As the first semester came to an end, I decided to pick up a different book. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? left me bored. I was about 80 pages in and felt as though nothing had happened. After a quick browse through our bookshelf, I saw a book called Moribito. Right off the bat the book looked interesting. My brother told me he read it after watching the anime. He recommended it to me.
In the beginning of the book, you are thrown into a situation; a young prince on his carriage gets thrown off into a river. His servants fail to save him and drown, but a spear-wielder named Balsa shortly succeeds after. She is invited to the palace only to be confronted with a request. The queen asks her to protect her prince as a bodyguard.
I started liking Moribito right from the start. I was thrown into the rising action, with the exposition hidden throughout the text. These introductions always appeal to me, however, I'm not too sure why. It could be that slow starts bore me, and because they are the opposite, the opposite effect occurs. As of now, I like the beginning of the book, but I have no idea about the rest.
Just to touch up on my reading habits this week, I didn't do so well. Next week, I plan to improve my reading by going to more calm places. Once or twice I went to foster to try and read; that didn't work out... It seems as though upstairs in the back corner of the library is my best shot at reading.
01/07 - 30min., 01/08 - 30min., 01/09 - 60min., 01/13 - 30min.
Total - 150min., pp.1 - 78
I am sorry that your other book did not work out for you. I was looking forward to seeing how it folded out, but I understand the feeling when you don't feel connected to the book anymore. Personally, I do not enjoy anime even though I am constantly surrounded by people who live and breath it...
ReplyDeleteTo me its too exaggerated and even though they are well done its based of of Japanese and some of them (not all of them by far) are in fact produced in Japanese. I used to watch some anime when I was younger (grade school,) but later found my self lost in the plot and conflicts between the characters. I do enjoy genuine story lines no matter the context. And because of this I find them more appealing after being described by just the story line. I still want to know what happens since you've tied me in to the plot already. I hope it turns out better than the last one! Great post once again!!!