sing, goddess, the rage of ackley

[arisha]

So I'm spending my day off work reading Troy High, which is pretty much the best book of my life. Not only because it's an unashamedly cracktastic retelling of the Trojan War, but also because I can relate to it:

Just as I reached out to grab the door handle to get in, the car moved forward two feet.

"Perry, stop it," I said. I reached for the handle again, but once more Perry let off the brake and made the car lurch forward.

All at once it becomes clear to me why I've always had such a dislike of Prince Paris of Troy - because he is my brother.

Also, this paragraph is amazing:

Lucas walked in, followed by his friends Owen, Ackley, and Patrick. ... Owen was friendly, but Ackley kept more to himself and was always shadowed by his best friend, Patrick. Also, I doubted Ackley had wanted to spend much time in my presence over the past year, ever since Hunter injured his ankle in the game between Lacede and Troy.

hahahahahaha omg, I love it. The best part of this book is figuring out who people are supposed to be. This paragraph killed me. xD

Also please note that Cassandra plays flute in marching band and Agamemnon is the tenth grade class president, how can this book possibly get any more amazing.

Comments

[trumpydoesmagic.livejournal.com]

You know, the worst part about the school year is not having a lot of time to read for fun. :(

[arisha.livejournal.com]

So true! When I was in university I really missed reading novels. :( But you can get through it! And then you can graduate and waste your time reading silly books, just like me. :D

[freege.livejournal.com]

...I really want this book now, omg. XD

[homodachi.livejournal.com]

Me too!

Also Sarah, you need to enter this.

[arisha.livejournal.com]

I just looked at the texts and am surprised by how the English-to-Japanese one looks so much harder than the Japanese-to-English one! I didn't expect the J-to-E one to have pictures, haha.

[arisha.livejournal.com]

lol you should get it! xD There's even a really random MJ reference in the last chapter!

[frauleinfrog.livejournal.com]

I don't really know anything about the Trojan War (I know you're so disappointed), but I just thought I would drop by and tell you that you're ridiculous and amazing for loving this so much. XD

[frauleinfrog.livejournal.com]

Sorry, it double-posted for some reason. ^^;;