Part the Third and Rapunzel’s Revenge
There was a part one. And then there was a part two. And now there’s a part three. The fact that there’s a part three of this makes me wonder. Do I read too much or am I fictional guy crazy? It’s quite possibly both. Anyway…
1. They like to tease in a good-natured sort of way. (Marak)
2. They believe that death cannot stop true love. (Wesley)
3. They write some really romantic poetry. “You are my soul’s address.” (Marius)
4. They help you overcome grief. (Wes)
5. They help you be honest. (Owen)
6. They know what’s good for you even if you don’t. (Dexter)
7. They eventually make the right choice. (Theo)
8. They tack poetry to the tree in your front yard. (Parr)
9. They have wicked awesome magical skills. (Mendanbar)
10. They confess their love in the sweetest way. (Tristan)
11. They believe in radical honesty. (Frizz)
12. They have so much ingenuity. (Kavi)
13. They have a cute personality. (Luka)
14. They help you to live a little. (Hanks)
15. They certainly know how to keep your memory alive. (Landen)
16. They are photographers. (Fred Garland)
17. They know how to have fun. (Peregrine)
18. They love you no matter how much you cheat on them. (Jaimy)
19. They love you despite your rather freaky looks. (David.)
20. They can’t yell back when you yell at them. (Jiaan, Tycho, Darrow, Macon.)
Part One: http://stargazer100.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/why-fictional-men-are-better/
Part Two: http://stargazer100.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/part-the-second/
I got Rapunzel’s Revenge yesterday! I read it all in one sitting, and I loved every minute of it. I want to sit down and read it again this evening. A somewhat interesting story goes along with the trip to Borders I made to buy this wonderful book….
There was this girl, and for the sake of her anonymity, we’ll call her Leigha. Leigha, since she has her permit, drove to Borders and tried to ignore her mother. (Her mother was being a little paranoid, and Leigha does not do things well when she is under stress.) Leigha did a decent parking job, though she didn’t have to park between two cars. She put the car in park and then turned it off. Her mother looked greatly relieved that the ride was over, though she did confess later that Leigha is an excellent driver.
As soon as mother and daughter stepped through the double door entrance of Borders, they went their separate ways. The mother went to look at cookbooks, and the daughter headed straight for the young adult section. Before Leigha had taken two steps in that direction, she almost walked right into a stand. It was a very frightening stand. It was a stand covered with Breaking Dawn and T-Shirts. Not just any T-Shirts though. T-Shirts that had a huge picture of Robert Pattinson as Edward on them. Leigha was frightened, and she tried to run. She couldn’t imagine the horrid degradation of wearing such a shirt. Alas, a store employee saw her standing there, and the employee accosted poor Leigha before she could away.
“Would you like to buy this shirt?” the employee asked. Her nametag read “Anna.”
Leigha stared in horror for a moment. “No, thank you,” she said bravely. And she turned away. She took one last look over her shoulder and walked as fast as she could away from Robert Pattinson and the employee.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she reached the young adult section. She flinched a little when she saw a stand with paperback copies of Twilight and New Moon. She recovered quickly though and realized that she must have seen at least six stands devoted to the Twilight Series. Leigha sniffed contemptuously and began scanning the shelves for the book she was looking for. The book she had been waiting to read. The book that at that very second she was dying to read. There, she found the H’s. She found Shannon Hale. She saw Book of a Thousand Days, Enna Burning, and The Goose Girl. Alas, she did not see what she was looking for. She wanted to burst into tears, to blame it on Robert Pattinson’s freaky eyebrows.
As she turned away from the shelves, ready to ask an employee, something caught her eye. A Celia Rees book. Leigha highly enjoyed Witch Child and Pirates!, so seeing this new book made her a little less sad. But only a little. She picked up the new Celia Rees book. Soray, it was called. Leigha thought it looked terribly entertaining. She mentally added it to her to-read list before she went to find an employee.
