Hidden Figures

Here's a book that is just purely fascinating.  History books never mentioned African American women working for NASA, or even white women working for NASA.  But now their story is being told in Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly.  

The story takes place at the start of WWII, following the lives of 3 African American women, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine G. Johnson and their journey from working for the National Advisory Committee of Aeroautics (NACA) during the war, and transitioning to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the great space race during the Cold War.  These brilliant women worked at human computers with their advanced knowledge of mathematics and science.  It also talks about the struggle they went through while working for the government during the civil rights era.  Again, something history books would never mention.

There isn't really a whole lot to talk about especially plot wise because, well, it talks about the lives of 3 women instead of just one person.  And there is so much to mention in this review, I might as well say go buy the book and read it, which is true, buy the books and read it.  Now I have to pre warn you, the book has a lot of fancy math and science stuff that could be a little confusing to some people.  So if you want go see the movie, it has Octavia Spencer and Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory for crying out loud.  But if you wanna take a shot at it I say go for it!  If not, definitely see the movie, I know I will when I get the chance.

So there's my review for this awesome book.  Next one will be whenever I finish reading it.  Don't forget to check out alll off my other reviews I've done ... All 8 of them!  I'm just kidding, there's only 9!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

So I'm back, I know it's been a while but it's been quite a few months.  Last August I moved out of Veneta, Oregon all the way to Salem, Oregon.  So the past few months I've been trying to adjust to the move, and let it all sink in.  BUT I did some reading since I moved, and I'm ready to get some reviews posted.  So let's get back on the bandwagon.   

Now I actually read this during my moving process, like I read it before I moved and finished it after I moved.  And I must say, this was quite an interesting book.  Now, this book was not written by The Queen of Quill and Scroll, JK Rowling, but that doesn't mean she wan't apart of the process. 

So here's the story, it's set right after the 19 Years Later chapter of The Deathly Hallows, Harry and Ginny got old and had kids, and they're sending their youngest son, Albus to Hogwarts.  Albus is having trouble finding himself in the world and like most 1st years, is nervous about which house he will be placed in.  He meets a new friend, Scorpius Malfoy, the son of Draco Malfoy ... I know right?  What are the odds?  And both end up being sent to Slytherin.  And it goes through his life being a troubled teenager with normal teenage problems.  

This story also goes through Harry's life, who is now working for the Ministry of Magic, hunting down the last death eaters that are still trying to find a way to bring back He Who Must Not Be Named.  Fear the He might return, he finds a lead involving Time Turners and manages to find one of the last ones now that they have all been destroyed.  One night before going back to school, Albus overhears a conversation between Harry and Amos Diggory, Cedric's son.  You remember, before he became the sparkly vampire living in Forks, Washington.  Amos begs Harry to use the last time turner to go back and save Cedric from his unfortunate death.  Albus meets his niece Delphi and helps him and Scorpius get the time turner and use it to go back in time to save Cedric.  And it ends up a series of wibbly wobbly timey whimey stuff ... I know that's Doctor Who, BUT a lot of people in the movies were in Doctor Who *cough* Barty Crouch Jr. *cough cough*.  But in the end of the everything goes well like all the Harry Potter Books.  The first 3 books, after that everyone started dying in the end, especially the last one.

So here are my thoughts about the book, I enjoyed it a lot.  I grew up reading Harry Potter, like 1st Grade was when I started.  So you can tell I was a hardcore fan, #HufflepuffPride.  Now, here's my reaction to all the haters of the book that stated that they got robbed, and that all the characters were too bland, and that it wasn't written like a book ... THATS BECAUSE IT'S A SCRIPT YOU STUPID BLOCKHEAD.  A few years ago they started production for The West End (the Broadway of London), and bringing back the Wizarding world onto the stage.  But since a majority of the world can't attend the play, they decided to do an extra promotion to bring more fans to see the show, by publishing the rehearsal script.  Of course, it was one of the top sellers of 2016, I bought it the day it came out.  But the way people have been treating it has not been fair.  One, JK Rowling approved of this, I mean, more money for her, and it helped expand the universe.  Now it's expanded even more with Fantastic Beasts and everything she writes on Pottermore.com.  Two, the reason you feel like the characters were so bland was because that's how most scripts are written.  I did theater for a long time and have read A LOT of scripts, and the best way to understand their feelings is by seeing it.  Stuff like this is made for the actors to portray the characters feelings.  Every line could be made into any expression, it's the actors and directors job to make it set into the right mood.  Some people can read scripts correctly and some cannot, and it seems like a lot of them couldn't.  So on that note, I recommend this book if you are up for the challenge.  I hear they're bringing the play to Broadway and if that's true, I might need to start saving money for a trip to New York.

So there's my review.  I'm gonna try to keep up with these, but if I don't post anything every now and then, don't be sad.  I have another review I'll be posting soon, and I'm already starting a new book.  So let's hope I keep to it.