Goodbye Adenoids!

Today I got my first taste of surgery, IVs, laughing gas....all that fun stuff. And it tastes like charry syrup and grape popsicles. On the plus side, my adenoids are now history and I can breathe better then I've been able to in a long time! I'm hanging out with a book and lots of popsicles.

And that book is.....another Tamora Pierce. Lady Knight, the fourth in the Protector of the Small series. It follows Kel as she is given command over a refugee camp on the Scanran lines, and her part in ending the war. It's got action, humor, emotion, good lines, and lots of medieval history mixed up in there, definetly a good read.

Speaking of good reads, I am running out of them! *Gasp* What will I do? Any reccomendations from the masses that I'm sure read my blog? (ha, ha, ha)

Stumbling on Genius

Has anybody heard of The Weepies? I hadn't either, until about 5 minutes ago, when I happened upon them while browsing iTunes for new music. They are amazing! Singer Deb Talan, her singer/songwriter husband Steve Tannen, bass player and guitarist Whynot Jansveld, guitarist Meghan Toohey and drummer Frank Lenz make up the band, which has a folky pop sound, and excellent lyrics.

Here are some of their songs. Sorry, the dimensions got a little weird when I tried to post the playlist, but I think the songs should still play. Enjoy!

Boy Master Minds

The homework level has abated a bit, which is a welcome change, so I now have time to do other things like blog or read...though I try to find time to read anyway.

Speaking of reading, I'm revisiting an old friend of mine in the book world. The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. It follows the adventures of an Irish criminal mastermind, 14 year old Artemis Fowl, and his interactions with the technologically advanced fair folk. It's full of action, suspense, shady dealings on the dark side of the law, magic, and even some morals are thrown in there. A good read for anyone, but especially the middle school sort. The books are Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony, and the new books is The Time Paradox. I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but it's high on my to read list.

Buried

SO MUCH HOMEWORK! I'm buried...it's why I haven't written in a while, sorry. I had to fight my way out of a pile of papers.

I'll keep this short, but Dairy Queen and The Off Season. Good books. More later, gotta run. (Literally and not)

Tired Legs and Greek Gods

My legs are about to fall off...but I feel really good. This week was the first week of track turnout, so I've been running for atleast an hour everyday, yesterday I had a soccer game, and then today I went with our next door neighbors to the Western Rec Center. We ran, swam, spun, climbed, and attempted to shoot baskets. Attempted being the important word in that sentence when in relation to me.


But I was really proud of the fact that I made it to the top of the wall when we rock climbed, since I'm terrified of heights.

That's a picture my next door neighbor took on her iPhone, and emailed to me. Nifty things, those iPhones!


And I have another book recomendation. (I know, suprise, suprise...when do I read?) Battle of the Labyrinth, by Rick Riordan. It's the 4th book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. It's a mix of Greek mythology, action, mystery, and realistic fiction, and definetly a worthwhile read. The characters are very real (even the centaurs and cyclops's) and the dialog and plot are well thought out. If that sounds like a good read, you can pick up the first book in the series, The Lightning Thief.


And it snowed again today. While it was sunny. Crazy, right?

Bollywood...plus another book

This Friday my school had Bollywood Night, out on by Global Awareness and Outreach, which is a club I belong to at school. We had traditional food (samosas, naan, chai tea), bindis for girls and red dots for guys as they came in, henna, and we watched Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The Bravehearted Will Take the Bride). It was really fun, even though the movie was 3 hours long! And in Hindi, with English subtitles. If you like spontaneous singing and dancing, love stories, or Bollywood, and don't mind sitting for a long time, I would definetly see this movie.

I also finished the last book I was reading, and moved onto another Tamora Pierce book, Trickster's Choice. It follows Aly, daughter of Alanna the Lioness and George Cooper, when she's captured by pirates, sold into slavery, and forced to enter a plot to put the raka (natives) back into power in the Copper Isles. Aly has a wicked sense of humor, and this book is full of action, spies, and intrigue, set once again in the realm of Tortall. Definetly a worth while read.

Endings and Beginings, and some more snow

I finished A Northern Light this morning, and the ending totally caught me unawares....I was just giving up hope that there would be a happy ending, but don't worry: there is one. You just have to stick it out to the end.

Good life lesson, right? Works with just about everything. Except skydiving. You probably don't want to wait till the end to pull your parachute. Not that I know...I'm terrified of heights, and you couldn't get me to skydive for a thousand bucks. Maybe a million....

Anyway. Now I'm visiting the realm of one of my favorite authors, Tamora Pierce, with The Realm of the Gods. It's the 4th in The Immortals series, which follows the life of Daine (Veralidaine Sarrasri...don't worry, I can't pronounce that either) and her discovery that she has Wild Magic (magic with animals) in the realm of Tortall. If you've ever read Tamora Pierce before, I recomend this, it's one of my favorite series of hers. If you haven't, you definetly should. She's a brilliant author. And all her books have wonderful female heroes. Male too, but the female's are the main characters.

School's on a two hour delay today, because of the falling white stuff I mentioned in my last post. It's freezing but beautiful. It'll make running after school much more interesting, that's for sure...