Much to her intense delight, Leigha was able to find an employee who wasn’t the same one who asked her if she would like a scary T-Shirt. The employee was able to find the book Leigha was looking for. The employee handed the book to her, and she expressed her thanks. Giddily, she opened the book and gushed enthusiastically over the pictures. She found her mother and told her they could go now.
Due to Leigha’s extreme happiness, her mother thought it best that she didn’t drive home in such a state. That was fine with Leigha because she wanted to begin reading the book as soon as she could.
Leigha read the book the whole way home. She slowly walked into the house so as to not run into anything. (Her nose was buried deeply within the book.) She got into her room with only minor injuries, flopped on her bed, and did not get up until she was finished.
When she was finished, Leigha sighed happily as she clasped the book to her chest and declared it to be absolutely marvelous. She darted over to GoodReads to share the news. Then she thought she should share the news here because, well, she’s crazy like that.
Leigha
Things My Characters Would Never Say and Dreaded School
Guess what. I’m insane. Absolutely and completely insane. Why? Because I enjoy inflicting pain upon my characters. If you’d like to know what kind of pain, feel free to check out the Snippets page.
I have so many different endings for my novel. Eight of them are sad, four are happy, two are bittersweet, and one is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever written. I wrote the ridiculous one when I was having writer’s block. All of the characters are out of character. Usually when I have writer’s block, I kill people off. Oh, I bring them back to life eventually. Ah, the joys of being a writer. You can bring people back to life. Anyway… Now I forget what I was originally going to talk about. (I got distracted when one of my brothers walked by with a glass of Coke. I started thinking about how much I would like some… Still thinking about it actually…)
Oh, now I remember! I was going to post a list of things that my characters would never say…
So…
A list of things my characters would never say… (I’m going crazy with the dots aren’t I? Sorry.)
Jace: I don’t like girls, and I’m not a fop.
Caia: I wish life were a bit more adventurous.
Jace: Kissing’s disgusting. I mean, it’s really rather gross when you think about it.
Caia: I like low-cut dresses.
Jace: I don’t lie.
Caia: I go for the old and rich types.
Jace: I like people.
Caia: I love being insulted.
Jace: Piety is my middle name.
I know my characters so well. I’m proud of myself.
School started today. I can safely say that I already hate trigonometry and chemistry. I’m more of an English and history kind of girl. Though, I’m doing American history this year and I’d really rather do world history. I’m also doing American literature. I guess that’s okay since I get to do English literature next year in twelfth grade.
Here’s another reason I’m insane. I cracked Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow open, and I couldn’t read it. I tried. I really did. Maybe I’ll try Dragon Flight tomorrow.
Now that I think about it, I have a right to be insane. I mean, I write. Anyone who writes is insane to some degree. I heard a wonderful quote before: “Writing is the only acceptable form of schizophrenia.” I agree.
Leigha
Caption Contest Winner!
And the winner is…
*lots of unnecessary shuffling of papers, clearing of throat, and touching the mike*
TAIGER!!!!!!
Taiger said: “(thought bubble) Mom? What on earth are you wearing?”
Congrats, Taiger. That caption is hysterical. 
I must admit that it was hard to decide the winner, and speaking of which…
I’d like to specially thank my co-judge Miss Anilee.
And I’d like to specially thank everyone who participated. I just might like to do this again sometime…
Dramatics Concerning Books and Darcy’s Eyes
So I just finished Undercover by Beth Kephart, and I loved it. Loved it. I think I’m going to go reread it right away. I might somehow be able to like it even more. (Or I’ll dislike it the second time around and wonder why I liked it in the first place) That actually happened to me a year or so ago. I decided to reread Annie, Between the States. I enjoyed reading it for a second time, but I didn’t like it half as much as the first time. The author’s writing style bothered me in places, and the ending was rather disappointing. (I must admit to laughing when Annie got together with that one guy. First, I thought it was rather tacky. Second, I saw it coming from literally page one, so I just went “Meh.”) Oh, dear. I’m starting to talk in parenthesis again. And I’m rambling again. I wanted to talk about Undercover but then I got to parenthesis. I swear this is the effect LRRH has on me. Very recently we went from character’s names to world domination in one page.
