yesterday was my brother's 20th birthday.
so he gets three lines in my blog for it (talk about special mention).
happy birthday.
anyway.
I'll be back in Melb in 12 days.
and I haven't finished all my work yet.
'damn' doesn't begin to cover it.
but oh well.
I'll just have to slog at it for the next 12 days.
so I can deal when I'm moving into Swinburne.
I'm really looking forward to Swinburne.
its a shame that GG and Kiran will be in Tiddeman.
but we'll be visiting pretty much everyday.
but I'll be in an apartment with Pam and Miki.
its pretty much a death sentence handed to me on a silver platter, but who says dying won't be fun?
Jen and Serena will be around too, but just not in the same apartment.
but I have to say, I love the apartment I'm assigned to.
its great!
my room doesn't really matter to me, Miki and Pam chose their rooms and I just took whatever the last one was.
typical of me, but yeah. I don't really care.
I got the room with the window.
I really, really miss my friends.
I have so much shit to do to apply to all the universities I want to apply for.
applications are sucking the life out of me.
why do I have to apply?
my lifelong dream is to work at a McD's drive-through counter, I don't have to go to university for that.
now for my literary whingings.
I finished the 12 leaked chapters of Stephenie Meyer's Midnight Sun.
The book that was supposed to be Twilight from Edward's point of view.
In my opinion, Midnight Sun is a helluva lot better than any of the other vampire books that Meyer has written.
It had a little more depth and insight than the rest, and Edward is far more believable as a character for some reason, when looking at the whole thing from his point of view.
Less like a Mary Sue, and more like a character with a partially realistic personality.
Its still not great, considering the language, plot and characters other than Edward, but it was entertaining.
It really is a pity that that had to be the book that she'd refuse to continue because it got leaked.
Wish that had happened to Breaking Dawn instead.
But I hear that Meyer will continue Midnight Sun in a while.
If she did, I might actually consider buying it.
Well.
Maybe not.
Another fantasy series which had caught my eye on a list of Meyer read-alikes is the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare.
After reading the two first books in the trilogy (third book hasn't been released yet), I am utterly, and completely obsessed with the series.
Clare is not at all a Meyer read-alike, I am disgusted that they would compare them.
The characters in her books are pure genius; Clary, the main character is entirely 3-D and lovable.
Jace is gorgeously grating, Isabelle is annoying but endearing, Simon just makes you want to sweep him up and plant kisses on his cheeks.
The twist at the end of the first book broke my heart - I desperately want Jace and Clary to be together.
...Well.
I just desperately want Jace.
The plot isn't particularly stunning, its entertaining because of the contribution of the medley of rich characters.
Though I confess I object to quite a few of the plot twists and suspense, because of personal emotional investment in the characters now.
The antagonist is a little disappointing, because he's not that much of a villain in my eyes; he's a believeable villain I suppose, but I think he has to be more evil.
MORE!
The three books in the series are City of Bones, City of Ashes, and City of Glass.
City of Glass coming out end of March 2009.
can't wait for it.
