Last night I finally was able to start a new book. This one is for my pure enjoyment, and not one I'm told I have to read for class. It's called For Pete's Sake by Linda Windsor. I haven't read every far but the little bit I've read is pretty good :)
...It starts out with Ellen is riding her new Harley-Davidson when a beautiful Cororvette speeds past her. She figures it's some young college graduate that has just received his graduation present. But because she is completely infatuated with the car she speeds up to get a better look. Yet to her surprise the man driving the 'Vette hadn't just graduated but looked to be about her age. Smiles are exchanged and she drives on.
...Adrian has never been attracted to the biker chick, but he just wanted to admire her bike and so he speeds up to get a better look. It wasn't long though before he had to exit, but to his surprise the biker chick had exited to. They both continued to dive on when Adrian hit a piece of wood, cringing at the sound of it scrape up his car he stopped paying attention for one second. Then before he knew it there was a hard snake turn right a head. So he down shifted and hit the break, but the pedal went straight to the floor. Speeding off into a corn field, and finally coming to a stop the biker chick comes and rescues him. He was quit surprised at how dainty she was. She wasn't your tattoo hard biker chick, she was more of your outdoorsy biker chick.
...Come to find out Ellen and Adrian are soon to become neighbors. Adrian is a very successful man who's a widower with a 12 year old son who takes to Ellen quit well, and he is also engaged to "Miss Barbie." While Ellen is a landscaping designer who lives a very simple life. Her mom and friends all think she has a chance with her new neighbor but she keeps trying to remind them that he is ENGAGED!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
My Reaction... (27- The End)
The ending completely took me by surprise. I really wasn't expecting Madame Bonacieux to die or for the Duke of Buckingham to die. But to tell you the truth I was happy to read that Milady was executed. Even though she didn't receive a "fair" trial, she had done so much evil in her life that all sympathy towards her was gone.
I unexpectedly really enjoyed reading this book. It had a little bit of everything in it, and it didn't give you the ending you wanted...or at least the one I wanted. But when you've read book after book after book where you can see the ending before it's even close is more of a disappointment then reading something that I didn't expect at all. I love how in just the last few chapters Alexander Drumas drops there "bombs" and completely change what you think might happen.
I unexpectedly really enjoyed reading this book. It had a little bit of everything in it, and it didn't give you the ending you wanted...or at least the one I wanted. But when you've read book after book after book where you can see the ending before it's even close is more of a disappointment then reading something that I didn't expect at all. I love how in just the last few chapters Alexander Drumas drops there "bombs" and completely change what you think might happen.
The Three Musketeers Ch. 27-The End
...The three musketeers are enlisted to be the Cardinals personal body guards, after running into him at dinner in an inn. They wait for him while he enters a meeting, and then Athos realizes he can hear what is being said. He hears Milady's voice also and the Cardinal telling her to go find the Duke of Buckingham and tell him to either desist in his war against France or the Cardinal was going to expose his affair with the Queen.
Athos tells his friends he has to leave, and for them to tell the Cardinal that he has gone on ahead. He then goes and confronts Milady. Confused and unsure of why Athos is there, Milady becomes as pale as a ghost. When Milady asks Athos why he is there, he pulls out a pistol points it at her head, and demands that she turn over the order the Cardinal signed for her. This order said that anything she did was does with the Cardinals promotion. Knowing he would kill her she pulled out the order and gave it to him.
...Athos tells his three friends what he has done. They then decided to send two letters, one to Lord de Winter telling him of Milady's plan, and of her criminal past, and a second to Aramis's mysterious mistress, a close friend of the Queens warning her of the plot against the Duke. The three musketeers and d'Artagnan fight many more times and the Cardinal hears of their bravery and goes to Monsieur de Treville congratulating him on his great solders and tells him he must make d'Artagnan a musketeer, so he does.
