So I was reading a Cracked article a little while ago. It told me that you get addicted to pop music because it sets off the pleasure centre of your brain. Cracked also told me that your brain derives pleasure from particularly predictable music because your brain enjoys predicting things and enjoys being right even more.


Finally, humanity's explanation for Nickelback

No... seriously, look at this:

Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me _________
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's _________

And this is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it ________
I never knew we'd ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking _________

Your welcome, by the way, for all that brain crack I just gave you.

Now, despite the fact that that article is only 60% exaggerated bullshit (you must agree, that's fairly good for a Cracked article!) I strongly believe there IS something to that predictablility factor that makes things enjoyable to our brains - which explains about 90% of the YA Paranormal genre.

Blue Bloods is brain crack at it's core. Yet I gave it three stars.

Vampires? Check.
Teenagers? Check.
Exclusive vampire school? Check.
Danger? Check.
Vampire hotty? Well, this gets a merit check for the ATTEMPT at a vampire hotty.
Love triangle? Check.

This book was painfully corny and the writing wasn't that great.

If you've read one YA paranormal then you've pretty much read them all.

The only reason this one got 3 stars:

1. Because it actually tried hard to have an original storyline/mystery - even if both ended up nonsensical.
2. The very end with Jack. That was actually satisfying.

Otherwise, keep walking, people. Nothing to see here.