THREE EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN MY LIFE
Okay. Not really. Listed, in order of obsession
1.) Harry Potter! It's over. Unless J.K Rowling writes a new series about a certain Albus Potter. Or, alternatively, she could do one of those prequel things with Dumbledore and Grindewald. And, since it's an entirely different story, it won't suck!
2.) Still Got Legs! Which does not refer to the fact that I am still bipedal(though I am), but to an album about Doctor Who. It has been released, and I have the MP3 (LINK to listen for free!)
3.) I GOT A NEW BOOK!
Okay. I'm kinda lying and telling the truth and getting distracted all at the same time about that. Because 1.) Borders is in extremely serious financial trouble and if you have about 500,000,000 dollars lying around, would you mind saving them, like, tonight? Because 2.) It's the only really large, good, bookstore in my area and 3.) Shopping for books online is dumb because 4.) I can't randomly pick up a book I'm interested in and decide if I want it because 5.) I can't read and flip through for Quotes. The captialization there is because there are quotes "Luke, I am your father" and then there are Quotes "The course of true love never did run smooth." (Star Wars vs. Shakespeare. you decide on the quality of that comparison.)
The absolute truth is I got a bundle of new books when my family and I took our (hopefully not last) trip to Borders last night I got several books (LINK) (LINK) (LINK but this isn't the one I have. Same price, but mine is all red and gold colored) (LINK) (LINK) (LINK)
The lying is that I don't have the book I'm going to talk about. It's called The Fault in our Stars (LINK) and it doesn't come out until May!
...
It's supposed to be about cancer and foreign pop music and other interesting stuff!
Okay, fine this has nothing to do with reviewing or discussing a novel, but honestly people, pre-ordering books is fun! I'm exceedingly excited about this book, I'm extremely glad I have new books, and I can't wait until May!
Also, possible quad-illionares out there, reading this, your mission is to save Borders! It's what a good person would do! Or hero! Or a Librarian! Or ANYONE WITH A HEART.
Showing posts with label Terry Pratchett. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terry Pratchett. Show all posts
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Looking for Alaska
Or the best book to grace YA bookshelves within the last twenty years.
Sorry Sir Pratchett. (He is actually a knight. Of Literature. I love the English.)
At any rate, I first heard of John Green though a video by either Charlieissocoollike, Nerimon, or LittleRadge. Probably all three. Link to the post talking about them HERE. But don't read past the first paragraph and a half.
So I got curious enough to click on this YouTube channel called Vlogbrothers. Vlogbrothers has a very interesting history that I don't completely understand because I never actually looked into it. What I have pieced together, in bit and pieces is that it started when they(John and Hank Green, the BROTHERS) decided not to e-mail each other for a whole year and only communicate through video blogs(hence, VLOG) and called it Brotherhood 2.0. So I watched them for a while. About a week before I announced that I must have one of John Green's books or I would die.
Okay, actually, I went on Borders.com and offered to pay the 10.00 for the award winning paperback.
My life would be a bit more awesome if I were a bit more dramatic. But I am a book nerd, so I won't. Ever.
**Which is not to say that I am not awesome. I am awesome. Ask my friends.**
Sorry Sir Pratchett. (He is actually a knight. Of Literature. I love the English.)
At any rate, I first heard of John Green though a video by either Charlieissocoollike, Nerimon, or LittleRadge. Probably all three. Link to the post talking about them HERE. But don't read past the first paragraph and a half.
So I got curious enough to click on this YouTube channel called Vlogbrothers. Vlogbrothers has a very interesting history that I don't completely understand because I never actually looked into it. What I have pieced together, in bit and pieces is that it started when they(John and Hank Green, the BROTHERS) decided not to e-mail each other for a whole year and only communicate through video blogs(hence, VLOG) and called it Brotherhood 2.0. So I watched them for a while. About a week before I announced that I must have one of John Green's books or I would die.
Okay, actually, I went on Borders.com and offered to pay the 10.00 for the award winning paperback.
My life would be a bit more awesome if I were a bit more dramatic. But I am a book nerd, so I won't. Ever.
