Hello,
Cait emailed me and told me of the tremendous trouble she's been having blogging, so I graciously told her I would blog this for her. As you can tell, I am writing in pink. Cait's words shall be in red.
"Hello League of Extraordinary Book-readers!
It's Cait, just sending a friendly hey from a third of the way around the world in sunny Germany. I wanted to give you a quick update of what I've been doing. My job is great, the family is so nice and the kids are highly entertaining. The city is beautiful, so old and historical, I love it here. I've only been lost once, painfully, slowly improving my appalling German and been terribly homesick for beautiful BC a couple of times, but there are only eight more months to go (at the end of which, I will have ironically enough mastered the language, so I hope)! Otherwise, everything is great and I am very happy. I didn't get a chance to read Mimus, despite that it's a German book, as I have been very busy with my new job and making new friends here. Missing everyone in the bookclub and our lengthy intellectual discussions and I will try to blog again (once I get the hang of German internet).
Tchoos, Cait!"
So, there you have it, a hello from a German blogger. I hope you all appreciate the effort we went though to share this with y'all.
H&K,
RM
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Painful books
Have you ever read a book that was positively painful? And I don't mean, ouch this books gave a paper cut, painful. I mean a cringing painfulness, where you want to burn the book you're reading but at the same time you're dying to know what happens next.
It's like you're screaming at the character (usually the protaganist) "DON'T DO THIS, YOU IDIOT!" but of course, they can't hear you. Then they do something particularly stupid and you don't want to read anymore, but there's that burning desire to find out how they are going to get out of the nice little hole they've dug.
It feels like everything's been set up so you can feel this way, so that you can think of a dozen other choices for the character to make, that avoid the one thing that makes the book interesting. But why would you? Why would an author choose to have their charaters enjoy an easy life? What kind of book would that make? If you want an interesting novel you should make your characters jump through rings of fire. I think so, anyway.
But that's all for I'll say for now. Tata.
It's like you're screaming at the character (usually the protaganist) "DON'T DO THIS, YOU IDIOT!" but of course, they can't hear you. Then they do something particularly stupid and you don't want to read anymore, but there's that burning desire to find out how they are going to get out of the nice little hole they've dug.
It feels like everything's been set up so you can feel this way, so that you can think of a dozen other choices for the character to make, that avoid the one thing that makes the book interesting. But why would you? Why would an author choose to have their charaters enjoy an easy life? What kind of book would that make? If you want an interesting novel you should make your characters jump through rings of fire. I think so, anyway.
But that's all for I'll say for now. Tata.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
A good book
Hey Hey
I just want to take a second to point out that none of these fonts are very exciting. They all look the same. Luckily for all, there's colour.
Anyway, Back to the reason I started this post. I wanted to let everyone know that I read a phenomenal(?) book called 'Why I let my hair grow out' by Maryrose Wood. It's about this girl who chops off all her hair and dyes it bright orange. Morgan's (the girl this book is about) parents think she needs some 'time' and pack her off to Ireland for a weeklong bike tour. Once there, she meets a cutie named Colin who has a delicious Irish accent (I can imagine it) and flaming red hair (which is SO hot!). After the tour gets underway, Morgan falls off her bike and is somehow transported back in time circa Middle Ages and a place where faeries still wreck havoc on unsuspecting villagers. So now, as she travels back and forth from Modern day to Faery time, she endeavors to save the kingdom from the trick of the Wee Folk.
It's witty, historically accurate and it just fun to read. I highly reccomend it to the LEBR.
Later days chickies,
RM
I just want to take a second to point out that none of these fonts are very exciting. They all look the same. Luckily for all, there's colour.
Anyway, Back to the reason I started this post. I wanted to let everyone know that I read a phenomenal(?) book called 'Why I let my hair grow out' by Maryrose Wood. It's about this girl who chops off all her hair and dyes it bright orange. Morgan's (the girl this book is about) parents think she needs some 'time' and pack her off to Ireland for a weeklong bike tour. Once there, she meets a cutie named Colin who has a delicious Irish accent (I can imagine it) and flaming red hair (which is SO hot!). After the tour gets underway, Morgan falls off her bike and is somehow transported back in time circa Middle Ages and a place where faeries still wreck havoc on unsuspecting villagers. So now, as she travels back and forth from Modern day to Faery time, she endeavors to save the kingdom from the trick of the Wee Folk.
It's witty, historically accurate and it just fun to read. I highly reccomend it to the LEBR.
Later days chickies,
RM
Top Model Rant
Hello Readers!
And I know there are so many of you. There are so many fans of us Extraordinary Readers. We're like the Harry Potter of the library. Anyway what was I going to write about? Yes, right: America's Next Top Model. I'm addicted to it, yet it irritates me on more levels than one. I mean come on Tyra, we know you're a conceited drama queen but you say the same thing in every episode, can we mix it up a bit? We all know about the "fabulous prizes" and "amazing judges" how about something new? Any why did Twiggy have to leave the panel? I liked Twiggy, she was way nicer than her replacement Polina. Polina drives me crazy, she's so annoying!!
If I've offended anyone with this post sorry. If you love Tyra, my apoligies. I realize I have been a bit harsh. But Tyra is a bit conceited. Look at all the pictures hanging around the house. They are all of her!!! It's crazy. But moving on.... anyone seen Girlicious? Don't even get me started on THAT show!
~Alex
And I know there are so many of you. There are so many fans of us Extraordinary Readers. We're like the Harry Potter of the library. Anyway what was I going to write about? Yes, right: America's Next Top Model. I'm addicted to it, yet it irritates me on more levels than one. I mean come on Tyra, we know you're a conceited drama queen but you say the same thing in every episode, can we mix it up a bit? We all know about the "fabulous prizes" and "amazing judges" how about something new? Any why did Twiggy have to leave the panel? I liked Twiggy, she was way nicer than her replacement Polina. Polina drives me crazy, she's so annoying!!
If I've offended anyone with this post sorry. If you love Tyra, my apoligies. I realize I have been a bit harsh. But Tyra is a bit conceited. Look at all the pictures hanging around the house. They are all of her!!! It's crazy. But moving on.... anyone seen Girlicious? Don't even get me started on THAT show!
~Alex
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