Book Nineteen: MOCKING JAY

Mocking Jay, by Suzanne Collins, 2010.

 


TTR:  A day or two.

Comments:

I liked this book, but I also had less than happy feelings about this book. Blerg. It was frustrating (and, as a writer, completely understandable). Katniss is (again, understandably) a very unlikeable character in this book. She's being churned, once more, through the system. She's being asked to make decisions that go against everything she ever knew or thought she believed. She makes decisions that (SPOILERS) I do not think she should make: namely, to reinstate the Hunger Games one last time. BAD KATNISS. Although, I'm also not sure if this "yes" vote on her part is just her plan to assassinate President Coin or what.

Sorry for the garbled response. Garbed feelings equals garbled review...

Book Seventeen: HARK! A VAGRANT!

Hark! A Vagrant! by Kate Beaton, 2011.

 
(you can find samples of Beaton's work at her website).

TTR: a day or two.

Comments:

I'm not sure if I should count this book, mostly because it's a collection of comments. But I did read it cover to cover. So there.

Beaton is a genius when it comes to the satire of pop culture, past and present (and by past, I mean 19th Century Romantic Period and onward). I LOVE her comics about the Victorian and Romantic authors. But, I also LOVE her Sexy Batman comics (which you can find here).

Verdict: awesomeness, pure and simple.