Rebel Diamonds

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
is the story of a fifteen year old boy who is roped into helping his uncle steal a sword for a man who offers them a substantial reward.  It isn’t until after Alfred steals the sword, gets ambushed by a group of monk-like men, and sees his uncle die at the hands of their employer that the truth comes out: the sword is actually Excalibur, the monks are descendants of the Knights of the Round Table, and the man who stole the sword is definitely up to no good.  Upon learning this, Alfred joins one of the knight-descendants on a quest to regain the sword and right his wrongs.

This book is basically the written version of a children’s action movie.  There isn’t a ton of focus on the characters, and most of the book consists of car chases and fight scenes.  But itisa children’s book, so I’m not complaining.  The background about the legend of Arthur is the most interesting thing about this book to me, as it’s difficult for any book based on that to be boring.  All in all, it was a quick, fun read.

I give this book four diamonds out of five.

My favorite quote:

“Do not concern yourself so much with guilt and grief, Alfred.  No battle was ever won, no great deed ever accomplished, by wallowing in guilt and grief.”

lokilies:

gloriousmadness:

WE WISH YOU EXTERMINATION
WE WISH YOU EXTERMINATION
WE WISH YOU EXTERMINATION
AND WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TEA

Though I think the guy on the FB wall wins the prize with the line “Deck the halls with bits of Doctor fa la la la la EXTERMINATE!”

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“Sweet Talk” in my head?
“All the Pretty Faces”, too?
A grand Sawdust day.

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Time for me to seriously re-obsess over Flamingo.

This album is so freaking beautiful; it is impossible for me to be upset while listening to it. It just gives me such a sense of euphoria. It’s like listening to the sound of every good thing in the world at once.

If only because I can come on here and vent and vent and vent about my television-induced emotions, get it all out of my system, read over it again, realize I don’t want to share those with the world wide web, and delete it feeling much better than I did before.

So thank you, Tumblr, for listening without actually having to. :)

Doctor Who reference on Supernatural!
Day = made.

Vincent Van Gogh: Look at the sky. It’s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there, lighter blue and blowing through the blues and blackness the winds swirling through the air and then shining, burning, bursting through… the stars! And you see how they roar their light. Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.
The Doctor: I’ve seen many things, my friend. But you’re right. Nothing quite as wonderful as the things you see.

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