Another week, another theme. I'm still reading Magyk, as I've been caught up reading stories on different websites and such, so I haven't read much from my current story.
Anyway, the theme for this week is to write about a plot twist that would have made your book more interesting. I don't know how long my explanation will be, but....yeaaaah...
So I think if the Hunter wouldn't have beem mislead by the illusion Marcia created, the book would've ended a lot quicker. They would've caught up to the Heap's boat, shot Jenna, either shot or kidnapped the rest of the people with her, and that sorta would've ended the story, making it about 400 pages shorter and a lot suckier....And it would've been more interesting because I would've sat there wondering '...what did I just read?'
....Can you say short and to the point?
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Time Read This Week: 2hrs, 10min
Total Time Read: 26hrs, 35min
Total Books Read: 3
Monday, February 27, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
No News Is Good News
...till now.
Okay, so the book I'm reading now is the first book of the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage, entitled Magyk. Not a bad book so far, I'm about a third of the way through it, and am going to read the second book, Flyte, after finishing it.
Now, this weeks theme is to write an article-type summary of what I read. This.... should be fun... -_-
On The Run
Silas Heap finds a baby in the snow after his newborn son is declared dead by the midwife. He takes her home and they raise her like their own child.
The baby was a girl with black hair and violet eyes, contrasting to everyone in his family that has blonde hair and green eyes. Ten years passed, and on the girl's, who they named Jenna, tenth birthday, the Heaps have to leave home under the order of Marcia Overstrand. She told them of where Jenna came from; she turns out to be the daughter of the Queen who had been assassinated on the night she was found, and because of that, the assassin was coming for her.
Marcia takes Jenna to the Wizard Tower, where she lives, but before arriving, they find a member of the Young Army, called Boy 412, and save him from freezing to death, taking him up into the tower. From there, Silas and one of Jenna's brothers, Nicko, join them, and again have to flee.
From there they had to go through the Rubbish Chute to escape The Castle, the town that they live, and get a boat from their friend Sally Mullin to get to their Aunt Zelda's house hidden in the swamp. Along the way, they are chased by The Hunter, who leads his Pack in a Hunt to kill Jenna, but Marcia leads them off by creating a mirage of the boat they were lent and leading The Hunter away from them.
As of now, they haven't reached their destination and are still wandering the marsh.
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Time Read This Week: 3hrs, 50min
Total Time Read: 24hrs, 25min
Total Books Read: 3
Okay, so the book I'm reading now is the first book of the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage, entitled Magyk. Not a bad book so far, I'm about a third of the way through it, and am going to read the second book, Flyte, after finishing it.
Now, this weeks theme is to write an article-type summary of what I read. This.... should be fun... -_-
On The Run
Silas Heap finds a baby in the snow after his newborn son is declared dead by the midwife. He takes her home and they raise her like their own child.
The baby was a girl with black hair and violet eyes, contrasting to everyone in his family that has blonde hair and green eyes. Ten years passed, and on the girl's, who they named Jenna, tenth birthday, the Heaps have to leave home under the order of Marcia Overstrand. She told them of where Jenna came from; she turns out to be the daughter of the Queen who had been assassinated on the night she was found, and because of that, the assassin was coming for her.
Marcia takes Jenna to the Wizard Tower, where she lives, but before arriving, they find a member of the Young Army, called Boy 412, and save him from freezing to death, taking him up into the tower. From there, Silas and one of Jenna's brothers, Nicko, join them, and again have to flee.
From there they had to go through the Rubbish Chute to escape The Castle, the town that they live, and get a boat from their friend Sally Mullin to get to their Aunt Zelda's house hidden in the swamp. Along the way, they are chased by The Hunter, who leads his Pack in a Hunt to kill Jenna, but Marcia leads them off by creating a mirage of the boat they were lent and leading The Hunter away from them.
As of now, they haven't reached their destination and are still wandering the marsh.
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Time Read This Week: 3hrs, 50min
Total Time Read: 24hrs, 25min
Total Books Read: 3
Monday, February 13, 2012
Friendship is a Dish Best Served....Yeah, I Got Nothin'
Okay, so this week's topic is if I'd be friends with the main character of the story, and give 5 reasons why or why not. Even though I've finished Mockingjay (FINALLY! It. Sucked.), I have yet to begin my next book, so I shall make my focus on if a friendship between Katniss Everdeen and I could ever be formed.
