Artemis Fowl

I borrowed this series from a friend this weekend, and I've been devouring them. I love anything dealing with Faeiries, and this is no exception. I love the modern twist, the smart mouthed punk that is Artemis, and the repulsive hilarity called Mulch.

I suggest it so much.

Quote:

"Argh? Pathetic and inarticulate. Nice combination. Your mothers must be so proud."

Promethea Vol. 1

A tale about a sentient story who manifests herself in the physical world by inspiring the minds of artists and writers in each generation and subsequently inhabiting their bodies, endowing them with goddess-like superpowers?

Alan Moore, could you please try to be a little more imaginative?

Seriously. Anything Mr. Moore writes is worth looking into. The man's doubtlessly hallucinogenic fueled mind is a wellspring of penetrating premises and poetic prose.
Favorite quotes from Book One of Promethea include the following:

"It was not [her] that I loved. It was the fantasy I'd spun about her. Now that fantasy had fled, I sometimes doubt it ever truly happened, and was not instead some dream of mine. But things are ever thus with faeries and romance."

"...All war and conflict, is naught but the failure of imagination."

Always entertaining, Mr. Moore.

Brave New World

I may or may not have accidentally stayed up till 5 a.m. and read the entire book in one go. It was an interesting look at the possible results of the flaws of our current society, and was good for me in that it made me think about whether or not I ever ignore my instincts in order to better conform with society. I was most displeased with the ending, it was quite depressing and I wish it had been handled differently. Thats really all I can about it though, without having to post a *spoiler alert!*

The Amulet of Samarkand

Bartimaeus is a snarky 5,000 year old djinni who has come into servitude of a young magician's apprentice named Nathaniel. The plot revolves around their attempts to stop an evil mastermind magician from taking over the world. You know, that's all that I really want to summarize. I got bored already.

It slightly bothered me that this is set in England, but I didn't see any english spellings of words.

Quote:

"One magician demanded I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror."

I liked this book, but I wouldn't say I loved it. It was reminiscent of the Children of the Lamp series, but not as engaging.

Howl's Moving Castle

I have long been a huge fan of Diana Wynne Jones.

Her short stories always make me laugh.

I read the Chrestomanci stories so many times. 

I'm 100% sure that I've read Howl's Moving Castle before, but I couldn't have been more than 7 or 8. 

But Jessica just gave it to me to read and BAM!

I am so in love.

Don't watch the film first, or you'll be stuck with visions of Japanese characters.

Read the story. 

I can't even stand how awesome it is. 

Seriously.

My mind is blown with the awesomeness. 

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