As some of you may know, one of the things I like to do when I'm not reading is write. In fact, I used to have another blog where I shared my writing.
I've recently been working on a story that is still untitled, but I figured I share the first part of it on my blog. It's not very long, and I will continue to post more of it if people seem to like it. Anyway, without farther ado, here it is:
The first to awake was the Universe. She came to one day and felt around for what there was. All she could feel were trillions and trillions of light years of blank, empty space. The Universe wondered why there was no one else here with her, but after thinking, she decided she liked being alone and retreated deep into herself, not giving anything much thought for a long time.
Eventually, the Universe became alert again and thought about companionship. This time, she realized that she really was quite lonely and wanted someone to endure the cold, empty silence with her. And the Universe knew that to create, she must give up a small piece of her energy to do it. She was reluctant at first, however after pondering the matter she decided to go through with it. The only problem was, she didn't know what to create.
She wanted something that was as bright she was dark, as talkative as she was silent, and perhaps a little bit less mysterious that she herself was. And so the Universe created the first star, which was everything she wanted, and she could hardly feel the drain on her energies.
That first star was known as Atlas. The Universe loved Atlas dearly, but she was unable to take a form other than the darkness surrounding Atlas. One day, the Universe gathered up her courage and said,
"This will never work out. Look! I created to to be everything I am not. You are light, I am dark. You are small, I span billions of trillions of light years in each direction. I cannot manifest in a form similar to yours. It would be better to spare the heartbreak and end our relationship now. I can create for you another star, or perhaps something else. Anything will be better than me."
Atlas was torn and refused to comply, but the Universe withdrew and wouldn't talk or interact with Atlas. She spent her time creating stars, galaxies, and planets, all of which had a human-like form to appear in. She did this and more, and the creating took up her time and energy. The Universe began to feel weaker and took to resting while she was not creating. Atlas, however, became cold and impassive, perhaps almost cruel, and denied any attempts other stars and planets made to pursue him. The Universe, growing ever more silent and weaker by the day, did not notice Atlas' unhappiness, nor his growing hatred for everything that the Universe had created: all the galaxies, stars, planets, and asteroids. It's like she doesn't care anymore, Atlas thought bitterly. Like we never loved each other.
Meanwhile, the Universe appeared to the constellations of the Zodiac: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.
"My powers are becoming weaker by the day. Everything that I have created demands so much energy. Don't worry, everything will be fine," she added as Cancer began to panic. "It's just that I conserve more energy if I rest."
"Yes, but why are you telling us this?" asked Sagittarius.
"I am going to sleep for eternity," replied the Universe.
"Eternity?" gasped Capricorn.
"Eternity," replied the Universe. "And so I need you to rule in my place. I know you will be just and good. I have been observing you for quite some time now." And there was a great tremor throughout the entire Universe as she went to sleep.
I hope you enjoyed the first snippet of my story! Please leave a comment below telling me if you would like me to continue posting it here! Thanks!
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Every Soul A Star Book Trailer
If you've read all my blog posts, you'd know that I absolutely love the book Every Soul A Star and think that everyone should read it. So of course when the opportunity presented itself, I made a book trailer for it! In addition, I have the image links below the trailer.
Image Links:
- The music was prerecorded from WeVideo
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Three Dark Crowns Review
As promised on my One Dark Throne Unboxing post, I have a review of Three Dark Crowns up, but instead of adding a summary, I made a book trailer. The images used in the trailer are not mine, and so at the bottom of the post I'm going to include all the links just so I make it clear I'm not plagiarizing.
Three Dark Crowns
Author: Kendare Blake
Publisher: HarperTeen
Synopsis:
My thoughts:
Overall, I really enjoyed this series! I think it had a bit of a slow start in the first book, but the pace got a lot faster as the book went on. I liked the characters a lot, but I feel like Katharine changed a lot from the first to second book and the change was rather abrupt.
I also thought that the ending was kind of anticlimactic, but I did like that there was a lot of action and suspense before the ending. I also had several guesses about how the book was going to end but it ended up being completely different than what I had originally guessed.
This book is a YA book, but I think that if middle grade readers wanted to read this book, they could, however they should be warned that this book is rather morbid.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
Links to the images on the trailer:
The music on the trailer was one of the prerecorded ones on WeVideo.
Saturday, October 7, 2017
How to Take A Library Book Jacket Off
It's a fact of life that buying books are so much more efficient if you get them from library book sales. But they always have stickers on them and the library book jacket isn't very photogenic. So, having recently figured out how to take it off, I made a tutorial video showing how to do it. Enjoy!
Saturday, September 23, 2017
One Dark Throne Unboxing!
Apologies for not posting for so long! School started and it was hard to post consistently, but hopefully I will start posting regularly again soon!
Anyway, today my copy of One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake came in the mail so I made an unboxing video! I wish the book could have arrived sooner but it was a signed Barnes and Noble exclusive copy and couldn't be picked up in the store.
