So far so good.

I surprisingly like Deerskin. I think that because a lot of the book in mental, there is just a bit of dialog, but it is to really set up the story, of give you a bit more to the character.  Example in the beginning the dialog really sets up the story of the King and Queen and the fact that Lissar is so excited and in a hurry to the story really sets up the ‘fairy tale’ aspect of it, it also give the King and Queen a very glossy, and glamourize start. Some of the dialog is with her first friend Viaka, and her presence seems to add a bit more to the book, we see a bit more of Lissar and how she thinks, in regard to her new friend.

As for the mental regards to the book, it just seems to grab my attention, I like seeing how people think and I think McKinley did a good job at capturing it. Telling how one would react to events, and how the memory takes time to heal and accept these events.  I liked how it was set up when she was running away, and how she slowly heals, mentally and physically.

I admit I am excited to find out what happens next. I hope the ending is different compared to that of Donkeyskin.

Check out this video, I think it is pretty good!

March 23... I can't wait!

I loved the Hunger Games novels! Since we had to read the last one for class I thought I would read the first two just to get the background on the world, and that third one would make more sense then. I went out and bought the first one and I have been hooked ever since. It was addicting, I read the first one in day and then I had to wait a whole 5 hours to go home and start the second one.  The next day I had to restrain myself from bringing the second one to school, because if I did, I wouldn’t have worked on any homework.

I think out of the three, that the first one was my favorite, it just opens everything up and I love how she laid out the characters and how she has memories, intertwined with what is happening now.  I liked the games part, one because I had never read anything like it. Two because she does a good job at making you feel like you are there in the game. Katniss goes from knowing the cameras are there to just trying to make it to the end, and the fact that the world is watching her doesn’t really matter, and she doesn’t really play for the camera….except for when she is in the cave with Peeta…one could argue there that it is to save his life, or get food.

Just overall I really liked the series and I am upset that there isn’t another one for me to devour.  I was at Barnes and Nobel a couple weekends ago, and they had all the Huger Games stuff; posters, books, shirts. I wanted to go crazy and get it all, I had to refrain and I will just buy the movie tickets instead. I heard that they are expecting that premier weekend it will break all the records previously set, by Twilight, Harry Potter.

Here are a couple interesting websites:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games/ - It got good reviews from the critics….wow!

This one is for the major fans: http://shop.cafepress.com/hungergamesmovie