Shannan's Review of "Drowning Ruth"

I bought this book, written by Christina Schwarz, at the library on their 3 for $1.00 table. I didn't know anything about it other than the book looked fairly new and taken care of and that it had been an Oprah's book club choice. Usually that deters me from reading a book, since I am not an Oprah fan, but I bought it anyway.

That being said, I really liked this book. It is a story about two sisters and a tragedy that happens between them. You don't find out the answer to the mystery until the end of the book, and up to that point, you are given bits and pieces of the story and have to put them together yourself. The book is written from different characters perspective, as well as in third person, which gives it an interesting twist. I would recommend it and give it 4 stars.

Meghan Read "Hunger Games"

After hearing that so many people liked this book, I figured I'd give it a try. I really liked it (and Jay ended up reading it in about 2 days once I finished it and he really liked it.) I did think it was a little barbaric that the Capitol makes 24 kids fight to the death and broadcasts it for all of Panem to watch. It really bothered me that they made it seem like it was an honor to be a tribute by dressing them up and parading them around for all of Panem to see. The whole time they were in the arena I just kept thinking, "what would the Capitol do if they didn't all kill each other? Would the Capitol kill them off themselves?" I'm excited to read "Catching Fire" as soon as I can get it from the library. I thought it was very intriguing and was an easy read. Did all three of you read this book already? I can't remember...