...When Milady arrives in England she is taken to jail, where Lord de Winter informs her that he knows everything and that it was his doing, and she is to be banished to an island far far away. Mean while the musketeers have received a letter from Aramis's mistress saying that the Queen has figured that Madame Bonacieux is being kept in a Carmelite Convent in Bethune.
...Milady tells John Felton, Lord de Winter's right hand man, a fake story about her life in hopes that he will find some sympathy for her and let her free. And it works. Milady and John Felton go to where the Duke of Buckingham is and demands that he sign Milady's release, but when he refuses John Felton stabs him fatally. Right before the Duke dies a messenger from the Queen arrives begging him to call off his war, and that she still loves him.
...Before the musketeers can get to the place where Madame Bonacieux is being kept, Milady arrives. She then befriends Madame Bonacieux. Milady then tells Madame Bonacieux that the Cardinalist agents have come to get her and that they have to go. But because she is so scared, Madame Bonacieux freezes and can not move. Frustrated Milady gives her poisoned wine and leaves. Just as the poison is started to work, the musketeers arrive. Madame Bonacieux tells them that her "good friend" Milady has just left, and that's when they realize what's happened. The shortly Madame Bonacieux died in d'Artagnan's arms. The men then went after Milady. It didn't take long for them to find her. They then all convicted her of all the crimes she had committed over her lifetime and agreed she should be executed. So she was executed with out a real trial. Then d'Artagnan is arrested by the Cardinal and again has to talk to him alone. The Cardinal proceeded to tell d'Artagnan of the crimes he has committed, but before he can finish d'Artagnan cuts him off. He then goes on to tell the Cardinal that the women who accused him of these things is a criminal herself and is not dead. He then tells the Cardinal Milady's whole life story and presents the order that the Cardinal had signed. And even though the Cardinal could have over ruled what he had signed he didn't and told d'Artagnan to consider himself one of the Cardinal's friends.
...D'Artagnan get promoted to become the head of the musketeers, while Porthos is getting married, Aramis is joining the Church, and Athos remained a Musketeer under d'Artagnan's leadership but then soon retierd.
Athos tells his friends he has to leave, and for them to tell the Cardinal that he has gone on ahead. He then goes and confronts Milady. Confused and unsure of why Athos is there, Milady becomes as pale as a ghost. When Milady asks Athos why he is there, he pulls out a pistol points it at her head, and demands that she turn over the order the Cardinal signed for her. This order said that anything she did was does with the Cardinals promotion. Knowing he would kill her she pulled out the order and gave it to him.
...Athos tells his three friends what he has done. They then decided to send two letters, one to Lord de Winter telling him of Milady's plan, and of her criminal past, and a second to Aramis's mysterious mistress, a close friend of the Queens warning her of the plot against the Duke. The three musketeers and d'Artagnan fight many more times and the Cardinal hears of their bravery and goes to Monsieur de Treville congratulating him on his great solders and tells him he must make d'Artagnan a musketeer, so he does.
...When Milady arrives in England she is taken to jail, where Lord de Winter informs her that he knows everything and that it was his doing, and she is to be banished to an island far far away. Mean while the musketeers have received a letter from Aramis's mistress saying that the Queen has figured that Madame Bonacieux is being kept in a Carmelite Convent in Bethune.
...Milady tells John Felton, Lord de Winter's right hand man, a fake story about her life in hopes that he will find some sympathy for her and let her free. And it works. Milady and John Felton go to where the Duke of Buckingham is and demands that he sign Milady's release, but when he refuses John Felton stabs him fatally. Right before the Duke dies a messenger from the Queen arrives begging him to call off his war, and that she still loves him.
