Jesus Christ, the Gamemakers are sadistic bastards. OMG THE FOG. And what the fuck THE CRAZY MONKEYS. I love that the arena is a clock, though. And as soon as Katniss figured it out, THEY SPUN IT AROUND BECAUSE THEY'RE DICKS. I am interested in the fact that everyone is trying to save Peeta. I was a little annoyed that the rebellion narrative was derailed by the Games, but I like that it's really continuing and making these Games a different sort of experience. Except I have no idea how it's going to end up this time. Is ita's boring, inconsequential Finnick going to survive too? Will Peeta? Will...Katniss? I mean, I wouldn't put it past Collins to kill off Katniss and have the third book narrated by Peeta, but I figure I would have heard about something that big. I'm about forty pages from the end and will finish the book today. Last night I left off with Katniss hearing the familiar screaming of...Prim. WHAT. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET ANY WORK DONE TODAY. I HATE YOU SUZANNE COLLINS.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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."
HAHAHAHAHA. mine is an evil laugh.
My dream: to one day inspire that kind of impassioned reaction.
I won't, however, be holding my breath.
t /moment of ego
I figure I would have heard about something that big
But this way is so much more fun, with the not knowing, and the glayvin.
Crap, I think P-C is about 20 pages ahead of me now. Must catch up!
My dream: to one day inspire that kind of impassioned reaction.
All you have to do is write a book series about a boy wizard living in a dystopian society who is chosen to participate in a televised deathmatch against vampires and werewolves, possibly also zombies. And he falls in tragic love with a vampire, werewolf, or possibly zombie.
But this way is so much more fun, with the not knowing, and the glayvin.
Oh, I completely agree.
Crap, I think P-C is about 20 pages ahead of me now. Must catch up!
Hurry up, Amy! I'm going to finish today so I can start Mockingjay tomorrow while my car gets an oil change.
All you have to do is write a book series about a boy wizard living in a dystopian society who is chosen to participate in a televised deathmatch against vampires and werewolves, possibly also zombies. And he falls in tragic love with a vampire, werewolf, or possibly zombie.
But do they have to sparkle?
Also? I'm doomed.
Sparkling is optional.
My dream: to one day inspire that kind of impassioned reaction
I know, Barb. I have to admit that I am simultaneously envious and kind of annoyed, because for all the Collins has all these ideas and this fantastic narrative drive, I find her prose kind of clunky and her world-building kind of crappy. But I wish to jebuslug I knew how to write something that people would just not put down.
Argh.
Oh BTW, I got Stars and it looks lovely! I'm going to give it to my niece when she gets home from college tomorrow, she'll be thrilled (she loved your first two books).
I have to admit that I am simultaneously envious and kind of annoyed,
Yeah, exactly. I'll admit, too, I'm feeling overly sensitive because I also received my first DNF review yesterday, although to the reader's credit, she said it was more because it wasn't her kind of book and she would have known that had she read the back cover (?!?) and at least she didn't ding me with a single star review or anything.
Still, rational as one can be about these things, it still stings.
But, on the upside, yay for buying Stars and I hope your niece likes it as much as the first two!