The Kingkiller Chronicle - Patrick Rothfuss

This is the first time I'm going to talk about specific books in this blog, I cannot believe I've never done it before. Actually I wanted to write an e-mail to Pat telling him everything I'm going to write in here, but he says in his website that he's busy writing and I really need another one of his books (I would say to keep living but that's too dramatic). But let's begin from the start.

I came across The Name of The Wind almost two years ago thanks to my mom as she gave it to me as a birthday present, and it was completely unexpected. I'll explain myself, my mom and I don't share much, she's more fond of psychological books and all this stuff and I'm into fantasy and science fiction. So when she gave me the book I didn't know what to expect, sure the critics were great and everything, but still I thought that maybe she grabbed the first book she saw without even looking at it. I loved it. Really, I kept reading it, I don't know how long it took to me to read it, but being in Spanish as it was I guess that 3 days at most. When I finished I was sad because I didn't know when the next one would come out. Still I was lucky because I didn't have to wait much.

The Wise Man's Fear came out this year, I bought it via Amazon on the same day and I got it home in 3 days. This time it was in English, the language of its origin. Believe me if you happen to know the language in which a book is written go for it, lots of things got lost in translation. This time it took me 4 and a half days, and believe me its a thick book, I read on the train, on the metro, while walking, while cooking, I couldn't take my eyes of it. And as The Name of The Wind it left me wanting more and more and mourning because there will only be 3 of them, because I won't have any more Kvothe after the third book.

I'm currently rereading The Wise Man's Fear, it is the second time I read it and I still laugh when there are funny things, I still gasp, I still get sad, I still think that I should warn Kvothe about the things he shouldn't do, but I know these things have to happen because otherwise it wouldn't be the same book.

Also, there is one thing that native English speakers do naturally, without thinking, which is a lot of expressions which us, poor English students, do not get across with unless we are reading in English and even then. I thank Pat for all these expressions I came to know while reading The Wise Man's Fear, I decided that I'll buy The Name of The Wind in English to so I can practise.

There's one last thing that I came to realize after reading these books and its... I love redheads and I'm dammed because there aren't many here in Spain, I keep looking for someone with flame in his head and I blame Pat and Kvothe for this one!

Thinking about what I've written so far I feel that I've been a bit sloppy and that I wouldn't earn a good mark for it at English class, but since it is not English class... I'll keep it as it is.

So as an ending I just want to say that if you haven't read these books go to your bookstore and get them (there should be emergency bookstores)... and if you're Pat... Hi Pat! I'm flattered to see you in here! (Though I don't think he'll come 'round being busy as he is).

Remember: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One The Name of The Wind  and The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two The Wise Man's Fear  

Things that are important and things that may not be

I guess that most of you don't know which is the situation here in Catalonia, you might know that in Spain is not looking good, but you might not have info from Catalonia. Well the fact is that since there is no money the government is doing budget cuts to some areas: culture, health and education. Yeah I'm right, health and education. This means that there are less beds per hospital, less staff, less surgeries being performed and actually some hospitals are getting closed, sure as you read it, we have right now less doctors per habitant. It looks crazy and it is.

On the other hand there is some kind of fashion convention going on in Barcelona right now and the government says they're going to support them... I don't know if they'll get money, but the idea is to make Barcelona a reference on fashion.

I don't know if you can see where the problem is, but mainly if the health assistance is not good enough more people will be sick (and I have to say that catalan health system was regarded as one of the best), if people is sick they won't be able to work, if people is not able to work they won't be able to buy fashion among other things. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that fashion is not important, though most of the people who know me would say I'm not a fashionista, but I'm saying that I'd rather have the reference in medicine that the reference in fashion as capital.

Family

It's not the first time I talk about family in here, I guess that this is because of the kind of relationship I've got with mine. Well if we can call that relationship.

Being as I am it is difficult to me to have my family around, I don't like people and I don't like people coming into my room every five minutes to tell me nonsense or to ask me things I don't want to answer. It's annoying to get home and hear all the "blablabla". I know I don't sound like an outgoing person, but I am, I only need some privacy when I get home and no one has realized yet, and they have this awful tendency to just wanting to be together when I don't feel like and then telling me that I never want to be with them, what about doing something I like?

Another reason why my relationship with my family is difficult is because they never listen, sometimes I'm talking and they keep talking about their things or just plainly don't listen to me and then they tell me I never told them anything. Sometimes they ask me about something and then no one listens while I explain it, and then they tell me that I never explain them things, like HOW?

And last but not least they've always pushed me to get to the top, I always had to get good marks and be a good girl, nothing else would do. They never rewarded me for it, of course they bought me things and everything, but nothing that would say "Well done, you deserve it", sometimes not even a congratulations that was actually true. They got used to prime and it was taken for granted.

I know everyone at some point of their life has had difficult relationship with its family, but I don't see a way to solve this, except of course leaving home. I don't know I just couldn't stand it today.