I actually don't really have much cause to "whoot" right now, but it sounded pretty dang good for a title so we're goin with it! Eat it.
Actually, I should probably be nice, because I have reached "whoot" status with the knowledge that I actually have readers! =D Which means I'm totally not just talking to dead space anymore. Which is nice. Most definitely.
As an English major/Nazi/nerd/enthusiast/what-have-you, all of my fragments really kinda half-bother me... But as a writer, they're just part of the ball game. It's kind of an internal war, actually... Same with words like 'goin' and 'kinda/sorta' and 'cause'... Ah well. =P
SO! I'ma talk about more books now. Because books are fun to talk about. And because a certain (beautiful) friend of mine (named Clare) said she needed new reading material. This may or may not be of any assistance to the lovely lady, but it may be to anybody else that happens to stumble across me and find me as amusing as she miraculously does.
(By the way, Clare... I'm probably going to refer to you a lot now since I know you actually read this. hahaha. See what you've done?) ;P
Actually, before I get to my reading material, I'ma talk about Clare just a little. Nothing too personal like last names or anything, but I'ma share with the rest of you why she is so utterly awesome.
A.) Her name is Clare. Like, come on. that just automatically makes you cool. And adorable. Which she is, by the way. I'm not going to share pictures, but she's super super cute. Just trust me.
B.) She took 1st in Humorous Interpretation at state speech last year. As a junior. With this AMAZING speech called A Hotel is a Funny Thing. (It might be "Hotels" not "A Hotel" but I don't remember and it hardly matters.) She does an epic persnickety-British-man voice--which also totally makes her awesome on the spot, by the way--and the ease with which she just moved from one voice/character to the next was on the verge of astounding.
C.) She's seen every Vlogbrothers video ever recorded and even knows Hank Green's "Lady Lady John Green" song. (It's from the first month of their videos like, 5 years back, if you decide to try and go find it.) I don't think that the guy that introduced me to the Vlogbrothers even knows the "Lady Lady John Green" song. And she's read John's books. I mean come on.
D.) She's going to this epic nerdfest in Orlando this summer--at which both Vlogbrothers will be present and I am immensely jealous for anyone curious--because her sister bought her tickets. Which just totally makes her awesome by association.
Am I the only one associating "pure unadulterated awesomeness" with nerdiness? Maybe. But she's also super cute and immensely sweet and I just happen to love her to pieces.
Even though we've spoken like, 3 words to each other in person... Who said the internet was only good for porn?! Hahahaha. (Avenue Q reference there... for anyone cool enough to catch that...)
Anyway. Now that I've totally gone on about my beautiful and awesome friend to... well, probably mostly her (haha) I shall get on with my actual intended subject matter. Literature!
Infinite Days: Rebecca Maizel
Okay, here's the scoop: It's about a girl who was a vampire but now isn't becaauuuse of this big epic process thingy that killed him and saved her... and then her ex-coven is going to come searching for her and blah blah blah... And then... I'm not going to tell you the ending because it would really ruin it.
It's a really really weird book but totally worth your time. I absolutely loved it and am waiting for the follow-up that should be published really soonish. I hope.
And the cover is freakin' epic. When I was reading it, I actually would just sit and stare at the cover for unknown periods of time. I'm not quite certain what it was I found so compelling--still find--but it's just... interesting to look at. So I looked. (A lot.) Not creepy/weird at all...
The prose is great. The filler is, too. There's not really anything in it that just makes you roll your eyes and think "well that was a stretch." The love triangle is pretty cliche, but she does it in a manner that's rather acceptable, I thought. All-in-all I liked it.
The Secret Society of the Pink Crystal Ball: Risa Green
She has an interesting first name. I've never met a Risa.
So this book is about a bunch of sophomores. One of them has a crazy aunt who left her the noted pink crystal ball. It's like, a pink magic 8 ball. hahaha. But the answers are kinda strange. And every time this girl asks for something, whatever she asks comes true. When she asks it for stuff for other people, mass mayhem ensues. Which, of course, they don't figure out until the end of the book. (Even though I figured it out the first time.)
Anyway, there's of course romance involved. How would it be legitimate teen fiction without any? The relationship is kind of cute, though, so I'm not complaining.
As a whole, the story was a tiny bit frustrating to read, but mostly just because they're so young and naive and...well, oblivious. Kinda stupid. Have a knack for overreacting. (Sounds a lot like 10th grade.) I just have this thing where I don't like to read books focused on kids younger than me. Kinda dumb, probably, considering I'm not really a kid, anymore, but still. I can't help it.
