The Hunger Games

Wow. Just wow.

With all of the hype around "The Hunger Games," I thought, yeah, okay, sure, whatever. The style of the book is in 1st person, not usually my cup of tea (plus I couldn't stop comparing it to Twilight...). But I am so impressed and can't put it down.  I know it's seems I'm jumping on the bandwagon

I finally caved and bought the book a few days ago on Spring Break.  I bought a cheap version at Barnes & Noble and thought: what's the harm? It's not like I've never bought a book that I didn't like.

For those of you who don't know about "The Hunger Games" it's about a futuristic society created after the fall of North America. The Hunger Games is an annual televised competition between the Tributes (teenagers between ages 12 and 18) of the 12 districts of Panem (the new society).  One boy and one girl is chosen from each district.  Only this is not some competition, it's a fight to the death and the last one standing wins. 16 year old Katniss volunteers after her sister, Prim (who is 12) is chosen.  Katniss fights for her life in the games using her special skills and charm.

The story deals with many issues such as starvation, poverty, oppression, and the effects on war in a light way so many can understand the meanings and context.

Now that I have read the book, I will most definitely be pumped for the movie which releases March 23rd. In the meantime, I think I'll stop by Barnes & Noble to pick up the other books in the series "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay"...

The Book List VS. The Never Ending To-Do List

I'm an avid reader and I love reading all different sorts of books.  Unfortunately, I don't always have the time to read running to a from different meetings, classes, and rehearsals while trying to balance homework. Something needs to be painfully cut, which forces me to fall behind on my reading list... way behind.

However! Next quarter I'm going on Co-op next quarter!!! In theory I will have lots of this thing called free time because I won't have to do homework!! Woo Hoo!

Thus my Spring Quarter Reading List:

1. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
(Book 2 in A Game of Thrones, I warned you I was far behind!!)

2. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
(Book 3 in A Game of Thrones)

3. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
(Book 4 in A Game of Thrones)

4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

5. Save Haven by Nicholas Sparks

6. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

7. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. 

Now I'm not so naive to think that I will actually get through my list (I frequently fill up my time with anything I can) but I think this is also a good start!  

Hope I got you interested in some good books and I'm always up for suggestions!