Impossible

Okay. So this blog was originally solely used for the purpose of completing a requirement for my journalism class. Blog three times a week about something you are interested inblah blah blah...

So I wrote about books. And now the class is over, and I've decided to take over my own blog and make it into whatever I want.

Unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot of interests. So despite the fact that the only thing I've written about on this fabulous blog is books, I'm writing about yet another BOOK.

Impossible by Nancy Werlin.

I've had to read a LOT of books this semester. Seriously, more than I ever thought I wanted to. But for some reason, I can't stop. Impossible was one of the best books I've read in a long time. And really, now that I've finished it and am thinking about it, I'm not sure exactly why I liked it so much.

Maybe it's just because it's Christmas time and I'm just in a crazy sort of fanciful imaginative disposition. But I really liked it. It was different. Not your usual young adult novel...you know. Some kid finds out he/she has powers or some magical talent that no one else does, so he/she has to go on some quest to kill some guy because he/she's the only one that can save the day...yadda yadda yadda. They're all the same.

But this one was not like that. Ehh ok it was a little like that. But not completely. Anyway, I don't even want to tell you what it's about because it'll just sound strange. But trust me! It's amazing. Totally worth reading. And I'm going to read it again. After I read all the other books I've been meaning to.

But seriously. Impossible. Nancy Werlin. Read it.

Hungry?

One of the most interesting books I read over the course of my Young Adult Literature class was Suzanne Collins' novel, The Hunger Games.

"Set in the far future, this book is about the nation of Panem, which is the remains of what was North America. In Panem there are 12 Districts forced to live in poverty. Each year each district must participate in what is called The Hunger Games. Two tributes (one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18) are chosen to participate in the games and compete to the death. When her sister is chosen to be the tribute for District 12, Katniss volunteers to go in her place. As she uses her talents and wits to stay alive in the games she learns how to survive and, in the process, learns about herself."

This was my synopsis for the book. Overall, the book posed some interesting dilemmas. While Katniss proves her bravery by competing in the hunger games, she pays for it with the price of another child's life.

Scheduled to be released in the near future as a motion picture, The Hunger Games is going to cause quite a stir, I'm sure. Children being attacked by killer bees, falling in pits to their deaths, and most controversial--being murdered by other children.

Despite the bad vibe that this blog post is giving the book, it really was entertaining and not quite as gruesome as it sounds. Katniss is an adventurous girl with a good heart, and the book kept me on my toes.

The second book in the series has just been released, and I think I am just a little hungry for more Hunger Games.