Son of a Witch

I mentioned I was reading Son of a Witch, the sequel to Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West in a post I wrote a few weeks ago where I was venting about my obsession with Wicked, the musical. I said that I wasn't enjoying the book too much, because there weren't enough characters from Wicked and it was somewhat boring.
Everything I said about the book, I take back. I definitely liked it a lot. It wasn't Wicked, but that's pretty hard to be. I don't think I actually realized I liked it until the very end, with the appearance of a certain... someone I can't talk about in case I ruin the book for somebody. But that someone created the cliffhanger of the century, which is why I was thrilled to hear that Gregory Maguire (the author, in case I haven't mentioned him) is writing a third book, called A Cowardly War, supposedly having to do with the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz and Wicked. Anyway, the book was great. It happened quite a few times that I thought I detected a hint of a reference to the musical, which may have not actually been there but I liked them anyway because I'm obsessed with the musical, in case I haven't mentioned that before. I loved the dedication to the cast and creators of the musical, in the spirit of the dedication in the sequel to The Wizard of Oz. It was all great.
By the way, I just started another of his books, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. I can't convey an opinion yet, but I will update when I do.
OK, that was freaky. I was writing this post, listening to ancient Leaky Mugs 'cause it's fun and home alone with my sleeping brothers, and suddenly it started raining and hailing really hard and loud, and there was tons of thunder and lightening and then the power (not to mention the computer) went off. It was really creepy, and then Mira called- she was babysitting for the neighbors, didn't know where to find a flashlight and couldn't find their number they'd left for her. Poor kid.
If I'm already posting on my blog, I should probably update on the Sherut Leumi status. Two Sayarot down, both in schools in Ariel and Kochav Yaakov, and two left, in special ed Ganim in Elkana and Kfar Yonah. Answers will come in a few weeks.
And I'm hard at work on my last Beintchumi, which is this big paper we have to write for school. The last one, and I can't wait for all the free time I get when I'm done!