This is the best book I have read for a LONG time. It's
Lord of the Flies meets
Survivor. In a futurist society, two teenagers from each of the 12 "districts" are required to fight to the death on reality-TV. It's creepy, compelling and yet inspiring (and since it's Young Adult fiction the gore is kept to a minimum.)
Hunger Games is a major page-turner and I can't wait for the sequel.

From the author of
The Notebook, I recently read
The Guardian. While I found the plot to be a bit predictable it was still an interesting read. The gist of the story is that lead characters Julie and Mike fall in love in the midst of Julie being stalked. It's an easy, mind-candy type book.

And as I promised, I have finished off the Shopaholic series.
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic and
Sister and
Shopaholic and Baby. My favorites were probably
Ties the Knot and
Baby. These books are total fluff, but fun. If you turned Lucille Ball into a avid shopper - you would get the
Shopaholic series.

Next on my list is a book my sister lent me: T is for Trespass. I'll keep you posted!
6 comments:
"The Hunger Games" sounds really good! Call me crazy but "Lord of the Flies" was one of my favorite novels, and any futuristic, utopian genre appeals to me. Thanks for the recommendation :)
I have all the Shopaholic Books on reserve at the library...was it you who read "Keeping Faith" by Jody Picoult? I couldn't remember if it was you or my sister...if it wasn't you, you might try that one.
Krista: I have read several Jody Picoult books, but not that one. I'll give it a read! Thanks for the recommendation!
First of all jealous over the cruise thing. Second of all, do you have the Hunger Games book? It sounds really interesting. Let me know what you think of the T book.
I had to go past the first 2 books going "la la la la" because I haven't read them yet, but had to comment on the Shopaholics - I LOVE them and just reread them all actually. Awesome fluff!
I just finished "The Host" following your recommendation (and my mother's constant pleading for me to read it) I'm so not into anything dealing with aliens (you read one you've read them all) but I was completely thrown by the story line (even though her writing bugs me) and absolutely loved it! I will be reading "Hunger Games" once I get it in the mail! Love Amazon.com so I can keep up with it all while here in Me-hi-co.
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