Now I’m reading The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan. It follows the adventure of Rand al'Thor who is the "Dragon Reborn" or the reincarnation of Lews Therin who was dubbed the "Dragon" (the guy also kind... of went insane and killed his whole family) Also in the book there are some women know as Aes Sedai who can "channel" the one power. It's kinda like magic but not... Also there aren't any male who can channel the one power since they had all gone insane like Lews Therin-- he could also "channel". Well so on Rand lives in a place called the "Two rivers". Well he his two friends, Perrin Aybara and Mat Cauthon, are then entangled with an Aes Sedai who was at the Two Rivers at that time, Moraine. Moraine was there to find the "dragon reborn" but she couldn't tell which of the three it was so she took all three of time out of the two rivers after telling them that their village would be attck by Trollocs again if they didn't leave after there was an attack by Trollocs. And the three guys with the Aes Sedai with her Warder (kind like a bodyguard but there is a special bond or link between a warder and an Aes Sedai), Lan Mandragon, and including a travelling gleeman (an entertainer?), Thom Merrilin, and Ewgene al'Vere, Rand's childhood sweetheart. They are later follow by Nynaeve al'Meara who was the Edmond Field's (a place near/in? Two Rivers) "wisdom". hehehhe this is a really starting to be a long drabble so I'm just going to cut it short, I'm not even 1/5 of the way done and this is just the first book..

Basically they are then pursue by the Trollocs and they make it to a city called Baerlon and there they meet a girl named Min farshaw. The trio of guys gets these nightmares about a guy named Ba'alzamon. Then this is where they meet Nynaeve who tries to get them back but fails and in the end comes with them. After they leave the city they are again chased by trollocs and have to fight their way out and then they come into a place call Shadar Logoth. Rand and his friends explore the place and they meet a guy name Mordeth. The guy tried to kill them after he learns that they're travelling with an Aes Sedai. But then suddenly the trollocs and beings called myrddaal storm in and as continued bad luck the evil of Shadar Logoth makes its appearance and the whole group of Rand, Perrin, Mat, Moraine, and etc. gets separated from each other.

And I’m going to cut it short here. Although, it’s only been like a week but I have already read more than half the book. (Not really good for Goals...) But so far I’m in love with it! It’s probably one of the best books I have ever read and I know it’s definitely going to be my favorite.

Personally I love fantasy stories, and this book caters exactly to what I need. The plot is thrilling and wonderful. You never really know what’s going to happen next. It’s like one of those toys you get at Christmas and when you open the lid, it jumps right out at you. You knew something was going to jump. You definitely suspected it and yet you’re still surprise when it does because it hits you in the most unsuspecting way. This is why I love this plot. It’s not only refreshing a new from all the other books I’ve read but it has a certain charm to it. It’s funny in all the right places and it’s amazingly thought out in all the other. There’s that wittiness about it that makes me want to read more. It so addicting to read! I feel as though I’m going to implode any second if I don’t know what happens next (again, this has got to be unhealthy!).

Even now, as I’m typing I can’t wait to get back in my bed and curl up with a glass of hot chocolate and continue my adventure with Rand. I can’t wait for what’s to happen next!

Ariana Franklin's Writing style

Ariana Franklin’s writing style is perhaps one of the best I have ever read. She is one of those talented authors who with the uncanny ability to compress tons of information and meaning into very few sentences and yet still be able to achieve the effect of conveying every single detail and even the simplest nuances of information. Not only that but her writing style, is easy to follow but not extremely simple as well. It’s like the feeling of floating down a brook. The current guides you along but sometimes you still need to propel yourself forward to get where you want to go. This is exactly what it felt like to read this novel of hers. At times, there were moments when the suspense kicks and the currents of information and words just flood you with details and meanings and yet it is so easy to decipher them all. However, there were parts where her style of writing becomes more complex and I needed to reread a couple of things here and there to get the complete picture. But it was worth it to be able to understand the beautiful world of Adelia’s in which Ariana Franklin weaves. Her plot flows through seamlessly and you can’t detect any loop holes at all. Its like gliding on silk, so soft and smooth and leaving you craving for another touch. Not only that, but Ariana Franklin has an amazing ability to create suspense even when you don’t realize. Nearly thee-fourths of the book was a built up to the climax and when it hits you, you suddenly get the moment of realization and go “Oh! I should have seen it coming!”. And yet you don’t. the plot is created in such a way that you know what’s going o happen but you really don’t because you keep on second guessing yourself and this in turns creates more suspense because you want to know whether or not you right in the beginning at all.

Overall, I’m absolutely in love with this book. The rich details are amazing. The plot is sewn together flawlessly. This has got to be one of the best novels, I have ever read!