**Which is not to say that I am not awesome. I am awesome. Ask my friends.**
Monday, December 20, 2010
I Shall Wear Midnight, Take Two
Okay, I really, really was not happy with the last post; It was...not as inspiring as it should have been. I should have started
TERRY PRATCHETT IS SOME SORT OF GOD!
Because that would have been much more interesting. I would have paused and read that post. As it was, the introduction was interesting enough, and the rest of it seemed fine, but I was rushed, so i didn't give Pratchett the over all ovation he deserves for writing it. So, please re-read the sentence above this paragraph before I continue.
I Shall Wear Midnight is action-packed, full of humor, a touch of romance, and with the ever amazing grasp on human nature the Terry Pratchett always seems to have. Tiffany Aching, a witch, see the previous post for more information on that, is faced with one of the deadliest things to face a witch; The Witch Hunter. Which is the title I have given him. Because it kinda sounds awesome. Just a bit.
The Witch Hunter has no body unless he steal one, no desire except for his ever present wish to kill people, and happens to pop up every hundred years or so.
If a witch draws his attention.
Which Tiffany did when she kissed the anthropomorphic personification of winter. After kind of becoming the personification of Summer. A bit.
Trust me, it's no fun being a goddess.
Through out her adventures in this novel, we feel Tiffany's dislike for Roland's Bride to be changing to liking her, her affection for the Feegles (who Drink, Fight, and Drink and Fight), and how her practicallity would never lend itself to a gothic novel.
We see how she sees her self, and how others see her through how she sees them-Pratchett's a master who I do no justice to.
I dare you to read a Pratchett novel and not wander away a little wise and a little smart, with just a few questions about the world. Maybe not as odd as my watercolor people question, but a question that make you really wonder. A question that may or may not have a direct answer.
I hope I've impressed upon you how much I adored this book, and to how many people I would recommend it to. IE, everybody.
TERRY PRATCHETT IS SOME SORT OF GOD!
Because that would have been much more interesting. I would have paused and read that post. As it was, the introduction was interesting enough, and the rest of it seemed fine, but I was rushed, so i didn't give Pratchett the over all ovation he deserves for writing it. So, please re-read the sentence above this paragraph before I continue.
I Shall Wear Midnight is action-packed, full of humor, a touch of romance, and with the ever amazing grasp on human nature the Terry Pratchett always seems to have. Tiffany Aching, a witch, see the previous post for more information on that, is faced with one of the deadliest things to face a witch; The Witch Hunter. Which is the title I have given him. Because it kinda sounds awesome. Just a bit.
The Witch Hunter has no body unless he steal one, no desire except for his ever present wish to kill people, and happens to pop up every hundred years or so.
If a witch draws his attention.
Which Tiffany did when she kissed the anthropomorphic personification of winter. After kind of becoming the personification of Summer. A bit.
Trust me, it's no fun being a goddess.
Through out her adventures in this novel, we feel Tiffany's dislike for Roland's Bride to be changing to liking her, her affection for the Feegles (who Drink, Fight, and Drink and Fight), and how her practicallity would never lend itself to a gothic novel.
We see how she sees her self, and how others see her through how she sees them-Pratchett's a master who I do no justice to.
I dare you to read a Pratchett novel and not wander away a little wise and a little smart, with just a few questions about the world. Maybe not as odd as my watercolor people question, but a question that make you really wonder. A question that may or may not have a direct answer.
I hope I've impressed upon you how much I adored this book, and to how many people I would recommend it to. IE, everybody.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
I Shall Wear Midnight
The one thing I always think when I'm reading Terry Pratchett is about how much I'm thinking. I think more than I do when I'm doing most things, and reading most novels. He doesn't ask the questions-he get you to. Questions like, "Would I fight for my little bit of ground?" "What use are kings if they're not controlled by their people?" and "How many people do I know that look like a water color painting?"
Actually, I may be the only one who asked that. Maybe not, but still. Terry Pratchett's way of describing people is brilliant.
