Muse and Book Friday
21 May 2010
Anne Shirley, the delightfully dramatic narrator in the Anne of Green Gables books, uses the expression “depths of despair” when something tragic happens to her. Like when a church picnic gets cancelled or her best friend can’t come over. This morning I’m writing from the depths of despair.
Yesterday, Muse cancelled 2 concert dates in their massive US tour. Of course, one happened to be their KC concert. To which we had floor seats. And while I appreciate their assurances that they care about me (and agree that their bassist should be home for the birth of his child), I’m massively disappointed.
Retail therapy helped. But still. Sniff, sniff.
On with Book Friday.
I finished Specials this week, the last installment in The Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld. While I didn’t like Specials as well as Uglies or Pretties, it was still a good read and a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy.
Something I found interesting about these books is that Tally, the main character, is only correctly motivated in one of the books (Pretties). In the other two, she’s misguided, which is an interesting choice.
Aside from a few comments that struck me as being anti-God (or anti-religion, maybe), I felt like these books had some wonderful messages in them. I can definitely see why they’ve been such a raging success. And if you pick up Uglies, be prepared for reading Pretties and Specials as well, because the cliffhanger endings leave you little choice.
Hope everyone has a wonderfully relaxing weekend. Our forecast says sunny and warm, which should help pull me out of my Muse-induced funk.
See you back here on Monday!
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