As of now, having read how everything all unfolds within the three books, I would quickly and thoughtlessly say absolutely not. Here is my reasoning:
1. She's too homicidal. Yes, I know that she didn't voluntarily kill all of those people; it was for reasoning, but by the end of Mockingjay, she had come to a point where unless she was extremely close to someone, she didn't much of a problem with taking their life. I don't think I could stand someone that was calloused to the idea that killing was just the best way to put silence upon someone that differed with ideas and that's pretty much where she stood at the end of it all. There were very few people who died that she mourned for, even her closest friends and companions, so she turned out to be much to cold and uncaring.
2. She's extremely introverted. Here we sort of stand upon a similar ground, as we have a similar mindset in this area. But she seems overly closed off, to a point where even the most important things she kept inside and made the whole rebellion suffer, and the part that gets to me the most is that she didn't really even calculate beforehand what the secrets would do gone unsaid, so when things went wrong, she went into a guilt trip because she should have said something.
3. She. Didn't. Choose. Gale. This severely ticked me off (I mean, seriously! What the Finnick?!). When there was that whole epilogue about her and Peeta together, I was seriously tempted to rip the book in half. She herself knew that he was better for her (and better for the Gale fangirls), as they were pretty much inseparable and knew each other back and front. He knew that she'd pick the one that she couldn't survive without, and he was the one that showed her how to make proper snares and helped quite literally survive. She knew he loved her and that she loved him, and while I understand it when she's into two guys at one time (I won't go into those gruesome details), I really think she made the wrong choice. In the first book, she said these words: "In the woods waits the only person with whom I can be myself."
4. She pitied herself waaay too much. This kind of goes along with reason 2. She found some demeaning reason to blame herself for every little thing, and seemed to always try to drag everyone else down into pitying her for her shortcomings when really she should've known that she has flaws. And then on the flip-side, she thought she had to do everything herself and that she was the only one properly to equipped to do things for the rebellion. Sure, she was the symbol for the rebellion, but it wasn't because she had some hidden talent that made her important; it was merely because she happened to cause a tie in the Hunger Games in desperation to keep both herself and Peeta alive. Okay, so she was a little handy with the bow, but that was it; she wasn't some brainy genius, so no one really should've pitied her more than the next guy, especially them guys who got a lot shorter ends of the stick.
And finally,
5. If we were friends, the minute I saw Peeta, I probably would have sporked his eyes out. ...I think that kinda explains itself.
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Time this week: 1hr, 55min
Total time: 20hrs, 35min
Total books read: 3
As of now, having read how everything all unfolds within the three books, I would quickly and thoughtlessly say absolutely not. Here is my reasoning:
1. She's too homicidal. Yes, I know that she didn't voluntarily kill all of those people; it was for reasoning, but by the end of Mockingjay, she had come to a point where unless she was extremely close to someone, she didn't much of a problem with taking their life. I don't think I could stand someone that was calloused to the idea that killing was just the best way to put silence upon someone that differed with ideas and that's pretty much where she stood at the end of it all. There were very few people who died that she mourned for, even her closest friends and companions, so she turned out to be much to cold and uncaring.
2. She's extremely introverted. Here we sort of stand upon a similar ground, as we have a similar mindset in this area. But she seems overly closed off, to a point where even the most important things she kept inside and made the whole rebellion suffer, and the part that gets to me the most is that she didn't really even calculate beforehand what the secrets would do gone unsaid, so when things went wrong, she went into a guilt trip because she should have said something.
3. She. Didn't. Choose. Gale. This severely ticked me off (I mean, seriously! What the Finnick?!). When there was that whole epilogue about her and Peeta together, I was seriously tempted to rip the book in half. She herself knew that he was better for her (and better for the Gale fangirls), as they were pretty much inseparable and knew each other back and front. He knew that she'd pick the one that she couldn't survive without, and he was the one that showed her how to make proper snares and helped quite literally survive. She knew he loved her and that she loved him, and while I understand it when she's into two guys at one time (I won't go into those gruesome details), I really think she made the wrong choice. In the first book, she said these words: "In the woods waits the only person with whom I can be myself."
