The Death Cure by James Dashner; A Review

I was so excited when I read The Maze Runner, the first book in the Trilogy, and thought to myself, "I'm going to read the rest of these one day." When I bought The Maze Runner, its sequel, The Scorch Trials, was already out. I read through Maze Runner in about two weeks, but waited a while to read the second, not knowing if it would live up to my expectations or not. I didn't want to get my hopes up, but the longer I waited, the more I thought about it. So, I went up to Barnes and Noble and bought a copy and immediately began to read it right there. It only took me three days, and I had to admit to myself, the second one was definitely better than the first. When I heard that the third, The Death Cure, was being released, I waited as patiently as a young child on Christmas morning for their parents to get up.

 The day it came out I made another Barnes and Noble run, picking up The Eleventh Plague while I was there (I'll probably post a review for that one, too, but not until I read it again.) Since I was reading Dust & Decay by Jonathan Mayberry at the time, I decided to wait to read Death Cure.

I finished Death Cure the other day, and I must say this: severe disappointment. That's what I felt as soon as I was done reading the story. The other two were soooo good, but this one sucked. Not much happened throughout the plot, and everything in it could have been squeezed into the second book at the end. It kind of reminded me of the first half of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: not much in the beginning, and one thing after another happens in the last quarter of the book.

This one definitely could have been better. I feel like my time was wasted in reading it.

Indiana Fire Giveaway

One of my good friends, Neisa Fluharty, over at Straight From The Writer's Mouth, hosted a giveaway for her new book Indiana Fire. I was lucky enough to be among the four winners to receive a free copy of the book, a t shirt, a bookmark and a special necklace!

This post is to thank her for the opportunity to win a book, and for just being the best person for encouragement.

So, thank you Neisa. (:

Randomness

So I was purusing around youtube today and thought that I'd check on the status of the newest Epic Rap Battles of History. It hasn't been uploaded yet, but it should be up later today. I only say this because the creator of the Battles, Nice Peter, follows me on twitter. When I got the email, I thought that it was the greatest thing in the world, and it doesn't help that he's one of the coolest guys I've ever not met, and it also doesn't help that he lives in California. So, before I die, I want to meet him and get his autograph and tons of pictures with him.

Now, for a little back story on how I came across the videos:

I went over to my parent's exhaust shop, Expert Exhaust, in Fairmont, WV, and saw my brother's Jeep parked outside. I hadn't seen him in a while and rushed inside. He gave me a hug and proceeded to show one of my dad's good friends a video on youtube. The only thing I could get out of the video were bits and pieces of the audio because they were laughing so hard. I begged him to show me the video, so he did, which just so happened to be an Epic Rap Battle.

This is one of THE funniest things I've seen on Youtube, and I absolutely love it. Ever since then, I haven't went a day without watching at least one of them. 

I would also like to get one of his t shirts that he as for sale on District Lines:

Epic Rap Battles of History Merchandise

Nice Peter also has another channel on Youtube called "nicepetertoo" where he does a weekly VLOG and he also does street music and picture songs. I don't know how else I would fill out my long breaks between classes if I never discovered these videos. And I have my brother to thank for it.

Nice Peter's Viewer Mail Address:

Nice Peter

PO Box 341876

Los Angeles, CA 90034

One Tattoo That Encompasses My Love For Harry Potter

"Even after all this time?" Dumbledore asked.
"Always," said Snape.

And, yes, this is a tattoo that I have on my foot. It is real. And it hurt. Really bad.

The Walking Dead

(I'll try to make this as spoiler free as possible. If you haven't seen the season 2 mid-season finale yet, I would advise you to stop reading this now.)

I was like the Nintendo 64 Kids when I found out that there would be a second season. I waited that entire year in anticipation, hoping, like everyone else, that the new season would live up to my expextations.

And, like always when I hope that stuff like movies and TV shows live up to those expectations, I become extremely disapointed with the end product. What happened, Robert Kirkman? Season one was awesome. Season two...eh, not so much. Dragging out the whole first half of the season was quite pointless, and you could have put all of that blandness into about 2 or 3 episodes that would have been half decent.

And for shame with the whole Sophia thing. Thank you for getting my hopes up and then crushing my heart into a million pieces. Sophia was my favorite character, and you turned her. I hate you right now. All I can say is, part 2 of this season better include the epicness of Carl shooting Shane in the face, or I'll probably punch a baby (I'm kidding, I'm kidding!).

So, I know that this was just my ramblings of my disappointment  with the season so far, but I won't get my hopes up to much when February rolls around.

Procrastination

Why yes, I watched ABC Family's Harry Potter Weekend instead writing my English Paper. What's your point?

Fyre Update

I was trolling on inkpop.com today and I checked in on how Fyre was doing. It jumped from 371 to 366. It's not a major improvement, but every spot counts to me. I'll be writing more and more over the next few weeks because finals are over next Thursday. I don't know if anyone is reading this, but it feels nice to pretend to talk to someone. :)