Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Kelsey's Classics 3 (Non- YA Book Recommendation)

I'm still on my hiatus from YA lit. I think I'll come back soon but idk who knows I have lots of books on my shelf currently that aren't YA. ANYWAY I totally forgot about another non-YA novelist that I really enjoy. I just started (I'm assuming) his most recent book "The Buried Giant" and am totally into it. I'm talking about Kazuo Ishiguro.
The book of his I'm going to consider one of my classics is "Never Let Me Go" which got an equally heartbreaking movie. This novel is a quasi- dystopian setting in which we've reached the level in science where we are cloning people for their organs. These clones (children) are raised in various "schools" to make sure they stay healthy for the people they are intended to be organ donors for. Once they reach adulthood they go off to start giving their donations. The novel centers around one particular school, Hailsham, and three of it's students. It's weird because like the clones kind of understand what it is they are made for but not really, not until they're being sent out. And the reason the novel is about this one school is because the person who runs it has the kids make art which is unusual for a clone school and there are rumors among the other schools as to why Hailsham is so different.
This book raises a lot of questions regarding science and the value of all types of life and human emotions and OUR SOULS.  It's also like really truly tragic. There's no happy ending or feeling of hope at the end. Which probably doesn't sound like something I'd enjoy but I swear I don't just like fantasy/ romance YA lit. But ugh this book is so good and Ishiguro is a great storyteller. So you should give it a chance. Or not idk.
ALL OF THE TEARS OMG
(these are the three students I was telling you about)

Friday, May 15, 2015

Captain Swan 4 Lyfe (A TV Post)

So I had a thought. I'm a giant nerd about numerous things and I think I've touched on most of them on this here blog except one: TV. It only occurred to me because I watched the season finale of "Once Upon a Time" last night and boy it was rough.
Before we get into OUaT let me just paint a picture of the kind of TV nerd I am. Of course I watch "Game of Thrones" and I also love "Bates Motel" because of my slight obsession with horror. I also love all things superhero so I watch "The Flash" and had a problem that was "DareDevil" and when I say problem I mean I loved it so much I couldn't stop and now I'm left with Murdock withdrawals. I also watch quite a bit of anime which you already know and that really isn't relevant.
Okay so you get it I'm one of THOSE people (the really cool ones... right?). So on to OUaT. As we all know I'm obsessed with all things fairytale and Disney related so I instantly fell in love with this show. It was a situation where my family didn't see me for days while I was catching up. If you also watch OUaT you'll know that you can never get too comfortable . Sure the current situation always gets figured out and for like thirty seconds everything is fine then some other shit happens. The episode I watched last night was especially heart breaking and UGH I wish I could just go on and on as to why but people don't like spoilers sigh. And now I have to wait till the fall shows start to find out what happens next???? HOW DARE YOU ONCE UPON A TIME??!?!?!!
Sigh I'll just say I hope it doesn't tear me up to watch next season.
Also if you watch "Once Upon a Time" too omg PLS  I need someone who understands