The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

So this is a book review I did a long time ago now it seems, but I was due for another book review and I haven't read something I felt worth posting for the last few books, So I have decided to post this review in light of the recent release of the third book in the series, Mockingjay, which I still have yet to read but am very excited for it!!!


The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I really loved this book. I was tottalyy captivated from beginning to end. When I took it out of the library I hadn't even read the description I had only heard it was really good. Then I started reading it and was totally blown away. And the ending only left me wanting more. Katniss is one of my Favourite book character's now. The book brings true meaning to only the strongest survive and Katniss and Peeta are Survivors. I can't wait to read Catching fire to see how the relationship between the two unfold and when Gale is back in the picture.




Synopsis: Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.

I would definately recommend this book!!!

Quotes: "We're going to be thrown into an arena to fight to the death. Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to slit his throat." (Katniss)

"You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug." (Haymitch)

"I lie with my head in Peeta's lap, making a crown of flowers while he fiddles with my hair, claiming his practising his knots. after a while, his hands go still, "what?" i ask.
"I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever" he says."

There are so many great lines in this book but these are just a few.

My Cast Pick for Mortal Instruments Series

Okay so I actually got this idea for blog entries by watching youtube book trailes and seeing their different videos that showed the people that they would think would best represent to characters in the books. So I am starting with one of my favourite book series, The Mortal Instuments Series. So here it is and hope you enjoy.



Jace Wayland- Alex Pettyfer
He seems to be a popular choice for many and I agree that he is what I would picture Jace to look like.










Clarissa "Clary" Fray- Stacey Farber OR Alexz Johnson. Alex seems to be most popular from what I have seen and I agree as well bur I could also picture the part played by Stcay as well.




Simon Lewis- Kristopher Turner When I was browsing and checking out different opinions, I felt he best matched my own picture in my mind, just need to add the glasses.





Alec Lightwood- Gaspard Ulliel He just seem to fit.





Isabelle Lightwood- Kate voegele I like her. She is very pretty and I think her look suites the personailty of Isabelle.




Magnus Bane- Oliver James As soon as I saw him I know he was my pick for magnus. Just need to add a few costume effects and I think he would be perfect. I was trying to find smaller pics but I couldn't find a smaller one that I liked.



i am running a little short on time, so here is the other "cast" I have picked and when I am back next I will update them with pictures too.

Jocelyn Fray- Lena Headley
Luke GarrowayGerard Butler OR Oliver Hudson
Hodge Starkweather- Alan Rickman
Valentine MorgensternJason Isaacs

Fallen by Lauren Kate

Fallen by Lauren Kate

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This book was fantastic. I loved it enjoyed reading it very much.



Luce Price is sent to reforem school after an unfortuante happening that no one can come up with anything conclusive to say she is not at fault. While there Luce begins to make new friend with other reformees but is unable to obtain the friendship of the one that she is drawn too for an unexplainable reason, Daniel Grigori. She knows there is a connection some how and that she dreams about him but she cannot place it. But as day after day goes by, the shadows that have been following her palmost all her life seem to be coming more often and give her an uneasy feeling and things begin to get wierd all over again. As thing start to become clear there is some much to understand and Luce has to figure it out on her own, which she is all too happy to do as ong as it means she can be with daniel.



Recommend reading and rates 5/5 stars.



First paragraph of book:

"Around midnight, her eyes at last took shape. The look in them was feline, half determined and half tentatibe- all toubles. Yes, they were just right, those eyes. Rising up to her fine. elegant brow, inches from the dark cascade of her hair."

Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I basically had this book read in one day. I really liked it. The writing was good and the story good. Sumers did a great job of revealing little by little though the bok of what happened that made Parker feel thike she had to be alone and didn't deserve anything better. Reading it, I felt I had to keep going because I wanted to know what happened and I wasn't willing to wait to find out.



Plot summary: Parker Fadley had it all. Cheerleading captain, most popular guy as her boyfriend and straight A's. She was considered perfect by many and it showed in her perfectionist attitude. Suddenly she has given it all up after the she gave all of it up.Brok up with her boyfrind, quit the squad and stopped doing homework and would come to school drunk. Now she is under strict surveillance by the school and her parents. Everyone wants to know what was so bad that happened that made Parker hate everything so much.

