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Even though, like I said, I'm not starting the 100 Things Challenge until June, thinking about it has made me want to change the way I blog a little. I usually think that nobody will read my posts unless I just make them as short as possible with lots of bullet points and memes, and a lot of the time I love doing that. I react to new episodes best in a fragmented way because I tend to be too overwhelmed to be eloquent, and I cannot stress enough how much I love memes. However, I sometimes want to talk about a book I've read or a movie I've seen or a thing that's happened to me or a thought I've had. And I don't do that because I think 'who cares' or because I'm too lazy.
So I'm going to make an effort to sometimes - in between the fangirly squee posts - write blogs that are a bit longer and about things that aren't necesarily big fandom discussion points or cute questionnaires. This is primarily for myself so I can practise writing and think a bit more about why I like what I like, but if one or two of you enjoy them that would be a bonus of course ;)
I. I finished The Fault in our Stars by John Green and was pleasantly surprised by it. It was the first novel of his I'd read. While I love his videos and knew he was an interesting and intelligent guy I wasn't sure that would mean he's a good author. But while I think I would have treasured this book more than I'm now able to if I had read it a few years ago, I was impressed by how engaging and emotional it was
( NO SPOILERS just a cut for length )
It's not a perfect book, it's not going to become one of my all-time everlasting favourites and I don't think everyone would enjoy it. But I spent a whole day with those characters, I grinned at them in the train and cried over them in my bedroom, and when I went to bed that night I fell asleep thinking of them. So if you're interested in reading this book at all but haven't because you think it'll be too much of a downer or too after-school specialy because of the subject, trust me and go get it. And if you don't want to now because I made a big deal about how much it made me cry, don't be stupid about that either because wouldn't you love to let a book affect you so much it does that? Isn't that the whole point?
II. Audience participation required for the 100 Things! I want to talk about 10 different 'subcategories' of culture so I get a 10x10 format, but I'm having trouble coming up with a tenth. So far I have movies, books, plays, poems, paintings, non-painting works of art, songs, places, and tv shows. Originally I was going to do 10 non-fictional texts but I'm having trouble finding more than two or three that were in any way influential to me.
So is there anything you'd want me to talk about, or do you just have any general ideas for a subject? :)
So I'm going to make an effort to sometimes - in between the fangirly squee posts - write blogs that are a bit longer and about things that aren't necesarily big fandom discussion points or cute questionnaires. This is primarily for myself so I can practise writing and think a bit more about why I like what I like, but if one or two of you enjoy them that would be a bonus of course ;)
I. I finished The Fault in our Stars by John Green and was pleasantly surprised by it. It was the first novel of his I'd read. While I love his videos and knew he was an interesting and intelligent guy I wasn't sure that would mean he's a good author. But while I think I would have treasured this book more than I'm now able to if I had read it a few years ago, I was impressed by how engaging and emotional it was
( NO SPOILERS just a cut for length )
It's not a perfect book, it's not going to become one of my all-time everlasting favourites and I don't think everyone would enjoy it. But I spent a whole day with those characters, I grinned at them in the train and cried over them in my bedroom, and when I went to bed that night I fell asleep thinking of them. So if you're interested in reading this book at all but haven't because you think it'll be too much of a downer or too after-school specialy because of the subject, trust me and go get it. And if you don't want to now because I made a big deal about how much it made me cry, don't be stupid about that either because wouldn't you love to let a book affect you so much it does that? Isn't that the whole point?
II. Audience participation required for the 100 Things! I want to talk about 10 different 'subcategories' of culture so I get a 10x10 format, but I'm having trouble coming up with a tenth. So far I have movies, books, plays, poems, paintings, non-painting works of art, songs, places, and tv shows. Originally I was going to do 10 non-fictional texts but I'm having trouble finding more than two or three that were in any way influential to me.
So is there anything you'd want me to talk about, or do you just have any general ideas for a subject? :)