War Breaker

War Breaker surprisingly was one of the few books that I enjoyed in the beginning all up to the part when the eldest daughter goes to the council of the gods or whatever to find her young sister married to the god king, dressed up and put on display. after that point for some reason my interest to finish the novel declined, and I never questioned what happened. Although my friend explained to me in brief the ending of the novel and my answer to it was... "huh" it was interesting, but really the idea of breaths, could have been made into a really cool concept but it went terribly gay with all the colors and stuff. I think the over imaginative imagery trying to explain the scenes is what killed it for me. I really stopped liking that book after the class discussion. honestly its really hard for me to read threw an entire book and tell you that it was good. I have a very biased point of view on fictional novels, I just don't like them, no matter how well there written, or how compelling the story might be, there is no piece of fiction I can say is a good read, and War breaker is just like all the other piece of fictional works, (queer). this is just my opinion/observation. 

Anansi Boys

Anansi boys was a really weird book to read, the characters I didn't quite understand. Were they human or not, fat charlie and his brother the spider. What was the purpose of the author naming the characters such names, my understanding of the character fat charlie having a normal life style until his father dies, and then soon after he learns that he has a brother that comes into his life, and tries to take is soon to be wife away from him. What was the point of all of this. in my experience it was really odd, well written, but my question is, why would you write something like that. I mean really! does he not have a life, that he has to be writting absurd novels like the Anansi boys. I think I will stick to comics may be its because there not as imaginative and because I like dull normal things and not weird books like the Anansi boys, I might read his sandman comic, I hear its actually good. theres not much I can say about the book other than the fact that I did not enjoy the boring adventures of Fat Charlie going about trying to put his life back together and don't even get me started on the superpower Charlie had, one of the stupidest things I've ever read. I protest that this book not be in the readings for next semester or when ever you decide to change your reading list.

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

One of the the sci fy movies, The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, interesting movie, but the ending sucked big time. I found it amusing in the beginning when arthur is trying to keep his house from being destroyed by workers that claim that the government needs to build a bypass, where his house is, then tells him the plans for this was accessible to him for a very long time, though he was not informed of this. This is also the situation of planet earth, which is the home of the human beings, and the galactic aliens want to destroy planet earth be cause they want to build hyperspace thingy I don't know what hey called it. I think it was funny how the movie revolved around finding the ultimate answer to the ultimate question which was the meaning of life. and the answer was 42. Because really I think when arthur fell in love with the trillion chick, had to do with the fact that everyone has to find love and once they do the meaning of life becomes some what clear to them. I don't know It was an interesting movie. although it was really stupid in my opinion.

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things/ A Wild Sheep Chase

I gotta say Japanese horror is strange and creepy, and not something that I take an interest in, the Wild Sheep Chase didn't make much sense to me, Plus while reading it, I felt really dulled by the reading, it was a weird story, and i'm afraid I couldn't finish it, I was confused with what had exactly happened. I don't mind the american version of the japanese horror, movies like the grudge, which still was weird I didn't get the first one, but the second one I actually found some what creeped by it. and some of the other horror movies, I can't remember the name, but there not scary or creepy, there kind of humorous, in some strange way. back to a wild sheep chase, I really don't understand what this book was about, just starting out when reading it, talking about the japanese man, who's name i will never know, and his search for love, and finally finding a weird seductive woman. I mean this book pisses me off cause I don't know what the point of all this was. there is a huge difference between american horror and japanese horror. in american horror, theres one main evil entity that is destroyed in the end, in japanese horror, I can't say because I primarily didn't understand it. things are a lot more subtle, some what creepy, but nothing that really engaged me in the reading. there's not much more I can say about this book.

