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(1) "Whole roasted cows and pigs and goats, still turning on spits. Huge platters of fowl stuffed with savory fruits and nuts. Ocean creatures drizzled in sauces or begging to be dipped in spicy concoctions. Countless cheeses, breads, vegetables, sweets, waterfalls of wine, and streams of spirits that flicker with flames."
- A food list! Suzanne R.R. Collins returns!
— Nov 08, 2020 11:50PM
Notes:
(1) "Whole roasted cows and pigs and goats, still turning on spits. Huge platters of fowl stuffed with savory fruits and nuts. Ocean creatures drizzled in sauces or begging to be dipped in spicy concoctions. Countless cheeses, breads, vegetables, sweets, waterfalls of wine, and streams of spirits that flicker with flames."
- A food list! Suzanne R.R. Collins returns!
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Jayson
is 97% done
Notes:
(1) "Our full stomachs make us more uncomfortable and breathless than we were on the morning's climb. I begin to regret those last dozen oysters."
- "Last dozen"? How many dozens were there?
(2) "My shaking hands slide the wire from the hilt, wind it around the arrow just above the feathers, and secure it with a knot picked up in training."
- Know your knots, people!
— Dec 15, 2020 12:15AM
Notes:
(1) "Our full stomachs make us more uncomfortable and breathless than we were on the morning's climb. I begin to regret those last dozen oysters."
- "Last dozen"? How many dozens were there?
(2) "My shaking hands slide the wire from the hilt, wind it around the arrow just above the feathers, and secure it with a knot picked up in training."
- Know your knots, people!
Jayson
is 94% done
Notes:
(1) "Twenty-four rolls from District 3 ... No one says it, but eight will divide up perfectly after the next death."
- Katniss may stink at science, but she's mastered death math.
(2) "I wish Haymitch would stop sending us that District 3 bread and get us some more of that District 4 stuff."
- Katniss Everdeen, bread critic.
- Katniss proving beggars can be choosers.
— Dec 14, 2020 12:10AM
Notes:
(1) "Twenty-four rolls from District 3 ... No one says it, but eight will divide up perfectly after the next death."
- Katniss may stink at science, but she's mastered death math.
(2) "I wish Haymitch would stop sending us that District 3 bread and get us some more of that District 4 stuff."
- Katniss Everdeen, bread critic.
- Katniss proving beggars can be choosers.
Jayson
is 92% done
Notes:
(1) "It wasn't real, I tell myself. The same way the muttation wolves last year weren't really the dead tributes. It's just a sadistic trick of the Gamemakers."
- Finally! After nearly a whole book we get confirmation about it.
(2) "If only one of us can be a parent, anyone can see it should be Peeta."
- Well, obviously. Peeta's the better person for nearly anything.
— Dec 13, 2020 01:30AM
Notes:
(1) "It wasn't real, I tell myself. The same way the muttation wolves last year weren't really the dead tributes. It's just a sadistic trick of the Gamemakers."
- Finally! After nearly a whole book we get confirmation about it.
(2) "If only one of us can be a parent, anyone can see it should be Peeta."
- Well, obviously. Peeta's the better person for nearly anything.
Jayson
is 90% done
Notes:
(1) "Wiress ... starts quietly singing some funny little song, about a mouse running up a clock. It must be for children, but it seems to make her happy."
- I guess "Hickory Dickory Dock" isn't very popular in District 12.
(2) "I go back to imagining killing the president."
- Seems like killing the president is Katniss' happy place. Well, whatever keeps her centered.
— Dec 12, 2020 12:10AM
Notes:
(1) "Wiress ... starts quietly singing some funny little song, about a mouse running up a clock. It must be for children, but it seems to make her happy."
- I guess "Hickory Dickory Dock" isn't very popular in District 12.
(2) "I go back to imagining killing the president."
- Seems like killing the president is Katniss' happy place. Well, whatever keeps her centered.
Jayson
is 88% done
Notes:
(1) "The only thing that distracts me from my current situation is fantasizing about killing President Snow. Not very pretty daydreams for a seventeen-year-old girl, I guess, but very satisfying."
- Katniss sounding like a serial killer. Well, if there was ever a time.
(2) Peeta: "Well, it must be monkey hour."
- Monkey Hour sounds fun! Wait... right, murder monkeys.
— Dec 11, 2020 12:10AM
Notes:
(1) "The only thing that distracts me from my current situation is fantasizing about killing President Snow. Not very pretty daydreams for a seventeen-year-old girl, I guess, but very satisfying."
- Katniss sounding like a serial killer. Well, if there was ever a time.
(2) Peeta: "Well, it must be monkey hour."
- Monkey Hour sounds fun! Wait... right, murder monkeys.
Jayson
is 86% done
Notes:
(1) "[Johanna] steps forward before I can react and slaps me so hard I see stars ... Finnick tosses her writhing body over his shoulder and carries her out into the water and repeatedly dunks her while she screams a lot of really insulting things at me."
