I really like the The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. There was a bit of a controversy surrounding it in a couple circles about how horrible it is with kids killing kids, but it is a book I am debating letting my 10 year old read at the moment because she has read so much. She could probably handle it. In this dystopian world we have The Capital that sets up "games" that pit one boy and one girl between the ages of 12-18 from 12 districts to fight to the death. It centers around a girl named Katniss. She has be the closest thing to my literary equal. Not so much in character but in thought process.
I was introduced to these books by a girl in my husband's youth group. She gave them to my husband to borrow and read. I read them while he never even cracked one open. I was hooked after the first book. I just bought the set from Goodwill and haven't reread them, but I would love to do that. But for now I will just have to be content with reading through the many, many books on The List that I have not read yet.
May the odds be ever in your favor.
#VOTEHungerGames
The part with Rue is heart breaking. I don't want to spoil it but I will include a little bit of music from the book/movie.
*1. A book recommended by a librarian: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner- DONE *2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long: Meet Rebecca: An American Girl by Jaqueline Greene- DONE *3. A book of letters: Children's Letters to God by Stuart E. Hample-DONE *4. An audio book: Igraine the Brave by Carnelia Funke-DONE (also could count for 10) *5. A book by a person of color: My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold- DONE *6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon- DONE *7. A book that is a story within a story: Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt-DONE *8. A book with multiple authors: Ichthus by Sinclair B. Ferguson, Derek W.H. Thomas-DONE *9. An espionage thriller: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter-DONE *10. A book with a cat on the cover: The Door by the Staircase by Katherine Marsh-...
I just finished reading The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner. I really liked it and I would like to share some of my thoughts on it. This book revolves around a wide variety of characters who share a love for Jane Austen's work. We have Adam, the farm worker, Adeline, the widowed former school teacher, the doctor of the town, Dr. Gray, Evie, a teenager who works in the "Great House", Mimi, the famous American actress and her friend Yardley who works as an auctioneer, Andrew, the solicitor, and Miss Frances Knight, a descended of Jane Austen and keeper of the "Great House". They join together after World War II to save Jane Austen's legacy. My favorite character was probably Evie. She has so much drive and determination. She is wise beyond her years. She starts a project and sees it through. Even though I rarely finish my projects I still saw myself in her the most because of her drive to even start...
Well this sounds fun....insert sarcasm.... The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, I have read about 36 pages so far and it is basically what one can expect from Hemingway. I have loved and hated his books in equal measure so I wasn't exactly sure what expect but after what I just read this is pretty drivel and average for a book so I wonder how it got on the list . All the characters seem to be bored writers in Paris passing around their "lovers" around, drinking a lot of alcohol and coffee and feeling sorry for themselves- lovely (insert some more sarcasm). Well, thank goodness it is short. Got this book at Value Village- I hoped it would be more like A Farewell to Arms but it is far more whiny and I have less sympathy for these characters already. It makes me think I might actually like The Old Man and the Sea if I gave it another chance.
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