I was reading Catching Fire during Sara's swimming lesson last week, and got to a part that absolutely shocked me -- like take my breath away shock -- and teared up.
Luckily, it was so humid in there I don't think anyone noticed.
I'm 17. Looking at linoleum makes me want to have sex.
Xander ,'First Date'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Nov 10, 2010 7:30:04 am PST #12888 of 28288
Because books.
DawnK - Nov 10, 2010 7:58:59 am PST #12889 of 28288
giraffe mode
zuisa, I got to that part while I was eating lunch at Chipolte. Thankfully I could cover the tears with a fake hot salsa cough. Man, I finally had to not read them while out at lunch 'cause you never know when a gut punch is coming.
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2010 8:07:23 am PST #12890 of 28288
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I read the second one on a really bad day and wept for miles. I'd like to call it healthy and cathartic, but I don't even know.
tiggy - Nov 10, 2010 8:32:37 am PST #12891 of 28288
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
that part killed me too, zuisa. i'm really fighting the urge to re-read all of them. i have a habit of zooming through books and then if i love them i instantly want to re-read.
zuisa - Nov 10, 2010 9:34:47 am PST #12892 of 28288
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I just finished the first book. Wow was that an emotional roller coaster. When they ever announced that there could only be one winner after all, I think I nearly died. I have the next book already but I think I need a break from the stress.
zuisa - Nov 12, 2010 2:43:18 am PST #12893 of 28288
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Sorry for the spammy Hunger Games serial posting! I just don't know anyone else who has read them, really.
I have about 100 pages of Catching Fire left and I have a really easy substituting gig today but I am terrified to start reading because I don't want to break down weeping in front of all the students. So far I've only cried reading this one once, but. Man. Talk about bleak.
I frequently want to just slam the book shut and yell AND THEN PEETA AND KATNISS LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER THE END.
Kat - Nov 12, 2010 5:13:43 am PST #12894 of 28288
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh Zuisa.... Mockingbird is the bleakest of the three.
Amy - Nov 12, 2010 5:31:23 am PST #12895 of 28288
Because books.
Oh god, don't tell me that. I'm halfway through Catching Fire.
tiggy - Nov 12, 2010 5:32:18 am PST #12896 of 28288
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Mockingjay was my least favorite. it's definitely the bleakest.
tiggy - Nov 12, 2010 5:33:42 am PST #12897 of 28288
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
if you're into fanvids where people take footage from other movies to make a fake trailer for another movie, you should watch this Hunger Games fanvid. [link]