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The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins
My copy of Mockingjay is "in process" so I'm hoping it will ship tomorrow.
I'm picking mine up from the store tomorrow. They told me that they already have them in the back.Of course since I have work tomorrow I know some of you guys will start before me *glares around* so I probably won't be back on this thread till Thursday-ish.
Not going to lie.. I took a vacation day for tomorrow :x My boss asked me what I needed off for and I said, "I'll only tell you if you promise not to make fun of me." Which, of course, he did, but he gave me off anyway and I'm very excited to sit on the couch and do absolutely nothing else until that book is finished :D
Think my three year old will give me a vacation day?
I pre-ordered mine for my Kindle and plan on reading it as soon as we set up camp tomorrow.
Wow Jaimie. I think I would pay for his hotel room just to avoid the agaravation!
honestly it is just the tip of the iceberg, the man is impossible to please. I am thinking I deserve a day off to myself before I am forced to spend face time with him.
I feel like if people have a problem with dogs/dog hair then they shouldn't come to a house where a dog lives and expect there not to be a dog/dog hair there.My family has 6 dogs.
(Mom has some kind of brush with rollers that she uses to remove hair from furniture. Not sure what its called though)
agreed! Our dog does shed a ridiculous amount and I am always sweeping and dusting to keep it under control but that is the point - it's not like I just let it go and we live in filth or something. He acts as though I should be able to keep him from getting any hair on him when we have an inside dog - impossible! sorry for the rant, I can feel it all building up.
Jaimie wrote: "agreed! Our dog does shed a ridiculous amount and I am always sweeping and dusting to keep it under control but that is the point - it's not like I just let it go and we live in filth or something...."My dog sheds a lot too. My boyfriend will come crash at my house and complain about my dog (he also complains about my cleanliness because I'm a little messy. But he stayed with my family for a MONTH and never did anything cleaning-wise). I had my dog first and frankly I like her more so he has to deal.
the only places I am messy is my bedroom and my car. Totally off topic - I love it.
Thanks for the link Grace! Can't say that I ever heard Katniss with that accent in my head but I guess she is the creator of the character.
I have to listen once I go home to hear what accent she has. (at work)I'm from Eastern Kentucky so I found it really interesting to have a protagonist from Appalachia...even if it's a futuristic Appalachia.
I guess I just didn't think about her having an accent period but I guess that is probably more to do with my non-accent than the setting of the book.
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Gah... so soon. Hopefully Amazon gets my book here early tomorrow. Although my story is that I am in the process of planning a triathlon at work and the event takes place this Saturday. Since I'm the lead, and I have to get some observation hours in at the local PT clinic (so I can apply to PT school) and I have a friend in town for this week only AND my uncle is coming into town. I really was contemplating calling in sick tomorrow too, but I just have too much going on. Regardless I am determined to read that book. Guess I won't be sleeping very much this week.
Happy Mockingjay Eve Everyone!!
We all should have pre-ordered from Amazon! My sister has her copy sitting in her hands at this very moment. She got it a day early and I'm gonna strangle her if she ruins it for me...
You guys better not post any spoilers! LOL. Someone should post a new thread where you guys can discuss Mockingjay. I'm kinda allergic to spoilers, ya know?
Peep wrote: "You guys better not post any spoilers! LOL. Someone should post a new thread where you guys can discuss Mockingjay. I'm kinda allergic to spoilers, ya know?"Heehee, I was diagnosed with the same thing! I just started sneezin, just as my friend said some stuff about maximum ride! Lol, aren't we all allergic to spoilers?
I honestly don't think that I'll make it until tomorrow, the anxiety is killing me...mentally. But I mean, that just gives me an excuse to not do my homework, right? ;)
I love, no ADORE spoilers. Knowing what happens makes me more excited about reading HOW it happens.
