Technical Difficulties

So I went to type out all 5 of the amazing quotes that I had for last week, despite it being late. It did not save the draft automatically, or manually and I went to hit "publish post" and it said an error had occurred.  Ugh! I am going to bed and I will try to type these out again sometime tomorrow.

The Here and Now!

This week, I have read a book and a half! They are The Dead Girls' Dance and Midnight Alley both by Rachel Caine.


This week: 357
This Semester: 357

Morganville Vampires Book 3 Midnight Alley

This time Claire is faced with whether or not she should save those who are her enemies. She chooses to work on a dangerous project with a sick vampire. She discovers that there is a plague facing the vampire race which could kill all vampires in 10 years. It has made it where the vampires are unable to "reproduce" by creating other humans into new vampires. To be honest, Claire struggled with this decision, and I feel that I would also struggle. In one sense, it would make humans the top predators again, (not to mention kill off the vampires that are big jerks!) but it would also kill off the vampires she has made as friends such as: Amelie, who as the top vampire continues to protect Claire, Sam, who is her roommate's grandfather and has more in common with humans than vampires, and Michael, who is her roommate (also Sam's grandson--I know weird right?) and friend. I would like to think that I would choose as Claire did, which is to work with a sick vampire to try to find a cure for the vampires. The question that arises from this is: can you kill off an entire race or species due to the fact that some in it is bad. For example, can you kill all dogs because Pit Bulls have attacked people? Can you kill all Pit Bulls for that matter? What about the ways people can be classified? Can you kill off people based on age, race, gender, beliefs, abilities, hair color, eye color, or height? The answer is absolutely not because when it comes to people, they exist on a spectrum. Not everyone has blonde hair and blue eyes. The even bigger question that all of these lead to is: what makes a person a person. Is it their DNA, their abilities, their development. To sum up why those arbitrary things do not explain it, Abraham Lincoln once said:

"If A. can prove, however conclusively, that he may, of right, enslave B.—why may not B. snatch the same argument, and prove equally, that he may enslave A?—
You say A. is white, and B. is black. It is color, then; the lighter, having the right to enslave the darker? Take care. By this rule, you are to be slave to the first man you meet, with a fairer skin than your own.
You do not mean color exactly? You mean the whites are intellectually the superiors of the blacks, and, therefore have the right to enslave them? Take care again. By this rule, you are to be slave to the first man you meet, with an intellect superior to your own.
But, say you, it is a question of interest; and, if you can make it your interest; you have the right to enslave another. Very well. And if he can make it his interest, he has the right to enslave you."

This is important because it shows that there is not a single thing that makes a person a person or more or less of a person.

Morganville Vampires Book 2 The Dead Girls' Dance

Right now, the main character is going to many lengths to save her boyfriend. She's upset two of the most powerful vampires, she threatened the mayor, she ran into a burning building to save Monica (who was held hostage by her boyfriend's dad to save Shane [her boyfriend]), and she almost was electrocuted by pulling out wires from a bomb to blow up an abandoned hospital. Reading really amazes me because you see unconditional love where someone will go to any length to protect them from harm. I cannot help but wonder if love like that truly exists, or if it is something made up by authors and directors and is only meant for novels and movies. If it doesn't exist, then maybe we should learn something from Claire and her love for Shane. Maybe we should love one another to that depth. Maybe then the world would be a better place. Think about it! Love would end hunger, war, and poverty, which ultimately leads to most of the problems in today's world.

First Post!

I'm so glad to finally have this up and running so now I blog about all of the amazing books that I read and how they relate to life. Happy reading! :D