Saturday, April 21, 2018

Week 25- You know you're lucky when you get home 5 minutes before you left

I didn't really get talk about the ending of The Diabolic. Basically, it was about rights and a person's purpose. Kinda weird. Also, I don't like romance books, so... meh. Anyways, this week I started re-reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle. I read this in 6th grade, but I don't remember much about it, so when I saw the movie a few weeks ago I wanted to revisit it. There's definitely some stuff that was changed in the movie, but I like both versions so far. One thing I really love is Mrs Which, because of the way she speaks. Everything is written wwithh doubblee letttterss, and it has a really neat effect. At first it seemed a little annoying, but it kind of helps show that she's not as solid or corporeal as the others, along with how she's never fully visible. It helps you remember that she's something very clearly not only human but not a physical creature as much as a voice and sense of being. Overall, it's a weird book, but it's on purpose, and it works. Also, I'm not sure if maybe the book was written in French and translated into English, or maybe written in English by a frenchwoman, but I think part of the "off" feeling I get is because of the language barrier, or maybe even because of how old the book is. Sometimes things aren't fully explained, and they seem almost like they're not real or not happening, and I think that's partially because Meg is an unreliable narrator who is very purposely out of the loop, and is the only character who doesn't understand the Mrs like Calvin and Charles Wallace, along with everything happening. This is also linked to her inabiloty to properly tesser, although this is better shown in the movie than it is in the book. One scene that stuck with me from the first time I read it, and wasn't in the movie, is when they tesser to a 2d planet. I'm not sure why, but that scene was really cool to me, and was something I remembered a lot, even though I forgot about most of the book's plot.
That's enough rambling from me, though. I'll let you know what happens next week.

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Week 24- Oreoooooos

Okay, I know I was reading The Diabolic, and I'm still not finished with it, but I speed-read Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda. I LOVE this book! I'll probably re-read it, since it's not due for over two weeks. It turns out my predictions were mostly right, or at least addressed, so I want to run through those.
So, first of all, Simon thought Cal would be Blue, and simply because he thought that, I kind of assumed he wouldn't be, because that's way too easy. He wasn't.
Then, I thought maybe Martin was Blue. I figured maybe that was why he brought up the emails-- not to blackmail Si, but to spend more time with him. Especuially when they started becoming a little more amibale towards each other, I thought it was the case. It didn't make sense once he got mad at Simon, though, since Blue was still responding normally to Simon's emails, so I didn't see how he could be mad but act normal as Blue.
I definitely didn't see Bram coming at all. I thought for sure it would be someone closer to Simon, but consideringz how often Simon commented on "soccer calves" it works out.
Honestly, Bram and Simon are the cutest. And the dorkiest, but those two things aren't mutually exclusive. I may not have expected it, but I love it regardless.
I think the fact that Simon expected Blue to be white and got mad at himself for that when Bram wasn't is super important, by the way. I love the thing about 'white shouldn't be the default, just like straight shouldn't be the default' and it fits the book so well.
Plus, I was surprised by the religious representation. I mean, there wasn't a ton, but two Jewish characters is more than I've read in a book where it isn't a main part of the plot. I also thought the half-Jewish, half-Episcopal thing was interesting. Is that something that happens in real life? People born into two religions? Isn't that confusing?
So, overall, I really really really really love this book and all the characters and everything about it, and I'm so excited to see the movie tomorrow. 😍😍😍