Paper Towns by John Green (Book Review) Turtles all the Way Down Countdown 3/4 (with video)

Today I'm reviewing a third book by John Green: Paper Town.

This book is based on two things. The first, Margo Roth Spiegelman a teenager with an history of skipping town for greater adventure while living clues behind for nobody to find her.

The second, Paper Towns, a fake town on a map used to detect plagiarism.

The book is build in the way that we see different angles of Margo through the eyes of Quentin but never one angle that Margo seem to be satisfied with. Margo is like that person who doesn't believe that the sum of her elements make her whole. I think in the end Quentin actually gets that and Margo still doesn't and still look for herself, which made me feel like the whole thing was a bit pointless. Yes, it's true that readers, including me, are probably routing got Margo and Q to get together but that's a John Green book that is sort of based on how real people will act so people in real life never really get those kind of wishes and we don't.

Margo remains in the darkness and still don't understand herself and since the book is about her, I find it a bit annoying.

I mean it's a beautiful read, don't get me wrong but I wished in include and evolution in the character of Margo just like it did for everyone else. For me Margo remain through the entire book the same person and that's really strange considering all that happened. At the same time, she is also repeating the same thing over and over again trying to obtain a different result which is kind of madness.

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An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (Book Review) Turtles all the Way Down Countdown 2/4 (with video)

Today, I'm reviewing "An Abundance of Katherines."
This book is probably the lightest of all John Green's book even though it still tackles the big theme of the meaning of live. I think the main character is sort of depressed but it doesn't appears too much as a sad and overwhelming sort of depression like it does in his other books.
An Abundance of Katherines is a mixture between a road trip and a math problem which makes it a fun read. I think dating 19 Katherines even though possibly unpractical in real life is a funny concept.
The novel is enjoyable even though the ending feels a little rushed.  

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Looking For Alaska by John Green (Book Review) Turtles all the Way Down Countdown 1/4 (with video)

As you might now, Turtles all the Way Down, John Green's new book is coming out on the 10th of October so I decided to have a Countdown review of all of John Green's book (The one that are solo written) just before the book comes out. I'll probably not get my book on the 10th but hopefully I'll have it soon enough and be able to review it too.

So I'm starting this Countdown with a review of Looking for Alaska which is by far my favorite of John Green's books and the first I ever read. I read it in a couple of hours. Actually, I was waiting for a friend to get out of class when I read it so I was interrupted but went back to it as soon as I could.

This book is mind-blowingly good. I loved all the characters, they looked so real to me and the story was a lot of fun. I mean yes, it's just teens trying not to be bored but it's just so funny. This book contains a count down which sort of inspired me to do my own Countdown reviews. The main character's little thing is to memorise famous "last words" so it's sort of funny but also very fitting with the story. 

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (Book Review) (with video)

Today, I'm reviewing "The Murder of Roge Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie.

This is one of the Agatha Christie's book that I hadn't read yet. I'm not really sure how many more books from her I have left to read since I would have to compare the French and English titles as I read a lot of them in French.

This book is the fourth book in the Hercule Poirot series. You can read the Hercule Poirot book in non particular order though as they aren't really linked together since Poirot investigates different murders in different settings.

I had trouble to read this books. I started multiple times but I never actually managed to finish it until now. And I can understand why it is called the best Agatha Christie's book even though there are a lot that I really like.

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Hercule Poirot is Agatha's Christie's famous detective. He is Belgian so sometimes speaks words in French or has a weird English phrasing. People around him always tend to underestimate him even if he is pretty famous for solving cases. They all think he is a bit bizarre in the way he acts and speak which doesn't lead them to take him seriously but of course he doesn't care much because he knows his own abilities.

The story is pretty mind blowing. I mean for most of the book it's just a normal Agatha Christie story with Poirot going around gathering clues and talking to peole in the usual way. Though, when he finally tell you who the murderer is, it's totally over the top and you never could have guessed. In other Agatha Christie's book you can't get either but at least, you suspected. In this one, you can't even suspect. It's really amazing and you should just go and read it.

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Tower Of Dawn (Throne of Glass #6) by Sarah J Maas (Book Review) (with video)

Today, I'm reviewing Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas. This is the sixth book in the Throne of Glass series.

Why am I reviewing Tower of Dawn without reviewing the other 6 books that comes before (yes I include Assassin's blade) Well, I planned to review them all in a row at first but the thing is, Tower of Dawn is still fresh in my mind while the rest of them even if I know the story and characters are a bit too blurry for a review. So if I want to review them, I'll have to read them again or at least get a refresh and since I have plenty to read I'm not considering doing that any time soon unless someone really wants me to go in details and make a video otherwise, I'll do that when I feel motivated.

So Tower of Dawn is the 6th book even though it's really the 7th and this time it follows Chaol and Nesryn. Thing is people thought it was going to be in Chaol's POV but lucky us we also follow Nesryn when she gets out of the castle. I mean otherwise, it would have just been a magically and pain enhanced romance with a nasty troublemaker. (aka princess Hasar, sorry but that one is a bitch, and not even trying to hide it.)

I didn't like Chaol and Nesryn as a couple, so yeah for this book. But the problem I have with those books is the length of the relationship and the fact that the character sort of jump on the next person they meet like every single time. For example Aelin and Rowan... but then Chaol is doing the same with Yrene and Nesryn is doing the same with Sartaq and I'm like really, I mean can't they just stay single instead of falling for other people even before finishing their current relationship?

Anyway, this book though goes back to have a little bit of mystery like in Crown of Midnight which is still my favorite book in the series. Problem is, it was more centered around Chaol healing which was paired with this relationship with Yrene than on the threat having a Valg around posed. I mean I think we should have seen a lot more death and a lot more attacks. Also, the books were all a bit deal for almost nothing since Yrene figure out stuff on her own and there was a misleading scene about the queen. I seriously thought that she was up to no good which would have made a lot more sense if she was Valg too since she was never actually there.

