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Two Book Review for the Price of One (0 x 0 is 0)

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I’m actually combining two reviews for this post because one was short and the other was “eaten” while I was trying to type it using wi-fi that rebooted so . . . It is now short as well!
The Tiger's Wife: A Novel
The Tiger’s Wife: A Novel by Téa Obreht
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I had written a quite lovely review of this book, but the internet ate it . . . Tiger internet? Suffice it to say that I really enjoyed this read. It is beautifully written, but a bit slow for the first 100 pages. Still, I recommend it : )

The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a full little read! I want to say it would be a fun book to read to your child before bed, but some of it is a bit scary . . . so . . . maybe not. Depends on your child. Speaking of that, this would be a great one to read with your kids, even just sharing the experience to discuss the different types of classic ghostly characters that appear, but the modern ways that they are woven into the story.

Read this one on my Kindle Fire so I also enjoyed that they included the black and white sketch art (just a few images) in the Fire edition. Recommend this one :)

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Review: The Hunger Games

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I also posted a writing prompt for my creative writing students based on reading this book so I’ll share it here as well: what kind of post-apocalyptic world would you create? Any genre could work on this. Is the world “over” because of disease, war, aliens, zombies? What kind of people are left? What kind of scenarios will you put them through?

The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I finally jumped on the bandwagon to read “The Hunger Games.” I have read quite a few post-apocalyptic books over the years, especially in the YA genre, and while Collins has a unique setting for her book, I still found myself for the first 100 pages of the book or so going – um, saw that coming.

The main character is interesting enough, but she did little that I wouldn’t expect her to do: the strong girl who lost a father who protects/provides for her family while not realizing how beautiful and amazing she is. That being said, the story did become a page turner and I found myself wanting to finish. I wanted to see the end of the Games. I’m also interested enough in the world Collins has created that I have added the second book to my to read list. Not enough that I’ll download it (I did read it on my Kindle Fire) immediately, but enough that I do hope to get to it someday.

Definitely worth a read and I can see why teachers love it as well because there is a lot for you to talk about with war, loss etc…

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Video Tuesday

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First up is my Vlog for the week where I give you a glimpse into the re-decorating we did as well as a few words about the books I have in progress and why I am trying not to buy too many! Oh yeah, and there is snow!

Next up, YA author Maureen Johnson talks about being a writer especially the realities of being a writer, deadlines and when a book is done.

I don’t know if I posted this before but I subscribe to the Salad Sisters on YouTube. They are a lot of fun to watch. One sister is a graphic artist, one is a recent Master’s Degree grad and the other is about 13 and you only ever see her hand. They have a lot of fun and intellectual vids including their newest music video called String Theory. So much fun and creative!

Anything you guys want to see me vlog about? let me know!