Katie Cullen Reads

…when they try and bring religion into it?

A very good, thought-provoking book can be utterly ruined for me when the author does the whole “subtly” hinting you about Christianity thing?  Last night I was reading the novel Returnable Girl by Pamela Lowell and the prologue-ish thing was going along pretty well.

Y’know, until her statue of Jesus started talking to her six-year-old self.  And I don’t mean Hay-zoos Jesus from Deadline.  I mean the actual nailed-to-the-cross dude.

Oh, gawwwwwwsh.

I didn’t even want to finish the book after reading that bit, but I read through it anyway.  And she mentioned it about eight times.  God and Christianity and that crap.

I’m not condemning y’all reading this who believe in that.  It’s fine with me; do what you want to do, think for yourself, all that Beatles-y goodness.  But please don’t try to force it on me.  I’m like one-quarter Jewish and 110% atheist, so I really don’t need your propaganda.

(If you don’t mind that “Lord” and “Christ” stuff, though, you should read it.  It was pretty good.)

Since I couldn’t think of much to fit Violeta’s idea of “characters you hate with a burning passion,” I decided to do an entry about less popular characters.  Here are my top five!

Matsuda from Death Note.  Oh, come on.  He falls off a freakin’ roof, people (kind of.)  He’s kinda cute in a stupid, dejected sorta way, too.  Also, ChibiMatsuda is adorable.  Does anyone else agree on this…?

Kimihiro Watanuki from 3xHolic (I never write all 3 x’s because then it looks stupid.)  Okay, so he is the main character and all, but I don’t know anyone who thinks he’s MADE OF AWESOME.  Which he is.  And cute in a “OMGWTF” sort of way…

Takemoto from Honey and Clover.  I get the feeling he doesn’t have as many fans as Morita/Hagu-chan/Mayama because he’s the “everyguy” character.  Whatever.  He’s still kind of great.  Incredibly nice, a bit of a spazz, thoughtful.  Honestly, if Hagu-chan/Morita = canon at the end, I will fly to Japan and strangle the manga-ka.  Takemoto/Hagu-chan would be so much better.  I don’t even think Morita likes her that much.  Hmmph.  *rant over*

Tohru from Fruits Basket.  Honestly, I don’t see why so many girls hate her… except that she’s stealing their “Kyonkichi” xD.  She’s a really determined person and incredibly brave, too.  I mean, think about all of the bad stuff she’s been through!  Her mom died, there’s all the tragedy with her friends and the whole Sohma family, and I’m sure there are MAJOR problems coming up with Kakeru’s girlfriend and the whole car accident.  Stop being fangirls for one moment and give Tohru the credit she deserves, please!

Breaking my “manga characters” list, numero cinco es (hahaha Spanish) actually a few series that do NOT get enough recognition.  Has anyone out there heard of the Percy Jackson series?  What about Terry Pratchett’s children’s/YA fantasy novels (especially The Wee Free Men and A Hat Full Of Sky)?  I love Harry Potter as much as the next girl, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET THESE OTHER BOOKS GET POPULAR, TOO…

Alright, that’s it.  Off to read 3ec.  Baaaaaaaiiiiiiiz.

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So… I was suprised to find that Brian Mandabach (yes, your eyes are not decieveulating you!) had commented on my Kurdt/Kurt complaint.  Thanks for the information, and… oh my god *squeeeeeeeeee* I LOVE YOUR BOOK!

On a less happy note (ha) I just bought volume six of Death Note and… it was a huge disappointment.  There was hardly any good main character stuff, just some thingie about the ugly guy from Yotsuba (LOL) Corp.  WHO GIVES A CHICKEN??  Give us our L/Misa/Light time back, please?  On the happy front… *spoiler* Misa got her memories back (some of them.)  Yay, evil plotting people with pigtails.

Oh, and at the library today, we saw two AWESOME Mello and Matt cosplayers.  I’m dying to cosplay as Matt– I’ve got the red hair, now, so it should be easy(ish) to put something together.