Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Best Book and Being Better

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That's how I feel right now. My computer is being unbelievably retarded. I've been trying to load the same page since--are you ready for this?--LAST NIGHT. I've been trying to get to the same thing since LAST NIGHT! I started trying at four in the afternoon, tried until six, ate dinner, came back, tried again until ten-thirty. Then I got up this morning, did math, then came back and tried for FOUR MORE HOURS. IT WON'T FREAKIN' LOAD!!!!!! I'm so mad I can't even BEGIN to explain how annoying this is!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Okay. Sorry. I actually have some really happy stuff to tell you! I FINISHED THE FINAL FARSALA BOOK LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND IT WAS SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh! It was soooooo good! I actually cried because it was over. Yeah, I actually did that. But I was so sad that the books are over! I love the characters! They feel like friends. I thought I felt like that about other books, but this time the feeling of closeness with the characters is unbelievable. I feel like I know them, and now they've left. Their story is over, and I'll never know what happens after this. I love them!! *sigh*

Best books I've ever, ever read. Sorry, Inkheart, Eragon, Twilight, the Mortal Instruments trilogy, the Farsala trilogy surpasses all of you. Sure some things were sad, and some things were unexpected, but...wow. Just wow. Hilari Bell has to be one of the most brilliant writers ever. Seriously. I'm speechless. Amazing books, amazing ending, amazing characters, *sob* I'm gonna miss them so much! *soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooob*

*wipes eyes* 'Kay. I'm done.

Oh. Guess what? That page just loaded. *blinks* Well...yay.

Aaaaaaand my week is back to being amazing :)

Tonight I get to play with the little kids! I'm so excited! Playing with them always reminds me of...better times. Times when I was the little kid and was being played with. Good times. I'm glad to be able to help these little kids have memories like that of their own.

It's sunny today! My garden is lookin' good. The seeds haven't sprouted yet, but the tomatoes and pepper plants look happy. They're still pretty small, but they look healthy so far. I've planted squash, zucchini, tomatoes, and peppers. Red peppers, I think. Lol, I can't remember for sure...but I'm pretty sure they're red.

Oh, whoops! Today is quote day! Alrighty :D Here's the quote of the week:

"That doesn't matter," said Jiaan. "What matters is that we have to be better than the Hrum. We have to be. Because if we're not, then it's all been for nothing. All the fighting, all the deaths. For nothing, unless we're better than they are. ...It's not about my father. It's not even about the Hrum. This is about our honor. We have to be better than they are, or it doesn't even matter whether we win or not."

That's a quote from, you guessed it, a book in the Farsala trilogy. I tried to pick a meaningful passage that wouldn't spoil anything in case any of you want to read the books (I HIGHLY recommend them).

Isn't that quote so true? If you're fighting for something, you have to want to be better than the people you're fighting. If you want to be in the popular crowd, you ought to want to bring about good changes, too. Same if you want to be the president. You can't run with the intention of being a worse president than the one before you. You have to be better. It's not about the old president. It's about you. It's about you being better.

*shrugs* I don't know. It just like that passage. And when you read it in context, it's even better.

:)

Carpe diem! And remember, be better :)

7 comments:

Front Porch Grace said...

Were they really that good?
Wow! I'm gonna have to check those out. XD

Kendra Logan said...

AMAZING! But only if it's your thing. I know Ellie couldn't even get past like the first chapter of the first one, lol! So, yes, they're amazing, but only if you like the genre.

Jake M. said...

Whoa, you rate that the Farsala trilogy is better than the Inheritance Series and Inkheart!?! I'm going to have to check them out!!!

Jake

Kendra Logan said...

I know, it's crazy! After I read Inkheart, I was sure nothing would ever be as good. Ditto with the Inheritance Cycle. But then along comes unknown little Farsala trilogy and I'm like "WHOA!"

But, again, like I told Gracie, the books are only amazing if you like that kind of thing, you know?

Anonymous said...

wow ^_^ nice rating

maybe the website was under maintenance? with this kind of stuff you just have to be patient. in example, gmail: my new gmail account (always worked fine) started not to load about a week ago. I had to load in in basic html mode, or it would just show the same image foorever. yesterday it finally loaded, and now it's fine again ^^ happy ending

I hate peppers, but just love grilled peppers smell *_*

Kendra Logan said...

Yep :)

Maybe so. *shrugs* I think something is just messed up with our internet, though. Our router is old or something.

Haha, I love peppers!! It's a vegetable that I like that I can actually eat without my throat starting to itch. I think I'm allergic to carrots because my throat starts itching and swelling up when I eat them -_- And I love carrots so that sucks.

Haha, wow, that was a random vegi rant. Sorry! :P

Anonymous said...

XD no problem. I love carrots too