Anyway, today my copy of One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake came in the mail so I made an unboxing video! I wish the book could have arrived sooner but it was a signed Barnes and Noble exclusive copy and couldn't be picked up in the store.
I will have a review out for the Three Dark Crowns series as soon as I finish One Dark Throne.
Have you read this series? If not, you definitely should!
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Betsy-Tacy Review
Betsy-Tacy
Author: Maud Hart Lovelace
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Synopsis:
There are no other girls Betsy's age on her street, so when a new girl moves into the house across the street, she is very excited. When Betsy meets Tacy, so begins a lifelong friendship that was based on they author's experiences of her own friends. The entire series follows Betsy and Tacy as they grow up, documenting their adventures, sorrows, and joys.
My thoughts:
I haven't read the entire series yet, just the first four books that were combined into the one, but I really like it so far. It reminds me a little bit of the Anne of Green Gables series, which I also enjoyed. I feel like a lot of people can relate to Betsy and her friends even though they lived in the early 1900s. I did have a couple of questions though. Maybe someone knows the answer? The first one was if the author wrote this to be realistic fiction but couldn't happen now anymore because the time period is too long ago, is it considered historical fiction? Or is it still realistic fiction? The second one wasn't really a question, more of an observation. I noticed that the parents in this story didn't seem to keep track of their children as much as parents today do. For example, when Betsy and Tacy were 5, their fathers would go to work and their mothers would stay home, and their mothers would basically be like, "Okay, go play now," and Betsy and Tacy just ran around the town and surrounding areas having fun. At the age of five!! If that happened today the parents would be labeled as "bad parents" but back then it was just considered normal.
I can't wait to read the rest of this series!
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars!
Monday, August 28, 2017
The Fault in YA
Sometimes I really enjoy reading YA books, but other times, I feel like I'd rather stick to classics. Here are some problems I have with YA:
No diversity.
In a lot of the YA I've read (especially dystopian) have white, middle class, straight teenagers. I mean, not everyone is like that, so come on! Incorporate a little diversity into your book for the people that are not white, straight, and middle class!
The romance.
I think I said something to this extent in my These Broken Stars Review, and how that relationship was forced. But I still haven't read a book where the main character doesn't fall in love. Yes, I understand that YA is geared towards teens and young adults, and I understand that most teens and young adults are in relationships, but that does not mean that 100% of teens and young adults are. I have no problem with romance, I like reading romance, but sometimes I just want the main character to not find their "one true love" when they are a junior in high school.
In addition, a lot of plots center around the love triangle, which I absolutely hate. I once read a book where there was a girl having to choose between like 3 different guys who were all jerks. And it's like, this girl is sixteen or seventeen and she's choosing which boy she wants to be with for the rest of her life.
The mystery in the romance.
In a lot of books the main character notices the love interest and because the love interest is such a big mystery, the main character falls in love with them. What ends up happening is the main character falls in love with this idea of a person built upon the mystery surrounding them, so by the time the love interest isn't a mystery anymore (and in fact, is often revealed to be a jerk), the relationship falls apart.
Gorgeous characters.
There's nothing wrong with having a character that is good-looking, but not every teen has to look like a model with absolutely no effort. Even in dystopian societies where the majority of people can barely afford to find something to eat, and yet are insanely beautiful. And even if the character thinks they don't look good, it's obviously clear that they do.
What are your problems with YA?
No diversity.
In a lot of the YA I've read (especially dystopian) have white, middle class, straight teenagers. I mean, not everyone is like that, so come on! Incorporate a little diversity into your book for the people that are not white, straight, and middle class!
The romance.
I think I said something to this extent in my These Broken Stars Review, and how that relationship was forced. But I still haven't read a book where the main character doesn't fall in love. Yes, I understand that YA is geared towards teens and young adults, and I understand that most teens and young adults are in relationships, but that does not mean that 100% of teens and young adults are. I have no problem with romance, I like reading romance, but sometimes I just want the main character to not find their "one true love" when they are a junior in high school.
In addition, a lot of plots center around the love triangle, which I absolutely hate. I once read a book where there was a girl having to choose between like 3 different guys who were all jerks. And it's like, this girl is sixteen or seventeen and she's choosing which boy she wants to be with for the rest of her life.
The mystery in the romance.
In a lot of books the main character notices the love interest and because the love interest is such a big mystery, the main character falls in love with them. What ends up happening is the main character falls in love with this idea of a person built upon the mystery surrounding them, so by the time the love interest isn't a mystery anymore (and in fact, is often revealed to be a jerk), the relationship falls apart.
Gorgeous characters.
There's nothing wrong with having a character that is good-looking, but not every teen has to look like a model with absolutely no effort. Even in dystopian societies where the majority of people can barely afford to find something to eat, and yet are insanely beautiful. And even if the character thinks they don't look good, it's obviously clear that they do.
What are your problems with YA?
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