Soooooo......

[Betty]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

So, has anyone here read The Hunger Games? It seems to be the next Twilight among female young adult readers, but, as it sounds like it's more Battle Royale than glittery vamps, is it a story that dudes might enjoy? (I hear it's got plenty of kill or be killed violence.)

I read the series after my daughter read them. She's currently 17 - read them a few years ago? My son, now 13, has also read them. We all enjoyed them.

Spoiler:

However, they aren't as well written as they could be. Characters might be a little more... likable isn't the right word... but the romance aspect I found to be uninteresting to some extent. I just wasn't feeling it with Peeta and I think that was due to the writing. That is - I was supposed to care but didn't.

I think the premise of the books is fascinating. The reality tv aspect as well as the different districts (classes?) working for a small minority of people in the capitol.

[CoasterMatt]

So you wanna be a Monorail pilot? Check out this manual from 1966.

Lemme know how much it's changed, Wolfy

[Alex]

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.

[Strangler Lewis]

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.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I'm waiting to find some well written YA, or at least YA fantasy.

I really enjoyed the 100 Cupboards series. I also really liked Life as We Knew it. I've heard The Everlost trilogy is very good, but I've never read it myself.

I actually really enjoyed the Hunger Games...refuse to read the banality that is the Twilight series.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Eight miles on the mountain bike this morning. Three of that was all uphill. Tough trail.

[Ghoulish Delight]

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!

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

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!

What a fantastic way to remember your grandmother!

[cirquelover]

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.

[lashbear]

Did they find you yet?