Monday, September 26, 2011

Book # 13 & 14: The Hunger Games & Catching Fire

by Suzanne Collins

WARNING: If you begin this book, you won't put it down until you have read at least the first TWO books of the trilogy.  Especially The Hunger Games has that non-stop suspense that makes you neglect every household and bodily need.  Forget food--you join the tributes as you also starve because you can't put the book down to go get nourishment.  Luckily, each of these can be finished in a day, so as long as you don't read all three directly in a row you can recoup in between. 

A must read though!  Thrilling!  Loved it!  Can't wait to start book three!

Book # 12: My Antonia

by Willa Cather

Not a bad read.  A tad predictable and anticlimatic.  A good one to discuss at a book club, etc, as I can totally see having to read it in high school English.  The story of a boy who loves a girl, even through her downfall and salvation.  A typical theme, but well written.