The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Y'all I'm stressed.

I forgot that the Hunger Game and Suzanne Collins made me feel emotions..... like emotions that I'm not used to feeling....Put those things back where they came from or so help me... I need my mom and my emotional support Rhino.
Sejanus is a precious cinnamon roll and I am adopting him.

Ok but now I need to go back and reread the whole series and just you know...cry...and analyze...and cry....
Me @Coryo:
(I mean only kind of, but you know, we can dream)


528 Pages

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

#BecRereads2018

This is the only book of the trilogy that I had not read more than once (until now). I actually think I enjoyed it more the second time through, as I was so stressed out on the first go-round. I absorbed some of the information better this time than I did years ago, when I first read this. That could be due to time, the influence of the movies, or simply because I didn't take so much worry in with me, since I already knew what would happen.

Regardless, I enjoyed this story. It's the darkest one, which I know upsets some people, but I don't mind some darkness, as long as there's still depth, emotional resonance, and a touch of hopefulness.

Book 12 read in 2018

Pages: 392

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

#BecRereads2018

I love how this book pulls in the past victors, and I continue to be fascinated by their unique personalities and different forms of defiance. It was fun to revist this, because I caught a few things I missed and/or didn't remember from previous reads.

Book 11 read in 2018

Pages: 391

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

#BecRereads2018

I read this book straight through. Yes, again. It's so compelling, I can't put it down. If I pick it up, you can guarantee I'm going to read it straight through, even after all of these years.

I tried out the audiobook this time around, which was excellent. I'm so happy I decided to spend 2018 rereading some of my favorite novels, because I didn't realize how much I had missed these worlds and characters until I started revisiting them.

When an author can make you want to be part of a desperate world, where kids are forced to kill each other for entertainment, that's some kind of strange magic. The concept is obviously brilliant, but it's the conflicts and emotions that resonate the most with this story. Also, the contrast of poverty vs. extravagance is portrayed so well. I can never escape once this world has sucked me in.

This book continues to win all of my stars.

Book 10 read in 2018

Pages: 374