Summer Recap: Pt. 3 Books I Read This Summer

So as the summer comes to a close, I can't help but reflect. This was a great summer in terms of reading, I was able to get a lot of reading done. Here are the list of books, that I read:

1. The Hunger Games*
2. Catching Fire *
3. MockingJay*
4. Diary of a SF by Abby Lee
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson*
6. SlumDog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup

*click for link to previous blog post mentioning these books

In all, I think my favorite book of the summer was .............drumroll please........ SlumDog Millionaire. Ok yes... I know what you are thinking, you probably saw the movie and thought it was a cool movie, but let me tell you why it was my favorite...

Earlier this summer I went to Borders, because as you know it is closing...womp womp, to buy The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.. I was perusing the aisles as I often do and saw SlumDog Millionaire book. It was a bargain book, and I figured I liked the movie why not buy the book (since the books are usually better anyway) and it was crazy on sale.

I started this book and I was immediately blown away. It was nothing at all like the movie, granted it had the same premise, a poor boy ends up winning a billion rupees, on a game show since he knows all the answers through life experiences... But boy was it different!

The writing style was amazing, each story was captivating and breathtaking and it was really "heavy" (in a good way though). So I say this was my favorite because no one told me to read it, I'm not sure I know anyone else who has even read it and you know its always amazing when you enter into a situation with little to no expectations and it blows you away. Well that is exactly what SlumDog Millionaire did for me. :)

Until Next Time...

Reading is Fundamental--- 2 thumbs up for the Hunger Games

One of my goals for this summer was to be able to get a lot of reading in. I am not sure if I have really accomplished my goal, but I have certainly been able to read several books. I recently just finished, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson... The book left me speechless, but not necessarily in a good way. I have been hearing about this book for quite some time. And everyone has been raving about it... It was such a sick and twisted book that I really couldn't even enjoy it. It was one of the those "murder-mysteries" but I honestly had figured out the central mystery halfway through the book.

I think I also didn't enjoy it as much because there was no real writing style since it was translated from swedish. But it's whatever. I guess I kind of enjoyed it, but it was about 200 pages too long. le sigh. You win some, and you lose some, but the book/Trilogy of the summer that I definitely enjoyed is.....

THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins!!

I absolutely loved this book/trilogy. My sister suggested it (Thanks Sis) and I think it is the best book that I've read in 2011. It is really difficult for me to describe the plot... (hold on, while I google a short synopsis)

I enjoyed all 3 books. It is considered Young Adult, but I know (hold on while I count)..5 classmates and 1 of my professors that have read the books. I think they are definitely breathtaking and suspenseful (unlike The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).

The series is set in the country of Panem, a post-apocalyptic version of North America. Every year the government in the Capitol organizes an event known as the Hunger Games: a bloody, gladiator-style fight-to-the-death battle between 24 randomly-selected teenagers from the oppressed Districts of Panem. To top it all off, the carnage is broadcast live on television – as entertainment for the residents of the Capitol and a reminder to the residents of the Districts of the totalitarian government’s ultimate power.


So if you are in for a good summer read, check out all 3 of the novels: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay.

Until Next Time...