Why We Can't Wait

My newest read is titled Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr. It chronicles King's life as well as the life of Rosa Parks as they try and make a difference by protesting in non-violent ways for equal rights of African Americans.

The first portion of the book tells how a young Martin sees the world at the time and notices how unfair everything is for African Americans while Caucasians treat them with disrespect. One of his most important observations was when he was playing a game of baseball with other African American and Caucasian friends. He noticed that the young people of different races didn't mind playing a fair game of baseball with each other while getting along. However, the mother of one of the Caucasian boys calls the boy away from everyone else as she doesn't want him playing with African Americans.

Good Omens, Part 5

The incorrect prophetic son of Armageddon, named Adam has made friends with a girl named Pepper. Her real name is , but she prefers to be called Pepper, because she likes that named more than her real name. Adam, Pepper and some of their other friends were discussing the existence of witches along with the Spanish Inquisition. The discussion was rather humorous as they were all wondering why it couldn't have been a British or Latin Inquisition. Afterward, they try to re-enact a moment of when the Spanish Inquisition captures a witch and they try to go through the entire process. The process was to capture the witch, torture the witch until she admits to being a witch, and then killing her by either drowning her, burning her, or guillotine.

Afterward, Adam goes home and questions Anathema as he suspects she is a witch. It is also shown that Anathema and the hell-hound are very disappointed that Adam is not the prophetic child.

Good Omens, Part 4

Something I really like about Good Omens so far is their interesting and colorful cast of characters. The fact that an angel and demon are best friends also makes for a great story. I'm always intrigued by different things like that, yin befriending yang and all. In a way it can refer to the actual possibility of people who are exact opposites becoming friends. I feel that if that actually happens, it could make the world much more peaceful as different types of people could understand the differences in people other than themselves. Haha how ironic, discussing how the world could be more peaceful in a blog about the Armageddon. Perhaps that is what the story is meant to state that point to the readers, hinting that if life were more like this, the world could be better. Angels could retire and own antique shops and become best friends with some demons and so on. But anyway back to the story.

A witch named Agnes has just been introduced. I wonder how she will contribute to the Apocalypse. She runs a bike shop which I find to be very odd indeed. Still the fact that there is a witch existing in the time of Angels and Demons makes this book even more interesting.

Ahh it appears that Agnes helps Aziraphale and Crowley locate the correct son of Armageddon. With their new location the angel and devil set off.

The Amulet of Samarkand, Part 3

The magical resistance appear to be mere humans but they are humans who are resistant to magic and demons. So their group name is like a double entendre. That kind of surprised me. But it's pretty cool how they function. They use magical artifacts and handmade weapons rather than actual magic. They also appear to be quite agile and powerful as they were able to best some of the most powerful demons with only their skills.

When I'd first heard of the magical resistance, I thought they were just ordinary people who were against the use of magic. I figured that they didn't stand a chance against actual magicians. But after learning about their natural resistance to magic and their physical abilities I realized that they could actually rival the power of a magician. It was also revealed that they're not only resistant to magic attacks but attacks from demons as well. This means that they could pretty much own any supernatural force and come out of the battle virtually unscathed. Needless to say I look forward to the upcoming 3-way battle that will feature the magicians, the magical resistance, and Nathaniel along with his 3 demons.

The Amulet of Samarkand, Part 2

The Amulet of Samarkand only gets better the more I read it.

Nathaniel is still using Bartimaeus and other demons to destroy his father's reputation. In the meantime his hunger for power and knowledge is consuming him and is making him more and more like his father, not caring for anyone else but himself. However while spying on Lovelace to make sure that everything goes according to plan, Bartimaeus hears of a coup planned by some members of the magical resistance. Their goal is to kill the Prime Minister named Rupert Deveraux. So after making his father seemed paranoid by having him turn against all his friends and acquaintances, Nathaniel creates a plan that calls for 3 powerful demons in order to stop the coup and save the life of the prime minister.

Good Omens, Part 3

After the birthday party incident the book continues to get interesting as Crowley and Aziraphale realize that the nurses made a mistake in switching the prophetic child of the Apocalypse. They realize this when the demonic hound finally arrives and the child decides to name it. The Apocalyptic child is supposed to give the hound some sort of evil name like Stalker or Hell. But instead the child simply names the hound "Dog" because it is a simple name.

So Aziraphale and Crowley set out to find the actual child of prophecy and meet an unusual girl with a bike named Phaeton.

Good Omens, Part 2

This book never ceases to amaze me. I love the fact that while the Apocalypse is on the verge of occurring, Aziraphale (angel) and Crowley (demon) are just doing nothing but watch. This book is filled with much sarcasm and laughs. There is also dark humor involved as well.

Currently, Aziraphale and Crowley were hired as magicians for a birthday party. The boy is an 11-year old named Warlock. Aziraphale expressed excitement as he loved performing magic while Crowley didn't really care much for magic. Anyway Crowley made a handkerchief appear in the pocket of one of the armed guards, however when the guard pulled it out he accidentally knocked his gun out of his holster and it landed at the feet of Warlock. Happy with his "gift" he pulls the trigger and shoots one of the adults at the party. Afterwards, chaos ensues as there is a scramble to get the gun away from Warlock and the demonic hound finally arrives.