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Loved Sister Hills.

The first story: uncomfortable, but enjoyable.

"You can afford a new pair [of shoes] every year. And if you can't, why can't you? You have much bigger problems. Stop reading this and go deal with them." - From Mindy's tips for guys.

"They're like three compliments away from becoming monsters." On her "The Office" writing staff coworkers.

"I'm the kind of person who would rather get my hopes dashed to pieces than wisely keep my expectations at bay and hope they are exceeded. This quality has made me a needy and theatrical friend, but has given me a spectacularly dramatic emotional life."

Takeaway: To find hope, you must have at least two alternatives.

I am three books ahead of schedule according to my Reading Challenge, and it's all thanks to the Hunger Games trilogy.

Reading a memoir of someone your age means the childhood pop culture references are familiar.

"Katniss"

Best quote of the series so far: "When the time comes, I'll flip you for it."

Suzanne Collins, you have my undivided attention.

Every time I say to someone "This girl's life blows," they say to me, "Oh you think it blows NOW? Just wait."

Sometimes I don't know a character's in the room until they speak. It's like Dwight on early episodes of "The Office."

"They never get up before noon unless there's some sort of national emergency, like my leg hair."

Sucks to be her.

I really don't care where this story is going, but I do love Seth Rudestsky.

This book makes me thirsty.

The Games have begun.

Bethany's advice: "Don't get too attached."

Pretty heartbreaking.

Looking forward to reading the epilogue tomorrow.

Possible anachronisms: http://t.co/F8rJJQUf

"[It was] the same as if any one said to him, 'I give or sell you the moon, climb up and take it.'" Richard of Cornwall on the Pope's offer to crown him King of war-torn Sicily.

"Remember what a virtue it is, and how pleasing it is to God, to obey and to comply with the wishes of your mother." - Blanche of Castile to her son Louis IX of France.

"Here was a man who loved his work." On Simon de Montfort's slaughter of the Cathars in the early 1200s.

"Maps: More Fun Than Thinking About an Imminent Pelvic Exam!"

There are more geocaches in the world than zebras.

Livejournal post: http://j.mp/vKSqy2

"Try and invent an irregular shore that shall be convincing, and you will see how much more cleverly Nature works than you." - Gelett Burgess, 1902

I love the chapter names.