...Before the musketeers can get to the place where Madame Bonacieux is being kept, Milady arrives. She then befriends Madame Bonacieux. Milady then tells Madame Bonacieux that the Cardinalist agents have come to get her and that they have to go. But because she is so scared, Madame Bonacieux freezes and can not move. Frustrated Milady gives her poisoned wine and leaves. Just as the poison is started to work, the musketeers arrive. Madame Bonacieux tells them that her "good friend" Milady has just left, and that's when they realize what's happened. The shortly Madame Bonacieux died in d'Artagnan's arms. The men then went after Milady. It didn't take long for them to find her. They then all convicted her of all the crimes she had committed over her lifetime and agreed she should be executed. So she was executed with out a real trial. Then d'Artagnan is arrested by the Cardinal and again has to talk to him alone. The Cardinal proceeded to tell d'Artagnan of the crimes he has committed, but before he can finish d'Artagnan cuts him off. He then goes on to tell the Cardinal that the women who accused him of these things is a criminal herself and is not dead. He then tells the Cardinal Milady's whole life story and presents the order that the Cardinal had signed. And even though the Cardinal could have over ruled what he had signed he didn't and told d'Artagnan to consider himself one of the Cardinal's friends.
...D'Artagnan get promoted to become the head of the musketeers, while Porthos is getting married, Aramis is joining the Church, and Athos remained a Musketeer under d'Artagnan's leadership but then soon retierd.
My Reaction... (18-26)
So much goes on in these chapters. I was quit shocked when d'Artagnan said he was "in love" with Milady, and then when she turned out to be Athos' former wife. The story keeps getting messier and messier. I wasn't very impressed with the way d'Artagnan used Kitty, but I was glad that he kept to his word about keeping her safe. I hope d'Artagnan is able to find Madame Bonacieux before it's to late...
The Three Musketeers Ch. 18-26
As life goes on for the three musketeers and d'Artagnan, they get a letter from Monsieur de Treville informing them that the campaign against Britain has begun and with this news brings a problem, they needed equipment. And they had no money. Porthos is able to get back into his mistress's affection and because of this she decides to supply them with what they needed. D'Artagnan become very distracted when he notices the women from Meung. He feels that she is affecting his life in some way, and he is right. She is Milady, an agent of the Cardinal. He become overly obsessed with her because of her connections with the man from Meung, and his connections with Madame Bonacieux disappearance. D'Artagnan see Milady fighting with a man and confronts them. The man ends up being Lord de Winter, Milady's brother, and the two men agree to duel the next day. D'Artagnan with the three musketeers as his seconds show up for the duel. Athos, Aramis and Porthos kill their opponents. D'Artagnan disarms Lord de Winter and spares his life because he is "in love" with Milady. So Lord de Winter agrees to take d'Artagnan to see her. D'Artagnan is introduce to Milady and is quit taken by her. Even though she is quit "two faced." When she knows people are watching, she is quit polite, but as soon as she thinks no ones around her face turns into one of a murderous animal. Then one day Kitty, Milady's maid, pulls d'Artagnan aside and tells him she has fallen in love with him. She also informs him that Milady is in love with someone else and actually hates him. So d'Artagnan convinces Kitty to let him overhear Milady's conversations so he can hear this for himself. And then he pretends to love Kitty. D'Artagnan needed Milady to confess to the kidnapping of Madame Bonacieux and in order to do that he was going to make himself appear to be the man she was really in love with and get her to tell him everything. But his plan didn't work how he wanted it to. He never told her who he really was and never got the information he needed. He then went and found Athos and told him what happened. And when Athos saw the ring on d'Artagnan's finger he told d'Artagnan he needed to stay away from her. But d'Artagnan doesn't listen. He goes back to Milady and tells him that it was him not the man she was in love with, and then shows her the ring to prove it. She then tries to attack him and while d'Artagnan is pulling her off of him her shirt rips exposing the mark on her shoulder, and that's when d'Artagnan realized who she was.
...D'Artagnan rushes over to the place Athos was staying and tells him what happened. They both feel it wise to sell the ring she gave him. Because d'Artagnan agreed to protect Kitty he found a safe place for her to stay, and before she left, Kitty tells d'Artagnan that Monsieur Bonacieux is a frequent visitor at Milady's house.
