No social life = More time to read!

[purple_ladybug1]

So... I have no social life. Yet. But I'm okay with this because I have oodles of time to read!!!

Let's start with some retold fairy tales. I first read Beastly by Alex Flinn a few years ago. I absolutely loved it then, and after rereading it last week, I still adore it. A brilliant modern version of Beauty and the Beast. This was the first time

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[mollywheezy]

The Hunger Games and sequels are awesome! I read them recently too. I actually own them now and am planning a reread soon. I won't say more at the moment . . . ;)

If you like fractured fairy tales, have you seen the play "Into the Woods"? It's really fun . . .

The only book I have read by Meg Cabot is Jinx which I didn't really care for. The story was interesting enough that I finished the book, but the author included random details that made me think, "Oh! That's a great direction for the story to go" and then she didn't do anything with it. It was rather frustrating. I would have preferred she not even bring things up at all rather than give a brief mention, and then not go there. Oh, well.

The Hunger Games are also awesome on audio. Like I was listening to Mockinjay while driving to MO and was so involved in the story I took the wrong exit. I probably looked like a crazed idiot, too, since I was yelling at the characters, giving them instructions, etc., lol. You know a book is good when . . . ;D

[purple_ladybug1]

I have seen "Into the Woods"! It was brilliant.

I've had so many different people tell me about The Hunger Games. I'm glad you approve too! My oldest just started reading it too. She's only about 20 pages into it, but she likes it thus far. I'm trying to get her to read things besides Twilight...

I read Jinx too. I liked it, but it wasn't up to par with most of Meg Cabot's books.

[20hrsinamerica]

Hmm. Have you seen the movie Beastly? Because I thought it was awful (not just the acting, I mean the plot). I wonder how close to the book it is...

Everyone is gaga over The Hunger Games. I suppose I'll have to read them at some point.

[purple_ladybug1]

I knew there was a movie, but I haven't seen it. I didn't even notice when it came out, even though I'd already read the book at that time. The book is pure genius, so I'm sure they changed a lot. Then again, I'm biased towards modern fairy tales...

The Hunger Games is so good! I've had so many friends rec it to me, even before the announcement of the movie. I feel like I'm jumping on the bandwagon, but in my case, I just couldn't get my hands on a copy while I was in France. So not my fault! :)

[purple_ladybug1]

I just looked at the wiki page for the movie, and they've changed a lot. The book is way better.