4. She pitied herself waaay too much. This kind of goes along with reason 2. She found some demeaning reason to blame herself for every little thing, and seemed to always try to drag everyone else down into pitying her for her shortcomings when really she should've known that she has flaws. And then on the flip-side, she thought she had to do everything herself and that she was the only one properly to equipped to do things for the rebellion. Sure, she was the symbol for the rebellion, but it wasn't because she had some hidden talent that made her important; it was merely because she happened to cause a tie in the Hunger Games in desperation to keep both herself and Peeta alive. Okay, so she was a little handy with the bow, but that was it; she wasn't some brainy genius, so no one really should've pitied her more than the next guy, especially them guys who got a lot shorter ends of the stick.
And finally,
5. If we were friends, the minute I saw Peeta, I probably would have sporked his eyes out. ...I think that kinda explains itself.
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Time this week: 1hr, 55min
Total time: 20hrs, 35min
Total books read: 3
Monday, February 6, 2012
An Officially Unofficial Soundtrack
Okay, so this week's topic is to create a four-song soundtrack for your book and explain the reasoning for the choice. This is probably gonna be my favorite topic, so I'm actually gonna put some thought into this, which shouldn't be hard, since as I read, I get songs that correspond to the part in my head. It's kinda weird; maybe I should get that checked out...hmm.
Anyway, I'm still reading Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (it's a really slow-going book, sorta meh...), and here are the songs I've chosen:
Anyway, I'm still reading Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (it's a really slow-going book, sorta meh...), and here are the songs I've chosen:
1- Trying Not To Love You - Nickelback
Okay, so I chose this song because of the feelings that Katniss begins to develop for Peeta (as much as I don't like admitting it, as I honestly hate Peeta, it happens. grr.) and the fact that she's in constant denial. As it started as just a facade created by her team to get sponsors in the Hunger Games, but then she realized she couldn't kill him in the end, even if she needed to because of the countless things he did for her, and wanted to do whatever she could to protect him. When the Capitol had kidnapped him and twisted his memories and told him constant lies so that he had enough anger to kill Katniss, she made District 13 rescue him, despite that the old Peeta that loved her didn't exist. And when on the mission to take down the Capitol and assassinate President Snow, she became confused as to if her intentions were her own personal reasons, or to avenge what they had done to Peeta.
2- Just So You Know - Jesse McCartney
I picked this song because it describes the feelings Gale has towards Katniss. He knows that she and Peeta are in like, but he also is aware of the feelings she has for him as well. And it seems that he has really hard feelings for Peeta, as he says if it came down to it, he would kill him in a heartbeat. He knows he's better for Katniss than Peeta could ever be, he has more in common, and he had been her best friend and hunting partner since they were young. He sees himself as a better match for her, and will make sure both Katniss and Peeta knows it, always ready to go down fighting.
3- Breaking The Habit - Linkin Park
This is my 3rd choice because it seems to describe all of Katniss's mixed emotions after the first Hunger Games, the event that truly changed her in a way that prevented her from simply returning to her way of life and becoming who she used to be. She's always bogged down and consumed by all of the bad memories of her past that she kept going back to, her confusion on how to make out on the war, not knowing how whether to take her role as Mockingjay in it, all while everyone thinks that she isn't troubled by anything going on. She's hurt by all of the events of the rebellion time and again, perplexed about what she was really fighting for. Before the Games, she had what she considered simplicity - having to hunt and keep her family alive. But now she found herself so entangled with problems and trivialities that she couldn't make sense of anything.
4- Look After You - The Fray
I see this song as more in the point of view of Peeta. From the first Hunger Games when he had confessed his love for Katniss, he had planned to look out for her and protect her. Even as he faked his alliance with the other Tributes and seemingly was trying to kill her, his intention all along was to keep her alive. In the second Hunger Games, even though it was Katniss's idea to protect him this time, he had still tried to make her the one protected by their ally Tributes. He will literally die for her, her safety his top priority.
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Time Read This Week: 2hrs, 10min
Total Time Read: 18hrs, 40min
Number of Books Read So Far: 2
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