It was technically Easter when I posted last night--or rather, earlier this morning--but considering I was still up from Saturday, it didn't really count. Cause I said so.
Anyway, before I get on with my actual conversations today, I really just want to touch on this new phenomenon of "Zombie Jesus Day" in replacement of "Easter." Quite frankly, I know you guys think you're funny, but you're really just kind of offensive to those of us who actually do believe in the gospel provided in the Bible. I've never considered myself overly religious--or even very religious at all--but still, there's a line that I don't want crossed. Zombie Jesus doesn't toe the line; it stomps all over it. It's so immensely disrespectful and it pisses me off. I don't agree with a lot of things in religion, Christianity or otherwise, but I don't mock other people's religious holidays simply because I found a way to do so.
Well, moving on.
I've been reading a fair amount lately. I finished Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell K Hamilton and it's rather clear that there shall be more books coming. There's just no way she can stop there. No way. So we're excited. (=
Along for the Ride: Sarah Dessen
Not sure why I always write the title next to the cover that clearly states it, but oh well. Whatever. Name of the game, I guess.
I just bought, read, and finished this book last week.
It's about a girl whose parents got divorced when she was in her early teens. Her mom is an ice queen and her dad is a drama queen, so you can understand that it wasn't really a smooth ride. So she graduated from high school and she's like, this perfect student but a social failure, and she goes to live with her dad and his new wife, who just had a baby. Whom he named Thisbe. Really? Who the hell names their adorable little baby Thisbe? Granted, her name was Auden, but still. Whatever.
Anyway, so there's this slew of family issues. And then she ends up learning how to have a social life because the circumstances force her to, and, hey, she decides it might be a good idea.
It just never ceases to amaze me the way that Dessen can manage to write relevant teen fiction that isn't cliche and obnoxious and still manage to make her characters grow and learn something important. Sure, it's a little cliche here and there; what teen fiction would be complete without it? But it's not the kind of cliche that has you gagging silently, you know? The morals/lessons are legitimate ones, too. And they aren't pushed or forced or spelled out for you. They get a little spelled out sometimes, yeah, but I don't know. I guess that Dessen is just capable of making me like it anyway. hahaha. It's definitely worth the read. I promise.
Forget You: Jennifer Echols
I blogged about her first book "Going Too Far" last year because I completely fell head-over-heels in love with it. Honestly, I still am h.o.h. with it. No lie.
This is her second novel. I'm not done with it yet--I actually just started it last night, but I'm in chapter... *checking* 5, and it's not a huge book. So I'm on my way.
Anyway, this chick's dad knocked up the human resources manager at his business--which is disgusting because he's twice as old as her--so her parents got divorced. Her mom attempted suicide, which means that now she has to go back to live with her dad, which I can guarantee you is an unholy disaster.
And of course there are relationship issues. I'm not going to get into it because it's... well... dumb. But you know how it is. Anyway, she gets into this car accident and totally doesn't remember any of the night. So she has no idea what really happened so she kinda starts trying to make stuff up. Only it's not going so well. So I'm just waiting to see how that all turns out. I probably won't let you know. Go read it yourself.
Glass Houses: Rachel Caine
It's the first book in the Morganville Vampires series. It's kinda weird. The premise is that vampires run this dumb little town in Texas with a crappy-ass university, and this 16 (almost 17) year old girl moves there for college because she's a super genius but her parents are ridiculous. And she gets on the bad side of some chick with influence--because she's a complete moron; I'd have done it, too. I'm just better at taking care of myself than Claire is--so then shit hits the fan.
There's of course some romance involved. And a couple of interesting twists. It's good, overall. A fast read. Light reading. I enjoyed it. (=
It's worth the few days it would take to read it. I bought books 2 and 3 as well, but I haven't managed to start them yet.
I'm not any farther in Blue Moon by Laurell K Hamilton. I just haven't bothered to get around to reading it. Oops.
The Chocolate War: Robert Cormier
I'm reading this for English right now. It's a kind of book club unit. It's... egh. The book club, I mean; not the book.
The book is... weird. It's about this private Catholic school in I-don't-even-know-where-yet with some "secret society" (which the teachers and administration are fully aware of yet choose to ignore just to maintain balance) of student-enforcers called The Vigil. It supposedly even made a banned book list.
