Have you ever watched the show Mythbusters? It's a discovery channel show where, using a whole lot of cool science and engineering know-how, they experiment and try and figure out if certain urban legends, also things like, how did ninjas walk on water, could 007 really have decapitated something with his hat?, could pop rocks and soda really make your stomach explode. The show is extremely entertaining, but also you learn a lot of things about history and popular culture. So you are learning a lot, but the Hosts are all hilarious and theres a lot of cool explosions. :)
As far as reading goes, try
The mortal instruments series by Cassandra Clare
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Clary knows she should call the police, but it's hard to explain a murder when the body disappears into thin air and the murderers are invisible to everyone but Clary. Equally startled by her ability to see them, the murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. Within twenty-four hours, Clary's mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...
It sounds really silly, but it is a fantastic read, very well thought out, and highly addictive, waiting for the next book was always torture for me.
and try
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachett
Good Omens is the story of an angel and a demon who are both trying to do their jobs that are part of the Great Plan. Although Aziraphale and Crowley are adversaries by nature and profession, their relationship develops into a friendship merely because of the time spent together over thousands of years. In this unlikely pairing, compromises are made between the two of them so that they can both appear to be accomplishing their missions without overcoming the other too much. When the birth of the Antichrist occurs, they agree to work together and try to see if their influences on the child have any effect. By the time they locate the correct child, it is almost too late as Armageddon is about to begin. Events unfold and the world is saved. At the end,.....
This is honestly my favorite book ever, it's completely snarky and hilarious, whatever you do, son't start reading it in a public place if you're embarressed by laughing like a maniac. Also, Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachett are two extremely good writers, their powers combined? = perfect.
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Date: 2011-01-13 07:14 pm (UTC)As far as reading goes, try
The mortal instruments series by Cassandra Clare
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Clary knows she should call the police, but it's hard to explain a murder when the body disappears into thin air and the murderers are invisible to everyone but Clary.
Equally startled by her ability to see them, the murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. Within twenty-four hours, Clary's mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...
It sounds really silly, but it is a fantastic read, very well thought out, and highly addictive, waiting for the next book was always torture for me.
and try
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachett
Good Omens is the story of an angel and a demon who are both trying to do their jobs that are part of the Great Plan. Although Aziraphale and Crowley are adversaries by nature and profession, their relationship develops into a friendship merely because of the time spent together over thousands of years. In this unlikely pairing, compromises are made between the two of them so that they can both appear to be accomplishing their missions without overcoming the other too much. When the birth of the Antichrist occurs, they agree to work together and try to see if their influences on the child have any effect. By the time they locate the correct child, it is almost too late as Armageddon is about to begin. Events unfold and the world is saved. At the end,.....
This is honestly my favorite book ever, it's completely snarky and hilarious, whatever you do, son't start reading it in a public place if you're embarressed by laughing like a maniac. Also, Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachett are two extremely good writers, their powers combined? = perfect.