My Twilight Rant.

Total misuse of the blog, I know. But, hey, I'm talking about a book! :D
(And my last two were boring, as well as me being tired of the fangirls. :C )


First Off, Twilight Does Not Compare to Harry Potter!

No, never, no. Twilight and Harry Potter can't even be compared, really; they have no smiliar archetypes in them whatsoever. Nothing really can surpass or even come close to the craze that Harry Potter has become, I mean, is there such a thing as "Vampire Rock"? I've only heard Wizard Rock. I am not saying that one is better than the other (though my opinion is pretty obvious), but people should stop saying that Twilight is the new Harry Potter, because it's not; Twilight is the new Twilight and Harry Potter is the new Harry Potter, that's it.

Twilight is Great for Psychology and What Not To Do Puns!

Just about everyone in Twilight has a mental problem, seriously.
Bella is a narciccist, Edward's a stalker, Jacob (turns into) a pedophile and Reneeseme is a demon baby that tried to kill her mother before she was born. If trying to suck the life out of your mother before you were born isn't a sign of insanity, I don't know what is.
Despite that fact, most are Mary-Sues and Gary-Stus. For those who don't know what these are, (they seem to be writer's terms) they basically mean that said character has no personality whatsoever, or is completely and totally perfect and without any flaws.
Edward Cullen is a prime example. Edface is an icecube, filled with nothing but bland water, with shiny wrapping paper over it and a bow of handsome tied on top. That's it.
And, in Breaking Dawn, Mary-Sue and Gary-Stu made a Mary-Stu.

Stephen King vs. Stephenie Meyer

"Stephen King is just jealous of Stephenie! He hasn't sold 12 million copies of books! He just wants to bring his books into the limelight! He can't say that about her!!!!!1111!!"

Yeah, Stephen King said that SMeyer "can't write worth a darn," and people are having a total and complete SPAZZ about it.

Firstly, Stephen King has sold 350 million copies of his books, and that doesn't even tell you how many people have read it, considering the fact that people borrow, lend and use libraries. Stephen King is like a god in the writing world, and SMeyer is a wannabe.

Stephen King can say that about her, because he is Stephen King.

The Writing Hurts my Head.

If one was a writer like I am, you could take Twilight two ways.
A) It could be a shiny beacon of hope to the hopeful novelist; with said person knowing that this horrible work of literary suck was published, they'd get that novel they wrote for NaNoWriMo in stores sooner than you could say shiny vampires.
B) An insult to all writer kind and the start of the long, book recession. Vampire books are everywhere now. Whoopee.

Most take the latter rather than the former.
The writing is so horrible in this, I actually had a friend of mine and I go through two of the Twilight books and highlight every 'perfect,' 'brilliant,' 'angel,' and 'amazing' we could find. The number was crazy. The writing is forced and un-effortless. When you're an author, you want your writing to end up painting a picture such of Monet, not your five year old cousin.

Kay, I'm done now.
I am now ready for people to throw rocks at me. (:

Neverwhere : Welcome to the Truly Terrifying

"'Don't worry,' She said, seriously, 'The blood was probably someone else's.'"

Slowly, my friends, this blog is going to just become a shrine to Neil Gaiman...because here he is again! I, honestly, am not very far into this book, and it appears to be very ambiguous and downright confusing. Mostly, it's about a girl named Door, who seems to be a little our of the ordinary, and Richard, a man who is overly ordinary. I suspect something unpredictable is going to be thrust upon Richard, but with this author, you really have no clue what's to come.
So far, though, the book is really great. It’s written well, and the plot is interesting, even if I don’t have much of a clue as to what’s going on. Gaiman puts in the ambiguous little patches of moments in the story that keep me hungry for more and more, and I have a feeling that I’ll be very disappointed when it ends. Awkward blog is awkward, because I have nothing much to say about the book. D:

Coraline : Be Careful What You Wish For

'"I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave."

"Does she even have a grave?" asked Coraline.

"Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back."'

- Page 93, Coraline.

Read the book before the movie, otherwise you really don't get why the cat is there, and you get the experience without Whybie.

Anyway, I read this book, and it was amazing. Imagine Alice in Wonderland with a creepy twist and buttons. It's about a girl named Coraline, who wishes for a better, more interesting life. Soon, she gets it, but in the most unsuspected way: a whole new world, complete with an Other Mother, an Other Father, and Other people in her life back home, and they all have buttons for eyes. Little does Coraline know that, despite the fantastical and amazing new things in this world, it's all a trap.

Basically it's a whole 'be careful what you wish for' deal. Coraline is actually a really amazing book, and Neil Gaiman is an amazing author (wrote the book Stardust, which was made into a movie, as well.) with an insane amount of imagination. I read it and couldn't stop thinking about the buttons-for-eyes idea. I highly suggest it to anyone looking for a good read.