Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Title: Catching fire

Author: Suzanne Collins

Publisher:  Scholastic Press

Version:  Kindle

Size:  479KB

ASIN:  B003086FMW

Source:  Borrowed from amazon Prime

This book was every bit as good as the first one. Like the first one, you will not be able to put it down until you are finished. I read this one in a day too, just like the first one! And, thank goodness, there is one more book after this one. If you read the first one, The Hunger Games, then you absolutley have to read this one too! It takes you even deeper into this world of turmoil, survival, and love. This book is just as spellbinding as the first! And, If they do a movie of this book as well, I think Adele's song, "Set Fire to the Rain" should be used in the sound track!

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The Hunger Games by Syzanne Collins

Title:  The Hunger Games

Author:  Suzanne Collins

Publisher:  Scholastic Paperback

Publication date:  9-1-2009

Version: Kindle

Size:  482kb

ASIN: B002M9YFW

Source:  Purchased from Amazon

Well with 469,300 ratings, I doubt there is anything new that I can say about this wonderful book.  I will say that it was absolutely awesome!  This book has action on every single page, and it took me only one day to finish it, because every page leads into the next action packed page, and I just could not stop until it was finished.  Then, of course I immediately started on the next one.  I am looking forward to the movie on March 23 because from the trailors that I have seen, it is going to be a huge hit!  It is so well written that it takes you off the page and into this post apocalyptic world, where you feel that you are part of the story!  Read it, you won't be sorry!  In fact, if you don't read it, you will wish you had!

 **Amazon Prime has all thre of the HungerGames books for borrowing for 0.00 right now!

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Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

Amazons Review

Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: As a kid, Jacob formed a special bond with his grandfather over his bizarre tales and photos of levitating girls and invisible boys. Now at 16, he is reeling from the old man's unexpected death. Then Jacob is given a mysterious letter that propels him on a journey to the remote Welsh island where his grandfather grew up. There, he finds the children from the photographs--alive and well--despite the islanders’ assertion that all were killed decades ago. As Jacob begins to unravel more about his grandfather’s childhood, he suspects he is being trailed by a monster only he can see. A haunting and out-of-the-ordinary read, debut author Ransom Rigg’s first-person narration is convincing and absorbing, and every detail he draws our eye to is deftly woven into an unforgettable whole. Interspersed with photos throughout, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a truly atmospheric novel with plot twists, turns, and surprises that will delight readers of any age.

Title: Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children

Author:  Ransom Riggs

Publisher: Quirk Books

Pages:  348

Source:  Purchased from Amazon

My Review

Ransom Riggs definitely has a winner on his hands! I must admit that I was drawn to this book for the vintage photographs.  I collect vintage and antique photographs and was intrigued with the idea of a story built around a set of old photo's. The photographs used in the book have been unaltered.  When you see the pictures, you may question this, but I own several weird, old pictures that makes you wonder how the photographer took the picture. The story was developed around a set of strange photographs.  I originally thought the book might be creepy and horrific, which is not a genre I usually read.  But, I decided to read it anyway, and I am glad that I did.  The book was neither creepy or Horrofic. I would describe it as a historic Sci Fi genre.The story begins with Grandfather Portman telling his grandson, Jacob stories about his childhood.  The stories were strange and unbelievable by almost everyone.  However, Jacob had a special bond with his Grandfather, and believed his stories for many years.  When the grandfather is dying, he tells Jacob to go to his childhood home and warn them that the monsters were coming for them.  Jacob thought maybe his Grandfather had really lost it, but he went to his Grandfather's homeland anyway.  He decided he needed to go and just see what he could find.  Once there, Jacob is faced with his grandfather's monsters and a whole lot more.  He is on the adventure of his life and he can't discuss it with anyone for fear they will think he is crazy.  His adventure involves time travel, romance, mystery, History and Monsters!  I truly loved this story and couldn't put it down.

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