Dear Patrick Ness,

The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness – 496 pages

To Todd, life seems simple.  He knows that the Noise germ caused men’s thoughts to be as loud as voices.  He knows that same germ killed all the women on New World, including his mother.  He knows that the Specks who released the germ all died in the war, and that in a month’s time he will turn thirteen and become a man.  Then, when Todd and his dog Manchee stumble upon a spot of silence in the Noise, everything he thought he knew will change forever.

Sometimes a book just pulls you in and eats you up and breaks you into a million pieces and spits you back out again feeling like you’ve been run over by a truck except you really liked being run over by that truck.  The Knife of Never Letting Go is one of those books.  I knew it was going to be something special from the first few pages, and tonight I just barreled through the last three quarters of it like my life depended on finding out what happened next.  And it sort of did.  Once again, I was Bastian sitting in the attic of the school.  I sobbed like the world was ending and had to take the book with me to the bathroom (poo, Todd?) because I couldn’t put it down, and I feel wrung dry and tied in knots and changed.

I’m starting to ramble.  Let me try to reel it in.  Your premise isn’t quite like anything I’ve read before, which is a miracle unto itself.  You’ve crafted something unique and frightening that’s strengthening at the same time, which is how books about such strife should be.  Also, you get automatic points for writing in the present tense–I LOVE present tense writing with more enthusiasm than seems entirely necessary.  On top of all that, your characters (especially Todd and Manchee) are so intensely real to me.  You’ve captured a huge variety of ways in which men could react to such bizarre circumstances–the coldly evil Mayor, the lunatic preacher, the hotheaded Cillian and kindhearted Ben who were ready to die to protect their adopted son from the town’s darkness…it’s a frighteningly plausible world.  I could almost hate you for the cliff you’ve left me hanging over, except that one of my delightful friends is going to loan me an ARC of the sequel, so that I don’t die of waiting.  You’ve done something spectacular, and I thank you for it.  Five effing stars.

Love,

Wanna check out this title for yourself?  Try the Indie Bound or ABC bookstore finders!

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book to movie: the host

most avid readers and twilight fans have already heard the news that stephenie meyer’s novel “the host” has been given the okay to become a movie.  check out stephenie meyer’s website for more information.  here’s her post:

I’m so excited to be working with Nick Weschler, and Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz to bring The Host to a visual format. They’ve all been a dream to work with, so lovely and collaborative, and I feel like we’re in a really good place to make a great movie together. And then to have Andrew Niccol writing and directing? Truly awesome. If you’ve never seen Gattaca, go watch it now. One of my favorite movies of all time. It’s such a great example of character driven science fiction, which is ideal for The Host, no? I’m having an absolute blast imagining different dream casts, which I would post if people didn’t take my silly blogs so seriously these days. I’m looking forward to seeing the cast lists you come up with in the fansite forums, and if any of them match mine.

So, very exciting. Yay Host!

XO
Steph

at first i was like “oh neat, guess i should go see that”.  then i started to recall the story and got really excited.  i remember the beginning grabbing my interest then the last 100 pages or so being crazy suspenseful that i was flipping the pages in a maniacal blur.  but the rest of the book was slow going to me:  reading about Wanderer wandering around the desert and her experiences in the caves with unbody-snatched people…yeah, pretty cool but i just wasn’t clicking with it.  but in movie form????  hellz yeah!  i can’t help but think that a movie with help add some umph to the story as they take some liberties with it.  maybe condense what happens in the caves so it’s more like “bam! bam! bam! stuff’s happening all over the place!”.  i’ll be there to watch it.  and meyer tends to take her book to movie transitions very seriously as you can tell from her post, so i’ll bet the movie has something spectacular to offer even if the book was not the ish.

Akinator - Geniul Web

Cu ceva timp in urma am dat pe internet peste un site foarte interesant care trebuie sa recunosc mi-a creat putina dependenta prima data cand am dat de el pentru ca mi se parea o inteligenta artificiala foarte bine construita. Deci vi-l prezint si dumneavoastra pe Akinator.
Akinator te pune sa te gandesti la o persoana – poate fi un coleg, iubita ta, o pesoana din istorie, o persoana dintr-o poveste, un actor, o persoana dintr-un film, serial, anime, desene animate, etc. Apoi Akinator iti pune cateva intrebari la care ar trebui sa raspunzi corect si din cateva intrebari isi da seama la cine te gandesti. Deci vreau sa va spun ca inteligenta asta artificiala e uimitoare…l-a dat pe fratele meu pe spate cand si-a dat seama din cateva intrebari ca se gandeste la Pinochio.
Mai departe o sa va arat si procesul prin care Akinator a ghicit ca ma gandeam la Scufita Rosie.

Dupa cum vezi Akinator iti da 5 raspunsuri din care sa alegi:
1. Yes – Da
2. Probably/Partially – Probabil/Partial
3. I don’t know – Nu stiu
4. Probably not/Not really – Probabil ca nu/Nu chiar
5. No – Nu

Prima intrebare a fost daca persoana este reala si bineinteles am raspuns cu nu.