The book starts violently, with the opening sentence reading "They murdered him." Now, I don't know about you, but when I read a book that starts violently, I expect the rest of the novel to carry a certain level of violence to match. That's kind of a bit of a red flag.
The main character, Jerry, is about to upset the status quo of the school by refusing to sell the chocolates that keep the school afloat. It's some huge fundraiser that they're supposed to do every year to bring in enough money to keep the school running, but something causes Jerry to say no. I'm not that far into it yet. I probably will be by Wednesday, but I'll keep you updated.
We're also supposed to do these really dumb punctuation prompt things, where we highlight (not literally) sections that catch our attention. Stuff that makes us pause, wonder, or react "strongly." Don't get me wrong, I get into my reading material (most of the time); but I've read enough material that I rarely react that strongly to stuff. Whatever. So I fudge a few. So it goes.
Anyway. I think that's all I've got for reading material to cover today... Yeah, probably.
What else am I supposed to talk about...? I had most of a mango, half a plum, and a hard-boiled egg for breakfast. You should care because it's Easter and I ate a shit-ton of fruit this morning. And I still wanted more. hahahaha. I <3 fruit.
I don't really feel like looking for odd news right now, so you're out there.
But I had something else I talked about. I know it...................................
Well, got nothin. so there ya go. All done.
Post Playlist (YouTube and Pandora):
World Behind My Wall--Tokio Hotel After watching this video, it has occurred to me that I'm just not that into the Bill Kaulitz effect. Nope. I'm good now, thanks. I know why I was attracted at a younger age, but no more, thanks. Tom maybe. They do have beautiful facial structure, of course. But Bill... oh Bill...
Our Worlds Collide--BarlowGirl
Bodies--Drowning Pool
Oceans From the Rain--Seventh Day Slumber
I'm Made of Wax Larry, What Are You Made Of?--A Day to Remember That is a ridiculously long song title. It's the song that introduced me to ADTR, though, and it is a good one. So it's worth it.
I Caught Fire--The Used
Bloody Romance--Senses Fail
Monument--A Day to Remember
Cute Without the 'e' (Cut From the Team)--Taking Back Sunday
Follow and Feel--Saosin
Anyway, before I get on with my actual conversations today, I really just want to touch on this new phenomenon of "Zombie Jesus Day" in replacement of "Easter." Quite frankly, I know you guys think you're funny, but you're really just kind of offensive to those of us who actually do believe in the gospel provided in the Bible. I've never considered myself overly religious--or even very religious at all--but still, there's a line that I don't want crossed. Zombie Jesus doesn't toe the line; it stomps all over it. It's so immensely disrespectful and it pisses me off. I don't agree with a lot of things in religion, Christianity or otherwise, but I don't mock other people's religious holidays simply because I found a way to do so.
Well, moving on.
I've been reading a fair amount lately. I finished Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell K Hamilton and it's rather clear that there shall be more books coming. There's just no way she can stop there. No way. So we're excited. (=
Not sure why I always write the title next to the cover that clearly states it, but oh well. Whatever. Name of the game, I guess.
I just bought, read, and finished this book last week.
It's about a girl whose parents got divorced when she was in her early teens. Her mom is an ice queen and her dad is a drama queen, so you can understand that it wasn't really a smooth ride. So she graduated from high school and she's like, this perfect student but a social failure, and she goes to live with her dad and his new wife, who just had a baby. Whom he named Thisbe. Really? Who the hell names their adorable little baby Thisbe? Granted, her name was Auden, but still. Whatever.
Anyway, so there's this slew of family issues. And then she ends up learning how to have a social life because the circumstances force her to, and, hey, she decides it might be a good idea.
It just never ceases to amaze me the way that Dessen can manage to write relevant teen fiction that isn't cliche and obnoxious and still manage to make her characters grow and learn something important. Sure, it's a little cliche here and there; what teen fiction would be complete without it? But it's not the kind of cliche that has you gagging silently, you know? The morals/lessons are legitimate ones, too. And they aren't pushed or forced or spelled out for you. They get a little spelled out sometimes, yeah, but I don't know. I guess that Dessen is just capable of making me like it anyway. hahaha. It's definitely worth the read. I promise.
