A Bowl For the Soul

THE START OF STAR CROSSED-LOVERS

"For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo." - William Shakespeare

Hello bookworms! I'm in the mood for some classics and to tell you the truth, I have an occasional liking for clichés. So, I mused my thoughts about Romeo and Juliet. The early star-crossed lover story is perhaps one of the most popular works of Shakespeare. Probably what you can call a typical tragic love story. Of course, death of both of the hero and heroine dampens the mood but still, there's no way you can deny it's a classic. 

Title page of the first edition

The story of the Montagues and Capulets was written by William Shakespeare and published in 1597. The children of the two feuding family ironically fell in love with each other hence Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet's legendary love story. They went against all odds and their love resulted in a well-planned scheme that was supposed to fake Juliet's death. Miscommunication arises leading Romeo to drink poison hence killing himself. Juliet wakes up from her deathlike-coma and finds that Romeo is truly dead and well, she stabs herself in which the story ends with both of their families reconciling. It's tragic. It's touching. It's a love story that has stayed until this modern age.

Paper to Motion Pictures

TRIBUTES CALLING: CATCHING FIRE 

Hello bookworms! As most of you know, especially fans of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire will hit the theatre soon and I'm sure all of you are way excited to watch it. Since I'm part of the huge anticipating fanbase of the series, I'll be doing a little snippets of the casting process so here we go!

Ensemble cast of Catching Fire

A Bowl For The Soul

THE PERFECT UNCOMMON HEIST 

"Time, the greatest thief of all"- Katarina Bishop; Heist Society 

Hi bookworms! It has been quite a while since the last post of A Bowl For the Soul. This time, it's dedicated to the brilliant Heist Society trilogy by Ally Carter.

Ally Carter never cease to surprise her fans with new YA series that is just as amazing as her previous works. That includes Heist Society series that consists of three books: Heist Society, followed by Uncommon Criminals, and closed with the finale of Perfect Scoundrels. Ally Carter has created another phenomenal ensemble characters. This time it has nothing to do with spies or espionage but it's about a group of teenage grifters with the central character, a girl named Katarina Bishop (Even the name sounds cool) who came from a family of con-men (and women).

The first book introduce us to Katarina, a teenage thief protege, enrolls herself  in a prestigious boarding school- with a little bit of con here and there to worm her way into the school. Then after a mere three months there, her friend 16-year-old billionaire W.W Hale V, arranges for her expulsion. After bringing her home, he breaks that five paintings have been stolen from a mobster, Arturo Taccone and that her father is the prime suspect. Determined to save her father by locating the real thief and stealing the paintings back, Kat gathers a 'heist society' to pull off the job before a two-week deadline- where her father will be arrested, only to discover that the works were stolen by world renowned Visily Romani, a thief famous for reclaiming Nazi-spoils. By planning the theft of the Henley museum in London, well known for its security, and always having to be one step ahead of Interpol and the mobster on her tail, Kat is going to pull a heist that will make them remembered by every thieves in the world.

Characters Mojo

Mojo(s) of DAN CAHILL

Good day everybody! I'm invited as a contributor for Chicken Soup from A Bookworm's Soul and I have to say I'm quite flattered. I've never really been much of a writer but I have always like to read so therefore, I will be posting mostly snapshots or short reviews of my favourite books or characters or random moments in a story. Enjoy the post mates,  and happy reading!

The first installment of The 39 Clues

I've been following The 39 clues series since the beginning until it started to spawn the sequel installment. What first caught my attention was the idea of a bunch of teenagers going around the world searching for these so called '39 clues'.




The first book cover is intriguing with a blue background, and filled with a hurricane of bones and skulls that it prompted a 14 year old me to buy it with my less-than-generous allowance money. Add that with the fact that it was penned by Rick Riordan (I was a major fan of Percy Jackson at that age).

The Maze of Bones is the first book of the series