30 Day Book Challenge: 1
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kasihyaI'm rekindling my relationship with books; I've been extremely anxious lately, and reading calms me down more than anything else. I still have A Clash of Kings to read, but currently I've discovered that my textbook for Medieval Tourism has a selection from the Suite du Merlin, so I'm reading that now. Good stuff.
Day 01 – Best book you read last year
Lord Sunday by Garth Nix. Unsatisfying and confusing in some regards, but I thought the ending was great and also that he had a ton to live up to, with how awesome the first four books were, so I was willing to forgive him for not being perfect. Mostly because it subverts the expectation that the hero will go back to ‘the real world’ after he’s done having his fantasy quest: the Pevensies grow up, Harry Potter gets to come back to society after Voldemort is dead, Nita and Kit still have to go to school, etc. Not Arthur Penhaligon; he has to recreate the entire universe from scratch, and it will always be Universe 2.0, even if it’s an exact replica of the original one. He’s the metaphysical New Architect of the new universe, a Denizen against his will, and even though he can divide himself so that he can also live at home, he’s not going to be able to lead a normal life because he’s still, ultimately, the New Architect. It was just really awesome, and surpassed the rather confusing and anticlimactic Superior Saturday in terms of being able to make good on its promises of doom and destruction that hit where it hurt.
Day 01 – Best book you read last year
Lord Sunday by Garth Nix. Unsatisfying and confusing in some regards, but I thought the ending was great and also that he had a ton to live up to, with how awesome the first four books were, so I was willing to forgive him for not being perfect. Mostly because it subverts the expectation that the hero will go back to ‘the real world’ after he’s done having his fantasy quest: the Pevensies grow up, Harry Potter gets to come back to society after Voldemort is dead, Nita and Kit still have to go to school, etc. Not Arthur Penhaligon; he has to recreate the entire universe from scratch, and it will always be Universe 2.0, even if it’s an exact replica of the original one. He’s the metaphysical New Architect of the new universe, a Denizen against his will, and even though he can divide himself so that he can also live at home, he’s not going to be able to lead a normal life because he’s still, ultimately, the New Architect. It was just really awesome, and surpassed the rather confusing and anticlimactic Superior Saturday in terms of being able to make good on its promises of doom and destruction that hit where it hurt.
