Another Project

As you may have noticed this blog has fallen into disrepair.  This isn't because I don't love it, but because I have no time for reading.  I'm always blaming my school and work for this, but I also have other personal projects that cut in on my reading time (I like to keep busy!).  Today, if you'll indulge me, I want to tell you about one of my other projects.

As you may have noticed I enjoy drawing.  I've posted a few doodles here when I've had nothing to write about.  I've also been posting doodles in other places more doodle oriented.

One of my favorite places to hang out with art related ambitions is Threadless.  Threadless is a t-shirt (primarily) website where artists can post t-shirt designs.  The Threadless community then spends a week voting for the designs they think are the best t shirt material.  I've submitted designs, but they've always been denied at the submission process, but today I had my first small success!  One of my designs was accepted for voting!  It's small because I'm not even guaranteed votes and don't expect to make it to the printing stage, but I'm very excited!  The design is above and if you want to help me out I would love votes here.

Thanks and I promise to read something soon (well next I'll probably talk about Nanowrimo, but I'm trying!).

Book 11: W.A.R.P. The Reluctant Assassin

W.A.R.P.

The Reluctant Assassin (book 1)

By: Eoin Colfer

I just glanced back through my blog.  I haven't written anything since March 26.  Oops!  If it makes a difference I have been incredibly busy with work and school.  However, now that I only have work to worry about for a few months I should be able to read much more and maybe even share some pictures.  I actually got this book in the middle of finals week, things did not go well.

Review:

I have to start by saying I am a HUGE Artemis Fowl fan.  Artemis was my absolute favorite book as a child and even now I can't organize my bookshelf without reading a few chapters from Arctic Incident.  That being said W.A.R.P. did not live up to my ridiculously high expectations (I must emphasize that my expectations were not reasonable so this is not the biggest surprise in the world).  The story felt half baked and poorly edited.  I wasn't entirely sure what the characters' goals were until halfway through and they would often repeat or out right contradict themselves in the middle of a conversation.  This book was published less than a year after Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian, and it reads as though it was written in that amount of time as well.

My biggest disappointment with this books is the lack of clever plot twists and witty banter that I have come to expect from Eoin Colfer.  The characters seem stiff and, in the case of Chevie Savano, stereo typical.  I know Eoin Colfer can write time travel extremely well, but for some reason in this book all the twists were incredible predictable and dull.

Recommendation:
I didn't like the book, but sadly I am no longer the target audience.  This book would be perfect for a young reader (ages 12 to 14).  I would recommend this for readers of Artemis Fowl, Avi fans, and Levine fans (I may be aging myself with my young reader selection).

Stars:
6 out of 10