Let's talk about Lucy. I have a lot to say about this book, so there will be more than one post. While everyone else is discussing our boy Coriolanus Snow in their reviews, I want to write about Suzanne Collins's character, Lucy Gray Baird. I got the book, the Kindle version, and audible. The old… Continue reading The Plot is in the Poem
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Book Review: Triple Threat Sunday
What do you look for in a book? A certain writing style, work of art or just a good story that drives you to another place. I discovered all of those things and more rolled into one giant bundle in Douglas Perry's The Girls of Murder City, Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay and Joshilyn Jackson's a grown-up kind of pretty.… Continue reading Book Review: Triple Threat Sunday
Book Review: Catching Fire
The first book in any series must spark a fire. The sequel should make it bigger. Author Suzanne Collins' second book in The Hunger Games series, Catching Fire, takes victors Katniss Everdeen and Peta Mellark on the road. They travel through all twelve districts in Panem plus the Capitol. But, President Snow warns Katniss to "convince him" her… Continue reading Book Review: Catching Fire
Book Review: The Hunger Games
Thoughts Five, seventh grade students waited for their turn to the leave the classroom last spring. The Hunger Games was scheduled to open that Friday night. “So, what do you guys think of The Hunger Games?” I asked my kids. Never in my life have middle school students surrounded me. You would’ve thought I was… Continue reading Book Review: The Hunger Games
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