It was good, though. I really did like it. It was fun to read and worth the time. (=
Shiver: Maggie Stiefvater
It's the first book in a series about werewolves, but the specifics of the creature are a lot different. It's actually really interesting, and I was impressed by the creativity and the... (shit I just lost my word...) innovation in recreating the werewolf.
Basically, they aren't subject to the full moon, they're subject to the weather patterns. When it's cold, they're wolves; when it warms up, they're human. It's personal when a body makes the change, but each body only has so long--also personal--before they just stop changing and remain a wolf until they die.
It's a really sweet love story, though. He's a wolf; she isn't. She rescues him. They actually have a chance to fall in love (and do, of course.)
There's so much involved that I really don't want to give it all away because it would really kinda ruin it. It's an excellent novel and it was something I totally couldn't put down. I just devoured it mercilessly. The prose is elegant and beautiful. The characters are deep, with genuine personalities--they're people that I feel like I could meet on the street and recognize and be able to have a conversation with. The plot is well-thought-out and incredibly interesting. I give it at least 4.5 stars. I really did love it.
Linger: Maggie Stiefvater
This is the sequel to Shiver, and it's just as good as the first but a bajillion times more frustrating. Grace's parents have become complete assholes and pissed me off at every single possible turn. A couple other characters are a bit annoying. Sam and Grace are having some issues. Grace keeps getting sicker and sicker until you learn something really strange that I'm not going to tell you because--hello!!--spoiler alert.
Once again, the prose is beautiful. The conflicts are real, and I definitely reacted on an emotional level. The characters are well developed and easy to identify with--some of them, anyway.
They're just good books. That's really all there is to it. I'm waiting not very patiently for the last one to come out July 12, Forever. UGH! THE SUSPENSE IS AGONIZING!
I'm serious. They're really that good that I'm that antsy about it. I highly recommend them.
I would probably talk about music and stuff too, since I didn't have time to post yesterday, but it's 10 to midnight, and I have play practice in the morning at 7. (For a play that isn't going to work, and if they keep trying to make it happen it's going to be a big ol' epic fail. I don't want to be associated with or involved in it but I can't seem to walk away. Unfortunately, I think we're all going to have to. It sucks. It really does.)
So anyway, that's all I've got! No playlist tonight but the sound of my own tapping keys. Sorry for that.
With love,
Emily <3
Actually, I should probably be nice, because I have reached "whoot" status with the knowledge that I actually have readers! =D Which means I'm totally not just talking to dead space anymore. Which is nice. Most definitely.
As an English major/Nazi/nerd/enthusiast/what-have-you, all of my fragments really kinda half-bother me... But as a writer, they're just part of the ball game. It's kind of an internal war, actually... Same with words like 'goin' and 'kinda/sorta' and 'cause'... Ah well. =P
SO! I'ma talk about more books now. Because books are fun to talk about. And because a certain (beautiful) friend of mine (named Clare) said she needed new reading material. This may or may not be of any assistance to the lovely lady, but it may be to anybody else that happens to stumble across me and find me as amusing as she miraculously does.
(By the way, Clare... I'm probably going to refer to you a lot now since I know you actually read this. hahaha. See what you've done?) ;P
Actually, before I get to my reading material, I'ma talk about Clare just a little. Nothing too personal like last names or anything, but I'ma share with the rest of you why she is so utterly awesome.
A.) Her name is Clare. Like, come on. that just automatically makes you cool. And adorable. Which she is, by the way. I'm not going to share pictures, but she's super super cute. Just trust me.
B.) She took 1st in Humorous Interpretation at state speech last year. As a junior. With this AMAZING speech called A Hotel is a Funny Thing. (It might be "Hotels" not "A Hotel" but I don't remember and it hardly matters.) She does an epic persnickety-British-man voice--which also totally makes her awesome on the spot, by the way--and the ease with which she just moved from one voice/character to the next was on the verge of astounding.
C.) She's seen every Vlogbrothers video ever recorded and even knows Hank Green's "Lady Lady John Green" song. (It's from the first month of their videos like, 5 years back, if you decide to try and go find it.) I don't think that the guy that introduced me to the Vlogbrothers even knows the "Lady Lady John Green" song. And she's read John's books. I mean come on.
D.) She's going to this epic nerdfest in Orlando this summer--at which both Vlogbrothers will be present and I am immensely jealous for anyone curious--because her sister bought her tickets. Which just totally makes her awesome by association.
