Life Update // Wicked and Books

So due to procrastination and those bajillion other posts that got in the way because THEY WERE MORE IMPORTANT APPARENTLY....*glares intently at those inconsiderate posts*  I never got to blog about a very exciting thing that happened. 


And lemme do that right now before I forget again.


Exciting thing #1:  I SAW WICKED!!! 

SO MUCH EXCITE

I had never seen it before (or even heard all of the songs) so I really didn't know what to expect.  My piano teacher had been raving about it for years now, and my musical-theatre-loving grandma wanted to take us to it, even my aunt who lived on the other side of the country wanted to take me to see it!  So when my friend Annabeth invited me and a group to go see it, I was ecstatic. 


It blew my expectations away with it's sheer amazingness. 


Here's the official Broadway trailer:

I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it, but basically it's the story of the two witches when they were young and.....how the Wicked Witch became "wicked" and........stuff.  Back when the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda were friendsss.

They were such cute friends btw it was adorable. 


Sorry.  I don't explain things well at all. 


I try to explain something and end up spoiling the entire thing OR I try to explain something and end up sounding like a confused potato who doesn't know what she's talking about. 


Ah, cruel life. 


BUT ANYWAY.  It was amazing.  I laughed, I cried, my feels were broken, and now it's one of my favoritest musicals of all time.  AND THEY'RE MAKING  A MOVIE OF IT APPARENTLY.  Aaron Tveit must be cast as Fiyero.  He must. 


Oh yes, did I mention that?  Aaron Tveit played the Winkie Prince, Fiyero, in one of the Broadway versions.




yisssssss

d'awwwww

And in the original cast, guess who played Elphaba?  Idina Menzel.  (For you hermits who live under rocks in the Atlantic Ocean, she's also Elsa from Frozen)

So Enjolras and Elsa were once Ozians and it amuses me immensely. 


*giggles maniacally*


Okay moving on. 




Exciting Thing #2:


In which I present my latest and greatest Book Haul!

yeah, hehe, I read a lotttttt of different genres

Let me just say, I love my library bookstore so much. 


And people who give me Barnes & Nobles gift cards.  (Bless you.)


I haven't read all of these yet, because my TBR stack is threatening to devour me in my sleep and it terrifies me.  And now with school starting up again, I have required reading to do and I'm not ready for deep stuff like Herodotus' Histories and Shakespeare....


Also I have a new book series for you to read because THEY ARE TRULY AMAZING. 

*WHEEZES* THEY ARE SO GOOD SLGKHSKGLHG.  And the genre is so different....it's like steampunk/dystopian/fantasy/historical fiction all wrapped up into one mind-blowingly delicious read.  And they are clean, too.  Which brings me to my next topic.


Disclaimer:  Just because I recommend a book, it doesn't mean it's totally clean and appropriate for all ages. 


Not that I read books that are a) dirty or b) containing too much mature content, because I don't. 


What I mean is, different people have different standards and I am really tired of people getting upset with me because they read something I said was good.  I read books at a mature level.  Not everyone is at that level.  Some people are younger, and some just don't prefer more mature books. 


So please, just a warning.  Look up more detailed reviews of books before just getting them based on my recommendation if there is any concern of that.  Same with any shows and movies, too. 


Well, that's taken care of then. 


Ugh I'm so tired.  Peace out, minions!

Have you seen Wicked??  Have you read Incarceron?