Monday, February 1, 2010

#4 it's cracked up to be AND #5 the hunger games

life has been a little crazy lately, so i'm lumping these 2 book reads together.
not for any particular reason because i really LOVED one, and eh, thought the other was ok.



it's cracked up to be - courtney summers
3.5 stars

i would definitely read this book again, but it wasn't one that i would recommend to someone who is finding a hard time finding something good to read. it was, eh, ok. it kept my attention through the majority of the book, but once you found out what actually happened, i wanted resolve for her, and there really wasn't much of it. although i must say that i pretty much breezed through it and it was an easy read...just not my favorite YA book that i've read.

now, on the other hand...



the hunger games - suzanne collins
5 stars

...this book was everything that i hoped it would be and more. i read and i read and i read until i finished this book. i read in the morning, i read at work, and i read a lot before i went to bed. after reading all of the reviews that other bloggers had written, i knew i wanted to read this book for myself just to see what all of the fuss was about, if not for anything else. so i requested this book fm the library and after what seemed like forever, it was there, i picked it up, and finished it in a matter of days. it totally lived up to all of the praises and great reviews that it has gotten. i would definitely tell anyone and everyone to read this book - even my fiance seemed interested! ha! :)