Hunger Games Is Better Than Twilight, But That's Not Really Saying Anything

I certainly hope you all are reading your chapters 1-9 of The Help. *looks stern* Ok, so I'm only on chapter 6, but three more chapters is DOABLE. And there have totally already been parts that've made me want to do this to the characters:

Yes, I'm the adorable kitten in this scenario

I'm like halfway through Mockingjay and sometimes I'm like "SUZANNE COLLINS THIS COULD BE YOUR BEST YET" and sometimes I'm like

Because I am SUSPICIOUS of her and what she is going to do to the characters. Sure, she made up those characters and some people would say that gives her the right to do what she wants with them, but that is FALSE. Things must end the vague way I've decided in my head, or I shall stomp about angrily.

But now that Katniss is genuinely doing things and not spending all her time being like "*whine* Why can't I just run away with *insert whichever person she's currently the most into* and we'll be happy and -- oh my, I've been forced into acting bravely in yet another dire situation" I'm very happy. And I say this about her with love. Or at least a certain measure of fondness. Not sure I love Katniss. She reminds me of Bella the tiniest bit because she's pretty frequently like "Why are all these men in love with me complicating my life? Ugh." Only she's way, way more complicated and has a genuine personality instead of being an empty shell into which the reader can insert herself and -- yes. Anyway. What I'm saying is Twilight sucks.

Also that I love Peeta. PEETAAAAAA! Don't harm him any more, wench.

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Book Blogger Hop, Pt II

All right. The question for this week is: "Do you read only one book at a time, or do you have several going at once?" Oh-ho my. I have an issue with book commitment. I start a new book, and it's exciting and fresh, and I get really jazzed about it, and then 20% of the way through, almost without fail, I start getting bored and want to start another book. I once had seven books going at the same time, because I kept getting bored and starting new ones. It's a sickness. Right now I'm being pretty good and working on The Monk , Northanger Abbey , Kissing the Witch , and I'm about to start Waiting for the Barbarians since my friend lent it to me. But The Monk and NA are basically books I only read when I'm at work, so I don't see it so much as working on four books, as having books in different locales. Yes. This entry wasn't as good as some of the others, but I shall rally on the morrow. Yes I shall.

Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy: Readalong Signup

You know what was the third bestseller of its time after Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur ? THAT IS CORRECT, Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy. No one talks about this book anymore, but it was a sci-fi utopian novel about a young man waking up in the year 2000, which is a socialist utopia . Looking Backward spawned over 150 "Bellamy Clubs" that got together and discussed political issues, and it looks like a damn fascinating book. It is also available FOR FREE online. Here's the Project Gutenberg link . So read this not too long book with me in February and get familiar with a bestseller of the 19th century!

Minithon: The Mini Readathon, January 11th, 2020

The minithon is upon us once more! Minithons are for the lazy. Minithons are for the uncommitted. Minithons are for us. The minithon lasts 6 hours (10 AM to 4 PM CST), therefore making it a mini readathon, as opposed to the lovely Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon and 24in48, both of which you should participate in, but both of which are a longer commitment than this, the Busy Watching Netflix person's readathon. By 'read for six hours' what's really meant in the minithon is "read a little bit and eat a lot of snacks and post pictures of your books and your snacks, but mostly your snacks." We like to keep it a mini theme here, which mainly means justifying your books and your snacks to fit that theme. Does your book have children in it? Mini people! Does it have a dog! Mini wolf! Does it have pencils? Mini versions of graphite mines! or however you get graphite, I don't really know. I just picture toiling miners. The point is, justify it or don't...

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