I hope that everyone out there indulged in some personal down time during the Fourth of July holiday. Since we were entertaining out-of-town guests, the down time was limited yet well worth the extra work!
My favorite activity for the great outdoors requires only a book and a lounge chair; nature provides the rest. With this in mind, I want to blog this week on great books! As a reading coach, children's literature is my passion; I love to read the latest literature out there for children of all ages.
Last year I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and enjoyed it so much that I immediately read Catching Fire, the second book of the series. A third book, Mockingjay, is due to be out August 24 and is slated to be the last book in the series. Anyone out there read these?
I am not usually into futuristic novels that much, but I really connected to the young characters in these books. The first book in the series begins by explaining that the United States has been replaced by Panem which is made up of the Capitol and twelve districts. Each year, two young people from each district are chosen by lottery to participate in the Hunger Games, televised games that all the citizens are required to watch (intimidation from the Capitol) and where the participants are striving to be the only one surviving at the end of the games. The plot is full of tension and danger, and I found myself totally engrossed in these novels.
I keep an ongoing list of books that I want to read next. Please comment and recommend some titles for me to add to my list........
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