Good Reads..

Reading is a passion of mine.  I was a little kid at East Woosocket School begging my dad for more money to buy the Troll books from the paper leaflets my 2nd grade teacher would hand out. I would get the books and hole myself in my bedroom reading one after another. I blew through Ramona Quimby, Nancy Drew, the Babysitters Club, onto Sweet Valley Kids and graduated onto Sweet Valley High.

Now that I've outgrown the Babysitter's Club, I've moved onto what's commonly referred to as chick-lit and throw in a decent novel here and there. But, I thrusted myself back into the tween genre of books with Twilight and read that series. I did feel like a superstar blowing through these 500 page books until I remembered they were made for an audience probably half my age.

I just couldn't push the tween novels aside. My co-worker, H, brought this series to my attention and I must say I LOVED it. Sometimes I'm funny with books...like I just can't stand when the main characters are British...everyone suggested the Shop-a-holic series, but it drives me nuts when every other word is bloody or we're talking about going back to their flat. So, if you told me the subject matter of this series, I probably would've stuck my nose up at it saying I'm all set with the sci-fi stuff I know isn't real.

But, I paid for the Kindle version of this book and am glad it was stuck on there and I gave it a shot. This was hands down one of my favorite reads of the past month....

This novel brings you to the country of Panem where the Hunger Games take 2 tributes from the country's 12 different districts to be placed in an arena and the last one standing alive, wins. Sounds a little weird, as it did to me, but on advice of someone who read it told me..give it a chance it's a great read. I finished this book in a little over a day...and the few days later ... I blew through the 2nd and 3rd books of the trilogy as well.

Book 2..Catching Fire

And Book 3...Mockingjay

This series seems to be catching quite the following and you've probably heard of someone who's read it and hopefully loved it as well!