Pissed
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I like to watch my comedies continuously so I always wait for them to finish their seasons with the exception of Jim and Pam’s wedding on “The Office”, of course. Have you seen it? I can’t stop watching it!
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I have watched 168 out of 500 greatest movies of all time as listed by Empire Magazine. Yes, I actually counted. But the point is, I have a lot of watching to do and I think I'll start with Donnie Darko, the Director's Cut.
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*Ehem*
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I don’t even know where to begin. My brain is reeling with too much delight.
But you know what? I haven’t been this... calm in a very long time. It’s so good to just drop everything and flip pages after pages.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
I woke up this morning thinking about Peeta. It should have been Gale, but instead I was mildly concern for Peeta.
I stand by with my choice – Peeta and Katniss. I love Gale. I know who Katniss choose, but damn it, we have one more book to go. I love Gale.
Okay, so let’s track back a few hours earlier.
By 1:30 AM, I was at the closing lines of Chapter 22 and I was blown away. I was asking myself whether to continue on or not. I read on.
Chapter 23 – I was bewitched, bewildered, and a little bothered. I was at awe. Amazed. Dumbfounded. I was literally stuffing my left fist into my mouth to prevent myself from screaming and waking everybody up. Calm phase is over. I was in hysteria. I love it.
I remember texting Nicole yesterday saying that “it is ALMOST up there with Bart.” Well, now it IS up there with Bart.
I finished it around 3:00 AM (14 hours it took me) and as much as it was hard to know that I’ll have to yet for the release of the third book, it was even harder to put the questions at bay. I couldn’t sleep, but that was all there is left to do.
Now, I had some concerns right after reading “The Hunger Games”. For one, I thought, “What now?” The Hunger Games are over, what’s next for Katniss?
The answer would be The Quell – A stroke of freakin’ genius. I won’t go into any more details because I am convincing my closest friends to read this series and I will not spoil them of the fun hence, I will not post my favourite quotes from the two books.
One thing is for sure – the victors, The Quell tributes, are far more superior characters than the tributes from the last book with the exception of Rue and Thresh, of course.
Johanna Mason. Wow. Spunky.
Finnick Odair is just classic. A piece of good work, really. Unbelievably annoying and charming, that guy.
But it was probably Mags who got to me the most this time.
I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of Bonnie, Twill, and Beetee. I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of Madge, either. She’s written into the story for a reason, I’m sure of it.
As for Haymitch, I was right about not reading him well. He will knock your socks off.
The following lines were written when I was reading Chapters 17 and 18:
I think, no, I know that my biggest gasped, the one jaw dropping moment that I had was with Darius. No, hang on! The wedding dress! It’s got to be the brilliance of Cinna and the wedding dress! I remember me saying, “Oh my God!” Remember the mockingjay? It’s not just for the book to have originality. It represents what Katniss and the rest of them are fighting for. I knew I love Cinna for a reason and it’s definitely not because of his gold eyeliner!
Ho. Lee. Crap! Peeta! You know your words, my dear boy. You know your words! That is his greatest advantage towards Gale. He works the crowd; he knows the right things to say. He is a smooth talker.
And then, I was teary-eyed again. Teary-eyed for the man who made fire girl.
Fun time’s over.
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Right now, I am just extremely happy that I was able to read a book again. In a span of one day, by the way. Ha! I still have the fast-reading skill in me. It’s been a long time and the longing for reading was eased up a bit.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I loved how much at how much Katniss will do just about anything to keep her family from starving. You respect a character like that. I loved Katniss’ relationship with Prim, that Prim somehow became her anchor, and with her feelings toward their mother. What’s more interesting was her recollection of her memories of her father. Katniss is a well-crafted character. At first, she reminded me of Kitty of “The Bartimaues Trilogy”. Only Katniss is more likeable.
I did a bit of “research” when I got to the 5th chapter of the book. I suddenly became apprehensive when I learned about the love story angle of the whole thing. The last love triangle I read made me gag. As it turns out, it was bearable. I do think that it’ll be Katniss and Peeta in the end, unless one of them dies a horrible death. Or is it just the arena setting? Still, they’re good together. However, I like Gale more. Not for Katniss. Remember, I’m in favor of Katniss and Peeta. What I’m saying is I just like Gale. His almost non-presence made me want to know more about him. And Katniss did thought of Gale while she was in the arena. She thought of him a lot. Oh, it’s conflicting. Remember that I haven’t read “Catching Fire” yet so I don’t know how the triangle worked out by the second book.
I thought that the concept of The Hunger Games is very clever - sadistic and entertaining. Brutal and barbaric. Add the fact that it is was televised as a reality show. And then there’s this... hatred I feel for the Capitol and the Careers. (But, maybe it’s the kind of hatred I feel for the Death Eaters. Of course, you know, deep down, I love the Death Eaters so I guess it’s the same for the Capitol and the Careers.) They were forced to play a game. A game of hunger and of survival. And they were watched by people like animals in the zoo. It’s all too political. The show and the possession of power. It’s disgusting.
The humour is so... hostile. A true reflection of Katniss’ personality.
A mockingjay. It gives the story a touch of originality.
The redheaded Avox girl and Cinna hold something in their past that makes them very intriguing and appealing.
With Rue, I almost broke my heart. She was, in fact, Katniss’ Prim in the Capitol so what happened was truly devastating.
I want to say something about Haymitch, but I got none. He’s very hard to decipher for me.
I had my eyes on Madge and Thresh for a while. I would have wanted to see more of Thresh. He was brooding in the way I like and to have affection for his fellow district tribute got to me.
I think I’m in love with Cinna. Or Gale. Oh, now I’m debating.
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