foote is an endearing character. Very Marilyn and naive. Jessica Chastain is a sweetie in this role.

If you haven't seen it yet, make a point of watching The Help, and give the book a go too. There is much to be learned from a story such as this. xx