Cissi I start going into fits of Now-I-Can't-Read-the-Book-Because-I-Know-What-Will-Happen. And I get the shakes!Sarah, how is that possible? I LOVE the total element of surprise in books. I usually only read the first sentence of a synopsis. If I read the back it's because I won't read the book in the coming weeks and I'd forget what it was about by then. Wow. Spoilers...speculations... SHUDDER!!!
I'm with you Peep. If someone launches into telling me what a book is about I usually tell them to shut up and just answer yes or no, is it worth reading. I don't want to know about characters, I don't want to know about plot lines, I don't even want to know what happens in the first chapter until I'm reading it myself, otherwise it is way too easy to figure out the entire plot of the story. When that happens, I can't even enjoy saying "I knew it."
I don't know, that's just how I am. Before I read a book, I do all sorts of reseach on it, find out what happens. It's how I figure out whether or not I'll like it.
is it here already? omg.. gonna check to see if I can DL on Kindle
ok.. preordered for the Kindle. Says will 'deliver on August 24th 2010' ... that's in a few hours... whoop!
Sarah wrote: "I don't know, that's just how I am. Before I read a book, I do all sorts of reseach on it, find out what happens. It's how I figure out whether or not I'll like it."Really? Wow?? I just can't digest that. It's so different. Don't you like to be surprised? How can you enjoy it if you know what will happen? How could you be disappointed in a book that way? (Real questions, btw, hope you don't mind answering them!)
Ali wrote: "ok.. preordered for the Kindle. Says will 'deliver on August 24th 2010' ... that's in a few hours... whoop!"Hahaha! Yeah! What was the Kindle price?
Peep wrote:Hahaha! Yeah! What was the Kindle price?"
$8.45 :) Will have some reading material for my long-arse flight to Minnesota on Wednesday... 3 connections and layovers should get me through it!
Of course I don't mind! Yes, really. I like surprises, but I love knowing. I like knowing WHAT'S going to happen, but not exactly HOW it's going to happen and I anticipate finding out. I'm never disappointed and I reread books multiple times and feel like it's the first time I'm reading them.
Oh yeah, that's what I paid. I wonder if it will stay that price until 12 am? Are you sure the book will last that long? The wait for it's release might turn you into a speed reader.
Sarah wrote: "Of course I don't mind! Yes, really. I like surprises, but I love knowing. I like knowing WHAT'S going to happen, but not exactly HOW it's going to happen and I anticipate finding out. I'm never ..."Bug Eyes - wow. I'm still in shock. Guess it'd be boring if we all read the same way, huh? I still can't come to terms with it, haha. *shakes head again*
It's just how I am. I'm weird like that but I'm also happy so it doesn't matter.
So back to the Appalachian topic. I like that a book was written where the main character is Appalachian but you forget that she is. Most books about featuring people from our region are about Appalachia so much that the setting can be overpowering.Katniss is a strong, prideful Appalachian coal-miners daughter. As a coal-miners granddaughter I appreciate that the book is not all about the politics of our region. Sometimes good characters, interesting people can be from here without the story being about here.
Not sure that even makes sense. Random interjection over...see you in a few days!
Three minutes... Shall we start a countdown, anyone?
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Come on UPS man... come soon please! I NEED my Mockingjay. Although I don't want spoilers.
Well, I just finished Mockingjay. All I will say is it stayed true to what I knew of Suzanne Collins previous writings and general beliefs about war. I think I liked it. But, I have to mull it over some more first.
Hmmm, well that doesn't sound encouraging. I don't know when I'll start. I'm debating on whether I should finish the book I'm reading or start this one later in the week? Would you say it's a must read? No spoilers (thanks! hahaha)
Ummmm, well, yes. I would say its a must read. I had to think about what I would write here. But really, I cared so much about so many of the characters even if I didn't (necessarily) like where they ended up, I still cared. I'm in such an upheaval about the whole thing right now. I will say, by the end, I didn't give two hoots whether she chose Gale or Peeta.
