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1. Day 06 – A book that makes you sad
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - bawled my eyes out over this book. It's rare that I'll sob during a book. But this one did it to me - for about 50 pages. If you read this book, make sure you have a box of kleenex or tissues next to you.
It's a novel about two teens hunting down their favorite writer, to determine what the ending is of their favorite book. The teens are dying of cancer or are in various stages of terminal cancer. It shouldn't work, but it does. And it's not emotionally manipulative at all. Very odd book.
Possibly the best YA book that I've read.
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2.Day 09 - Best scene ever
Sometimes I think this should be called most memorable scene ever. At any rate, hard to choose, if this was a Buffy meme - I'd probably go with the sex sequence at the end of Smashed, but that was mostly most shocking scene ever - my jaw dropped. If a sci-fantasy meme...I might go with the scene from Bablyon 5 where G'Kar forgives Londo, just not his race. Or the scene in Farscape where John Crichton is tormented after just blowing up a space station. But it's not. This meme is all the tv shows I've watched, and dear lord, there have been so many and in every genre.
So for me, it has to be a scene in the early part of S1 of The Wire, which manages to accurately and succinctly explain the inter-relationships on the series and political maneuvers. It is also a reflection of how power is dealt with in society. This is a scene that unlike the ones that I mentioned above does not require any real knowledge of the series, nor does it require you to watch all of it. It is however the scene that motivated me to finally watch The Wire. Also the scene stays with you throughout the series...becoming more haunting and resonating more as you watch. If you watch that scene after seeing the Wire, chills will go up your spin at how accurate it is and because of what happens to each of the three kids in it.
The scene is from the episode : The Buy's from the Wire
Memorable Quote: "The King Stay the King"
After you watch this scene, you'll never look at kids playing chess at projects or in parks the same way again.
And here's the dialogue - in a perfect reflection of the street slang.
( dialogue from that scene )
( the rest of the days )
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - bawled my eyes out over this book. It's rare that I'll sob during a book. But this one did it to me - for about 50 pages. If you read this book, make sure you have a box of kleenex or tissues next to you.
It's a novel about two teens hunting down their favorite writer, to determine what the ending is of their favorite book. The teens are dying of cancer or are in various stages of terminal cancer. It shouldn't work, but it does. And it's not emotionally manipulative at all. Very odd book.
Possibly the best YA book that I've read.
( rest of the days )
2.Day 09 - Best scene ever
Sometimes I think this should be called most memorable scene ever. At any rate, hard to choose, if this was a Buffy meme - I'd probably go with the sex sequence at the end of Smashed, but that was mostly most shocking scene ever - my jaw dropped. If a sci-fantasy meme...I might go with the scene from Bablyon 5 where G'Kar forgives Londo, just not his race. Or the scene in Farscape where John Crichton is tormented after just blowing up a space station. But it's not. This meme is all the tv shows I've watched, and dear lord, there have been so many and in every genre.
So for me, it has to be a scene in the early part of S1 of The Wire, which manages to accurately and succinctly explain the inter-relationships on the series and political maneuvers. It is also a reflection of how power is dealt with in society. This is a scene that unlike the ones that I mentioned above does not require any real knowledge of the series, nor does it require you to watch all of it. It is however the scene that motivated me to finally watch The Wire. Also the scene stays with you throughout the series...becoming more haunting and resonating more as you watch. If you watch that scene after seeing the Wire, chills will go up your spin at how accurate it is and because of what happens to each of the three kids in it.
The scene is from the episode : The Buy's from the Wire
Memorable Quote: "The King Stay the King"
After you watch this scene, you'll never look at kids playing chess at projects or in parks the same way again.
And here's the dialogue - in a perfect reflection of the street slang.
( dialogue from that scene )
( the rest of the days )