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Posts Tagged ‘Suzanne Collins’

Top 10 Books I read in 2012

December 27, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

Comments on this list before I begin.  First of all, this is not a top 10 list of books published in 2012 that I read.  This is a top 10 list of books that I read in 2012, regardless of year published.  Only books that I read for the first time in 2012 qualify for the list.  For example, I reread The Black Company by Glen Cook. which I have rated at 4.75 stars and my #18 favorite book.  However, because it is a reread, it does not qualify for this list.  Lastly, these are my opinions, and my opinions alone. Read more…

Categories: Book Reviews Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Alchemist, Amp, Empire, Favorite Book, Games, Glen Cook, Grahame Smith, Heir, Hunger, Lincoln, List Of Books, Michael J Sullivan, O Malley, Rook, Seth, Suzanne Collins, Swords, Tina, Top 10 List, Vampire Hunter

Yeah … Suzanne Collins Should Have Thought About That …

July 30, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

So, who want to go to The Hunger Games styled theme park?  Anyone?  No?  Aw, come on!  What do you mean you don’t want to be chased around and hunted down in a replica of the arena?  What do you mean you don’t want to dodge arrows, knives, tridents, etc in a fight for your life?

Yeah, not very likely that such a thing would be a big hit.  Damn, a whole potential revenue stream down the drain.  Oh well, good thing for Collins that she made a boatload of cash off the books and the movies.

But still …  nah!

Categories: General Things Tags: Arrows, Boatload, Dodge, Games, Hunger, Knives, Revenue Stream, Stream Down, Suzanne Collins, Theme Park

Book Review: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

July 28, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

Warning! Contains spoilers!

Mockingjay is the final installment of The Hunger Games Trilogy. For one last go, we revisit post-apocalyptic Panem where Katniss Everdeen and the rebels are fighting against the tyrannical government. The book has moments of promise, usually when Katniss gets away from her brooding, who does she really love internal monologues. But it also makes me, as a fan of the first book of the trilogy, find it as a less than fulfilling end to the saga.

Look, we all know Katniss loves Peeta by now. Gale is just a distraction for her. But still, this little love triangle consumes so much of the book that it takes away from the final story of the saga. In the end, when Gale essentially gives up on Katniss and never returns to be with her, and Katniss realizes she loves Peeta, the whole thing is so anti-climatic that you wish the author had thrown a curve. But, you also know that if that curve had been thrown you would be just as disappointed had she wound up in Gale’s arms because it was just so wrong on every level. Read more…

Categories: Book Reviews Tags: Acting, Bang Bang Bang, Constant Thing, Curve, Distraction, Gale, Human Nature, Hunger, Last Quarter, Love Triangle, Monologues, Oppression, Pace, Panem, Rebels, Saga, Second Half, Suzanne Collins, Trilogy, Tyrannical Government
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