- That's one way to cool her temper.
- Something tells me he wouldn't get away with this if he wasn't so handsome.
— Dec 10, 2020 12:05AM
Notes:
(1) "[Johanna] steps forward before I can react and slaps me so hard I see stars ... Finnick tosses her writhing body over his shoulder and carries her out into the water and repeatedly dunks her while she screams a lot of really insulting things at me."
- That's one way to cool her temper.
- Something tells me he wouldn't get away with this if he wasn't so handsome.
Jayson
is 84% done
Notes:
(1) "Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?"
- Katniss, even in the midst of death and danger, remembers to stay sassy.
(2) "A parachute lands next to us with a fresh loaf of bread ... I make a note to myself. Be friends with Finnick. You'll get food."
- Katniss, slowly learning that there are tangible benefits to making friends.
— Dec 09, 2020 12:10AM
Notes:
(1) "Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?"
- Katniss, even in the midst of death and danger, remembers to stay sassy.
(2) "A parachute lands next to us with a fresh loaf of bread ... I make a note to myself. Be friends with Finnick. You'll get food."
- Katniss, slowly learning that there are tangible benefits to making friends.
Jayson
is 82% done
Notes:
(1) "I take the monkeys for a good sign."
- Monkeys are never a good sign!
(2) "The monkeys explode into a shrieking mass of orange fur."
- The shrieking seems like the worst part.
(3) "I bring down monkey after monkey, targeting eyes and hearts and throats, so that each hit means a death."
- Human-like they may be, Katniss apparently has zero issues killing monkeys.
— Dec 08, 2020 12:40AM
Notes:
(1) "I take the monkeys for a good sign."
- Monkeys are never a good sign!
(2) "The monkeys explode into a shrieking mass of orange fur."
- The shrieking seems like the worst part.
(3) "I bring down monkey after monkey, targeting eyes and hearts and throats, so that each hit means a death."
- Human-like they may be, Katniss apparently has zero issues killing monkeys.
Jayson
is 80% done
Notes:
(1) "Our jumpsuits are no help at all. We may as well be dressed in tissue paper, for all the protection they give."
- Possibly that's the idea... to kill Tributes off quicker.
(2) "Now I'm so thankful I didn't kill Finnick, because how would I have gotten Peeta out of here alive? So thankful to have someone else on my side."
- Katniss learns the value of friendship.
— Dec 07, 2020 12:40AM
Notes:
(1) "Our jumpsuits are no help at all. We may as well be dressed in tissue paper, for all the protection they give."
- Possibly that's the idea... to kill Tributes off quicker.
(2) "Now I'm so thankful I didn't kill Finnick, because how would I have gotten Peeta out of here alive? So thankful to have someone else on my side."
- Katniss learns the value of friendship.
Jayson
is 78% done
Notes:
(1) "[Peeta] takes a cube of rodent meat, skewers it on the tip of a pointed stick, and lets it fall into the force field. There's a sharp sizzle and the stick flies back. The chunk of meat is blackened on the outside but well cooked inside. We give him a round of applause, then quickly stop, remembering where we are."
- The Hunger Games is not a cooking competition!
— Dec 06, 2020 12:10AM
Notes:
(1) "[Peeta] takes a cube of rodent meat, skewers it on the tip of a pointed stick, and lets it fall into the force field. There's a sharp sizzle and the stick flies back. The chunk of meat is blackened on the outside but well cooked inside. We give him a round of applause, then quickly stop, remembering where we are."
- The Hunger Games is not a cooking competition!
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Food and kissing, is all this book does.
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TMR wrote: "Food and kissing, is all this book does."So far, and for the most part :)
The descriptions of food in this book always makes me hungry. Maybe it's time for a reread! Loving your notes so far. :)
My fav from the trilogy ^^
phoebe❁ wrote: "The descriptions of food in this book always makes me hungry. Maybe it's time for a reread! Loving your notes so far. :)"Thanks, phoebe! Glad you're enjoying them. Food descriptions always make me hungry too :)
Rusty wrote: "My fav from the trilogy ^^"Glad to hear that, Rusty!
I get why she does that, but it does drag out sometimes.
Amy wrote: "I get why she does that, but it does drag out sometimes."At least it's not so frequent as some other authors. Some people just go to town with food lists :)
Also, movie Caessr is so funny!
Denisse wrote: "Never left xD"Haha, I can picture her lurking in the wings with a stack of new lists :)
Denisse wrote: "Also, movie Caessr is so funny!"He totally steals the show :)
I'm reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and apparently Collins still likes making big food lists in her books
Sakshi wrote: "I'm reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and apparently Collins still likes making big food lists in her books"I'm not surprised. It's become a signature part of her repertoire :)
Jayson wrote: "Sakshi wrote: "I'm reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and apparently Collins still likes making big food lists in her books"I'm not surprised. It's become a signature part of her repertoi..."
True.
Sakshi wrote: "True."😁👍