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i am reading The Hunger Games too.
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For those of you who enjoy *free* stuff... I got a series about werewolves for free... I downloaded it to my NookColor. The Mating, The Keeping, and The Finding... you must read them in order. I only remember the authors first name and truly wish I could find more of her work. Her first name is Nicky and each book is about 1000 pages... I would like to hear what others think of her work...
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*Good Morning & Hi
Just a quick note this morning before I head to work (a new job, thank heavens!), that I read the series called the "Hunger Games" and I was not affected by the storyline at all: Probably because of the level of abuse I have survived in my lifetime - or - something like that. I filter from a variety of lens in life and was not impressed with this series. I took the books back and traded them in for something different to read.
I'd rather read a real life account of some fucked up situation and the details involved and how perpetrators of abuse committed their crime (s) rather than read material as presented in the format of the "Hunger Games" - but I'm not the average reader and do not expect my views about this book to meld with other opinion. I wonder if anyone has read other non-fiction accounts within the genre of white collar crime... I'm interested in reading things of this nature. If anyone has a recommendation for a book they liked, I'd be interested in hearing about it.
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Don't know if I will finish it. It a big book! Its a study of the power of money
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Okay, well I'm behind the times. I was coming here to praise and gush about The Hunger Games. I got it last week because the movie preview looks really good. This is a book that I've picked up and put back at the bookstore a half-dozen times. Even now that I bought it, I read some of my other books first. I wasn't expecting much.
I LOVE it. I am a really, REALLY, slow reader and am almost done with the book in 24 hours. I even turned the TV off to read it. I have not been exposed to any type of abuse so I am very much shocked by the story-line. I did grow up roaming the woods and hunting with my brother as a child, so I feel I can identify a little with the main character in that. Now I'm really excited to watch the movie. Okay, back to finish reading it. 'Night. A |
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all i can say is - wow read this for sure |
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moving on to another dystopian book... 36% done and it's good thus far.
"Under the Never Sky" by Veronica Rossi [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Under-Never-Sky-Veronica-Rossi/dp/006207203X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328186028&sr=8-1"]http://www.amazon.com/Under-Never-Sky-Veronica-Rossi/dp/006207203X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328186028&sr=8-1[/ame] Oh - it's part 1 of a trilogy. The other two books are not yet available. |
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Finished "Under the Never Sky" - I will definitely be getting book 2 when it is released. It's a different take on the YA Dystopian genre. Anyone who has ever "stepped foot" into Second Life will appreciate aspects of it. One plot device draws to mind "Twilight" (not the saturated teenage angst part, and not the sparkly vampire part either...). It's a good opening book.
Now starting "Hollowland" - the first book of a series (not sure how many there are / will be) and it was a free kindle book! So far you can tell it's not as polished as the other books, but it's entertaining. the Scoop: YA Dystopian. Zombies. And a kick ass (from the get go) female lead. (who named her pet lioness [yes a bloody LIONESS] Ripley... and yes that's after Sigourney) |
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a lil erotica .. and dang she can write! must stay off n the morning lol
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I bought this last year and picked it up a couple of weeks ago - now I can't put it down!!
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I just finished the Hunger Games-- Its really a good book. I would let my kids read it. There is nothing really awful in it.. Its strange and interesting. I am an avid reader and a local DJ was dared to read it on the radio, made me curious as I heard them talking about it.. I bought the next book its a trilogy! You might like it if you have time to read! Just offering my opinion. Let me know how it goes =)
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Just finished Jane Lynch's memoir Happy Accidents....was pretty disappointed, actually. On the one hand, I appreciated the honest display of her every insecurity... that's not so typical of celebrity memoirs. But as I read anecdote after anecdote that showed her lack of self-love, I kept hearing Wayne and Garth whining, "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!" If she was trying to prove she's not like Sue Sylvester, she showed me. Over and over. And over.
Next up: A Dance with Dragons, the 5th book in the Game of Thrones series. Let's hope I finish before the library wants it back. JD
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i was really disappointed in it. Loved all the scholarship stuff and there were some good ideas, but the characters and the language were so conventionally romance novel. Like Sookie better.
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