Mockingjay

I just finished the third book of the awesomest trilogy EVER! It was called Mockingjay, the third book of The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. In my opinion...the best book ever! It had gory action, sad scenes, and great character interaction. The book was was about Katiss Everdeen fighting through all of the hardships of the second war of Panem.

Catching Fire

I have a Nook and the first thing we bought on it is the Hunger Games trilogy. Catching Fire picks up the story of Katniss Everdeen right after she returns home to District 12 having won the 74th annual Hunger Games. Since every 25 years, in honor of the past war, the government puts a new spin on that year's Games. So, after Katniss returns home, preparations are starting for the 75th Games.

I will write the complete synopsis later because Jake and my mom are still reading the books and I don't want to give it all away.

The Hunger Games

In Florida I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This is a very popular trilogy, as in no library in Chicago has any copies available and you have to wait for weeks to get one. We bought the first book at Target and I started reading it first - I LOVED IT! When we went to Florida on vacation with grandpa and grandma, they bought me a Nook and now I have all three books on it. I'm on the second one now.

The first book of the Hunger Games is about Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old from District 12 who ends up as a contestant in the annual games of Panem. The Hunger Games is a contest which is mandatory for teens to play in, and they play to the death. There are 12 Districts in the country of Panem and each has to send a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to the Games. The kids have to battle and outwit each other until only one is left - the winner, the only kid that gets to live. The story tells about the various adventures, battles, struggles, and relationships Katniss goes through before, during, and after the widely televised Hunger Games.

The idea of the Hunger Games is a little like some of our popular reality shows, like Survivor. The big difference of course is that in the book the players die if they mess up, not just get voted off.

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

Recently, I went to our local library and found a book called; The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin. It was a book the I was required to read for school...they made a good choice! This book was filled with action, adventure, suspence, and puzzles. The book started when the puzzle-expert Winston Breen buys a keep-sake box for his little sister's birthday. But it all went wrong when his sister found the false bottom and started a puzzling treasure hunt. But this was no ordinary treasure hunt...Winston and his sister had to work together with a team of treasure-hungry oddballs to figure out the starge assortment of puzzles.

The Complete Horowitz Horror

Recently I went to our local library and found a book by the same author who wrote my favorite Alex Rider series: Anthony Horowitz.

This new book was titled The Complete Horowitz Horror and it was a collection of 18 short stories. The stories were supposed to be very scary, since they were called "horror" stories. But only one was actually scary, while the rest were weird and kind of boring. I did not like this book AT ALL.  One good story out of eighteen is not good odds.

Alex Rider; Crocodile Tears

During the summer we read books and review them on our blogs (Jake also has his own blog).

The most recent book that I read was Alex Rider: Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz. It is about an average fourteen year-old kid that had his life transformed by a secret agency, M I 6. The book starts with Alex taking a New Years trip to Scotland for a party that his friend's dad was invited to. But it all went wrong when they ended up in the freezing water of the Loch Arkaig. But when Alex got back to London he was sent on a mission...both to save the world again, and to get his revenge.

The Booklist reviewers said this book was: "Impossible to resist!" I agree 100%!