Isle of the Books

Aaru is by David Meredith and is science-fiction. It is the first installment in the Aaru Cycle. "' …Death and the stillness of death are the only things certain and common to all in this future…'   -Friedrich Nietzsche  Rose is dying. Her body is wasted and skeletal. She is too sick and weak to move. Every day is an agony and her only hope is that death will find her swiftly before the pain grows too great to bear.  She is sixteen years old.  Rose has made peace with her fate, but her younger sister, Koren, certainly has not. Though all hope appears lost Koren convinces Rose to make one final attempt at saving her life after a mysterious man in a white lab coat approaches their family about an unorthodox and experimental procedure. A copy of Rose’s radiant mind is uploaded to a massive super computer called Aaru – a virtual paradise where the great and the righteous might live forever in an arcadian world free from pain, illness, and death. Elysian Industries i...

Wordy Wednesday is a meme that focuses on expanding vocabulary for aspiring writers or even finding out new words. All that is required is coming up with a word and its definition! I've been reading Plato's Republic  for school, and I keep coming across the word multifarious. It's popped up at least ten times, so I'm pretty sure it's one of his favorite words. Multifarious  - many and various types It honestly reminded me of the word nefarious at first because they're both similar sounding. However, the term multifarious has nothing to do with evil. I know I don't always post for the meme each week, so if I miss and you participate, feel free to link it on an earlier post. I look forward to seeing any words!