I blogged about her first book "Going Too Far" last year because I completely fell head-over-heels in love with it. Honestly, I still am h.o.h. with it. No lie.
This is her second novel. I'm not done with it yet--I actually just started it last night, but I'm in chapter... *checking* 5, and it's not a huge book. So I'm on my way.
Anyway, this chick's dad knocked up the human resources manager at his business--which is disgusting because he's twice as old as her--so her parents got divorced. Her mom attempted suicide, which means that now she has to go back to live with her dad, which I can guarantee you is an unholy disaster.
And of course there are relationship issues. I'm not going to get into it because it's... well... dumb. But you know how it is. Anyway, she gets into this car accident and totally doesn't remember any of the night. So she has no idea what really happened so she kinda starts trying to make stuff up. Only it's not going so well. So I'm just waiting to see how that all turns out. I probably won't let you know. Go read it yourself.
It's the first book in the Morganville Vampires series. It's kinda weird. The premise is that vampires run this dumb little town in Texas with a crappy-ass university, and this 16 (almost 17) year old girl moves there for college because she's a super genius but her parents are ridiculous. And she gets on the bad side of some chick with influence--because she's a complete moron; I'd have done it, too. I'm just better at taking care of myself than Claire is--so then shit hits the fan.
There's of course some romance involved. And a couple of interesting twists. It's good, overall. A fast read. Light reading. I enjoyed it. (=
It's worth the few days it would take to read it. I bought books 2 and 3 as well, but I haven't managed to start them yet.
I'm not any farther in Blue Moon by Laurell K Hamilton. I just haven't bothered to get around to reading it. Oops.
I'm reading this for English right now. It's a kind of book club unit. It's... egh. The book club, I mean; not the book.
The book is... weird. It's about this private Catholic school in I-don't-even-know-where-yet with some "secret society" (which the teachers and administration are fully aware of yet choose to ignore just to maintain balance) of student-enforcers called The Vigil. It supposedly even made a banned book list.
The book starts violently, with the opening sentence reading "They murdered him." Now, I don't know about you, but when I read a book that starts violently, I expect the rest of the novel to carry a certain level of violence to match. That's kind of a bit of a red flag.
The main character, Jerry, is about to upset the status quo of the school by refusing to sell the chocolates that keep the school afloat. It's some huge fundraiser that they're supposed to do every year to bring in enough money to keep the school running, but something causes Jerry to say no. I'm not that far into it yet. I probably will be by Wednesday, but I'll keep you updated.
We're also supposed to do these really dumb punctuation prompt things, where we highlight (not literally) sections that catch our attention. Stuff that makes us pause, wonder, or react "strongly." Don't get me wrong, I get into my reading material (most of the time); but I've read enough material that I rarely react that strongly to stuff. Whatever. So I fudge a few. So it goes.
Anyway. I think that's all I've got for reading material to cover today... Yeah, probably.
What else am I supposed to talk about...? I had most of a mango, half a plum, and a hard-boiled egg for breakfast. You should care because it's Easter and I ate a shit-ton of fruit this morning. And I still wanted more. hahahaha. I <3 fruit.
I don't really feel like looking for odd news right now, so you're out there.
But I had something else I talked about. I know it...................................
Well, got nothin. so there ya go. All done.
Post Playlist (YouTube and Pandora):
World Behind My Wall--Tokio Hotel After watching this video, it has occurred to me that I'm just not that into the Bill Kaulitz effect. Nope. I'm good now, thanks. I know why I was attracted at a younger age, but no more, thanks. Tom maybe. They do have beautiful facial structure, of course. But Bill... oh Bill...
Our Worlds Collide--BarlowGirl
Bodies--Drowning Pool
Oceans From the Rain--Seventh Day Slumber
I'm Made of Wax Larry, What Are You Made Of?--A Day to Remember That is a ridiculously long song title. It's the song that introduced me to ADTR, though, and it is a good one. So it's worth it.
I Caught Fire--The Used
Bloody Romance--Senses Fail
Monument--A Day to Remember
Cute Without the 'e' (Cut From the Team)--Taking Back Sunday
Follow and Feel--Saosin