Start of first page: "Imagine four year.
Four years, two suicieds, one death, one rape, two pregnancies(one abortion), three overdoses, countless drunken antics, pantsings, spilled food, theft, broken limbs, turf wars- evreyday, a turf war- six months til graduation and no onegets a medal when they get out, But everything you do here counts.
High school."

It's Complicated

Director: Nancy Meyers
Features Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin
Released(in Canada) December 25,2009


So my husband went away for the night with his friends, so I went out and rented this movie for myself to watch after my son went to bed. I love Meryl Streep and m y best friend said it was a good movie too so I went with it.

Plot Summary: Jane and Alex who have been divorced for 10 years, are brought back to together at long time mutual friends anniversary. There begins an affai for the two ex's as Jake has been re-married but is finding that it is no longer working and he desperately wants to be in James life again. However Jane is becoming very interested in Adam, the architect who is re-designing her kitchen. Jane needs to decide what she really wants, a new start with her ex Jake or start something new with Adam.

This movie is probly the best romantic comedy I have watched in a long time. It had many great laugh out loud moments and it was very real. STreep , Baldwin and Martin were all fantastic and I will probly watch this again, maybe even today when my husband gets back because I think he would like it too.

Anyhow, I give this movie a definate 5/5 stars and I do recommend it, whether you watch it alone or with your significant other.

Cheers, hope you enjoy!!!!

Walking on Broken Glass by Christa Allen

So I am in the middle of a very big bbok right now so I went to my Goodreads books and picked a review from a book I read ear4lier this year to post. I was a great book too!!! Also check out my other pages as I have updated them so they all hvae somethig in them now!!! Enjoy.


** spoiler alert ** I won this book in a GoodReads giveaway and it is signed by the author Christa Allan.

This book is about a women named Leah Thorton, who is confronted by her best friend Molly about her alcoholism. With the encouragement from Molly, Leah make the decision to go to rehab and begin the road to sobriety. It is not an easy task to up and leave everything and was hard to explain the need to her husband Carl, who provided very little support in the matter.
During the 30 days in rehab ...more I won this book in a GoodReads giveaway and it is signed by the author Christa Allan.

This book is about a women named Leah Thorton, who is confronted by her best friend Molly about her alcoholism. With the encouragement from Molly, Leah make the decision to go to rehab and begin the road to sobriety. It is not an easy task to up and leave everything and was hard to explain the need to her husband Carl, who provided very little support in the matter.
During the 30 days in rehab Leah began to bond with others that shared similar addiction, began to open up and start to find the reasons why she did what she did and found God in her life again. She found that the drinking didn't really take away the feeling she had about losing her 6 week old daughter Alyssa and that drinking was the only way she cauld give Carl what he wanted all the time.Sex.
Just before Leah is ready to leave the centre, she finds that she is pregnant and gives her one more reason to stay sober. Leah begins to take control of her life again slowly but surely. She learns not to give in to Carl, she makes her own decisions without the influence of others and she sticks to the program. And there are also a few other little surprises along the way in this womens road to sobriety, self realization and her way to faith.

I really loved this book. The story was amazing and touching and well written and I would definately recommend this book. rated it 5/5 stars!!!

My favourite quote I would have to say is the quote that gave the book it's name: " He's grabbed my arm. His thumb and forefinger met at my bone. "Stop. Get away from here before you hurt yourself. You're barefooted. You can't walk on broken glass."
I yanked myself away and almost fell from the deliberateness. "Watch me" "

Learning How To Blog Continues!!!!

Okay, so I know its been about a week since I was onlast, but I have been busy, busy. Any how, I have learned how to get my personalized signature....yay..*appluase*. It actually took me two attempts to do it and it is a very simplistic signature and I may change it in the future(once I figure out how to make one a little more complex) but this onw ill do for now.
In figureing this out I started by checking out the tutorials on the Shabby Blogs blog page where there is a step by step instruction on it. So I found a website to create my personalized signature @ www.mylivesignature.com . I preoceeded without registering. The first page you type your name, next you pick font then size. After that you pick backgroung colour n text colour and voila....you have a personal signature.
To have it added to the end of each post, on the page after your signature is made, I clicked the link under it to download signatue and that produed the url for my signature. I coppied that then went to my blog page n clicked on design then into the setting tab. The last item in setting is for setting up a personal signature. I got the html code for it from Shabby Blogs and entered my url in place in plaxe of where it said signature url.
Here is the link to the tutoial page for Shabby blogs so you can try it yourself:
http://shabbyblogsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/tutorials

Have a fantastic day!!!!

