Catching Fire By Suzaane Collins.

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I'm back to reviewing books on a weekly basis yay!!!!

Product Details:
Publisher: Scholistic 2008.
Paperback. 439 Pages.
Source: Purchased by myself.
Rating: 4.8 out of 5.
Synopsis/Blurb: Katniss Everdeen survived the Hunger Games. Now the capitol wants revenge.. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are still alive. Katniss should be relieved, but now there are whipsers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. As the nation watches Katniss and Peeta, the stakes are higher than ever. One false move and the consequences will be unimaginable.

What can i say i was looking forward to reading this book straight after The Hunger Games as i really enjoyed it. I was really looking forward to read this book to find what would happen to Katniss and Peeta after they survived The Hunger Games together. This book starts where The Hunger Games finished, which i loved as you don't get to miss much of the story. You really feel for Katniss from page one in this book and her feelings for Peeta, but you sense it's not quite love yet. I really liked how they were thrown back into The Hunger Games again, but this time with all the other past winners, as they have seen how each person won and know their skills, but at the same time you know they must of been really good to survive the first time which i thought kept the story alive. I liked how the Hunger Games were not the same as the last book and it kept you wanting more not knowing what was going to happen. I would say i would of liked i bigger and better description of Katniss' victor house as i think it would of set the beginning of the story much better, but the rest of the story makes up for that. Just like Th Hunger Games , which i have reviewed here, it is such a great book once again and i couldn't put it down. I was reading it on my way to work, at work, on my break and in bed. Once again this book was written in 1st person and i loved every chapter/page of this book, i highly recommend this book and series and will be re-reading this book again very soon.
See you soon
Laura xx

No Internet = No Blog Post.

Hi guys,
My internet is being installed into my new house on Saturday so this week i will not be posting on my blog. I will be back next week with a book review for you guys. Sorry but my phone isn't that great to be writing really long blog posts on it.
See you next week.
laura xx

The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins.

Product Details:
Publisher: Scholistic 2008.
 Paperback. 454 Pages.
Source: Borrowed then Purchased by myself.
Rating: 4.8 out of 5.
Synopsis/Blurb: Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives.In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death – televised for all of Panem to see. Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
I have never been one to follow fashion and when everyone went mad on this series I wasn't interested, the same as 50 shades of grey I am yet to read that series, as I'm not into erotic novels or the fact everyone else loved it so much must mean I have to read it and love it too. A family friend actually lent the series of these books to my mother and as she isn't such a quick reader like I am, I asked is I could read them first. I got into the first few chapters of The Hunger Games book so much, I went and purchased the series for myself as I knew I would love this series.
Katniss and her family live in a place called Panem which is split into different districts 1 - 12, each district has a job to do, district 12's being mining. Katniss' father was a miner and unfortunately died in a mine accident which leaves Katniss, her mother and sister. Panem is ran by the capitol, which is a highly rich and corrupt place a bit like our own world today yet they all live as in olden times. They have to grow/catch food and live in little homes that barely make a shelter.
From page one you learn that Katniss is the bread winner of the family and is the family rock, so you start to understand how hard this will be for Katniss and her family for her to enter the hunger games and to kill or be killed. When Katniss' sister is pulled to be a tribute, Katniss volunteers herself to be tribute to save her sister, yet she has to save herself too. When she is saying goodbye she is saying goodbye for good, but you sense it won't be the last time they all see each other. Even though each year everyone gets to watch the hunger games, which is the only time the telly's work in Panem, no one really knows what to expect, as the capitol won't do the same things as they did last year, they have to keep it exciting for the viewers. Katniss meets many wonderful people and gains and looses some friends but this makes her even stronger. Katniss and Peeta hate how the capitol controls everyone and wants to play the hunger games by their own rules.
 I enjoyed the hunting/nature side of the book as it made it so much real, as to how they have to get by to live in district 12. Katniss and Peeta are both from district 12 and are thrown together as a couple to gain peoples trust and money/sponsors, yet I never really understood Katniss' real feelings towards Peeta because of this. Just as you think they are in love it's all an act, but then there are times you actually think it's not an act at all and their real feelings towards each other come out, yet they don't act upon them.
Two things that stopped me saying 5 out of 5 was *Spoiler alert* when they changed the rules to having both tributes from the same district be the winners, to then changing it back was a bit of a nasty twist, but at the same time it showed how much courage both Katniss and Peeta actually have and it opened up to give us a second book. Also not knowing what the other tributes skills were would have been a good chapter or two, I think that could of made the story a little bit more exciting, but at the same time, not knowing their skills keeps you and Katniss on edge and leaves you wanting to read more and more.
 I haven't said this on my blog before but I thought the ending was brilliant, no blunt ending nothing ended to fast and it left it open for book number two Catching Fire, which I will review soon.
I can happily say this is a great book and yes I was a bit late on reading this book but I think I got to enjoy all the more as I got have my own views on this book, I highly recommend this book as it's a great read, was written in 1st person which makes it all the more exciting as it was looking in from Katniss' point of view.
I have also bought the film and I would like to say the film is everything it should be, it's great and like other films it does miss out parts but only the little parts that make the book but are not lost within the films. I thought the casting was fantastic and I will be buying Catching Fire when it comes out too.
Have you watched/read The Hunger Games? If so let me know in the comments below what you views are.
Laura xx
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Starcrossed By Josephine Angelini.

Product Details:
Publisher: Macmillan 2011.
 Paperback. 514 Pages.
Source: Given to Me.
Rating: 3 out of 5.
Synopsis/Blurb: Destiny brought them together.
The gods will keep them apart.
When shy, awkward Helen Hamilton meets Lucas Delos for the first time, she thinks two things: the first, that he is the most ridiculously beautiful boy she has seen in her life; the second, that she wants to kill him with her bare hands.
An ancient curse means Lucas and Helen are destined to loathe one another. But sometimes love is stronger than hate, and not even the gods themselves can prevent what will happen next…
This was a book a friend had gave to me after reading herself, she didn't enjoy it as much as I did, but it is classed as teen novel and she prefers more adult novels. I was intrigued by the blurb as it reminded me of Twilight. Two people fall in love and shouldn't/can't be together. This book is based around greek myth/gods and I don't usually tend to read these kind of books. The furies are the angry gods that try to cause wars between different houses by trying to keep Lucas and Helen apart but they want to be together so much they try to fight the gods I did think when Helens best friend Clair finds out the truth it was a bit of a let down as if I found out my friend could fly and make weird things happen even if I had an idea she was a bit different I would still want to know more. Took me awhile to get into this book but I'm glad I gave it a fair chance and enjoyed it more than I would. The book was written in 3rd person and it made the story so much better, as it could switch to different characters without being confusing. This book is part of a series and I will be reading the others too, as I did enjoy this book so much. I will say this book is more for teens but can be enjoyed by adults too. If you enjoyed twilight you will love this book too.
See you soon.
Laura xx
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