2011 Review

This was undoubtly one of the worst years of my life. Probably the worst. Personal things aside it was not also a good year of reading material. I've read almost half the pages of last year. So... This is something that I Want to change. So you can see, my average page per day was 45 against last year that was 74. had a goal of 80 so I get half. Bah...

Best books this year?

The Giver, Gathering Blue and Messenger by Lois Lowry.
The Long Walk by Stephen King
Pawn of Chaos by Brian Craig (Black Library)
Mark of Heresy & Mark of Heresy by James Wallis (Black Library)
Drachenfels by Jack Yeovil (Black Library)
Dead Men Walking by Steve Lyons (Black Library)
My Work is not Yet Done by Thomas Ligotti
Aylmer Vance: Ghost Seer by Alice & Claude Askew  (One of the oldest book I've ever read. This stories were published before 1918).

Most of them I must make a review because unfortunally I messed up that too.
I've finish 58 books. 20 are from Black Library.

I really hope I can improve my performace. Reading, noawadays is my life. I can't fall on temptation of doing nothing.

Review: Terry Pratchett - Discworld Graphic Novels

I bought this book a while ago and after reading the first two novels in Discworld I read it so I could see whata Pratchett made me imagine. There are some things kind of strange... for what I learn there isn't set an age for Rincewind. In the cover of the novel he is depicted old but on the graphic novel he is young.that was odd. The graphic novel isn't that bad but it left out some interesting things mainly on the second part where the last battle is not the even the same. Either way it's a good book with funny moments that are presented also on the books. Quite good. I would advice it to anyone who have read the novels. To anyone else I would start on the novels.

Review: The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett

Title The Light Fantastic (2st on Discworld)
Author Terry Pratchett
Pages 285
Year 1986
Publisher Corgi
Reading time 5 days (January 2010)
Rating 7.5 / 10

Review

This book follows the first book on discworld and it's the only one that has a direct sequel. All other books have the same characters but they can read independently. The first was The Colour of Magic (here).

In these tale we follow the (mis)adventures of Rincewind the Mage, Twoflower the first Tourist and it's faithful companion The Luggage. As the story progress we get to see Cohen the Barbarian which will later appear in other stories, Bethan a virgin to-be-sacrificed, Death with a minor role, Ysabell, his daughter and a couple of other characters like Herrena the Henna-Haired Harridan and the main antagonist Trymon the archmage.

In this novel we learn more about the Discworld, it's origins and goings, the Unseen Academy and other fantastic beings. There is some references to some fairytales that were done superbly.

The plot it's simple. A red star is going straight foward for Discworld and nobody knows what to do. The Mages think that the solution is the magic book Octavo and Rincewind with the help of the lost spell on this mind guides him. The all plot is quite good. In my opinion this sequel is greater than the first. 7.5/10



Thoughts XVII - BC and AC

There is a time in life when things changes... for the worst. And what do you do?
You start living again. It's difficult but that's life.

You live not because you want but because you are told that you must live or else other people will be sad. Fuck up life when you can't even be sad because someone will say "stop feeling piety for yourself".

To you all, who said that, Fuck You.

Desire Lyrics says it all....

Chapter XV: Torn ApartMy eyes shed tears
When I recall the saddest moment
Which filled me with sorrow
When I watched your going away...
Gone with the wind... Going away...

You parted, no word spoken
Without a tender beckoning
You left me sore
Handed over to grief's embrace...

My heart... My frozen heart
Is bleeding and crying
With our torn apart

You took in your hand
The autumn's tear
Spilt on the emotion
You caused by forsaking me

You were the last scrap of life
Within my being
You tore up an eternal wound
You left me dying...

And I told you...
That I felt this love was killing me
And pain was tearing me apart...
Forever I will long for you
In my silence... Silence... In my Solitude...
Solitude...

My silence... My solitude...

I will never forget that look of yours,
Pierced through my heart...

Chapter XVI: (Love Is) Suicide...
You were the last scrap of life within my being
You tore up and eternal wound
You left me dying...
My heart burning in flames, for you,
For all eternity...

I can't live without my life...
I can't live without my soul...

Love is suicide

Life begins anew, fuck up but it begins... And now I have BC or AC.

But you get the picture...

And a phrase of hope from the movie The Crow.... "Sometimes Love is Stronger than Dead" (Of course it's my own Death)