Pending Passions

Spoiler Alert : because it's eating me too much and I don't want to keep it all to myself. To those who have not seen the movie, read with utmost discretion. This is a completely opinionated review and I will be rambling on the first few lines just so you don't get to read what you don't want to read even before you click the link. There, that should be enough. Warning: very long post below...much like the Transformers review I wrote which you can read here . Also, when I say 'that did not happen' I really mean 'that did not happen in the book'. Okay? Happy 74th Hunger Games! As the world may know, The Hunger Games Movie has been released officially today! Because everyone probably already knows what the Hunger Games is about, I'll skip directly to the movie. Blablabla rambling because I can't say it all straight. By the way, for those of you who don't want to go through all this muck, I shall do you a favor and boldface  the highl...

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (the final book of The Hunger Games) from amazon.com Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins's groundbreaking  The Hunger Games  trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year. As promised, here is my take on Mockingjay . (It's not going to be a real review, I can't do that to this book. It makes me too subjective. =) Real or Not Real? I have never read a book twice just because I wanted to. Even the novels of Nicholas Sparks, whom I have confessed to...

My ideal Nuffnang summer is one that involves the sun, sand, some random adventure into nature and a full 61 days of laughter shared with friends. Summer is, after all, only two month's worth of vacation time, so why not explore the parts of the world we are less accustomed to? SUN Of course, when we talk about summer it will always include a picture of us walking around a beach, trekking on some mountainside, biking and running, or just casually feeling that glorious warmth from that heavenly body we call the sun on our face.  The thought of 'summer' is riddled with colors of yellow, brown, orange and even red. It connotes a hot season--hot in both definitions-- and a distinct desire to use more sunblock. I remember a time in my life when one of my classmates told me I was too white. "What?" I had asked him, in shock and confusion. He said that I looked too white, almost as white as bond paper. It seemed to him that I never went out of the house or got hit ...

Description of the book in Amazon.com's site: Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. My take on the story: I have to admit that now, after finishing all three books, I still have to think of where The Hunger Games ended and where the Mockingjay begins before I remember what happened in Catching Fire. It's not really a bad thing, it's more of Collins' expert ability to segue stories together even between books. She has effectively connected all the books by some events and one book will not survive without the other. Ca...