Oh, and I’d like to add to my Annie, Between the States comment. I just reread it for a third time not too long ago, and I think I liked it more than the second time. I think. I’m not sure how I feel about this book. Let’s just say that I like some parts, and then I don’t like other parts. Yeah.
Anyway…
I just watched the modern version of Pride and Prejudice. I enjoyed it more than I expected to. It wasn’t completely like the book, but that didn’t really bother me. I mean, in this version Mr. Collins ends up with Mary. Which, I think, is as it should be.
I’ve wanted to watch this ever since Taiger suggested it on LRRH. (Thanks, Taiger! And you’re right. Darcy does have lovely eyes. My sister and I didn’t swoon or anything, so don’t look so suspicious. 
)
I have decided that within the next few days I am going to be brave and dare to read Dragon Flight and Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow. I can’t believe I’m being so dramatic about a couple of books. But, hey, if I didn’t have a sense of drama, I wouldn’t bother writing.
And speaking of writing, I’m taking another break from writing my novel after I finish the chapter I’m working on. This break will probably be a lot longer than my last one. My life got, um, rather dramatic/tumultuous as of late. Plus I’m starting school this Monday, and I’d like be as de-stressed as possible when I start. And writing combined with my life and impending junior year and learning to drive just isn’t going to work out, so I have absolutely no idea when I’ll get back to it. Probably when I settle into the school year and life returns to a semblance of normal.
Leigha
Rapunzel’s Untimely Demise and My General Insanity
Hah! Even more proof of my craziness. (Not that I needed some.) First of all, why has the area where you sign into WordPress moved to the left? I’ve signed in twice since that happened, and both times I had a heart attack. I don’t like it on the left because…it’s on the left…and it’s smaller. Yeah. That’s it. Okay, I’m just used to it being on the right. Yes, I know this isn’t that big of a deal, but I think it is because I’m absolutely crazy. Make sense? Good.
More proof of craziness…
I had a dream last night about Rapunzel’s Revenge. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a dream where I got an autographed copy and met the lovely author. Actually, this dream had nothing to do with the book itself. What happened? Well…
I dreamed I had my license, (I really just have my permit.) and I was just cruising down the road at night. I was all happy and singing along to the radio. Then this car cuts me off in the left turning lane. There are two long braids flying out of the car windows. I didn’t have time to be angry about being cut off because the car that did went flying into a random stone wall. The car exploded into little pieces of sand and gravel. (I didn’t know that cars exploded into pieces of sand and gravel.) When I got home, I turned on the news where they informed the viewers that Rapunzel of Rapunzel’s Revenge fame had passed away in a fatal car explosion.
Isn’t that insane? I dreamed Rapunzel died.
On the bright side…
As of last night on LRRH I’m in charge of things like imprisonment in our plot to rule the world. I love my job.
Leigha
Bookish Stuff, Inspiration, and My Fear of Numair
I’ve been feeling even more bookish than usual these last few days. I seriously forget what it’s like to be normal bookish. (Though I’m not sure I ever was normal, let alone normal bookish.)
There are several books that I am all but dying to read. These books have seriously been occupying my mind for quite some time. And they are…
Bayern Number Four by Shannon Hale
When she said on her latest blog post that it should be available fall of 2009, I seriously shrieked. (I just realized that fall of ’09 will be the beginning of my senior year. Oi.) Anyway, I really am dying to read this. It’s Shannon. My favorite author in the world. I adore her and her books, and I wish I could say that I despise anyone lucky enough to meet her. Unfortunately, I know several lovely people who have met her. People who are very good friends of mine, therefore I cannot hate them.
Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale
So close yet so far. (Translation: I’m broke.)
