Suzanne Collins

#279 ~ Mockingjay (Review in Haiku)

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Published by: Scholastic Published on: August 2010 Page Count: 390 Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia My Reading Format: Kindle and Hardcover versions purchased from Amazon.com Available Formats: Hardcover, audiobook, eBook My Review (sans spoilers) Highest hopes I had. Read right away hoping to Devour, relish… I heart Hunger Games And Catching Fire. [...]

Filed Under: book review, Dystopia, fantasy, female author, fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Catching Fire, Gale, Hunger Games, Katniss, Mockingjay, Peeta, Scholastic, Suzanne Collins

#231 & 232 ~ The Hunger Games & Catching Fire

2 Feb By Jennifer 21 Comments

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Published by: Scholastic Press Published on: September 14, 2008 Page Count: 384 Genre: Young Adult / Dystopia Format: Audiobook from Audible.com. Availability: hardcover, paperback, eBook, and audiobook Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Published by: Scholastic Press Published on: September 1, 2009 Page Count: 400 Genre: Young Adult / Dystopia [...]

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TSS – January in Review

31 Jan By Jennifer 11 Comments

January has come and gone in a flash. I would think at some point I’d stop being surprised at how fast the time goes by, but it never ceases to amaze me. This is a month I’m pretty happy to have behind me, though. It was tough getting back into the school routine after the [...]

Filed Under: Reading Deliberately, The Sunday Salon Tagged With: Add new tag, Catching Fire, Hillary Jordan, Hunger Games, Kathleen Grissom, Mudbound, Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick, Romeo and Juliet, Suzanne Collins, The Kitchen House, William Shakespeare

Thankfully Reading Weekend

26 Nov By Jennifer 15 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! For the last 6 years, Thanksgiving has been an extremely subdued holiday. There have been years in fact where we didn’t even eat a proper Thanksgiving meal. Danny’s parents are not up to the cooking much any more and ordering a catered meal has become our modus operandi. Earlier in our marriage Danny and I [...]