The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

I liked reading The Body Finder. It's not often you find a YA book that has the story of serial killer. I liked the story, with the two story lines. The obvious changes in her relationship with her best friend and her new fellings for him and her secret ability and using it to put away the killer of the recent murders of young teenage girls. I also liked that the way it was written that every few chapters there would be a short chapter that was the minds eye of the killer two so you get a glimpse to both sides of that story!!

In this book Violet Ambrose is doing all she can to sort out her new found feeling for her best friend Jay, who seems to make her stomache do summer saults every time she sees him now. Doing her best to keep her feelings in check with herself, a whole lot brgins to happen when the is a string of disappearances in her town that lead to her finding the dead bodies of these young girls and as each girl goes missing is gets closer to home as it begins to happen the girls she goes to school with.
Violet is set to find the killer since along with sensing the dead bodies she can snse the imprint lft on the killer that is left behand on him after each murder.
Just when everything seemd to be good there is a final twist that can be shocking to find out.

I gave this book a 4/5 start rating. i liked it and would recommend it!!

Quotes:
First line of the book: "Violet Ambrose wandered away from the safety of her father as she listened to the harmony of ounds weaving delicately around her."

"She was starting to feel like he was toxic to her."

"The sound she'd been following, the sound she'd been drawn to, the very one that had pulled her away from her own search team as she wandered closer and closer to it...it was nevr a cell phone.
I was the sound of bells.
The special sound of Brooke's bells."

Oh My Blog Award!!!!!

I will sstart with a thank you to Cathy from http://whereyouwishuponastar.blogspot.com , for nimoinating me for the Oh My Blog Award.......So Thank you so much Cathy!!!




Okay, So here are the rules to the Oh my Blog Award:
1. Get really excited that you got the COOLEST award EVER!!!! :)

2. Now choose one of the following options of accepting the OMB award:


---> Get really drunk and blog for 15 minutes straight, or for as long as you can focus. ( You won't catch me anywhere near a computer after having a few drink..lol)

---> Write About Your Most Embarrassing Moment

---> Write a “Soundtrack of Your Childhood” Post

---> Make your next Blog a “Vlog” (Video blog). Basically, you’re talking to the camera about whatever.

---> Take a picture of yourself first thing in the morning, before you do anything else (hair, make-up, etc.) and post it.

3. And lastly, pass the award onto at least 3 amazing bloggers, (preferrably more), and don't forget to tell them!!!


okay, so my choice for the next recipients of the OMG award ARE>>>>>>>>>>>>

Chasidy who has multiple blogs but here is her personal blog http://liberatingchasidy.blogspot.com/

Louise who's boog is http://2grow-on-books.blogspot.com/

AND

Krys of http://www.bibliopunkk.com/2010_07_01_archive.html


Thank you again cathy for my nomination and Congrats to those of you I have nominated!!!!

****2 Thumbs-up for everyone****


Okay, so here is my award acceptance: The Soundtrack to my life

Okay, so these are the songs that really stand our for in my life, starting with assembly songs that we use to sing at elementary school, campfire sing alongs, my first music cd I ever bought n ownd right to my present day favourite song at the moment(as it constantly changes)!!!

This Land is Your Land- Famous folk song written by Woody guthrie in 1940
Inch by Inch- a school song we sang about working together
There Was a Great Big Moose- best campfire song eva!!
Wonderwall- by Oasis
Quit Playing Games with my heart- The Backstreet boys ( I was so obsessed once upon a time)
Sugar, Sugar- the Archies ( Lip sinked this song in grade 8)
Hero- Enrique Iglesias (this is the song for my husband and myself, fisrt dance)
Peice of Me- Britney Spears (this was my sons first real favourite song, he could really dance o this)
Perfect- Hedley (this is currently my favourite song!!)

So these are songs that really stick out for me while growing up. Growing up i listened to alot of classic rock and started with country when I met my husband. As a teen I loved pop music and now I listen to it all and have favourites for all types but if I was to be detailed the list would never end!!!! lol!