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Book recommendation and a Rant, Your Welcome.

Hello! And Welcome to Librety Reads! My name is Megan and today I am going to bestow upon whoever reads this a recommendation for an amazing book series and a free complimentary rant. No need to thank me, please don't worry about it. So first I will begin with the book recommendation: 'The Cruel Prince' by Holly Black. This book is amazing and I really, really liked it. I will not spoil anything (because that would suck) but I highly recommend this series and suggest that you read it in time for the third book's release (hopefully next year). I am looking forward to 'The Queen of Nothing' and even just the title makes me excited and slightly depressed because ,unfortunately, I still have not gotten over the ending to 'The Wicked King'. Thank you Holly Black for giving me a reason to keep slogging on till next year. I must find out what happens next in this amazing series. And now for what you have all been waiting for. I started this at 21:00 (9 pm), and will finish at sometime around maybe 21:30? So to begin, it is mock season in school (these mocks being my final round until my real exams in the summer) which is tragic to think about. But also kind of exciting? I cannot wait to get my exams over with so I can leave my school. It is not a bad school by any means; the teachers are good (better than good actually they are amazing) ; the subjects are not that boring if I'm completely honest (besides Spanish ( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°)) ; and hey, school food is actually pretty decent (except the pizza. That stuff is honestly inedible. It is really not good). The thing that makes me excited to leave school is the people in it. They are honestly either absolutely inconsiderate, rude and just plain moronic and simple-minded or they are incredibly terrifying and should not be allowed on a school premises. But hey, that's besides the point. It's mock season. I have a biology mock tomorrow and I can already feel that I am not going to do well in it. It is my own fault though so I guess I will have to get over it. There is just too much to revise! And this time in my life is extremely stressful. I'm sure that everyone in my position is extremely tired by this point of the year. At least once I finish these mocks I will have two weeks off from school so I can read to my heart's content, eat, and hopefully catch up on all of the revision I did not have time to do for these mocks and secure my knowledge for the real exams. Also, I can hopefully focus upon preparing for the mock that concerns me the most - English Literature. :) Another depressing fact, my real Spanish speaking mock will take place a few weeks after those Easter holidays (which is, you know, fun). I believe the correct phrase for this situation is 'painful'. I will not utilize the phrase 'I would like to die' however as I feel like because that phrase is said so often it has sort of lost its meaning and value. So much so that what once may have been considered a concerning comment simply earns the speaker a tedious eye-roll from over-hearing patrons. And I suppose it's justified. Since people seem to think that these sorts of thoughts are the norm and depression is something that deserves to be over looked because it's over used. I feel like some people think that it's 'trendy' to be depressed?? And almost fashionable I guess? Which is not okay because the harsh reality is that it is not trendy whatsoever. Because people with depression are only now getting the help that they have so rightly deserved and been deprived of for years. Some people are just disgusting and like to pretend in order to gain some shred of attention from people who they will see for about 5 years of their early pre-adult life and once they leave school they will never see them again. I do not know if I am making sense? (hey it's 9pm, I know it might not seem late but forgive me. I'm old. I'm tired. And! I'm stressed. :) ) But hey, it's helpful to pour out your thoughts every once in a while (even though this rant has taken a slight turn  (ᴗ ͜ʖ ᴗ)). So, Back to my point. Ahem. Where was I? Ah yes! My unfathomable hate for Spanish. Now, do not misunderstand. I love the country of Spain, it is one of my favorite places and was one of the reasons I chose to study Spanish in the first place. But the subject, is so boring? We don't even learn about the culture of Spain or about its people, we literally learn how to say different foods and what different movies we have seen on TV. It's ridiculous and I really don't enjoy it. ¡Y me aburro como una ostra! I enjoy learning the language itself, but my teacher is so passive aggressive it's unbelievable. I really don't like the speaking exam either. I just don't really like talking to people I guess? And I'm not that great with confidence? So that really sways my opinion as well. I suppose I shouldn't hate on it for something that is my problem, however, I just don't like the subject outside of speaking anyway. So hey, thanks for listening (well reading) if you made it this far. :) This was fun. 22:20 (10:20pm) oops.