The Diviners: Chs 22-23
Will got news that a buddy of his has information about the snake-pentagram-pendant-thing, so Will and Evie are off to see him.
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The Diviners: Chs 19-21
Next morning Evie has a hangover and fights with Jericho about nothing. Jericho once again teases us with the fact that he knows something is up but refuses to tell me what it is, spill Jericho, this book is so effing dull.
The Diviners: Chs 13-15
Evie goes to Mabel’s house for a sleepover. … That’s it. … ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Diviners: Ch 16-18
Evie and Mable go to the musical review show, and thankfully it’s all skimmed through until we get to the big finale in which Theta is performing.
Guest Post: Race, Disability, and Sexuality in Hunger Games
Hello, Benjamin again. I’m doing a (brief) analysis post on race, sexuality, and disability in the universe of the Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins. I’d promised to do something like that in my snarks of Ballad, and settled on race because some of it is actually close to my area of proficiency (ethnic studies). The views are my own, not those of Whitley, so yell at me for making mistakes, not her.
Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
A link to my review of Ballad is below. Once again, I’d like to thank all of the readers for giving attention to my meanderings, and Whitley for giving me the chance to borrow her blog. All of you are amazing, and I hope to see you all again as a snarker in the future.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Interview/Q&A/Discussion
As a warning, I’m (Benjamin, not Whitley) going to get vaguely political, since it’s impossible not to when having a meaningful discussion and critique of politics. Feel free to shout at me in the comments and tell me whether I’m wrong. Politics, war, and some schools of philosophy are serious issues I want to treat respectfully and as accurately as possible.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Final Chapter and Epilogue
Snow is told that he’s the youngest person ever to be accepted for officer training school, and he’ll be shipped off to District 2 for elite officer training instead of being trained on-base. Once he’s dismissed, he muses about how ironic it is to have a second chance at success only after he’s decided to run away. This would all work better if this wasn’t a prequel, but it is what it is.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 29
Snow is pretty fucked up the next day. He tries to rationalize what he did, saying that Sejanus would’ve fucked up, it was his own fault, that he was forced to do it. He gets physically sick when he eats a cookie Sejanus’ mom made, and can’t get the memory of the hanging from his mind. He’s upset about Sejanus and his mother, as well as his own family. It’s pretty decently done.