Theosophic Misfits

Reread the whole Harry Potter series...

And I'm now working on The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
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"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

[blackrose]

Reread the whole Harry Potter series...

And I'm now working on The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

Reread the whole Harry Potter series...

And I'm now working on The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

[blackrose]

Reread the whole Harry Potter series...

And I'm now working on The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

I recently finished The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. It's sort of a fictional autobiography/mystery story. As I read it, I couldn't decide if I actually liked it or not - but I found the writing to be interesting, anyway, and was curious enough to continue.

One of the things I liked about it is that while the protaganist was researching her family history, the story would change perspective to the people she was investigating, and you would get a piece of thier history from their POV. I didn't find the change as jarring as some other reviewers, and found them to often be the most compelling parts of the story.

Another piece I liked is that the main character found herself pregnant and the book treated abortion like a legitimate and viable option. They didn't gloss over the difficulty of making the decision, but they didn't treat it like an after school special, either. Perhaps it was because it wasn't the main focus of the story... or perhaps it was beause it's a "feminist" book... but, either way, I liked how they handled it (including her ex-hippie born-again mother who told her she should get an abortion because "I may be religious, but I'm also rational"

I didn't like how that particular sub-plot was ended, tho, as I felt it was kind of a cop-out. (I won't get into details for those who may choose to read the book... but if you really want to know, PM me and I'll tell you)


Anyway - I am currently rereading the Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix. Finished Sabriel in two days, and started Lirael this morning. It's an excellent fantasy story with the typical element of good magic (Charter magic) vs bad magic (Free Magic/necromancy), as well as elements of a world of magic (The Old Kingdom, where technology doesn't work) vs a world of science (Ancelstierre, where magic doesn't work) - and the borders between both (i.e. the main characters, the Abhorsen, works with both Charter Magic and Free Magic - a necromancer who puts the dead to rest instead of raising them)

One of the oddest things about the series, imo, is that the main character of the first book, Sabriel, is only a secondary character in the second and third books, which pick up 14 years after the first, and which focus on Lirael... It always reminds me of a treatment I wrote in a screenplay class where my protagnist sort of switched half-way through the story (also a time jump), and my teacher said it wasn't a good idea to switch protagonists like that because it's a bit jarring... and it sort of is, but I guess it works better as separate books than as half a movie
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

[blackrose]

I recently finished The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. It's sort of a fictional autobiography/mystery story. As I read it, I couldn't decide if I actually liked it or not - but I found the writing to be interesting, anyway, and was curious enough to continue.

One of the things I liked about it is that while the protaganist was researching her family history, the story would change perspective to the people she was investigating, and you would get a piece of thier history from their POV. I didn't find the change as jarring as some other reviewers, and found them to often be the most compelling parts of the story.

Another piece I liked is that the main character found herself pregnant and the book treated abortion like a legitimate and viable option. They didn't gloss over the difficulty of making the decision, but they didn't treat it like an after school special, either. Perhaps it was because it wasn't the main focus of the story... or perhaps it was beause it's a "feminist" book... but, either way, I liked how they handled it (including her ex-hippie born-again mother who told her she should get an abortion because "I may be religious, but I'm also rational"

I didn't like how that particular sub-plot was ended, tho, as I felt it was kind of a cop-out. (I won't get into details for those who may choose to read the book... but if you really want to know, PM me and I'll tell you)


Anyway - I am currently rereading the Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix. Finished Sabriel in two days, and started Lirael this morning. It's an excellent fantasy story with the typical element of good magic (Charter magic) vs bad magic (Free Magic/necromancy), as well as elements of a world of magic (The Old Kingdom, where technology doesn't work) vs a world of science (Ancelstierre, where magic doesn't work) - and the borders between both (i.e. the main characters, the Abhorsen, works with both Charter Magic and Free Magic - a necromancer who puts the dead to rest instead of raising them)

One of the oddest things about the series, imo, is that the main character of the first book, Sabriel, is only a secondary character in the second and third books, which pick up 14 years after the first, and which focus on Lirael... It always reminds me of a treatment I wrote in a screenplay class where my protagnist sort of switched half-way through the story (also a time jump), and my teacher said it wasn't a good idea to switch protagonists like that because it's a bit jarring... and it sort of is, but I guess it works better as separate books than as half a movie
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

I recently finished The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. It's sort of a fictional autobiography/mystery story. As I read it, I couldn't decide if I actually liked it or not - but I found the writing to be interesting, anyway, and was curious enough to continue.

