Happy 2014 everyone! Last year was
a huge one for literature, with countless series both starting and ending
(autumn was extremely busy with so many books coming out – some of which I
still have yet to read). You had the Divergent series coming to a close with Allegiant, James Dashner’s new book The Eye of Minds - the first in the Mortality Doctrine series, Cassandra Clare’s The
Infernal Devices: Clockwork Princess, The
Alex Rider prequel Russian Roulette, the US release of Oblivion - the final book in Anthony Horowitz's Gatekeepers...
So many books in such a short time! Not to mention all the books that got
turned into movies.
Of course, with so many books
coming out, you did have the good and the bad and the controversial. The much anticipated
Allegiant was one of the greatest flops
of the year. Poorly written, it left more than just a few fans unhappy with it.
On the other hand, there was Light,
the final Gone novel written by Michael Grant and Clockwork Princess, both of which have received overall high
reviews.
One of the biggest biggies of the year was definitely The House of Hades, written by Rick Riordan. He took a huge risk with *mini spoiler* making Nico gay (if you didn’t know that already, you probably haven’t used Tumblr since before October). There was a lot of controversy over that, with many parents upset with the fact that he chose to make that decision. Then again, the book series was about Greek mythology and if someone can’t stand non-heterosexual relationships, they should probably avoid that area in general.
One of the biggest biggies of the year was definitely The House of Hades, written by Rick Riordan. He took a huge risk with *mini spoiler* making Nico gay (if you didn’t know that already, you probably haven’t used Tumblr since before October). There was a lot of controversy over that, with many parents upset with the fact that he chose to make that decision. Then again, the book series was about Greek mythology and if someone can’t stand non-heterosexual relationships, they should probably avoid that area in general.
And then there were the movies! I
lost count of how many adaptations I had seen. There was The Great Gatsby, directed
by Baz Luhrmann, The Mortal Instruments:
City of Bones directed by Harald Zwart... Let’s not forget The Sea of Monsters, which Thor Freudenthal
(hehe... Thor...) directed and ended up with very mixed reviews (hey, I give
him credit for working with the mess of a film the first one was and managing
to do a fairly decent job). There was also Catching
Fire, directed by Francis Lawrence, which was possibly the most successful
book-to-film adaption that I ever seen in my entire life. And that was just a
few of them.
2014 is going to be a huge year. We
have the film Divergent coming out, directed
by Neil Burger, first of all. The casting may be a bit iffy, but I have a
feeling that it’ll be a pretty decent film. There’s also going to be The Fault in out Stars, directed by Josh
Boone, so prepare your tissue stash when you go to the cinema.
And as for actual books, by the gods there will be a lot. We’ll
be having the second book in The Mortality Doctrine; The Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner,
which is supposed to be released in the autumn. The Mortal Instruments will
have its conclusion with City of Heavenly
Fire, which is planned to be released on 27 May – but don’t worry.
Cassandra Clare is planning on writing yet another series in the Shadowhunter
Chronicles; The Dark Artifices (The
first book is planned to be titled Lady
Midnight). Let’s not forget about The
Blood of Olympus, the final book in the Heroes
of Olympus series by Rick Riordan.
Finally,
there is no way we can forget about the film based around Newt Scamander who
had written Fantastic Beasts and Where to
Find Them to the Harry Potter universe – with a screenplay written by the
brilliant J.K. Rowling. There are also rumours that she may be writing more books
based around the HP universe, so keep your eyes peeled for more news about
that.
2013 has
been a giant year full of new releases, and I expect nothing less from 2014. Have
a happy new year, and don’t forget to keep reading!
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