Well, Isn't just lovely living in Pennsylvania? =] We've got well over a foot of snow (my Dad tells me that Rochester New York had about 2 and still going.) and everything is so lovely with the fresh powder...but I'm just so tired. I work night shifts again so, its cutting into my photography time. I work 10pm to 6am...I'm up for about another 3 hours and then sleep until its dark out again. Its rather depressing. I'm off on Monday night, but I'll be sleeping all day again that day. So, the earliest I'll see daylight might be Tuesday and by then everything will look rotten and miserable. Dirty snow from plows and people walking through all the pristine smooth mounds of snow.
Oh! The agony! Though I do have to go to the store today. I might get a chance if I can manage to stay awake until about 10am. Here's to hoping.
I've finished 2 books for my 50 books challenge. I'm working on a third, which is proving to be more difficult than the first two. Though, the second one was only about 75 pages or so (give or take a few)and this one is at least 600-700 pages long.
Here's what I've completed so far:
1.) Looking for Alaska- John Green
2.) Harry Potter: The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.k. Rowling
Now, that's not a bad start for being only 11 days into the new year, if I do say so myself. However, Brisingr by Christopher Paolini is going to prove a challenge in itself. Eragon, the first book of the Inheritance Trilogy, was incredible! I loved the characters, the world, the logic behind the use of magic, everything. It had a terrific ending leaving the reader begging for more. However, the second book (Eldest) was rather difficult to read because the first one ended after a battle of epic proportions and the next book picked up immediately where it left off. Which isn't all that bad, but Paolini ( Much Like Tolkien) leaves nothing to the imagination.
Paolini has a tendency to describe the entire journey, which in the book, took about 3 months to complete...but it also took up 1/3 of the book. Nothing much happens aside from conversation, camping, and learning a little (and I mean a little) about the leading Elf character, Saphira the Dragon, and a few Dwarfs that accompany our heroes the the city of the Elves. Granted, Eragon learns a few things...but its mostly scenery and animals that we learn about. Nothing really picks up until they reach the edge of the Elves' territory. This also ends with the finishing of a battle and a promise made to a family member to be continued in the third and final book Brisingr.
This time the book didn't start out so slow...but it grew slow after a few chapters. Its like he's dragging his feet and not wanting to end the trilogy at all. Now I'm still reading this one and I'm not even half way through it. So, I'm hoping that everything he mentions is worth knowing by the end of the story. Otherwise I think I'll feel cheated a little bit.
Paolini has a great deal of imagination and I believe he wanted us to get the full picture of this world he created, but perhaps he should have made this a longer series of books to fit all the wonders and secrets he's sharing with us. I understand that this all had to fit in a time frame and he does an excellent job of making the main character have true human qualities. There is much to love about this trilogy, it just take dedication to finish it...at least on my part.
And by the way, DON'T watch the movie Eragon and think that the book doesn't need to be read, because it does. The movie was such an incredible disappointment I couldn't help but feel relief that I didn't pay to see it in a theater. I'd have been tossed out on my ass for sure this time. I'm not a big fan of books turned into movies. At all.
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