One of the things I liked about it is that while the protaganist was researching her family history, the story would change perspective to the people she was investigating, and you would get a piece of thier history from their POV. I didn't find the change as jarring as some other reviewers, and found them to often be the most compelling parts of the story.

Another piece I liked is that the main character found herself pregnant and the book treated abortion like a legitimate and viable option. They didn't gloss over the difficulty of making the decision, but they didn't treat it like an after school special, either. Perhaps it was because it wasn't the main focus of the story... or perhaps it was beause it's a "feminist" book... but, either way, I liked how they handled it (including her ex-hippie born-again mother who told her she should get an abortion because "I may be religious, but I'm also rational"

I didn't like how that particular sub-plot was ended, tho, as I felt it was kind of a cop-out. (I won't get into details for those who may choose to read the book... but if you really want to know, PM me and I'll tell you)


Anyway - I am currently rereading the Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix. Finished Sabriel in two days, and started Lirael this morning. It's an excellent fantasy story with the typical element of good magic (Charter magic) vs bad magic (Free Magic/necromancy), as well as elements of a world of magic (The Old Kingdom, where technology doesn't work) vs a world of science (Ancelstierre, where magic doesn't work) - and the borders between both (i.e. the main characters, the Abhorsen, works with both Charter Magic and Free Magic - a necromancer who puts the dead to rest instead of raising them)

One of the oddest things about the series, imo, is that the main character of the first book, Sabriel, is only a secondary character in the second and third books, which pick up 14 years after the first, and which focus on Lirael... It always reminds me of a treatment I wrote in a screenplay class where my protagnist sort of switched half-way through the story (also a time jump), and my teacher said it wasn't a good idea to switch protagonists like that because it's a bit jarring... and it sort of is, but I guess it works better as separate books than as half a movie
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

[blackrose]

I recently finished The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. It's sort of a fictional autobiography/mystery story. As I read it, I couldn't decide if I actually liked it or not - but I found the writing to be interesting, anyway, and was curious enough to continue.

One of the things I liked about it is that while the protaganist was researching her family history, the story would change perspective to the people she was investigating, and you would get a piece of thier history from their POV. I didn't find the change as jarring as some other reviewers, and found them to often be the most compelling parts of the story.

Another piece I liked is that the main character found herself pregnant and the book treated abortion like a legitimate and viable option. They didn't gloss over the difficulty of making the decision, but they didn't treat it like an after school special, either. Perhaps it was because it wasn't the main focus of the story... or perhaps it was beause it's a "feminist" book... but, either way, I liked how they handled it (including her ex-hippie born-again mother who told her she should get an abortion because "I may be religious, but I'm also rational"

I didn't like how that particular sub-plot was ended, tho, as I felt it was kind of a cop-out. (I won't get into details for those who may choose to read the book... but if you really want to know, PM me and I'll tell you)


Anyway - I am currently rereading the Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix. Finished Sabriel in two days, and started Lirael this morning. It's an excellent fantasy story with the typical element of good magic (Charter magic) vs bad magic (Free Magic/necromancy), as well as elements of a world of magic (The Old Kingdom, where technology doesn't work) vs a world of science (Ancelstierre, where magic doesn't work) - and the borders between both (i.e. the main characters, the Abhorsen, works with both Charter Magic and Free Magic - a necromancer who puts the dead to rest instead of raising them)

One of the oddest things about the series, imo, is that the main character of the first book, Sabriel, is only a secondary character in the second and third books, which pick up 14 years after the first, and which focus on Lirael... It always reminds me of a treatment I wrote in a screenplay class where my protagnist sort of switched half-way through the story (also a time jump), and my teacher said it wasn't a good idea to switch protagonists like that because it's a bit jarring... and it sort of is, but I guess it works better as separate books than as half a movie
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

Clearly I don't update here much anymore... That is because I have discovered Goodreads, which is where I do all my book stuff now.

My site lists my books and ratings... (if that link works right, anyway).  Enjoy
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

[blackrose]

Clearly I don't update here much anymore... That is because I have discovered Goodreads, which is where I do all my book stuff now.

My site lists my books and ratings... (if that link works right, anyway).  Enjoy
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

Clearly I don't update here much anymore... That is because I have discovered Goodreads, which is where I do all my book stuff now.

My site lists my books and ratings... (if that link works right, anyway).  Enjoy
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings

[blackrose]

Clearly I don't update here much anymore... That is because I have discovered Goodreads, which is where I do all my book stuff now.

My site lists my books and ratings... (if that link works right, anyway).  Enjoy
_________________
"... he who dares not grasp the thorn... should not crave the rose..."

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. --e. e. cummings