I really only got to read a few chapters, because kindles aren't(technically) allowed in school, so I had to read quickly while still savoring/hanging on every word, Which I have proved an impossible feat, but what I did read made me start bawling my eyes out in class, causing the whole class and the teacher to look at me funny and I almost got sent to the clinic because try thought that I suffered from lack of mental well being, at which point I calmly pointed out how I don't suffer from it, I enjoy every second of it. Wow, that was a long sentence. Anyways, at periodic points during the day, I shed single tears fir all of the characters with any problems from the previous books, especially a certain hotty character who I love* cough* Finnick Odair*cough*. No spoilers there, by the way, just me feeling so so sorry for my favorite tribute from district four... Well, guy tribute, anyways. At this rate, I probably won't be done until at least Saturday... Unless I stay up all night reading... Okay, scratch that, I'll be done by tomorrow!
Finished! I'm still pretty high on the new book excitement, but I can say I thought Mockingjay was slightly underdeveloped. Maybe it is my brain that wasn't functioning correctly, but I did feel it had a few loose ends. And the ending was a little too happy for me. That really isn't how I expected it to go.
Ok i just bought the book going to start reading cant wait to read what happens Im so excited!!!!!
DONE!!!! Feel like bouncing off the walls even though it's bedtime and I have work tomorrow.I found it very satisfying. (I picked it up shortly before 5, came home, read, ate dinner, read, watched Make it or Break it, then read and actually finished)
There is only so much you can say without being spoilerific.
You thought the ending was happy? Well the very end was but they couldn't have ended with all the....ya know...very very sad stuff shortly before the ending.
The thing about these books is that you care about the characters. Those are the books that stick with you, the ones where you believe the characters and love the characters. Having read a book recently that I thought lacked character development this reminds me of how characters can go so right and by the time you reach the end you don't care how the plotline ends, but about how that effects the characters.
I just finished and like Caitlings said, I'm not sure how I felt about it. Nor did I give a hoot about who she picked either by the time it wrapped up.Most of the book I wanted to reach out and slap some sense into Katniss and tell her to show some backbone like she had in the other two books. I felt like her character went a little flat in this one.
Like Cissi, my heart cried for the characters quite a few times and one of the last chapters had me absolutely sobbing.
Without giving out any spoilers, I'm actually feeling pretty unsatisfied with how it ALL panned out. It did feel underdeveloped and I'm frustrated with it. Ugh! When more people have read it, I'll be ready to give spoilers out right and left and say what I'm really thinking about it.
Finished it and well holy Mockingjay! Umm I can't say that I thought any part of the book could be classified as "happy". Violent and emotionally draining? Yes. Surprising? Yup. Confusing? Uh huh. Am I glad I got to leave work early and finish it tonight? Absolutely. Collins sure gave me something to think about ... and rethink and think all over again. I would say that as a Hunger Games fan you should read it ASAP because I know I couldn't stop thinking about how it would all pan out last night and at least tonight I will sleep knowing the fate of Paneam.
Becca wrote: "I just finished and like Caitlings said, I'm not sure how I felt about it. Nor did I give a hoot about who she picked either by the time it wrapped up.Most of the book I wanted to reach out and s..."
You didn't feel like the end was kind of an "and they all lived happily ever after" ending? I certainly did. The ending certainly did not feel post war in any way to me. It just felt happy and unreal.
I tend to get very confused in the sections where Katniss is confused. Its probably the first person and it has happened that way for all the books (like when she gets drunk in Catching Fire) but there were some passages that were very chaotic and I had to re-read to figure out what was happening (probably partially attributed to me speeding thorugh as well).It's the morning and I still like it. As far as good and evil there is no black and white is there? And the book shows that.
The last passage of the last chapter was great. And at first I thought "is the epilogue really necessary" and then when I woke up I realized why it was needed. And I can't say that here because I think it would be classified as a spoiler.
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I've also seen books end where the character dies and then there's an epilogue in someone else's voice or there's a found letter with the person saying goodbye, etc.
This isn't to say that she will die, I just wouldn't necessarily rule it out either. It doesn't feel to me like she will die, but Collins doesn't seem to have a solvable formula to her storytelling either.