...D'Artagnan receives two letters, one asking him to wait under a bridge becuase Madame Bonacieux will be passing by there, and the other saying he has to be present at the Palais Cardinal that same evening. And so he and the three musketeers go to both. At the bridge d'Artagnan did get to see Madame Bonacieux but only as she speeded past in a carriage. And then while d'Artagnan is at the Palais Cardinal, the Cardinal offers him a post in his guard, but he declines the offer. The next day d'Artagnan goes to La Rochelle alone and Milady had two men try to kill him, but d'Artagnan killed one and then retrieved a letter from the other. The letter telling him that Madame Bonacieux was safe some where in France.
...The three musketeers are enlisted to be the Cardinals personal body guards, after running into him at dinner in an inn. They wait for him while he enters a meeting, and then Athos realizes he can hear what is being said. He hears Milady's voice also and the Cardinal telling her to go find the Duke of Buckingham and tell him to either desist in his war against France or the Cardinal was going to expose his affair with the Queen.
...D'Artagnan rushes over to the place Athos was staying and tells him what happened. They both feel it wise to sell the ring she gave him. Because d'Artagnan agreed to protect Kitty he found a safe place for her to stay, and before she left, Kitty tells d'Artagnan that Monsieur Bonacieux is a frequent visitor at Milady's house.
...D'Artagnan receives two letters, one asking him to wait under a bridge becuase Madame Bonacieux will be passing by there, and the other saying he has to be present at the Palais Cardinal that same evening. And so he and the three musketeers go to both. At the bridge d'Artagnan did get to see Madame Bonacieux but only as she speeded past in a carriage. And then while d'Artagnan is at the Palais Cardinal, the Cardinal offers him a post in his guard, but he declines the offer. The next day d'Artagnan goes to La Rochelle alone and Milady had two men try to kill him, but d'Artagnan killed one and then retrieved a letter from the other. The letter telling him that Madame Bonacieux was safe some where in France.
...The three musketeers are enlisted to be the Cardinals personal body guards, after running into him at dinner in an inn. They wait for him while he enters a meeting, and then Athos realizes he can hear what is being said. He hears Milady's voice also and the Cardinal telling her to go find the Duke of Buckingham and tell him to either desist in his war against France or the Cardinal was going to expose his affair with the Queen.
My Reaction... (9-17)
I was quit surprised on how well d'Artagnan did on his mission to retrieve the brooch. He used his head. I'm wondering how the Cardinal found out about the brooch and the affair between the Duke of Buckingham and the Queen. I would also like to know what's going to happen to Madame Bonacieux. And I thought that Athos story about his former wife was kind of random...but I guess when you're drunk a lot of randomness happens.
The Three Musketeers Ch. 9-17
As the story continues the Duke of Buckingham comes to see the Queen, and before he leaves he asks the Queen for a token of her love for him. In honor of his request the Queen gives him a diamond brooch, given to her by her husband, the King, for her birthday... Athos is arrested, because he is thought to be d'Artagnan. When Monsieur de Treville hears about this he goes to get him freed. But before he gets to where Athos is being held, the Cardinal arrives and convinces the King to not let him go. Monsieur de Treville still hoped that the King would listen to him, yet while Monsieur de Treville is trying to change the Kings mind the Cardinal has a "change of heart" and tells the King he was wrong and to let Athos free. Monsieur de Treville was very suspicious as to why this sudden change of heart, and he was right to be. After Athos and Monsieur de Treville left, the Cardinal told the King of the Queen's love afair with the Duke, and tells the King he should ask the Queen to wear the brooch he gave her to this party. So the King does. While this is all happening the Cardinal has someone steal two of the diamonds off the brooch.