Tiffany Aching is the heroine of this latest story. It's a series of YA books, and the last one of the series. And it is brilliant. Tiffany Aching is a witch. But not the sort that conjure up a lot of images...pins, rituals, dancing around naked. Discworld Witches won't hold with that. The witches of the Disc don't waste their time like that. Witches, while they do have magic, do the things that everyone else won't. They care for the people who no one else cares for. They take care of the sick, help the old who can't help themselves, and watch over the dead (it's an old tradition, and it's what witches do). Witches are powerful. But Tiffany is a new, young witch, in a steading (area) that has never had a witch. Her grandmother was too smart to be a witch.
The trouble is, in the last book, Tiffany kissed the winter. The anthropomorphic personification, but still. And somehow that woke up this really powerful witch hunter, who has this really cool, interesting history that basically end in the fact that 1.) He hates every witch there ever was and will be, 2.) He doesn't even have a body anymore, is just kinda 'witch hunter' personified. 3.) he really hates witches and wants them all dead.
And the Baron(the old Baron) dies, so she has to go find the new Baron, Roland, who she used to have a romantic relationship with, and is now getting married, in the big city.
So, to help her find him, she brings along her good friends, the Nac Mac Feegles...who do three things really well...drink, fight and Drinking and Fighting.
To a big city.
Yeah...trouble.
Anyway, the basic plot line is about Tiffany and her attempt to destroy this bad person.
And how awesome it is to be a witch.
I've been thinking, and I realized, that if I were in Discworld, I would probably end up as a witch. Witches are nothing if not practical, and I'm extremely practical. I can be extremely silly, but at heart, I'm practical.
I also see what's there.
Not what people want to see, but what's really there.
It comes with being practical.
Witches are curious, and nosy. They have to be, to do what witches have to do. Actually, one of my favorite quotes in that book is, "Who cares for those who takes care of everyone else?" Which is said by a new character named Preston, who's this really smart 17 year old guy, who is currently a palace guard, because he's too smart. He's also the current love interest (who is ten times better than Roland- I never liked him.)
"If you can sew up a chicken giblet, you can mend a broken heart."
Actually, I may be the only one who asked that. Maybe not, but still. Terry Pratchett's way of describing people is brilliant.
Tiffany Aching is the heroine of this latest story. It's a series of YA books, and the last one of the series. And it is brilliant. Tiffany Aching is a witch. But not the sort that conjure up a lot of images...pins, rituals, dancing around naked. Discworld Witches won't hold with that. The witches of the Disc don't waste their time like that. Witches, while they do have magic, do the things that everyone else won't. They care for the people who no one else cares for. They take care of the sick, help the old who can't help themselves, and watch over the dead (it's an old tradition, and it's what witches do). Witches are powerful. But Tiffany is a new, young witch, in a steading (area) that has never had a witch. Her grandmother was too smart to be a witch.
The trouble is, in the last book, Tiffany kissed the winter. The anthropomorphic personification, but still. And somehow that woke up this really powerful witch hunter, who has this really cool, interesting history that basically end in the fact that 1.) He hates every witch there ever was and will be, 2.) He doesn't even have a body anymore, is just kinda 'witch hunter' personified. 3.) he really hates witches and wants them all dead.
And the Baron(the old Baron) dies, so she has to go find the new Baron, Roland, who she used to have a romantic relationship with, and is now getting married, in the big city.
So, to help her find him, she brings along her good friends, the Nac Mac Feegles...who do three things really well...drink, fight and Drinking and Fighting.
To a big city.
Yeah...trouble.
Anyway, the basic plot line is about Tiffany and her attempt to destroy this bad person.
And how awesome it is to be a witch.
I've been thinking, and I realized, that if I were in Discworld, I would probably end up as a witch. Witches are nothing if not practical, and I'm extremely practical. I can be extremely silly, but at heart, I'm practical.
I also see what's there.
Not what people want to see, but what's really there.
It comes with being practical.
Witches are curious, and nosy. They have to be, to do what witches have to do. Actually, one of my favorite quotes in that book is, "Who cares for those who takes care of everyone else?" Which is said by a new character named Preston, who's this really smart 17 year old guy, who is currently a palace guard, because he's too smart. He's also the current love interest (who is ten times better than Roland- I never liked him.)
"If you can sew up a chicken giblet, you can mend a broken heart."
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