Character Playlist: Katniss Everdeen
Amanda “No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire.” -Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games Listening to music in the car on…
The Tightrope Walkers
“We are only in this world for a short period of vivid and wonderful waking in an eternity of dreamless dark.” -David Almond, The Tightrope Walkers This is something different…
Mosquitoland
“I swear, the longer I live, the less things make sense.” -David Arnold, Mosquitoland Recommended to me by a friend, I picked up this book the last time I was…
Symptoms of Being Human
“As for wondering if it’s okay to be who you are–that’s not a symptom of mental illness. That’s a symptom of being a person.” -Jeff Garvin, Symptoms of Being Human…
House of Leaves
“We all create stories to protect ourselves.” -Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves Admittedly, this book took me a while to get through, not because of the story or the…
Carry On
“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can’t carry on at all.” -Rainbow Rowell, Carry On When I started…
I’ll Give You the Sun
“Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.” -Jandy Nelson, I’ll Give You the Sun It’s definitely been a while since I’ve updated this blog, but…
The Hunger Games
So I think I’ve blogged about The Hunger Games multiple times on this site, but each time I read it, I get a new-found appreciation for it. This read through…
The Giver
Because the movie came out a few months ago, I figured it was time that I re-read The Giver, since I generally like to read the book before I see…
Mockingjay
Because the trailer just released, and the movie comes out in November, I decided to re-read Mockingjay, just because. I’m the type of person who likes to re-read books anyway,…