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
Okay, so the only book I’ve read by Jessica Day George is Dragon Slippers, which I really liked. I own Dragon Flight and Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow. I just haven’t gotten around to reading them yet. It’s really just because I tried to read Dragon Flight before, but I couldn’t get into it. (Maybe I just wasn’t feeling dragon-y that day.) I would love to read Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow, but I loved East by Edith Pattou so much that I’m afraid to read another book based on the same fairy tale. (I mean, if there was another novel out there based on The Goose Girl, I’d be terrified to read it.) So when/if I get Princess of the Midnight Ball, I’ll say that I’m just dying to read it, but as soon as I try to read it, I’ll freeze up and think of other retellings of The Twelve Dancing Princesses that I love. (Wildwood Dancing and one of Robin McKinley’s short stories.)
The next Attolia book by Megan Whalen Turner
Words cannot describe how badly I want this book. I haven’t the slightest idea when it will come out. For all I know it might be another four years yet. I go to sleep just dreaming about this book, thinking about how if I’m broke when it comes out I will beg my mother to buy it for me. I think I have incentive for the author to get this book out soon. She should know that there are fans like me who are coming up with crazy predictions since they has nothing better to do. I shall not list my predictions because they may very well scare you, but I’ll just give you a title prediction. The Quintuplets of Attolia. Just imagine five kids that are a mix of Eugenides and Attolia. Even one would frightening. (In a good way of course.)
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
I loved Howl’s Moving Castle, and I really liked Castle in the Air. So I’m just crazy about the idea of reading this. Yes, it’s out. Yes, I’m broke. If you’ve read it, don’t rub it in. You can tell me if it’s good but refrain from bragging. My poor nerves can only take so much.
Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
I really, really want this book. I loved Bloom and Perfect You, so I’m very excited for this one. I blame Elizabeth Scott for making me understand the wonders of contemporary teen fiction. If it weren’t for my reading Bloom, then I wouldn’t have picked up anymore Sarah Dessen books, Carpe Diem (which I’m really liking), or other books like that.
Anyway, this subject is beginning to stress me out, so I really should stop. Why is it stressing me? Well, these are books that I want, and I can’t read them. It’s enough to kill a bookish person like me at times.
So, did you know that Tamora Pierce wants to write a book from Numair’s point of view? Ew, ew, ew and ew again. I really don’t like him, and he scares me. Though his powers are pretty darn awesome…and he’s smart. Okay, so I like him a little bit. I guess the only reason I dislike him is because he ends up with Daine. Ick. Sorry, sixteen years is a lot. Yes, I know there are twenty years between Jane Eyre and Rochester, but that’s different. I don’t know why, but it just is. And there you have it.
Oh, dear. I just realized that I have a little more than a week left of freedom. Junior year approaches. Ack! I feel old. Seriously.
Last night I had major writing inspiration. (Not for the story I’m working on now though. That’s had a steady stream of inspiration lately.) I had new inspiration. A new idea for a novel. And do you want to know the best part? There’s going to be no romance in it! Yes! Writing romance sucks. It really does. It’s so hard. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to write, and I’ll be so relieved when I’m done with my current story. I’ll say goodbye to my lovelorn characters, wish them well, hope they don’t turn the world upside down, and skip off into the sunset with a Josh Groban song playing in the background. (Yes, I know that’s tacky, but if you’ve ever tried to write a romance you’d know what I mean.)
Leigha
Caption Away
Okay, so I’ll post the winning caption along with the picture on, say, next Friday. A week from now. I want to give people time to come up with their funniest, and some time for me and my mystery helper to determine the winner. Here’s the picture, and I absolutely cannot wait to see what you guys come up with…
Breaking Dawn and Sarah Dessen Stuff
*Breaking Dawn Spoilers*
So, I finished Breaking Dawn, and my feelings on it are exactly what they were when I finished the book. Thoughts that went a little something like this: “What the heck?” Yeah. That’s a good question. I mean, I really can’t think of a better way to describe this book. There were so many moments that left me scratching my head. Not because I was confused or anything, but rather because, well, it was so weird. So headtabling. So bizarre. What was with the plot? Or a better question to put forth is was there a plot. I just don’t see how this book was necessary. Couldn’t Stephenie Meyer just end her series (not saga) with Eclipse? I guess not. *heavy and dramatic sigh*
Since practically everybody knows about this book, I’m just going to pick out a few things that particularly stood out to me.