A doua intrebare a fost daca persoana este de gen feminin si am raspuns cu Da. Din nefericire imaginea de mai sus nu este prea clara.

A treia intrebare a fost daca aceasta persoana lupta. Am raspuns cu Nu.

A patra intrebare a fost daca persoana este dintr-un anime. Iarasi am raspuns cu Nu.

A cincea intrebare a fost daca persoana este americana. Raspunsul a fost iarasi Nu.

A sasea intrebare a fost daca persoana este japoneza. Si iarasi un Nu categoric.

A saptea intrebare a fost daca persoana are parul negru. Acum am vazut-o asa in copertile cartilor pentru copii, dar nefiind sigur am raspuns cu Nu stiu.

A opta intrebare a fost daca aceasta persoana este indragostita de cineva. Inca o victorie pentru raspunsul Nu. Daca joci prea mult jocul asta te poate face cam negativist.

A noua intrebare a fost daca persoana este adulta. Nu, nu, nu, nu…Give me a break would you…Nu stii nimic.

A zecea intrebare a fost daca persoana este legata de culoarea rosie. Bineinteles desteptule. De aia se numeste Scufita Rosie. Deci a inceput sa isi dea seama la a zecea intrebare. Nu prea rau nu-i asa? Avand in vedere la cate persoane te puteai gandi? Acum mai pune cateva intrebari pentru a fi sigur. Bineinteles nu mai trebuie sa spun ca am raspuns cu Da la aceasta intrebare.

Ok. A unsprezecea intrebare a fost daca persoana poarta o palarie sau ceva asemanator. Si bineinteles  am raspuns cu Da.

A doisprezecea intrebare a fost daca persoana are un mare talent artistic. Si raspunsul a fost Nu.

Si..sa vezi si sa nu crezi, doamnelor si domnilor, Akinator a ajuns la inca un raspuns corect si este asa de fericit – Scufita rosie. Yeah, you guessed again you smart ass. Way to go.

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Bill O'Reilly, Fox News Christian Sexual Harassment Charges Public Record

The Christian Bill O’Reilly of Fox News had a lawsuit filed against him for sexual harassment by Plantiff Andrea Mackris.  At the time of his actions, Bill O’Really (the Christian) was married and his wife was expecting a child.

One night, according to court papers, Bill O’Reilly called Andrea Mackris and told her he was watching a porn movie and babbled perversely regarding his fantasies concerning Carribean vacations because, purportedly: “Once people get into that hot weather they shed their inhibitions, you know they drink during the day, they lay there lazy, they have dinner and then they come back and fool around….that’s basically the modus operandi.”.

Item 78 of the public document.

During the course of his monologue, Defendant Bill O’Reilly further stated:

“Well, if I took you down there then I’d want to take a shower with you right away, that would be the first thing I’d do… yeah, we’d check into the room, and we would order up some room service and uh and you’d definitely get two wines into you as quickly as I could get into you I would get’em into you… maybe intravenously, get those glasses of wine into you…

You would basically be in the shower and then I would come in and I’d join you and you would have your back to me and I would take that little loofa thing and kinda’ soap up your back… rub it all over you, get you to relax, hot water… and um… you know, you’d feel the tension drain out of you and uh you still would be with your back to me then I would kinda’ put my arm  it’s one of those mitts, those loofa mitts you know, so I got my hands in it…and I would put it around front, kind rub your tummy a little bit with it, and then with my other hand I would start to massage your boobs, get your nipple really hard…’cuz I like that and you have really spectacular boobs….

So, anyway, I’d be rubbing your big boobs and getting yoru nipples really hard, kinda’ kissing your neck from behind… and then I would take the other hand with the falafel (sic) things and I’d put it on your pussy but you’d have to do it really light, just kind of a tease business….”

Isn’t it odd that Bill O’Reilly, the Fox News Christian that keeps telling everyone else about morals and having those half dressed girls on his show as an attempt to condemn such actions, is a man that was so deeply involved in several sexually perverted things?

I would encourage people to check out the sexual complaint document for which Bill O’Reilly settled out of court for several millions dollars.  Wonder why he settled out of court?  Yes, he was likely guilty.  Andrea Mackris even had some witnesses to these events, oh…isn’t it ironic how so many Christians claim to be moral and condemn others for doing exactly what they did or even less?

Check out more about Bill O’Reilly at:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html

Bill O’Reilly, why don’t you want to discuss this matter and come clean.  Tell us all about the time you lost your virginity or maybe the time you were with that young brown skin girl overseas….was she of legal age, Bill O’Reilly?  How did you wife take all the news of you doing such things, especially when she was carrying your child?

I think we should continue to report of the immoral behavior of Bill O’Reilly each time he wants to attack other people for moral issues.

Seems fair to me, does it to you Bill O’Reilly.