Fancy Hair!

So, we went to the Renaissance Fair.

'Nuff said. 

House of Hades Cover!

Hey! I know this is a little late, since the cover was revealed a couple days (week?) ago.

BUT.

(Obligatory disclaimer: the cover, series, everything belongs to the wonderful Rick Riordan. Blah, blah, blah.)

Isn't it beautiful? (Fawns over cover.) So gorgeous. I mean... Look at it! Let's all take a moment to admire it. I can wait. (Whistling.) Ready to move on? Okay.

Let us discuss this. Obviously, Percy and Annabeth are front and center. Where we left them in Mark of Athena (warning, spoilers ahead) they had just fallen into Tartarus. Now, we see Annabeth leaning heavily on Percy, because her ankle is injured. We see Percy holding a dagger, and they're both wearing what looks like make-shift cloaks or shawls or something. We see the Doors of Death in the background, which we can only assume they're going to open with the help of the rest of the Seven. We see some sort of monster in the upper left-hand corner, but I can't figure out what it is, exactly... We se a river, the water of which twisting up against their legs. Percy's doing, probably. And in the background, we see a river of lava. 

So many possibilities! What will happen in Tartarus? Will they encounter monsters they've already defeated- and, worse yet, since they're in Tartarus, will the monsters even die when they kill them? Will Nico help them open the Doors of Death from this side, or the other side? What will the rest of the Seven do, now that Percy and Annabeth can't reach them? Just... Gah! So excited, guys. I am so excited.

(Though not nearly as excited as I am for Catching Fire. November 22cond. That's in 169 days. Not that I'm counting or anything. But that's a whole other topic.) 

Oh my gods! October. It comes out in October. I can't wait that long! I shouldn't have seen the cover, because now I can't wait! (Sigh.) The life of a fangirl. 

ALLEGIANT!?

Veronica Roth has released the title of the third book of the Divergent series. So far, we've had Divergent and Insurgent, so I assumed that the last book would be titled Convergent.

But, no. The last book's title is... (Drumroll.) Allegiant.

Wait. What?

Allegiant? As in... Loyal? Faithful? Pledged to something? Huh... This will be interesting. What is Tris allegiant to? The Dauntless? Or something else? What's outside the fence? Who's outside the fence? What will happen now that they know how their world started?

For those of you who have read the series, you know what a horrible cliffhanger we were left on at the end of Insurgent. Ms. Roth, you have many a fan angry at you. (Shakes fist.) I mean, come on! You don't just end with a scene like that! What about Tris's grandmother? (Great-grandmother? Great-great grandmother? Ancestor?) What about Tobias? What about everything? So many questions, Veronica. So. Many. Questions.

Speaking of questions, what will the motto for this book be? We've had "One choice can transform you" and "One choice can destroy you". What's next?

I am insanely excited for the thrid book coming out, and the movie. (Gasp) The movie! Have you guys seen the news? Tris and Tobias have both been cast, and a picture from the knife-throwing scene has been released. If you haven't seen it yet, go check it out! There are links on Veronica's blog.

Veronica Roth's Blog

So many questions, so little answers... Such is the life of a fan.

Until next time!

Bookshelf Conundrum

My bookshelf is too small.

See, I organize my bookshelf by a system: magazines go on the bottom shelf. Scrapbooks go on the top shelf, in a basket. On the second-to-top shelf go my absolute favorite books- the best books I own. On the third-to-top shelf are the books that I also really like, but they aren't favorites. On the fourth-to-top (or second-to-last) shelf are the books I own that are just okay. This shelf is the most full.

There are some exceptions to the rule. For instance, my Hunger Games trilogy is on the "also really good" shelf, even though it's an absolute favorite, because I ran out of room on the "favorites" shelf. That's just one example. But, generally speaking, that's how it's set up, from top to bottom- favorites, really good ones, okay ones.

And, well, recently I've been getting books for my birthday, Christmas, random gifts, for myself, etc, etc. So, my bookshelf has gotten a bit over-full. I don't really want to double-stack them (aka, put a row of books behind another row) except on the "just okay" shelf, because I don't want to hide any of them. Because of that, right now it looks a little like this...

These are the "favorites" (top) and "also really good" (bottom) shelves. As you can see, they're rather... stacked. And there are more books that I want to get still! A lot more! And some more I'm reading right now that aren't on the bookshelf!

...

I NEED A BIGGER BOOKSHELF. 

That is all.