Mini Page Turners
Tonight The Page Turners met to discuss Hunger Games. I gave the book a 3.5. I should have given it a 4. I did give the discussion a 4. I enjoyed the book. I will probably read the second book. I loved the way it was written. Descriptive without being too descriptive. Let my imagination go. The flowed so well. If I would have had more time to just sit and read, I would have read it in a day.
I did not want to read the book because of the violence. Somehow the violence becomes secondary to the story. Not just the relationship story, the strategy, the personalities. We had a great discussion for this book. The Bookkeeper loves Sci-Fi. She had an interesting theory. Let me know how many of you agree with her. She thinks that the Capital and the Gamemakers picked Prim on purpose. The drawing is not random. They knew if they picked Prim, Katniss would take her place. Having Katniss made more sense. It is good TV. Bookkeeper thinks the Capital always picks the people they want. Unlike most games where they want to weed out the weak, the Capital wants to weed out the strong. By getting rid of the strong people, there is less of a chance that anyone will try to takeover the Capital. The questions were great. One question was, what could you compare the Careers to today? I suggested Olympic Athletes in Communist countries. Taken away from their families. Bred to win. It could also be compared to the countries that have citizens that will go as far as suicide missions because it is an honor to die helping your country. Really good conversation. One of our best in a long time.
The next big conversation of the night was the new trilogy that everyone is talking about. Number 1 this week in Kindle and Nook. Women are probably talking about it at water coolers everywhere. Did you guess what it is? Fifty Shades of Grey. Have you heard of it? Guess it is huge among Soccer Moms. There are no Soccer Moms in my book club. Old Lady received it for her birthday. The Bookkeeper and I downloaded it on our Kindles. We want to see what all the fuss is about. Someone I know started listening to it at work. Not knowing what it was about. She was a bit shocked and embarrassed when she figured out what she was listening to. Not embarrassed enough to stop listening. If you have not heard of it, I am sure you will Google it now!!
Next month is my book pick. I had a tough time making my decision. I ended up going with, Come Home by Lisa Scottoline. I started it today on my lunch. Loving it already. I want The Page Turners to read her books. Think most of them will enjoy her style. It is refreshing.
Anyone going to admit to reading Fifty Shades of Grey?
5 comments:
Read it. Downloaded the second and third and read those too. Worst editing of a book I've ever seen in my life, characters get a little annoying about mid-way through the second book, and I was ready for the third book to end about a hundred pages early.
But.
It is a definite conversation piece. And that's all I'm going to say about that.
Wouldn't you love to be at the water cooler to hear Old Lady discuss it?
I already have it in my Amazon.com cart. I am technically a Baseball Mom... but I assume this is right up my alley.
I did not think they picked Katniss on purpose. I think they would have stayed away from her. She was a rule breaker. Plus they wouldn't want her district to have any power. But I did think about the Careers being like Communist Olympians.
I read the first book in one evening... waited to watch the movie... then read the second book in four hours... then shakingly asked The Kid for the 3rd book (anxious to knock out the series) and found out he loaned the book to his cousin Mona OUT OF TOWN!!! I was actually mad and wanted to yell at him for loaning out a tween book without checking with me first!!
Still waiting...
And its killing me...
Picking up 50 shades from a friend tomorrow! She said I HAD to read it...and gave me very intersting reasons why. Sounds fun!
I like the Bookkeeper's theory, but then again I agree with TS. I LOVED the book. Finished the first and immediately started the second.
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