So that's basically my review. Hopefully, with the next book, we will have all the main characters playing again together. That sounds like fun. 

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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R. R. Martin (Book Review)

I decided to read A Game of Thrones a while back because I needed to know what everyone was talking about but I can't watch the series if I haven't read the book.

I wasn't really into it when I started and I read a few things between the first chapter and the rest. It was a bit boring at first. But then, I decided to really get into it and I read the rest of the book really fast.

I like that there are multiple POV allowing you to go around the entire world. I also like that there is still a mystery about what happens on the other side of the wall.

The story could be a simple historical tale if it weren't for all the magic and mythology put in place. I really like the that magic and the dragon were gone and that they are sort of coming back.

I wish I knew exactly why and I wondered if it's because Winter is coming.

I like most of the character's POV. The only character that annoyed me was Sansa. I think I have a lot of trouble to relate to her. I don't know why her behavior is so different than her siblings.

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Book review + Comparison with Persuasion by Jane Austen)

Today, I'm reviewing The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I think it was a good read. It was definitely an unexpected read.
There are several things through the book that keeps you on your toes, especially because the narrator is sort of biased in many cases.
We see the love story form in the present and in the past. In a way, Gatsby wanted to rewrite the past but all he managed to do was relive it and it didn't end well which was really sad. I sort of feel sorry for the guy really but this book also show the danger of building your entire life around another person.
I compare this book and especially the heroine behavior with the heroine from Jane Austen's persuasion. I think the book have a lot in common in the way the story is build even if Anne and Daisy behave in a complete opposite manner while facing the same problems. 

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The Artist's Way (Day 10) Skepticism, Narcissistic abuse

So I read chapter 2 and I got a little bit pissed. Ok, kind of really annoyed actually. I'm not really sure what was the purpose of the whole "crazymakers" part of it, except for it being like take the asshole out of your life but it seriously pissed me off. Because of the lack of understanding behind narcissistic abuse and the lack of empathy. And also the lack of solution, I mean telling victims that they are using their abuser not to be creative really rubbed me the wrong way.

It is true that we often use a lot of excuses not to be our best but there are also limits to that argument. One point that really annoyed me is that it's always super easy to blame the victim of a narcissist since there is no trace of the abuse, the abuse is invisible and many times everyone around think that the narcissist is the great guy and that you are just a crazy person. So having that kind of talk in this book in a chapter about "recovering a sense of identity" it just annoyed the hell out of me. It also lack of empathy.

Anyway, if you manage to survive to the end of the video which is really long today, I also talk about the last part of this chapter about "Attention" which was way better. 

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The Artist's Way (Day 8-9) An Experiment of One

Today is a video about Day 8 and 9 of my Artist's Way project. I was a bit sick for the past few days so I haven't been making much progress on the book. I have been reading Game of Throne instead to be honest, lol because I find it a lot more entertaining.

I'm not done with this Chapter but here is my first impression. The part that bugs me so far is that it's supposed to be a Chapter again toxicity and I sort of find it toxic itself. I'm going to have to finish it before making my conclusion though.

Anyway, tell me what you think about it and I'll see if we agree or not and explain my point of view in the next video.

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The Artist's Way (Day 7) First Week Check In and Spirituality Rant

So today is the last day of the first Week of my Artist's Way project.

So I have to do a Check in and answer some questions.

So I did my Morning Pages for 7 days without fail.

I didn't go on my artist's date.

I don't find the Artist's Way particularly helpful. I don't know if it's because I feel like I already did the exercises on myself before. And I didn't really have to recover my safety which was the plan of the first week.

I'm going to continue and see what the second week brings. Hopefully I'll find something a bit more worthy of my time. I started this project not really knowing what to expect but I thought it was going to give me a bit more clarity about how to be more productive as an artist by increasing my conscientiousness but actually it doesn't. It's more based on some spiritual way of thinking about creativity while I'm more the type of person who sees creativity as hard work.

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The Artist's Way (Day 6) I took an Oath (with video)

So today I did my morning pages and my affirmation. I was actually late very late because I spent the night reading game of throne. I had something weird happening during my positive affirmations. I had a thought about something saying something bad to me just to realised that it bothered me so much because someone else had said it before many time over. So I wrote them in the "Monster Hall" and then I wrote down the memories.

I couldn't go to my Artist's date because of the rain. So I was editing my novel instead and I got really bored.

Here is the video

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The Artist's Way (Day 5) I'm a pianist

Today as an exercise for my Artist's Way project. I decided to play the piano for you. I haven't played in months so it's full of mistakes but I guess if I keep at it for a few days, I might be able to get something decent again.

I actually started playing the piano again because of a project called the Give it 100. Then of course I didn't stick with it long enough. I still managed 30 days though. Now their website is gone but you can see my post 33 day laps video here.

You can also check the other video when I started again here. If you want to see a better version of me playing the first song in this video you can have a look here.

I think I might retry again and do it on this channel. Please let me know if you are interested in seeing that.

Other than this exercise of going into a parallel life and pretending to be a different version of me, I didn't do much for the Artist's Way today.

I sort of got annoyed when doing my morning pages and stopped after 2 pages and I didn't do any affirmations or any other exercises.

Hopefully, I'll be able to do better tomorrow. 

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My Writing History part 2: A lot of Writing

Hi guys and welcome to a new part of my writing history video. 

Today I'm telling you what I wrote after Demon Soul, this is basically an explanatory list of all my current novels, either as drafts, published version, or unfinished drafts. 

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