Am I the only one associating "pure unadulterated awesomeness" with nerdiness? Maybe. But she's also super cute and immensely sweet and I just happen to love her to pieces.
Even though we've spoken like, 3 words to each other in person... Who said the internet was only good for porn?! Hahahaha. (Avenue Q reference there... for anyone cool enough to catch that...)
Anyway. Now that I've totally gone on about my beautiful and awesome friend to... well, probably mostly her (haha) I shall get on with my actual intended subject matter. Literature!
Okay, here's the scoop: It's about a girl who was a vampire but now isn't becaauuuse of this big epic process thingy that killed him and saved her... and then her ex-coven is going to come searching for her and blah blah blah... And then... I'm not going to tell you the ending because it would really ruin it.
It's a really really weird book but totally worth your time. I absolutely loved it and am waiting for the follow-up that should be published really soonish. I hope.
And the cover is freakin' epic. When I was reading it, I actually would just sit and stare at the cover for unknown periods of time. I'm not quite certain what it was I found so compelling--still find--but it's just... interesting to look at. So I looked. (A lot.) Not creepy/weird at all...
The prose is great. The filler is, too. There's not really anything in it that just makes you roll your eyes and think "well that was a stretch." The love triangle is pretty cliche, but she does it in a manner that's rather acceptable, I thought. All-in-all I liked it.
The Secret Society of the Pink Crystal Ball: Risa Green
She has an interesting first name. I've never met a Risa.
So this book is about a bunch of sophomores. One of them has a crazy aunt who left her the noted pink crystal ball. It's like, a pink magic 8 ball. hahaha. But the answers are kinda strange. And every time this girl asks for something, whatever she asks comes true. When she asks it for stuff for other people, mass mayhem ensues. Which, of course, they don't figure out until the end of the book. (Even though I figured it out the first time.)
Anyway, there's of course romance involved. How would it be legitimate teen fiction without any? The relationship is kind of cute, though, so I'm not complaining.
As a whole, the story was a tiny bit frustrating to read, but mostly just because they're so young and naive and...well, oblivious. Kinda stupid. Have a knack for overreacting. (Sounds a lot like 10th grade.) I just have this thing where I don't like to read books focused on kids younger than me. Kinda dumb, probably, considering I'm not really a kid, anymore, but still. I can't help it.
It was good, though. I really did like it. It was fun to read and worth the time. (=
It's the first book in a series about werewolves, but the specifics of the creature are a lot different. It's actually really interesting, and I was impressed by the creativity and the... (shit I just lost my word...) innovation in recreating the werewolf.
Basically, they aren't subject to the full moon, they're subject to the weather patterns. When it's cold, they're wolves; when it warms up, they're human. It's personal when a body makes the change, but each body only has so long--also personal--before they just stop changing and remain a wolf until they die.
It's a really sweet love story, though. He's a wolf; she isn't. She rescues him. They actually have a chance to fall in love (and do, of course.)
There's so much involved that I really don't want to give it all away because it would really kinda ruin it. It's an excellent novel and it was something I totally couldn't put down. I just devoured it mercilessly. The prose is elegant and beautiful. The characters are deep, with genuine personalities--they're people that I feel like I could meet on the street and recognize and be able to have a conversation with. The plot is well-thought-out and incredibly interesting. I give it at least 4.5 stars. I really did love it.
This is the sequel to Shiver, and it's just as good as the first but a bajillion times more frustrating. Grace's parents have become complete assholes and pissed me off at every single possible turn. A couple other characters are a bit annoying. Sam and Grace are having some issues. Grace keeps getting sicker and sicker until you learn something really strange that I'm not going to tell you because--hello!!--spoiler alert.
Once again, the prose is beautiful. The conflicts are real, and I definitely reacted on an emotional level. The characters are well developed and easy to identify with--some of them, anyway.
They're just good books. That's really all there is to it. I'm waiting not very patiently for the last one to come out July 12, Forever. UGH! THE SUSPENSE IS AGONIZING!
I'm serious. They're really that good that I'm that antsy about it. I highly recommend them.
I would probably talk about music and stuff too, since I didn't have time to post yesterday, but it's 10 to midnight, and I have play practice in the morning at 7. (For a play that isn't going to work, and if they keep trying to make it happen it's going to be a big ol' epic fail. I don't want to be associated with or involved in it but I can't seem to walk away. Unfortunately, I think we're all going to have to. It sucks. It really does.)
So anyway, that's all I've got! No playlist tonight but the sound of my own tapping keys. Sorry for that.
With love,
Emily <3
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