Hunger Games

I feel like the majority of what I felt should be said was in my last post so you can read that here. Most people have read the book or watched the movie by now, but if you haven't here is a brief summary:

The book is about a girl named Katniss. She lives in a world run by an oppressive government, where each year a boy and a girl from each district (there are 12 districts) is chosen to fight in a battle to the death. Her sister gets chosen, and Katniss volunteers to go in her place, plunging her into the horror that is the Hunger Games.

I thought this book was fine, it wasn't bad but spectacular. I don't know if that is how I actually feel about or me being so sick of this book and it's popularity. Honestly, it's a pretty intresting story with some well-devloped character's, okay symbolism, and interesting ties to today's world, but I am really sick of The Hunger Games. If you haven't read it (which I think is very few people) I encourage you to read it and decide what you think.

Hunger games

This week for my book group I read the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. If you haven't read it already or seen the movies The book is about a girl named Katniss. She lives in a world run by an oppressive government, where each year a boy and a girl from each district (there are 12 districts) is chosen to fight in a battle to the death. Her sister gets chosen, and Katniss volunteers to go in her place, plunging her into the horror that is the Hunger Games. This book is pretty good and I would recommend it to anyone open to reading it, except I think everyone in this class has already read it.

Kill The Boy Band

This book... Is really weird. It feels like it was originally fanfiction but then slowly got lost in its own cynicism and became something completely different. With that said I still think its a really good book. The story centers around a fangirl (she never tells us her name and if she does nobody remembers it) and her three fellow fangirl friends. These girls are obsessed with a boy band called The Ruperts, and they decide to stay at the same hotel as the band in hopes of getting a glimpse of their favorite band. One thing leads to another and before they know what's going on, they have kidnapped the least popular member of The Ruperts and are holding him hostage in their hotel room. Like I said at the beginning this book is really strange, but that is why I recommend it. It can very funny at times and enjoys playing into its weird premise. It also has a lot of interesting commentary about pop culture and fandoms in general which I enjoy despite being a fangirl myself. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a dark but still funny book.

miss peregrines school for peculiar children

This book was great. It is about this boy named Jacob who, after the death of his grandfather goes on an adventure to an island off the coast of whales. On this remote island lies the remains of miss peregrines home for peculiar children, which his grandfather had spoken to him about. But the children were not just peculiar they were powerful and possibly dangerous, and they may also be alive. This book was great the creepy storytelling was well matched with eerie photographs and drawings. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a twisted and clever story.

What If

This book is absoultly hilarious. This book, written by a nerdy internet cartoonist,  is a series of hypothetical questions/ situations that he applies real life science to. The results are horrifying, disastorous, apocolyptic, and absurd. An example of one of these questions would be when someone asked what would happen if there was a mole (the unit of measurement) of moles (the furry creature) the result is disgustingly astonishing. I would highly reccomend this book to anyone who hasnt read it yet.

The Secret History Of Wonder Woman

I really enjoyed this book. As a huge Wonder Woman fangirl, I really enjoyed reading and learning about all of the real life reasons for the themes displayed in Wonder Woman comics.This book talks about the suffragists and how Wonder Woman writer, William Moulton Marston, also the creator of the galvanic skin detector (which inspired the polygraph) was inspired to create Wonder Woman and her various allies, enemies, and plot lines. I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to anyone who is interested.

The Secret History Of Wonder Woman

It was only a matter of time before I read this book. I am a huge Wonder Woman fangirl so honestly I am surprised I didn't read this sooner. So far this book is awesome. It doesn't focus on Wonder Woman as much as I thought it would but instead talks about her inspiration and the feminist movement, which is really interesting. It talks about the suffragists and how Wonder Woman writer, William Moulton Marston, also the creator of the galvanic skin detector (which inspired the polygraph) was inspired to create Wonder Woman and her various allies, enemies, and plot lines. This book has been great so far and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested.