Wow...

It's been awhile since I last posted something huh? Sorry...I guess. I've been preoccupied as of late with some issues I may or may not disclose in the future. And by issues, I mean I'm slowly beginning to discover how my mind works...better late than never huh? I'm discovering new things about my family too, particularly about my dad and my brother and the complex relationship they have going on at the moment.

Let's move on shall we? One of my cats bumped into my bookcase and tumbled my clock right from the shelf! That $3 clock broke instantly, glass went everywhere and all the hands popped off. I find my room all too quiet without that constant ticking in the background. I'm even dreaming less, which I find odd. No one or thing was damaged on impact, thankfully, Though i have yet to replace the clock with an even cheaper one...because I'm feeling rather poor at the moment.

Why do some authors feel the need to kill off a bunch of characters before the end of the series!? I could name many series where this has occurred, a prime example being Harry Potter, although I can understand those deaths because it was a battle and everything. I just finished a series where one of my most favorite characters died with a bunch of others whose deaths were wholly unnecessary and felt much too rushed and forced. Of course, I'm talking about Finnick from the Hunger Games. I was pretty satisfied with the way the series ended, but all of those deaths at the end just seemed way too rushed...like the author was trying to get rid of them because they couldn't think of what else to do with them. I must say that I love the execution scene with Snow and Coin. I didn't mind Snow as a villain, in fact I was rather liking him close to the end of the series (I know, somethings wrong with me), but the way he planted the idea of the rebels killing Katniss's sister was awesome. That was his shinning moment in my opinion. She ended up killing Coin while Snow died laughing and choking on his own blood. I loved that part. My favorite characters by far were Haymitch, Finnick, and Peeta. Katniss and Gale are rather low on my list of tolerable characters as I found them complete and total hypocrites in most of the things they did and gale basically becoming what he hated.

Sorry, that was a long rant.

I found I have a weird habit of saying As in names like ahs. Point in case: Anna or Ana. I pronounce them Ahhnna. And for Maria, I say Mahria. I don't know anyone else who does this. I just found out when I told dad I was going to read Anna Karenina and I got a strange look. hmm...weird, I think the other way to pronounce it is too nasaly and I don't like how it sounds. Just like it's an unspoken rule for me to make the 'e' in 'the' long when it comes before a word that starts with a vowel. It irritates me when people don't do that because it makes me think they don't know proper grammar when speaking. I'm weird...unless that actually is how you're supposed to talk...then cool.

I'm getting into Clockwork Angel even though I've heard some discouraging things about it. I think my favorite is Jem so far, though I don't know who Tessa will go with and frankly I don't care though I think Will has more of a shot at where I am in the book. I love Jem and Will's Broship! And I'm glad they're not gay because it would have ruined the brotherly feelings they have for each other, I think it would have made it awkward, not to mention Clare had already used that plot point before and it would have gotten repetitive. Yay for brotherly love! I think Clare captured the time period pretty well with the whole mixed feelings of the roles of Women thing going on. It makes it more real and it doesn't bother me at all the way it seemed to bug Jordan. I might have to re-read the original series to remember all the last names being thrown around. I can't wait to read more and I only have less than 200 pages left to go!

Wow, what a long and pointless post! Hee hee, oh well! :P