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[Book Review] - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Title: Mockingjay Author: Suzanne Collins Series: #3 - The Hunger Games Format: Hardcover Release Date: August 24th, 2010 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0 My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead. Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. &nbs

Title: Divergent Author: Veronica Roth Series: #1 - Divergent Format: Hardcover Release Date: May 3rd, 2011 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0 In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their li

[Update] - Changes To Review Style

Well I would like to announce, that I am getting a few viewers out there and I want to thank you all for that. However, I'll continue posting, but there will be a rather big change to the way I have been doing the reviews. Right now the review process is too long, I feel it's too involved and I don't think people are finding it all that informative.What I'm going to move to is a more overviewish type of review. I'll post the synopsis still and the picture of the book. However, MY review will be the score I feel it gets (out of 5 now, instead of 10) and a pretty lengthy discussion of why I fee

Title: Catching Fire Author: Suzanne Collins Series: #2 - The Hunger Games Format: Hardcover Release Date: September 1st, 2009 My Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0 Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely.