Summer always seems to be spent in little pieces. I guess that there was a fair amount of time spent reading, in my case, so here's some of what I read. All the books are a little different, some were some I chose, and some were ones that were suggested, so here it is! One of the first books I read was The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. Although it was a pain to get from the library, it was an interesting Sherlock Holmes mystery, and worth the time I waited for it.
I also read two books that were not in print when I got them. One is called Flora Segunda which is a fantasy book about a girl who lives in a broken down world, full of magic and other weird stuff. She lives in a broken house, and in a pretty broken family, and her life is changed when the elevator in her magical house takes her somewhere where she's never been. It was a little strange, but not too bad. The other book was called Runemarks, which was about a girl who lives possesses a magic power to cast runes, which allow her to do things that would be more difficult with just her hands. This was a little like the other book in that everything was so weird and different that sometimes it was too much. I did choose to read 'The Hunger Games' and its sequel, 'Catching Fire' because I had read the 'Underland Chronicles' by the same author. I will always enjoy Suzanne Collins, and her newer books aren't an exception, but I somehow didn't enjoy them as much as her previous series. I think I'll still read her last book.
I had a list of books I should read, so I also made my way through The Comedy Of Errors, (William Shakespeare) A Journey to the Center of the Earth, (Jules Verne) Kim (Rudyard Kipling) and Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens). All of them were interesting, but each were challenging in their own way. Oliver Twist felt very wordy, The Comedy of Errors was, well a Shakespeare play, Kim was sometimes confusing and A Journey to the Center of the Earth was just a little too much science fiction sometimes. Once I got over these small issues, I really liked these books. I also read a few books for fun (and old habits) like The Sable Quean, This Book is Not Good For You and Crispin:The End of Time which were all by authors who I started reading books by a while ago, and wanted to read some newer books from.
I don't remember all the books I read, and I don't have any special favorites, but these were some of the ones I wanted to write about. I hope this was at least sort of interesting to read!
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That's quite a list! I'm curious about two things: 1. where did you get the list of books you "should read"? and 2. what did you think of the heroine of "The Hunger Games" books? I haven't read them, but I did read a review the other day that compared her to the heroine of the "Twilight" books, suggesting -- surprisingly, I thought -- that the latter understood herself (knew what she wanted) more than the former. . .
ReplyDeleteAt the end of the year each year, we get a list from our G.T. teacher of books he thought we should read. I think there was a list he's been using for a while. I'm not familiar with Twilight, but I think Katniss (Hunger Game heroine) is just confused being thrown into a life that she didn't expect. I like how she's realistic, or at least she seems more like someone I'd know. It seemed like, if I thought about it, I'd probably react in similar ways if I was in her case. I think Katniss probably doesn't know what she wants because before the Hunger Games, there were certain things that were just sort of expected. Once they were over, everything was different and she didn't know if she should try and keep things like they used to be, or try and change to a new life. She was forced into a different person, in a way, and isn't sure if she like it or not. I felt like, in her case, I would be lost, too. Katniss seems to know most of what she wants, but sometimes isn't sure how to find it. For example she knows the Capitol is unfair to her, and other, districts, but she isn't sure how to change that. In a way, I think Katniss might not understand herself that well, but I think she would be a kind of person to think a lot about her thoughts, (if that makes sense) and she wouldn't make that decision as fast as she might make others.
ReplyDeleteI have to disagree with you, I liked the Hunger Games much more than Gregor the Overlander.
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