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[Monica]

no shool go us

[AJ]

Ω♂Asa Oblivious♂ Ω wrote: "Spring break! Whoo!"

March Break! Whoo!

;)

[Monica]

haha idk when my spring break is

[Monica]

:)

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

AWJ wrote: "DOUBLE SNOW DAY!!!

WOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Hi, this is Klymene who hasn't had a snow day all year, even though in where she lives it is the snowiest Winter since who knows.

[AJ]

Really? That sucks.

This has been the mildest winter in like a decade. We've had 4 snow days.

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

lucky, lucky, lucky. Where do you live

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

SO BORED! Help me someone!

[AJ]

Klymene wrote: "lucky, lucky, lucky. Where do you live?"

Northern Ontario, haha.

Last year was craaaazy with snow days. Three in a row! I didn't even think it was possible.

Klymene wrote: SO BORED! Help me someone!

Aha, I would but I'm stuck doing a project.

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

That's cheating, living in Ontario. That's like snow country.

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

Wow. I just noticed two things. One: 120 members! Two: I have 754 comments and counting.

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

yay!

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

lol

[Monica]

im sooooooo cold

[AJ]

Snow DAAAAY!!!

[AJ]

So has anyone read the Kane Chronicles or the Lost Hero?

I must admit, I've been pretty disappointed with them - in many ways they're just a lower quality re-hash of Percy Jackson.

Throne of Fire in particular was not up to Rick Riordan's usual standard, in my opinion. Anybody else think so?

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

Throne of Fire?! What's that?!

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

Okay, now I've got to get it

[AJ]

Klymene wrote: "Okay, now I've got to get it"

Yeah, they're not awful. You might like them, there just not my cup of tea.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too, Asa. Even the quality of writing has gone down, though, and the beginning of both books in the Kane Chronicles just went on and ooon.

Percy Jackson was great, I've gotta give that to Riordan.

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

It's sad that authors can't keep a series going for long with all the books being fantastic, except perhaps JK Rowling

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

I really like lost hero, but i didn't love throne of fire

[AJ]

Yeah, Lost Hero was okay, I was confused throughout the beginning but eventually figured it out. The characters, though, are where there's a clearly diminished quality from Percy Jackson. Rick Riordan used to use wit and siutational humour really effectively. Now, most of it just comes off childish or forced.

And you're right Klymene, many authors have difficulty maintaining a high-quality series over several books. But if you look at all the brilliant series released in past years, they have one thing in common; planning.

JK Rowling knew right from the start she was going to write 7 books and what was going to happen in each of them.

When a writer just decides to keep extending the series without a clear idea of where it ends, that's when it falls apart.

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JK Rowling planned each and every chapter of every book and all the foreshadowing and everything was planned. She is fantastic!

[AJ]

Yeah, her amazing ability to plan is really evident when you look at all the seemingly insignificant events that suddenly have huge reprecussions in later books (I believe the term is 'Chekhov's Guns').

I'm not sure how much she had the final two books planned though. Certain elements (ie. Voldemort and Snapes' backstories) were definitely planned but other parts feel like they were just thrown in because she hadn't quite drafted the books thoroughly and was running out of material. The Deathly Hallows, for example, were scarcely mentioned in previous books. I reckon she knew she was going to write about them in book 7, but wasn't really thinking about it until about book 6. Also, the endless camping in book 7 was likely because she hadn't completely planned enough action to fill the seventh novel.

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

my fav song..
HUNGER GAMES ANTHEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WojRSj...

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http://www.bloodstainsthebook.com/syn...

Hey guys, check this book out, I listened to an hour long podcast about this guy and it's believed he is Jack the Ripper as well.

They have actually taken his personal diaries and matched his hand-writings to those of the Jack the Ripper letters.

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

I just ordered the death cure from B and N and they sent me an email saying it will arrive in like november.

SO NOT FAIR!!!!

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

How did I get so many comments??? This is my 860 comment.

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

Yay Honey!!!! You're amazing!!!

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

LOL

[AJ]

I'm only up to 472.

You guys are still way ahead of me.

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

Since you are such a good rp-er (long comments and on more often than most) I think your score gets doubled.

[[deleted user]]

What's mine up to... how do I... - oh. Wait let me go look -

[[deleted user]]

467-well 468 now.

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

kool

[AJ]

Uh oh, Ashton's catching up. I better spam my way to 500 quick ;)

[[deleted user]]

Bwah! HAHAHAHA.

I post more than you -.-

But I put everything I need in my posts. :P

[[deleted user]]

- That's only slightly sad Asa, you try hard and we all get busy. ^.^

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

I have like at least 6 hours of omework but im still on goodreads

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

Ditto. And more than 6 hours. And tons of reading

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

ya... life is hard

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

So is focus. *sigh*

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

LOLOLOL i am laughing sooo much today..

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

* For the rest of october, this is my new photo. It is breast cancer awareness month! In nov I will change it back to the bee.

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- Hey guys don't forget that yes Breast Cancer is important but there are SO MANY other types of cancer out there, my mother as Carcanoid Cancer and whenever people hear that they dont know what it is, sometimes even doctors dont know.

So please remember that is more than just Breast Cancer out there.

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

Yeah, my mom was diagnosed with neck cancer just a month after I was born. Its still hard on us, financially and family wise. She can't eat certian things like Pinneapples without hurting because of the acidity of the fruit. Her salivary glands were destroyed during the radiation therapy, so she can't eat without water. The hardest part is when there are people in our family who are just so un-understanding about her situation. It was especially hard when we went to Malaysia.

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Yeah, my mom had most (parts) of her organs removed and so she has barely a stomach and is allergic to sugar.

She can barely eat anything at all now adays - she eats lunchables everyday and she has found she can eat one ice-cream sandwich a day.

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

Aww. I'm so sorry guys. But on the bright side at least they are still with you. I just really care about breast cancer because my (favorite) aunt was diagnosed with in it june, a few weeks before her wedding. They had to call off the wedding and the doctors wouldn't let my uncle see her because they weren't married so they ended up eloping....I'm getting of topic. She is getting better at least. And my best friends mom had breast cancer a few years ago.

[Honey Hawthorne , Excited to be back:)]

Hey guys I am not really gonna get to post until late-ish tomorrow night so don't really expect me to reply...

[Katerina, ARE YOU WATCHING THE OLYMPICS?!!]

http://www.goodreads.com/user_status/... I am really, really sorry. But I need to get control of my life! If Arena 4 starts without me, I don't mind if my charries are killed. I do mind kinda about Dei (She's AWESOMELY ANNOYING!!!), but not Jase. Honey can have Jase if she wants. Ah! If I come back on, please ask me if I've done my homework. Because I need to focus. Goodreads is like an automatic reflex for me when I turn on a computer.