"NO! NO! NO! NO! NOT ANOTHER BLOG ON BOOKS! WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR LIFE ALEXIS! NOT ABOUT THE BOOKS YOU READ!"
Well too bad, but I will give you a little bit of an update to make this blog more bearable.....
- If you remember the last blog that is now deleted, here is an update, we took care of the issue in a humane way.
- Our life is really up in the air right now. Our lease ends in two weeks, Dan is not completely happy with his job, I need a job, and who knows where the world is taking us.
- Chaz hasn't gotten to go to parks as much, and that has resulted in him howling at us a lot more. I am scared because there are supposably rattle snakes at the parks, and I can imagine curious cute little Chaz peeking his head in at them, and getting bitten. It makes me anxious/sad.
- I know everyone is sad that the final Harry Potter movie is coming out, and that it is now the end to the hp era, but I disagree. I experienced this with the final book, the movies don't mean as much to me. What does mean a lot to me is that new information, and a new form of experiencing the books is being released at the end of this month to a select few, and in October to everyone. This is exciting! Harry lives on.
- Dan and I are both sad, but especially Dan, that Friday Night Lights is ending. This is a GREAT television series, and we recommend it to everyone. Also congratulations to the Taylors for their emmy nominations!
- Chaz also officially has a facebook. You can find him under his full name, Chaz Lopez-Hilker
Alright enough updating... I want to make this blog title make sense!
My last blog was about Josh Ritter's new book Bright's Passage, and how excited I was to read it. This blog is a review of that book, and three other books. I recommend this book to people who love Josh Ritter. It is written so similarly to his songs that if you don't enjoy them then you will probably only find this book to be so-so then again you might be surprised.
Bright's Passage is about a man named Henry Bright who is a WWI soldier, and his experiences in the war, and after. Bright's horse has started talking to him because it is an angel incarnate who Henry brought back from the war in France. This angel would be fine except it convinces him to do a lot of interesting things like kidnap the girl who is to become his wife then conceive the future king of heaven with her. After she gives birth and dies in the process the Angel convinces Henry to set the house on fire and get out before her dad, the colonel comes to kill him and the future king of heaven. Don't worry none of that ruined the book. You find it all out in the first few chapters. The rest jump around in history to when Bright was in the war, a young man with his mom, and back to him making his escape from the Colonel. It is a quick read (only 200 pages) and is a suspenseful and unique story.
***Warning this review might contain spoilers***
That is right! After all the hype I finally decided to read the Hunger Games series. Last year I bought the first book of the series because I finally got curious. I started reading and was intrigued, but stopped because I was in this zone where all I was reading were American Classics, and books written at at least a high-school reading level, so I couldn't really immerse myself into a book written at a 4th or 5th grade level (Not that there is anything wrong with that. I love lots of books written at lower levels. I am OBSESSED with Harry Potter. It just wasn't working for me at the time).
About a week ago my dear friend, Isaac text me and asked if I had read the series. I said that I had not, but I have the first one on my bookshelf. He told me that the way the main character, Katniss, talks/thinks reminded him of me. That made me want to read the books. Plus I was finally craving a break from the classics, and an easy read.
I took Hunger Games of my shelf and started reading. I finished it that night. I wasn't convinced that I loved the story, but I did love Katniss. There was something about her I could relate to.After I had finished the first one Isaac asked me who of the two boys I was rooting for. I said, "I didn't know and liked them both." He said he was a Gale supporter, and I finally told him that I really like Peeta because he reminds me of Dan. I was scared to admit that because I was scared Katniss (the girl I felt so similar to) was going to pick Gale, and then the "Dan" in the book wasn't going to work out. I know! I am silly.
A few days later I went and bought the final two books, and read them. I loved the stories of the final two a lot more than the first one. In the first one I struggled with all the violence especially that it was all little kids. Reading about children dying is hard. I know the author wasn't trying to glorify it, and was trying to show the true destructiveness of war, but I have never been one to love violence in books. The other two are not much better when it comes to violence, but the story isn't all about the games anymore.
Here is the true reason why I love this series. Katniss is the Anti-Bella. It is no secret that I HATE Twilight. Katniss is an intelligent, independent, logical heroine. Bella is anything but that. Her life revolves around Edward, and that is the only thing she finds happiness in. Katniss will do anything to keep her family safe whereas Bella is willing to sacrifice her family to be with Edward. This is a book that I will recommend to my kids or read with them. Although it is violent the female character is a good role model. I personally thing the best female character in any of these popular series is Hermione. She encompasses everything a female role model should have, but I digress. Hunger Games is great, and I love Peeta!
About a week ago my dear friend, Isaac text me and asked if I had read the series. I said that I had not, but I have the first one on my bookshelf. He told me that the way the main character, Katniss, talks/thinks reminded him of me. That made me want to read the books. Plus I was finally craving a break from the classics, and an easy read.
I took Hunger Games of my shelf and started reading. I finished it that night. I wasn't convinced that I loved the story, but I did love Katniss. There was something about her I could relate to.After I had finished the first one Isaac asked me who of the two boys I was rooting for. I said, "I didn't know and liked them both." He said he was a Gale supporter, and I finally told him that I really like Peeta because he reminds me of Dan. I was scared to admit that because I was scared Katniss (the girl I felt so similar to) was going to pick Gale, and then the "Dan" in the book wasn't going to work out. I know! I am silly.
A few days later I went and bought the final two books, and read them. I loved the stories of the final two a lot more than the first one. In the first one I struggled with all the violence especially that it was all little kids. Reading about children dying is hard. I know the author wasn't trying to glorify it, and was trying to show the true destructiveness of war, but I have never been one to love violence in books. The other two are not much better when it comes to violence, but the story isn't all about the games anymore.
Here is the true reason why I love this series. Katniss is the Anti-Bella. It is no secret that I HATE Twilight. Katniss is an intelligent, independent, logical heroine. Bella is anything but that. Her life revolves around Edward, and that is the only thing she finds happiness in. Katniss will do anything to keep her family safe whereas Bella is willing to sacrifice her family to be with Edward. This is a book that I will recommend to my kids or read with them. Although it is violent the female character is a good role model. I personally thing the best female character in any of these popular series is Hermione. She encompasses everything a female role model should have, but I digress. Hunger Games is great, and I love Peeta!
That is all! Now if you made it this far here is an extra treat! Chaz gets scared by a bear statue.
