Thursday, October 27, 2011

Book Review 2:: Bruiser, by Neal Shusterman.

So, here is our next book::
Bruiser, by Neal Shusterman. Some of his newer-ish work. I expected it to be great.

      It was not great. Good, yes. Well-written, definitely. Great, no. It's about a boy named Brewster. His nickname is 'Bruiser". . OHH, THEY KINDA RHYME A LITTLE, DON'T THEYY, THAT'S SO CLEVER. Anywayy, so Brewster bruises badly. [alliteration !!!]] At least, that's what he tells people who see his skin so badly mottled with purple and red. The thing is, that Brewster takes away the pain and problems of the people that he cares about. This is why Brew always lurks in the shadows and mopes around. Because he doesn't want to make friends. He doesn't want to have to care for anyone, because then he'll be hurt by them--literally. Like, if you get a bruise, it'll transfer to Brew. If you get a cold, it'll transfer to Brew. If you're upset or angry or sad, it'll transfer to Brew.
      The basic plot is a good one, and I thought I would totally know how it ended. . but I didn't.  I
It's a good book, if you like swimming, anger issues, and supernatural abilities to take away things that hurt the people you care about.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Book Review 1:: Pink, by Lili Wilkinson

So, because of my reading habits, I decided to make my first official online book review. Ta-daa.

Here is the current book in question:
Pink, by Lili Wilkinson.

      The basic summary of this as that there is a lesbian goth girl who feels like she's messed up and wants to be, and I quote, "normal". She thinks she will achieve this normality by dressing like the 'popular" kids and wearing pink and such. She also is "confused" because she loves her girlfriend Chloe, but she also likes a boy named Ethan. Part of the story centers around the fact that she 'can't figure out whether she likes boys of girls".
      Uhmmmmmmm  . . . bisexual much ? Seriously. But they don't even mention the word 'bisexual", as if liking both boys AND girls isn't even an option. IT'S LESBIAN OR STRAIGHT !. .. like, what the hell.
      Ava, the main character with all of the problems, gets herself into a lot of messes. I guess the main moral of the story is that if you beg for forgiveness from the people you've hurt, you can always be reunited with that person and everything will be hunky-dory again. This pisses me off for obvious reasons that are SO obvious that I don't even feel like mentioning them. I mean, come on. . not everyone is going to forgive you, and not everything is going to be fine. Maybe in a fiction novel it will be, but not in real life. If you're going to have a book based off of real life, you might as well make it realistic.
      It's an ohkay book, if you like lesbians, musicals, and people who sadly attempt to fit in.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Post 27:: My Emo Phase Doth Seem To Flee.

So I am sure that you all know way more than you ever wanted to about my personal life.
Let's just say that I talked to Aidan, his parents forced him to type the email and basically told him what to sayy, he was depressed the entire time we were apart, and he loves and misses me.
So we started talking again.
As friends.
That didn't work out at all. .
. . so now we are dating again.
And I get to see him on Wednesdayy, we are going out for noodles.
I'm so excited.
And I bet you're all glad that that drama is out of the wayy, and you don't have to put up with my emo-ness anymore.

Anywayy,  I know it has been a while since I have posted anything. I was basically swamped and out of commission for all of September, but hopefully I will be able to catch up on posting a bit, here.
I'm still not sure whyy I have a blog.
Only two people read it.
That's actually not true.
A bunch of people, like 9 or 10 at LEAST, have come up to me at some social function and referenced something on my blog, or asked when I would update again.
People READ my blog, theyy just don't follow it or comment on it or anything. But they do read it.
Kinda weirds me out, you know ?

Wellp; anyhow. Halloween is coming !!! Are you excited ?? I sure am :D It's been my favorite holidayy for forever. .  .when I was little, it was because of the candy. When I was in between little and a kidd, it was because my sister and i would always dump our candy piles on the living room floor and trade stuff, and it was a bonding thing. That was before we stopped talking.  When I was a kidd, it was because of the dressing up. And now it's because CANDY ! and because TRICK-OR-TREATING WITH MY FRIENDS ! and because DRESSING UP ! and because CHEAP DECORATIONS FOR MY ROOM ! and such. At the moment I am admiring my new fingerless black gloves with a white skeleton hand screen-printed on them.
And I got a job, I work at Spirit Halloween. It's a lot of work, more than I expected, but. . . it gets me money and it's not too hard.

Lately, I have been on a reading crunch for some reason. Here is what I have read, thoroughly from cover to cover, and voluntarily answered study questions about, in the past three dayys::
 Yup. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a personal favorite of mine. I'm in the whole Anglo-Saxon phase at the moment. . . except, Beowulf, what the hell is Beowulf, I hate that whole concept and the epic poem itself, and everything.

So, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, is fabulous, of course. The translation that I got was by Simon Armitage, as you can see. . . it's my favorite translation.

Duckling Ugly by Neal Shusterman was also pretty fantastic. I love Neal Shusterman's newer work[Unwind, Everlost, etc.]], but not so much his older. I wasn't honestly expecting it to be that good, but I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the ending was predictable, but I really wouldn't have had it end a different wayy, and I don't know how to rephrase that without being a spoiler, so I won't.

Notes From The Blender by Trish Cook and Brendan Halpin was another book that I wasn't expecting to be all that good. The boy in it loves death metal, and turns vegan because of a boy named Olaf. It's not the type of book that I would be like, 'HERE, READ THIS NOW", but. . .it was pretty good. Funny. I snickered aloud quite a bit.

Gemini Bites, by Patrick Ryan. Ahh. . this. .  kinda sucked alot. Not recommending it to anyone. The ending was stupid. The plot could have been better, twistier. . the basic concept was ohkayy. But near the end, I was just like, 'what is this shit", and I had to force myself to finish it.