Stayed home today nursing a tender tummy.
Despite its cultural saturation, I managed to stay away from The Hunger Games completely until I read it, which was today. I actually managed a fresh read of it in May 2012. Yay, me. Hey, it was only five months after Lea gave it to me for Christmas.
It’s the first book I’ve read in a long time during which I had to make a real effort to slow down. Particularly in the middle third, I was going as fast as I could because I was impatient to see what was going to happen next. That’s not a good way to appreciate writing, though, so I dialed it back just a bit.
What a marvelous time! I think I’ll read the next two, then start over and read all three again. I wanted the story today, and I’m sure I’ll want the story just as quickly with Catching Fire and Mockingjay. The second reading will be one to better appreciate any subtleties I’m missing.
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For what it’s worth, savor this one for a while. Enjoy the memory.
Life of Pi should be next.
I read Life of Pi a long time ago. You knew that. You just forgot. 🙂
I did?
Did you like it?
Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody care?
We talked about it for 45 minutes walking around Parkway Place.
Also a long time ago. 🙂
Oh yeah. I remember wondering about something.
Okay. So, next, you should read… The Sparrow. Or, The Time Traveler’s Wife.
I think From a Buick 8 is next. Probably Catching Fire and Mockingjay after that. I’ll put those down though, definitely. Our common affections in books are substantial.
I’m in the final 1/4 of 1Q84. It’s been….interesting. I loved all 3 of the Hunger Game books!