Yeah, yesterday I read the Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan. It was great, though I'm sure I would have enjoyed it better and understood it better if I hadn't read it all in one day.
Before I started the book I kind of had a fear that I would start replacing my craze for Greek Mythology with a craze for Egyptian magic. I think I was thinking that reading this book would determine if I was crazy about Greek Mythology just because the Percy Jackson books are so cool. I still like the Percy Jackson books better, I think he carried out the Greek-Mythology-is-real better than he carried out the Egyptian-Magic.-TODAY!
These kids could do the magic, but you (the reader) didn't know its limits and didn't know how it worked. You didn't understand when it would work or what they had to do mentally for it to work. You didn't know if they had to speak in English or Egyptian, and you didn't know when they had to use their wand and staff.
There was a part when they were approaching a river, and they knew there was some kind of monster in it, and I was thinking, 'No biggy, he can just use his awesome water powers,' and then I was like, 'wait. This isn't Percy Jackson, who can Always do stuff with water, this is Carter and Sadie who have unpredictable magical powers that may totally wipe you out and you'll be (a) knocked out, or (b) unable to use magic for the next couple of hours and be completely famished.
Not to mention they had no training, so you aren't the only one who doesn't know if they are going to go completely blank while trying to defeat the Set Monster or something.
I don't know, maybe I will understand it all better when I read it the second time. Taking at least a week (but I will have to wait to do that until I finish reading the Sea of Monsters and the rest of the Percy Jackson books).
Wednesday was our brothers birthday, and we went to some dinner and went to see Robin Hood. I wasn't excited about seeing it. Aside from the show, Robin Hood has been one of my least favorite legends. Medieval/middle ages or whatever time that was, is my least favorite time in history. I wasn't excited about going to see a movie about it, not to mention, in the beginning I wasn't a Russell Crowe or Cate Blanchett fan.
But the movie was so well done I can't complain at all. The acting was very nice, and there was a strange twist on the story line, like it kind of went away from what the legend is. But who cares, I mean, its a legend.
When I first thought back on it, I realized that there wasn't really a Guy of Gysborne, but then I found that Godfry, played by Mark Strong, was supposed to be based on him.
And I would just like to say, Prince John, (played by Oscar Isaacs) did a wonderful job, and I'm sure, my eyes, in not everyones, he will always be a lazy and pathetic lion.
But not all I do is sit around and watch movies and read books, I watch a bunch of Drake and Josh! Haha, just kidding, I mean, I have been watching a bit of that, but thats not what I was going to say. I've been making togas and doing school online.Yeah, for co-op we are having a big feast day, and I we have to make togas, and then wear them...I'm going for more of the nobles look. Mom says it looks like something Egyptian. I'm down with that. Better that than a toga. I'll also try to get pictures for that.
Regarding school online - I'm going to be taking my highschool school on Monarch. Its pretty cool, I guess.
The pictures for my wedding are still at the printing place, my photographer is being awfully slow about that.
But it was great, it really was. You guys went above and beyond with the presents.
Really proud of you all! =)
-Michelle
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