Done Already?

I finished my story and that was one heck of an ending. In what may not seem like, but really is short, The entire case was being looked at in the wrong way until the last five pages of the story. Every single person except two had lied in the story involving what had happened. One witness didn't even see anything, they had been paid by someone who wasn't even under suspicion in order to confuse the protagonist Perry Mason. The original person who was thought to have been killed had already been dead for two years and the same person who paid off the "witness" stole their I.D. due to the fact that they had a similar description in order to have a abck-up name in case of emergency or incase he didn't want to be recognized. It is all still somewhat confusing to me, I'll have to re-read the last 10 pages again later.

New book

It has been a while. For my mystery story I chose a Perry Mason novel called the Case of the Lucky Loser. Unfortunately, the book is a collection of seven novels, so everyone thinks that I'm planning on reading the entire book and since its not a book that all the other students are reading, they ask why I'm reading such a large book for fun. In fact, two kids who I had never even met in my entire life came up to me as I was at Dick's Sporting Goods and asked why I was reading. Very weird. Anyway, when I first started reading the book I thought that Perry Mason was a detective, but it turns out that he is a lawyer. Because of this the book has lots of interesting legal courtroom battles. The best parts so far, and I'm over halfway through, are when he interviews different people and has gotten three different explanations for the crime. I can't wait for the wrap up at the end of the story.

Done

I actually liked this book a lot. It was an action-adventure-fantasy story which is one of my favorite kinds of stories. The various adventures and the final battle were especially good. I still have to say the trick that Odysseus played on the cyclops was by favorite part. It was so original and crafty. The battle was also pretty nice. The part with the spear volleys was awesome. Athena turned out to actually be instrumental in their victory. I was not a fan of the last chapter. I was confused for most of it and I can't believe it ended with a memory wipe. That is almost as bad as "and then I woke up". I can't imagine the greatest adventure of all time having such a corny ending.

The challenge

I thought that idea by Penelope to have a challenge using Odysseus's own bow was pretty intellingent. Recently I read about more omens in the book which I did not understand until Odysseus explained it to Penelope. I'm wondering why everyone seems to be able to identify Odysseus by the scar on his foot. Has everyone seen his feet? Even the swineherd recognized him through that small imperfection. I'm baffled as to why everyone is so familiar with Odysseus's fott. I've been getting more confused in the past few chapters. I've noticed the startling amount of people whose names begin with Eury. I'm getting a bit fed up with it so it should become more clear once Odysseus kills all of the suitors.

Meh

Not much has happened recently. The last three books have been exceedingly slow moving. At the beginning of chapter 15, Odysseus is with Eumaus and at the end of chapter 17 he has just left his hut and gone to his old palace in disguise. The only event of consequence is that Telemachus finds out that the "vagabond" is in fact Odysseus. Who would have thought? What an unforseeable chain of events. Also, I liked the part with the omens in chapter 15. That hawk holding the goose is pretty cool I guess but I don't really get why it means that Odysseus is going to exact his revenge. What does a dead goose in the mouth of a hawk have to do with anything? Is Odysseus the hawk? Anyway, I hope something happens soon because I am eagerly awaiting the next of Odysseus's great challenges.

Awesome!

Chapter 13 had everything that I could possibly want. First off, turning that ship to stone was one of the coolest things I have ever heard. I like the idea of prophecys being fulfilled and not leaving people to wonder. If a ship didn't turn to stone at some point in the book I would be mad. Now for quite possibly my two favorite moments in this book. SWINEHERD!!! My favorite word has been introduced in the original epic. On of my other favorite words is also in this book. And that word is...vagabond! I hope that Homer contiues with his incredibly delightful vocabulary.

Best CHapter

This is clearly the best chapter so far. All of the beasts and roadblocks are easily surmounted by Odysseus's wealth of cleverness...okay not really his cleverness, but more with Circe's instructions. Regardless, there is a lot of cool stuff happening. First, the sirens. That beeswax thing is pretty cool, but I don't know why Odysseus has himself tied to the mast. Couldn't he just put beeswax in his ears too? Also, why do you kill something that belongs to the Sun? It makes no sense, unless you want to die or something. I think if this book was a sitcom, Odysseus's men would be the unintelligent guys who are the butt of everyones jokes.