#0083A Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins

Ahhh, an end to a series. I haven't done that a lot this year. I have started so many. This one was good, but wasn't as good as the first one. This series was weird. It wasn't anything what I thought it was going to be. The first book was GREAT. The second book SUCKED. It sucked because it was just a downward spiral and at one point I said outloud "What? really? AGAIN?" This one was OKAY. I mean that's all anything can be. But I didn't feel so much of the again-ness as in..."Oh, I see what Collins did there. Not really impressive. I kind of saw it coming and it could have been handled differently but whatevs"

It was kind of funny: I was reading the book at work and no one is in there except the employees and I shouted out "WHAT?! NOOO!" Of course everyone is staring at me and I came so close to throwing the book down. A particular part of the book is so sad, but it comes as a huge shock that I can't cry. My boyfriend read it a few days later and I get a text message out of the blue with "WHAT?!! NOOOOO!" And I knew exactly what/what part he was talking about without prior knowledge of him reading at that time. I'm okay with the ending. I wish this could have been a stand alone book instead of a series, but am I going to go see the movie when it comes out? Heck yes. 4 stars

#0082A Before I Go to Sleep - S. J. Watson

I think I heard of this book from NPR's website or maybe it was really huge on Amazon. I'm not entirely sure. It was a kindle book, I know that. Since I'm so far back, I don't know how much I'll remember most of these books. I tend to forget what I read after I start a new one. I can tell you if the book was good or not, but things kind of spiral together into some mush.

I bought this book full price from Amazon, so I was really interested in the material. Woman wakes us and she's way older and she's sleeping next to a man she doesn't know. She comes to find out that she lives her life day to day and at when she goes to sleep, at the end of the day, she starts over again. She does not remember a thing. I guess you can say it's similar to Adam Sandler's 50 First Dates except this isn't a comedy.

The book was a little weird. I figured it out before Watson clued you in. I can't even remember how it ended so I must had not thought it was too great. Quick read, I remember. My GoodReads says I gave it 4 stars so it's not too horrible.

#0081A Eating the Dinosaur - Chuck Klosterman

I realize that I haven't been posting recently. I'm still trucking along reading almost everyday and I"m 17 books behind. I get busy and don't see home much. But today I am home and going to try to update as much and frequent as possible.

Eating the Dinosaur...I seriously bought this book because of the cover. What is that saying? "You can't judge a book by it's cover"? I'm not really sure what I read here. Even finishing I was a bit confused and if you are interested in this book, try reading the back. It seems like the author didn't know what was going on. It's mostly short essays of what it is important or interesting to Klosterman. Some were quite interesting to me except for one on sports, and even then it tells, in the first paragraph, what the essay is about and tells you that it's fine to skip it. I did. I don't enjoy sports, but I'm entitled to my own likes and dislikes so I'm sure if you are a fan of sports then the essay was fine. Would I read any more Klosterman books? If they are all just full of essays then probably not. I'm looking for a good story, good information. I"m not really looking for reading random things all in one book. It was, however, written well and it held my attention so 3 stars