...Madame Bonacieux goes to d'Artagnan and asks him if he would be willing to help find the Duke and give him a letter from the Queen. Without even thinking he agrees because of his love for Madame Bonacieux. When the three musketeers hear of this they decide to go with him, yet d'Artagnan is the only one who gets all the way to where the Duke was. He gives the Duke the letter...the Duke then goes to get the brooch only to find that two of the diamonds are missing. So he calls someone to fix it. D'Artagnan makes it back just in time to deliver the brooch before anyone knew about it.
...In thanks for retrieving the brooch, the Queen gives d'Artagnan a ring, and Madame Boacieux tells him she is sending him a letter. He then rushes home to see if the letter is there yet and it was. It told him a time and place to meet her. But when he arrived there she wasn't there, so he waited for an hour out side the house. Then he finally decided to go inside and realized what had happened. She had been kidnapped again. D'Artagnan went to Monsieur de Treville and told him what he had seen. Monsieur de Treville then told him to leave Paris and find his friends. After he had found his friends, one night Athos was drunk and started telling d'Artagnan about a women he had married. How she turned out to be pure evil, and was marked
...Madame Bonacieux goes to d'Artagnan and asks him if he would be willing to help find the Duke and give him a letter from the Queen. Without even thinking he agrees because of his love for Madame Bonacieux. When the three musketeers hear of this they decide to go with him, yet d'Artagnan is the only one who gets all the way to where the Duke was. He gives the Duke the letter...the Duke then goes to get the brooch only to find that two of the diamonds are missing. So he calls someone to fix it. D'Artagnan makes it back just in time to deliver the brooch before anyone knew about it.
...In thanks for retrieving the brooch, the Queen gives d'Artagnan a ring, and Madame Boacieux tells him she is sending him a letter. He then rushes home to see if the letter is there yet and it was. It told him a time and place to meet her. But when he arrived there she wasn't there, so he waited for an hour out side the house. Then he finally decided to go inside and realized what had happened. She had been kidnapped again. D'Artagnan went to Monsieur de Treville and told him what he had seen. Monsieur de Treville then told him to leave Paris and find his friends. After he had found his friends, one night Athos was drunk and started telling d'Artagnan about a women he had married. How she turned out to be pure evil, and was marked
My Reaction... (ch. 1-8)
It's amazing to me all the drama d'Artagnan has started and gotten himself involved in. He's fought more people than I would like to count, and has already fallen "in love" with Madame Bonacieux, who is married. I think he's making a mistake but allowing himself to get emotionally involved, because you know with everything going on his the Queen, and the Cardinal that is he allows himself to get to emotionally involved he's going to stop thinking clearly and follow his heart. Whether his feelings are really love or if their just lustful getting involved isn't the smart thing to do. But he's young, so we can only hope he doesn't get in over his head and can still be a hero in the end.
The Three Musketeers Ch. 1-8
Our adventure begins with a man by the name of d'Artagnan. As he is about to leave home his father gives him three gifts, a horse, some money, and a letter. This letter was addressed to Monsieur de Treville. It wasn't long before he spent his money, sold the horse and lost the letter. D'Artagnan is a very hot-headed man, who is still quit young, yet is very skilled with a sord. D'Artagnan meets the three musketeers and ends up becoming a hero. The musketeers accepted d'Artagnan and grow to really like him. He finds a place to live, but little did he know what he was getting into. His landlord was a name by the name of Monsieur Bonacieux. One day Monsieur Bonacieux comes to d'Artagnan and tells him that his wife has been kidnapped and he believes that it's a message to the Queen about her affair with the Duke of Buckingham. The Cardinals men set up a trap in Monsieur Bonacieux home, questioning everyone who came to the door. When Madame Bonacieux came back the Cardinals men tried to take her but d'Artagnan saved her. Then he takes her to Aramis house where she informs them that she had been kidnapped and she has to get back to the Queen. And in that short time d'Artagnan has fallen in love with Madame Bonacieux.
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