I've read them. Not very well written but tackles some larger themes in a superficial way.

The first book is kind of Battle Royale in PG-13 form while the second and third get a bit more political.

But the world in which it takes place makes absolutely no sense if any time at all is spent thinking about it.

My daughter loves them, and I'm supposed to think the movie trailer is awesome. Looks like a dystopic Goblet of Fire. I'm glad she's old enough to go by herself.

I'm waiting to find some well written YA, or at least YA fantasy. I've now gone to book signings of three authors she's fond of. These people come across as charming and literate, both about their field and about literature in general and the wider world. Then, you crack open their books and half of it is eye-rolling. If you took all the eye-rolling out of the Twilight series, you'd have a single novella.

Flat. I'm not THAT old. Well, actually I am, but I moved up to flat screen some time ago....

Last week?

*crap*

I gotz a cold. Life sucks.

Wrong thread.

At the funeral last month for my grandmother, one of my mom's cousins had with her several jars of pickles, made using her grandmother's (my great grandmother) recipe.

Just tried one yesterday. Oh man, that's a good pickle! Nice strong dill flavor and just the right amount of spiciness. It bites back a little bit, and if you eat a whole one the heat definitely sticks with you, but it's not so much that it's painfully burning.

The cousin promised to host a party to teach us how the recipe. I can't wait!

I have insomnia tonight and now the police have been circling my block with their spotlight. I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight.

Did they find you yet?