Adelia and Sir Rowley Picot

I for one never thought (even now I can’t believe it...) that Adelia would in the end for in love with Sir Rowley Picot. For one thing, they never appealed to me as a couple. Also, in the beginning of the book, Adelia detested Sir Rowley Picot while Sir Rowley Picot quickly found himself at odds with Adelia. They hated each other. They loathed each other. They abhorred each other’s presence as if it were a contagious disease that could infect them just by sharing the same air. Okay, maybe it wasn’t to that much of an extent, but still they really did dislike each other.

Sir Rowley Picot had at first hated Adelia because he felt that she was too cold. He felt that she was too unemotional as shown when she had diagnosed the corpses of the children and yet somehow still managed to remain calm while any other sensible young lady of her time would have gagged their breakfast, lunch and dinner out. And then should have quite possibly fainted. But Adelia on the other hand, was seemingly unnerved as she probed the body for clues. And for that, Sir Rowley Picot hated her. Even he had shown disgust at this “inhuman procedure” and dishonor of the dead. And yet Adelia was neither disturbed nor disgusted in his eyes. To him, she was too professional and in that professionalism she had lost her “humanity”. Because she was too calm, sir Rowley picot thought her to be too uncaring and too unemotional.

However, this is proven to be very much untrue. Throughout this entire scene we could see that Adelia was barely keeping her stomach in check. She had only managed to get through with the procedure by repeatedly telling herself that she wasn’t looking at children’s corpses but at the body of dead pigs. While, this may be seen as cruel and uncaring in Sir Rowley Picot’s eyes, this was the only way for her to remain calm and appear as he thinks “undisturbed”.

Then from Adelia’s point of view, we can see that she dislikes him because he treats her coldly because he believe that she herself is cold. Ironic, ha? Not only that, but in her eyes, he is also a suspect for murder. While he serves as an indispensable ally, he could also be the killer. And I wouldn’t blame Adelia for thinking that at all. Even I as I read though the chapters had my suspicions about him. And it was a big shocker for me to realize that it actually wasn’t him at all. And it was an even bigger shocker, when he would become Adelia’s love interest. Like I had completed ranted on about before, these two don’t seem to fit each other too well. However, now that I think about it, in a twisted type of way they do. Like magnets. The negative and positive don’t seem to match each other at all but somehow they are attracted to each other. And I guess Adelia and Sir Rowley Picot are a perfect example of this. Two completely different persons who in the end by a series of mystery and murder become inexplicable close.

Night and The Book Thief

After reading and finishing Night, I found numerous of similarities between that book and The Book Thief. While it both deals with the holocaust, it was the basis of humanity in both stories that really got to me. In Night I discovered the worst of humanity but I also uncovered the preeminent of it as well. While, at times there were those who abandoned their love ones to survive, there were also some instances in which their better side won over their selfish desire to live. For example, for numerous of times Elie Wiesel had given up his ration of soup to his father. Although, Wiesel had abandoned his father some other times as well, by giving his father his ration of soup it shows that Elie did truly care for his father and desired for him to live. At those moments he forfeited his instinctual yearning for self preservation to save someone that he really cared about. And this is the same moral basis that I find in The Book Thief.

In the beginning The Book Thief, Liesel mostly cared only for herself as well as a few others she found truly close to her. She had stolen a book from a fire burning because she was curious about it and she hadn’t even given any thought of how that would affect her family. She was selfish for that reason. Not only that, but she had stolen food for numerous of times to satisfy her hunger without giving thought to who she stole the food from. And when she had gotten money from selling some chestnuts, she used that money to buy candy instead of giving it to her mother to buy more food. For all these reasons I find Liesel indefinitely selfish.

However, just as Elie Wiesel was, Liesel still had her good points. While at many times, it only showed how she care for herself and her own self preservation, there were other times when it showed that she cared for others and put their wellbeing in front of her as well. For example: when she had given out bread to the Jews. Although, she knew that if the SS soldiers found her that she would be severely punished she still had given bread out to them. Not only that, but once when she had gotten food she had shared it with her fellow friends. Not only that, but possibly the biggest important “good” thing she did was help hide Max. And this wasn’t just her, but her entire family. They knew the consequences for helping a Jew. They knew very well that they could have died and yet they still helped him. In a society where the most hated person was a Jew, they had decided to go along with their better ethics and helped Max. Because of this, I found a whole new respect for Liesel.

And also, because of this I found that these two books were very alike. Not only did they represent both halves of humanity but the both taught me to understand that not everyone in the world values self preservation as their top most priority. There are still people out there who value morals and ethics as well. And sometimes the good people might not be who you expect. These two books really reinstated by confidence in humanity.