On Sundays spent reading

Okay, so I finally managed to get a hold of a copy of the Hunger Games from the library, and it is amazing. <3 Mind being blown right now. I've been reading since last night (Emily - you were right! I didn't want to go to sleep, haha!) and most of today, and am almost finished. It's such a great book. I love how Katniss tells it from her point of view, and the whole concept that Suzanne Collins came up with is incredible. The characters are so life like and the descriptions of the games make me feel like I'm right there. I'm loving Peeta, Gale, and Katniss, but I my other characters are Cinna and Rue.

It has quickly become one of my favorite books. Unfortunately, most of the time I'm too busy to do any substantial reading, but today I've pretty much dropped everything to get through it. Yeah, who needs to study or do homework. The suspense is killing me! xD I had to take a break because I've been sitting in the same place for five hours and my eyes hurt somewhat (going on the computer probably doesn't help). But ahhh, I can't wait to finish. I need to get back to reading.

Anyways, that was a random quick update because I had to gush over the Hunger Games amazing-ness. I now understand why everyone loves this book so much. I had heard it was going to be good, but hearing things and then actually seeing for myself is so much better. It's wonderful. There is no better way to spend a Sunday that curled up with a good book, with a warm cup of tea hearing the rain. :)

-Brooke

On The Hunger Games and my impatience

Because this is seriously getting ridiculous. My dear, public library - I love you, of course, but would it kill you to have more than one copy of a popular book? Seriously. It would be much appreciated by us who don't have the patience to be on the mile long waiting list. Every single copy of "The Hunger Games" in my county is currently checked out, being held, in transit, or lost. There are eleven city libraries in the area, and not one has THG available. Well isn't that lovely. Library, you seem to have many editions of Twilight for the obsessive fangirls, but only one HG per building? Stock your shelves with fine literature, please. It's really my own fault for not being put on the waiting list... but I feel like complaining. So here we go.

The public library system in my area is somewhat defunct, in my opinion. I mean, I love it because it's where I get most of my books, but it's really not how I picture a space of education and entertainment to be. When I imagine a library, I see tall wooden bookshelves floor to ceiling, wall to wall. Any bare space is filled with artwork and photography. Slightly dimmed lighting, with a air of casualness. The shelves are filled with numerous novels with old worn bindings and the earthy smell of parchment along with just a hint of coffee or tea. The warm tones of the covers with their golden script dancing across the front. Every topic under the sun, from fiction to biography. With plump, cushioned arm chairs nestled back in a corner, where the world can turn into a fantasy land just by the turn of a page.

That would be like a dream come true. My library? There's bright fluorescent lighting, rows of computers, little kid puzzles, and taxidermy owls. A section for DVD's and then the bland informational things. Books that are thirty years old - and not in a good way. "___ For Dummies" and other assorted how-to books line one wall, awkward romance paper backs the other. The 'young adult' section translates into vampire teen novels and anime. Then there's that tiny sliver of goodness, tucked away like a secret, with JK Rowling and Jenny Nimmo, Cornelia Funke and Jeanna DuPrau. Things actually worth reading. But alas, the Hunger Games are absent, for they are always checked out by some lucky soul who gets there before myself.

I really want to read this series, I have for quite a while now. It seems very interesting, and I've heard a lot of great things about it, especially from the AG blogger community (if you could call it that...) Plus, with all the news about the film being made, I have wanted to read it even more. Unfortunately, it is never checked in at any library, I'm too impatient to sign up for the waiting list for who knows how long, and I'm too cheap to go out and buy me own copy. It's really my own fault for not having it held. It just frustrates me. I just want to be like this sometimes:

gif of Mark Salling (AKA Puck from Glee). I'm not a huge fan of the show, but it does make for some pretty funny gif's...

I used to read constantly. I would always have my nose in a book. I still do, pretty much, but with my super busy schedule, I sadly don't always have time. For the past month, I have had literally had no spare time. Between four hour musical rehearsals, soccer practice, school, homework, band competitions... it's not fun. Five hours of sleep does not make for a happy Brooke.

Anyways, I digress. I want to read The Hunger Games. So bad. I want to curl up in my favorite chair and read the night away, listening to the rain. Or sit in the sun outside while turning the pages. But instead, I shall do something productive, like Bio homework.

-Brooke