I open my mouth and words come out; Book Post 23-25
Halfway through the 50 Book Challenge! With four months left to go XD
Book: Witches Abroad
Author: Terry Prachtett
Genre: Fantasy, comedy
Pages: 384
Plot in ten words or less: DISNEY SHOULD ADAPT THIS SHIT. Weatherwax being a badass granny.
Why I Picked It: WAS TOLD TO. Plus, ooooooooo fairytales.
Review: LOVED IT. SO HARD. I don't even know where to start D: Okay I know where to start : GRANNY WEATHERWAX. I did not expect her to steal the book as thoroughly. I did feel a bit sad that Margrat was pushed to the side for the older two witches, but I hear that she comes into her own in later books so. But Granny Weatherwax is such a dynamic and amazing character that you ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE Pratchett when he makes claims like "if she was the bad witch, she'd level the world" and so on.
Okay and I really loved Nanny Ogg and ESPECIALLY LOVED Greebo. The parts with him as a human made me die laughing and I might have to read future books just to see more scenes of his. Again, what took me so long to find Pratchett?
Book: Twelve Kingdoms: A Thousand Miles of Wind
Author: Fuyumi Ono, translated by Eugene Woodbury
Genre: Fantasy, political, action/adventure
Pages: 656
Plot in ten words or less: Three passive/aggressive girls unite to save kingdom from corruption.
Why I Picked It: SHOULD I CITE MY "BECAUSE IT IS FUYUMI ONO" REASON, OR THE "RH RESEARCH!" REASON?
Review: To put it bluntly: in terms of entertainment, I enjoyed the anime's version better. And that's not saying a lot because I don't enjoy that anime arc (save for the last four episodes when it goes all "Return of the King"). And, well, again, the last quarter of this book was by far the best part.
This book was immensely valuable because, by far, this was the most politically informative in the series, and held a lot of information about the mundane laws and ways of the world. Woodbury's translation offered extra footnotes, and plus, I just like his portrayal of Yoko better than the Tokyopop version (who strikes me as a bit too stiff).
I STILL LOVE YOKO, SHE IS MY LADY ARAGORN.
Book: Everworld: Land of Loss
Author: K.A. Applegate
Genre: Young Adult, action/adventure, fantasy, horror
Pages: 192
Plot in ten words or less: Avoiding getting eaten by Aztecs. A Mjolnir to the balls.
Why I Picked It: Borrowed from K <3
Review: Yes, a holy Norse hammer to the balls. To which balls, I will not say.
This was the second installment of the series, narrated by the character I liked the LEAST in the first book, Christopher (the jock Marco knock-off). Well, at least I GET HIM now, and find him a bit less obnoxious now that there is a bit more context to him. I understand his role in the group a bit better, which is to be the physical gut-reaction guy who responds to terror by taking it out on everyone else.
I still wish the author will pull back a little bit on the contemporary references and pop catch-phrases and all of that junk. It still feels too forced. I did find Christopher's unrestrained hormonal reaction to like, anything female hilarious though.
My biggest complaint with this story is that not a lot actually happened :< They ran a full circle, actually, ending up pretty much where they started, except perhaps slightly more screwed. I will continue with this series if only to finally get to read the Jalil-centric book, cause he is still the only character I am really dying to know more about. Well, him and Senna.
I AM SO EXHAUSTED>. Reading Guards! Guards! now, and hoping to do the 31 Days for tonight even if it is like, super-stupid or something XD
Book: Witches Abroad
Author: Terry Prachtett
Genre: Fantasy, comedy
Pages: 384
Plot in ten words or less: DISNEY SHOULD ADAPT THIS SHIT. Weatherwax being a badass granny.
Why I Picked It: WAS TOLD TO. Plus, ooooooooo fairytales.
Review: LOVED IT. SO HARD. I don't even know where to start D: Okay I know where to start : GRANNY WEATHERWAX. I did not expect her to steal the book as thoroughly. I did feel a bit sad that Margrat was pushed to the side for the older two witches, but I hear that she comes into her own in later books so. But Granny Weatherwax is such a dynamic and amazing character that you ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE Pratchett when he makes claims like "if she was the bad witch, she'd level the world" and so on.
Okay and I really loved Nanny Ogg and ESPECIALLY LOVED Greebo. The parts with him as a human made me die laughing and I might have to read future books just to see more scenes of his. Again, what took me so long to find Pratchett?
Book: Twelve Kingdoms: A Thousand Miles of Wind
Author: Fuyumi Ono, translated by Eugene Woodbury
Genre: Fantasy, political, action/adventure
Pages: 656
Plot in ten words or less: Three passive/aggressive girls unite to save kingdom from corruption.
Why I Picked It: SHOULD I CITE MY "BECAUSE IT IS FUYUMI ONO" REASON, OR THE "RH RESEARCH!" REASON?
Review: To put it bluntly: in terms of entertainment, I enjoyed the anime's version better. And that's not saying a lot because I don't enjoy that anime arc (save for the last four episodes when it goes all "Return of the King"). And, well, again, the last quarter of this book was by far the best part.
This book was immensely valuable because, by far, this was the most politically informative in the series, and held a lot of information about the mundane laws and ways of the world. Woodbury's translation offered extra footnotes, and plus, I just like his portrayal of Yoko better than the Tokyopop version (who strikes me as a bit too stiff).
I STILL LOVE YOKO, SHE IS MY LADY ARAGORN.
Book: Everworld: Land of Loss
Author: K.A. Applegate
Genre: Young Adult, action/adventure, fantasy, horror
Pages: 192
Plot in ten words or less: Avoiding getting eaten by Aztecs. A Mjolnir to the balls.
Why I Picked It: Borrowed from K <3
Review: Yes, a holy Norse hammer to the balls. To which balls, I will not say.
This was the second installment of the series, narrated by the character I liked the LEAST in the first book, Christopher (the jock Marco knock-off). Well, at least I GET HIM now, and find him a bit less obnoxious now that there is a bit more context to him. I understand his role in the group a bit better, which is to be the physical gut-reaction guy who responds to terror by taking it out on everyone else.
I still wish the author will pull back a little bit on the contemporary references and pop catch-phrases and all of that junk. It still feels too forced. I did find Christopher's unrestrained hormonal reaction to like, anything female hilarious though.
My biggest complaint with this story is that not a lot actually happened :< They ran a full circle, actually, ending up pretty much where they started, except perhaps slightly more screwed. I will continue with this series if only to finally get to read the Jalil-centric book, cause he is still the only character I am really dying to know more about. Well, him and Senna.
I AM SO EXHAUSTED>. Reading Guards! Guards! now, and hoping to do the 31 Days for tonight even if it is like, super-stupid or something XD