What was wrong with this book? Where to begin? Oh, I don’t know. I’ll just start with the most disappointing thing that happened. There was almost no Jane. Now what was up with that? The Volturi rock, and they’re way cooler than any of the werewolves or Cullens. (With the exception of Alice {because she rocks} and Emmett {because he has dark curly hair})
Reneesme. Oh, my gosh. If that isn’t a “what the heck” moment, I don’t know what is. And then Jacob imprints on her? Oi. (In case you are one of the few people who have no idea who Reneesme is, I shall tell you. She’s the Bella and Edward’s daughter. Yes, they had a daughter. Why? Because Bella’s just so perfect that she’s got to have everything.) I want you to imagine something. Say some guy falls in love with you, and then you find out that this guy was in love with your mom. That is just gross.
Poor Jasper. I mean, poor Jazz. Why was it necessary to give him a nickname like that? Just imagine knowing someone named Jazz. “Hey, Jazz! What’s up?” I don’t know. Something about it sounds wrong when it’s used to refer to male vampire. But, hey, why call him Jazz? Why not Per? Or Sper? Or J’per? Don’t look at me like that. I’m just throwing out suggestions here.
Yes, I realized that I’m being nitpicky here, but that’s just how I am. Nitpicky. About everything.
I must admit that I didn’t read completely through. I was quite bored and ended up doing some skimming. Though what I actually read made me laugh. I got a few good laughs out of reading this. I’m just glad that I borrowed it from someone rather than buying it.
Now, I already knew that I didn’t like the Twilight Series. But after this book, I liked it even less. I own The Host, but I’m not sure that I want to read it. If I do, it won’t be for a while.
Anyhoo…
I just finish This Lullaby and loved it. Remy was a fantastic narrator, and Dexter cracked me up. I was please to see Scarlett from Someone Like You make an appearance. (By the way, Dexter and Remy make an appearance in Just Listen.) I think it’s cool how Sarah Dessen did that. Next, I plan to read Dreamland. I can’t get Keeping the Moon at the library, so I’m going to have to buy it. I saw it at Borders yesterday, and I would’ve bought it, but the fact that I have no money stopped me. Money. Yeah, it’ll disappear on you. I swear, one minute there’s a crisp twenty in your purse, and then you go to Borders and it just jumps out of your purse at the cash register.
Caption contest to be soon…
Leigha
Summer Days Gone By….
So, I had a funny idea. Have you ever seen those caption contest things? You know, where there’s this (usually) funny picture, and people try to come up with a (preferably) funny caption. Think like the Josh Groban siggys I made for a couple people on LRRH. If I were to find a caption-worthy picture, would ya’ll be interested in playing. You could leave your caption suggestions in the comment area, and I’ll post the picture along with the winning caption in the following blog post. I’m a poor teenage girl, so I really can’t offer anything in the way of prizes. I just thought this would be a fun thing to try.
My already too stressful life is about to get more so. I go back to school on August 18th. Four of the six subjects that I’m taking I absolutely abhor. (Trigonometry, analytical geometry, chemistry, and computer programming.) This Wednesday I’m taking the test to get my learner’s permit. Gah! I hate doing things like this. I really don’t test well in public places. (I’m home schooled, kay.) I’ll have to deal with school and learning to drive soon. Hopefully, remembering to blog won’t be too difficult as I’m going to begin my Twilight thing soon.
On the flip side, writing is still going very well. I’m currently editing chapter seven, and I’m actually titling my chapters. I’ve never done that before. I’ve even titled some of the parts that haven’t been written or edited yet. Thus far I have…
Chapter One: Colliding
Chapter Two: Falling
Chapter Three: Meeting
Chapter Four: Apologizing
Chapter Five: Leaving
Chapter Six: Bleeding
Chapter Seven: Learning
Chapter Eight: Despising
Chapter Nine: Dancing
Chapter Ten: Wondering
Chapter Eleven: Running
And that’s as far as I’ve gotten titling wise. I’ll figure the rest out once I get there. I will say that my favorite written and edited chapters are “Falling” and “Apologizing.” I can’t wait to re-write “Dancing” and “Running.” “Dancing” is going to be full of cuteness, lies, half-truths, and drama. “Running” is going to have anger, disappearances, a murder, and the two main characters running for their lives. Fun stuff.
