House of Hades (A Rant)

Merry Christmas my Fluffy Unicorns!

I hope your Christmas was as wonderful as mine, and I hope that you got everything you wanted. 

But before we go any farther, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So, if you haven't read House of Hades (By Rick Riordan) please leave this post and come back once you've read the book. Unless of course you don't mind me spoiling the ending. :) 

This book was awesome. It made me laugh, cry, and of course, scream. When I reached the end of the book, which ends much calmer then the last book, I gave a great shout and threw my book at my unsuspecting mother. 

No joke. 

Percy and Annabeth are FINALLY out of Tartarus, Hazel has past her test, Frank isn't the Pillsbury Doughboy anymore (hehehe) Leo hasn't changed a bit (he's still my little goofball), and Jason and Piper are just as awesome as ever. So I'm happy about all that. 

BUT. SWEET HEAVEN ABOVE. BUT. The way it ends! OH GOSH, how it ends. Mr. Riordan, who said that you could write such an action packed adventure, to end with "The Argo II sailed into the night" (583). WHAT KIND OF AN ENDING IS THAT?! I mean seriously, think about it. Riordan ended the last book with a wicked ending, left us hanging by spider webs until October 6, 2013. THEN he gives us this epic creation, that give you chills just reading the name. Let's not even talk about the sassy sarcastic sentences that fly in this book. Oh no, let's not mention the beautiful love stories flowing through this book like rivers on a map (and, by the way, if you take them out there is still an amazing story, unlike Twilight). 

I'm literally in such a heavy book hangover, I have to remind myself to breathe. Haven't eaten for two hours, and I haven't blinked for two hours. I ran around my house screaming and crying until my brother told me to shut up. Then I sat in the corner silently sobbing.

I can't even continue this rant. I LOVE AND HATE THIS BOOK SO MUCH. GAHHHHH!!

God Bless,

~Nina

A History Lesson

Hello My Fluffy Unicorns!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

And Happy (late) Thanksgiving! I have been so busy lately, I haven't written anything. I'M SUCH A TERRIBLE PERSON. I'M SO SORRY.  But this coming year I plan to do a blog post every Saturday. Better? 

For my English class I have been doing research on my family tree, and I have discovered quiet a bit! And I thought I'd share it with all of you since I haven't posted in a long time. 

First, during the Revolutionary War, my ancestors were loyalists.  Now before you go off an a tangent about that, let me just say that she (I don't know her name, my research could only go so far) was related to the British crown. And as far as I can tell, that's why they were loyalists. Anyway, as a result we were entitled "the despicable Parsells". 

Laugh all you like. Ha, ha ha. 

I guess we used to be rather rich, in that we had a bunch of land. All that went away during the war. The patriots took our land, and sold it. Literally, I found a newspaper clipping, dated in 1783, where a farm that was on our property was for sale. Isn't that crazy? 

Finally, sometime between 1844 and 1864 Franklin Parsell moved to Michigan. And that is why I live here and not New York. 

Isn't that an interesting story?  Let me know what you think! :) 

~Nina