December Reading Part 2

Caught in the fantasy spirit, and after countless recommendations, I realized it was high time I read Eragon and Eldest. Little did I know I'd be caught in a teenagers poorly written daydreams.
I've come to the conclusion that Christopher Paolini was watching Star Wars one day, and thought to himself, "I will write a book about myself..uh..super-elf-powered...in middle earth..with a dragon...and the story of Luke Skywalker! OoOoO!" As far as fantasy epics go, The Inheritance books were nothing new. And I am not alone in thinking this- I found a website that actually supports all my ideas with reasonable (and sometimes hilarious) arguments. Here is an article on the website that shows the similarities between Eragon and Star wars. Plagiarize much?
I don't even know if I have the heart to recommend these books to anyone my age. It's obvious they'd like them, Eldest alone sold more than 425,000 copies the week it was released. But the suck-age is just too much. Sure, they were exciting and engaging enough to get me through 2 novels, but looking back I wish I'd never even entered Alagaesia.
On a happier note, while searching the internet for information about Christopher Paolini (omgz he wuz only 15??) I stumbled upon this gem, one of the most interesting interviews I've ever read. Pullman and Pierce are the authors of some of my favorite books of all time, so I actually squealed in excitement when I found this. As an avid fan of His Dark Materials and the Song of the Lioness quartet etc., I gobbled this up like I did my mom's homemade apple pie on Christmas (which was extraordinary this year!).

Now I must say a hearty "BRB!!!!!" to the fantasy world, while I visit 19th century England for who knows how long. Until then,

December Reading part 1

Much of my December was spent indoors sheltered from the awful weather. I finished 5 books in the entire month. That's pretty good considering I have little to no time for reading, what with school, friends, and- well let's be honest- video games.
At the beginning of December, after watching a hilarious episode of Flight Of The Conchords I was inspired to read The Fellowship of the Ring for the second time. It was 5x more amazing the second time around. This time I actually understood what was going on. Although some parts were as boring as before, (*cough*the council of elrond*cough*) I no longer thought of them as unnecessary. It was way cool, for all the same reasons everyone else likes it.
After completing that, I decided to complete the series this time, because I would feel like a total LOTR failure if I didn't. Besides, I was anxious to watch the movies again and actually understand them. So I embarked on the epic journeys that are The Two Towers and The Return Of The King. Long long long. Though they kept me very entertained, I still have to say the Hobbit is the best. :-)
I then spent 2 days watching the extended versions of the movies and keeping it real. I was kind of disappointed that Tom Bombadil and Goldberry were left out, but I can understand why. Also I thought Treebeard was SO not as cool as in the books. And why that is, is a mystery to me.
Middle Earth was nothing compared to the dangers I would soon encounter in Alagaesia though...

Hi Everybody!

Welcome internet friends! I really like to read...but I also have a terrible memory, so I present to you my book blog. I want to review books I've read so that I can remember why I liked or disliked them. Which will give me a chance to let my opinion be known to the world!!
I like a wide variety of books, but mainly classics and fantasy. I love reading a book just before the movie adaptation comes out too. I will begin a review of all the books I read over winter break in my next post. LATER!!!