I can’t believe I only have two more weeks of freedom left. Normally, I would be sort of excited about starting school. But not this year. I was cheated out of having a lot of time to myself this summer, and because of that, I just want summer to be longer. Of course, if it was, I still wouldn’t have a whole lot of time to myself. I love how I really wanted to finish my novel this summer, and I’m only on chapter seven. Yeah, that’s how crazy it’s been these last two months.
Well, I think I’m off to go write now. Or maybe I’ll go read some more of This Lullaby. I don’t know. We shall see.
Wishing there was more summer left,
Leigha
Death of Laughter, Love Shields, Breaking Dawn
According to the poll, people want to see an analysis of Twilight done. I just hope that none of you voted for that book hoping to see a glowing review of it. I’m going to be ripping to pieces. I’m going to be sassy about it, sarcastic, and I’m going to enjoy every single moment of it. Come to think of it, I could get some interesting bashing comments. Ah, well. I’ve gotten those before. But I haven’t gotten one for a while. People who leave bashing comments are so aggravating. Sure, anyone is more than welcome to disagree with me and debate with me. But there’s not a whole lot of room for debate when one of the persons is going, “u dont no wut ur talkin about!!!! ur so rong!!! twighlight is like the best book evah!!!!! u should like not blog anymre!!!! I h8 u!!!!” Yeah, I’ve gotten comments like that before. Except one of then was like that plus a bunch of cursing me out. Aren’t people just so kind?
Wait… I refuse to rant today. So what will I do? I don’t know. I want to get my Twilight analysis over and done with because my mom said I don’t have to wait till the school year to do it. So I could go start reading Twilight, but I really don’t want to. I’m having too much fun reading Sarah Dessen’s books. (Still in love with Wes.) I don’t know whether I want to read Someone Like You or This Lullaby after I finish Just Listen.
Hey! I’ve got something good! The latest (and last) Breaking Dawn quote on Stephenie Meyer’s website. I should’ve known that SM would’ve saved a good for last, giving me something rather lovely to work with. It’s almost sad in a way. This is the last time I’ll be able to make a list of what’s going on when a particular line is said. Let us have a moment of silence.
Okay, silence is over.
So what’s the quote? It’s almost too delicious to be true. *evil, cackling laughter*
Bella: “Should I be afraid?”
Edward: “Terrified.”
Ooooh, I can have a lot of fun with this one…
1. Imagine Bella saying her line in a weak voice as she realizes that Edward, who is attempting to change her, has no intention of stopping until he sucks her dry. (Yes, it’s gross. But Bella’s blood smells so good to him. Okay, and maybe I’m twisted and sadistic. No. No, I have a love for the dramatic and unexpected. Yes, that’s it.)
2. Edward and Bella may have had this exchange as Tanya approached Bella in a very menacing manner, complete with the gnashing of her fangs. (Cat fight? Can’t say Bella would last too long… Ah, well.)
3. Maybe Bella and Edward said this when they saw Jacob in the morning. (Horror.)
4. It is perfectly plausible that this was said when Bella/Jacob shippers showed up at Bella and Edward’s wedding. (Frightening.)
5. And lastly, the reason that makes the most sense, I’m sure Bella said this when she heard that all the people who wished her dead are coming after for living. (This doesn’t mean that I haven’t given up hope of Bella dying.)
One last thing before I go, I was reading some supposed Breaking Dawn spoilers, and apparently Bella’s vampire power is going to be a love shield. *dies laughing*
Still dead of laughing,
Leigha
P.S. Is anyone reading this going to a Breaking Dawn midnight release tonight?
