So it is my guess that this series will be the new Twilight. You wait and see, it will be. It has the makings of an excellent movie trilogy. I just hope they do no screw it up. Lionsgate films has already bought the rights, so the wheels are turning. The first book was good, it has its slow points. I got bored at times reading about “press tours” and interviews and what not. Of course none of this makes any sense if you have not read the book. The Hunger Games in a nutshell is this. Two kids from each of the 12 districts of  a fallen United States are pulled each year from the worst lottery drawing ever. If your name is called, you are thrown into a huge landscape of an arena, and it is fight to the death. Winner gets a hot meal and nice house for the rest of their lives. That’s the nutshell version. It goes much deeper then that and keeps the page turning for the most part, especially in the arena parts.

I will say this, this book made me hungry. The girl in the story “Katniss” kept talking about food, and man she made it sound so good, I wanted to eat after each chapter. I  am reading the 2nd book now “Catching Fire”. I am only a short bit into it, so I have yet to form an opinion, but I am starving. I give the book 4 stars out of five stars, it was a fun read and interesting concept of a story. Would love to see the movie version.

It snow’s like once a decade in Georgia. Plus if it snows at all, it either never sticks or just does not hang around. Well this year we got a rare treat of almost 4 inches, which is a lot for us! We headed to Atlanta which was our original plan for a valentine’s day baby sitting trade off with the easycheese family. So we headed north before the snow kicked in. We got a nice amount of snow, and was able to enjoy it with the Rutledge’s. Here are some photos from the day.

I picked this book up on a Thursday, and finished it that Sunday. I think that has to say something about how much I loved this book. I mean LOVED it. I could not put it down. I don’t think I have ever read a book so quickly. Probably one of the best stories I have ever read. The thing is though, the story is nothing knew, a broken hearted man, meets a little girl whose heart really is broken, in the medical sense. However she has more heart then anyone he has ever met. So he starts a journey of self recovery, while she starts a journey no child should ever have to make. As I was reading the pages of this book, I noticed many of the pages were blotched with water stains. It was then I realized they were old tears from previous readers.

* I will pause now while most of you are roll your eyes at me, I will continue in a moment.

Ok so yes this book had a lot of heart, and I think that is the point. Its all about the heart. I really loved how easy it was to read, and the flow of it all. I also like it took place in GA. That made the story feel that much closer, and real. I will be absolutely reading more books by Charles Martin. I would like to see what else he can come up with. However I will put him on hold for a while, because I was exhausted after reading it.

One of my favorites. Plus iheartfaces website is doing a contest for kisses, for Valentines Day. I like this one a lot. I thought I would give it an entry.

You know how sometimes something will keep crossing paths with you, and you keep putting it off meaning to go back to it or just file it away in the back of your mind on that virtual to do list that you never complete. Well this book was one of those for me, it always seemed to pop up and jump at me telling me to read it sometime, but I just would move on. One weekend I stopped at a yard sale because I saw a tripod in the driveway, and I needed one. While I was snooping around I saw this book laying there for .50 cents. So I decided now is a good a time as ever to get it. So I bought the tripod and she threw in the book for free.

The Shack has its fare share of controversy, google it and you find tons of websites that love it, and hate it. They will say its a false representation of God and the scripture and blah blah blah. It is FICTION, and I read it as that and nothing more. However in saying that I have to say I loved the book. It really tries to tackle the idea of God as 3 things. The Trinity which is something that a  lot of people seem to get very confused on and lost when you try to explain it. Growing up in Ireland the Trinity is something that was referenced too almost daily. St Patrick and the shamrock, so honestly I have an easy time getting the 3 in 1 idea. William Young takes it a step further. God is an old black woman who bakes cookies and awesome food. Jesus is well…Jesus, and the Holy Spirit is just that, a Spirit but so much more. The main theme of the whole book is love and forgiveness. It also deals with the questions of Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? And why should we ever forgive bad people who do bad things. If it is done right, I think this book will make a great movie. I think Will Smith would be a good choice,  but that is just my two cents

Anyway, there you have it. Another book review. I wonder can I get paid to do this.