The Golden Compass

the golden compass is a very boring yet interesting book, I had a really hard time reading the book, it was too long for me, so i just listened to the audio book even then i didn't finish it because it was too long. its interesting how everyone says theres a lot of controversy on how the book presents a negative portrayal of religion. Which I think is bullshit, because I think the idea of ridiculing and questioning ones religion is critical in thinking outside the box and looking at the many choices we have, instead of blindly following some ideology, that could very well be false. In my point of view, regardless of what people might say about the book criticizing religion, I think its simply a piece of fantasy work that only sets up the plot for the next two books in the series. Yet I probably will not pick up the next book in the series because the story that revolves around the main character lyra, is very unsatisfying. though I did not finish the book, after reading summaries, in the end of the book where roger dies pisses me off since from the beginning of the book lyra vows to save him, and everything in the plot leads up to Lord Asriel killing roger so he can enter into the new dimension, and this was only due to lyra bringing roger to him. Which I think is ridiculous and a wast of my time. Again I have lost hours of my life on a book that i sure as hell don't give a damn about, hours that I will not get back.  

The Hobbit

before I start with my opinion on the hobbit, I would like to argue that Blogs are not about the observations of people because thats simply not true. The world is full of people, people from different places and background and upbringing, thus when some one observes something, its simply not an observation its an opinion, of how that person reacts to whatever they are observing. Everyone sees the world differently, everyone has there one perception of what the world is like, my world is very different from yours, thus what i perceive is my own opinion on different things, thus its a bias opinion. What you have to say about what blogs are is your opinion, what I think blogs are about is my opinion, the world is built on opinions, now the question is who's opinion do we favor to be more accurate. further more I would like to tell you of my observations of the Hobbit in other words my OPINION of the Hobbit. What did I think of the hobbit was that it is what fantasy should be like, thats my observation, it was interesting also to read it in the point of view of mr. bilbo, I almost felt like I could relate to his size difference. I didn't actually read lord of the rings or the hobbit before this. I am from a different background, born in Pakistan, and moved to Canada, and then the US, I do not have the cultural background that most of the Students in the class have, also I have different religious views far different from the majority of the people in the entire school. Thus any religious references are unknown to me, Not like there are many religious aspects to the Hobbit, So I really had no idea of what kind of adventure mister bilbo bagens had been on when I first watched the Lord of the Rings, which was truly my first introduction to fantasy, if you believe me, you would think what kind of sheltered life have I been living, or what rock was I living under. Well to me when I was reading the hobbit, I was very entertained by the epic novel and I'm glad I read it. There really isn't much to say about it other than the fact, that everyone needs to read the hobbit as it is one of the essentials of fantasy. There are certain fantasy novels That I don't like, the ones that seem really cheesy (ones with unicorns talking animals and fairies), which is my opinion. A few words is all I can offer you as my opinion and observation of the book, I really have nothing much to say or react to as I read and finish a novel/book or leave it half read because I did not find it at all interesting. If in some special case I finish a Story/book/novel, which rarely happens, I think there are only a hand full of books that i've actually finished, I can only say that my only observations about the books are the images left in my mind created by my imagination, which could only be made into illustrations, my visual words to describe my opinion/observation on that particular piece of literature.

Interview with the Vampire

Alright, this book, I absolutely hate!!! worst vampire book/story ever told/written, I don't know I like the more bad ass vampires like Blade!!! Thats what a real vampire should be like, I don't like this book because its really about homosexuality basically, and I give props to the chick the was the only one to speak out in the class and say that the book sucked. I'm really not a fan of this story, because it was about a guy, that didn't have a life, then looses his family, and blames himself for it. then he really doesn't have a life, then encounters a vampire and is on the brink of death. once he becomes a vampire, he starts questioning, and thinks too much, and when learning from his master vampire, he starts to hate him and wants to help out humans, but soon realizes he can't help being a vampire, and sucks the blood of a little girl, who then is turned into a vampire by the master vampire who did the same to him. From here he becomes a story about a gay vampire couple that adopt a little girl vampire that will never grow, and is almost more evil then the both of them combined. by the time the novel ended, I felt like a part of my life was utterly wasted and I felt cheated and wronged for the time wasted while reading this book. sorry for the harsh words, but I felt that I had to be brutally honest about my opinion on this book.