halfsies

well well well... i'm startled to be the first to write because i have no expectations of what to write or what you're expecting. but cheers! now there won't be any meddling influence muhahaha.

first off... i've been reading the faerie queen as well (silly english experimental class) and it's in old old OLD renaissance english, which makes this book feel way easier, BUT at the same time, i cannot for the life of me stop thinking in this way of speaking. there are some 'yarrs' an 'mateys' every now and then, but the pseudo politeness and well intentioned phrases of almost all the characters (but especially good old narration jim) have my brain all messed and confused and laughy. i'm glad (but kinda sad) that my mouth doesn't translate it as well... thar fer shore'd be a sight to behold... (shakes head profusely)

this book is turning out to be far more bad-ass than i had originally expected. it's even given me the chills a few times, as well as sudden spurts of fear and anxiety (i read the first three parts, so i'm gonna assume i'm not gonna wreck anything by relaying what i've read onto here FROM the first three (hopefully (and if i do, i apologize))). jim on the island has me all hot'n bothered, and nervous like someone is gonna come barging into my room scaring the crap out of me, 'cept it's in a book and the only scream that would happen would be in my head. but it's for jim, not for me... i don't like my imaginations interpretation of a death cry. it's unwholesome. i'll be requiring some varying level of redemption for that... literary or mental, either will do. all in all, i'm super super excited to watch muppets treasure island and compare accuracy and memory from child hood. there is a definite familiarity about this book, although i'm 80% sure i didn't read this earlier in life... i say influences from pirates of the caribbean are attempting to fuse in with my nostalgia. bastards... wrecking the purity of written story!!! but seriously i'm enjoying this book on a very rewarding level, since i've been neglecting fiction books for some time; this is a solid re-entry into what i sometimes wish reality was. minus hopelessness caused by mutiny wrongly justified by plunder... why can't they just share?! toss the conflict out the door and enjoy each other. oh how i wish i wish the formula for a good story didn't require conflict. such is life.. what robots we would be without the tug of the heart... tangent over.

another thing i was very expectantly excited for was the appearance of the black dot, the most seriously and intense way to send a message these and those days. i thought maybe this was the book, and with glorious accuracy it showed it's vile face. bad-ass point number one. if i EVER receive a piece of paper with a black dot in the middle from anyone other than you lovelies, i'm gonna flip out. i'll return to sender with rainbows and bunnies on the paper to let them know i reject their threat as legitimate, and in return i want nothing but friendship and hugs. by the by, i can't see long john being that kinda dude. that may have been pew's game, but i see long john as a more decisive form of a murderer... aka poor tom.. no monkey business, straight up cold blood, no warning. puffin classics claims stevenson to be a 'vivacious man, with strong voice and gestures' (ps, he was an abnormally thin man. need to know? YES!) and i see that in his characters... i love his descriptions through jims narration of what kind of men they are... i don't think i'd enjoy any of them in conversation or physical presence, BUT i do enjoy reading about their conversations and presences... with the exception of benjamin gunn... who seems to me to be the first ever hippie. though not by choice... which i guess negates the title of hippie. but i still like him. he trots lightly and easily, which is something i think we can all admire.

i'll shut my yap for now, until a response is needed, but dang glynis, dang, good book choice. literary claps for you ma'am.

((this is a notice of business, not critique or comment (the double parenthesis!), but i was wondering what any of you think of reading 'the screwtape letters' (by c.s lewis) next... i think we'd get some amazing conversation going PLUS be reading a fantastic book (so i hear). let me know what you think. you are allowed to be repulsed by any idea i present, but tell me why. i have another book as a suggestion as well, but i want to see how this is taken first. business, OUT))