The Hunger Games

I've had a good year or so of thinking about reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I never knew what to think of it when reading the jacket (not much info on the back ;) I picked it up from the library and promptly forgot about it for 2 weeks until it was almost time to turn it in and I decided I needed to get reading.

That was the end of life as I knew it.

At least for a few days.

It took me a few days to get going, but once I got into it I really got into it. When I finished the Hunger Games I went straight to the library for Catching Fire (book2) - which I finished in about 1 day. And when I was done with that I pined for a day or so until I decided to pre-order the 3rd book to make myself feel a little better.

These books were SO VERY GOOD. The story was good AND it made me think about life. Life as we know it (or for most of us - how we've never known it). All the battles that people have gone through on the earth and are still going through on the earth. The nature of hope. What courage is. (Other things I can't really bring up unless you've already read the books) And I've marvelled at our own history and how people have done it!

I'm also aware of something new. I've never been into Romance books. But you throw in a little love triangle with vampires, rebellions, or a fight to the death and -apparently - I'm hooked.

Movie Time

Funny that all I can find time to blog about right now is television. Perhaps because this makes for such a short post? Lately I have been really into Emma. (As in Jane Austens Emma.) Now I will admit that when I read the book I had to plow through it and once it was finished I vowed NEVER to read it again. I just did not enjoy it as much as Pride and Prejudice or Persuasion. But I still thoroughly enjoy the movies. PBS ran a new version of Emma several months ago. Then, after several months of Ooogling it on the shelves at Target I decided I'd like to buy it. I wasn't sure I liked it quite so much as the A&E version with Kate Beckinsdale - however, after seeing it again, I've decided it has it's own charm (I am onto my second viewing).

And now I'm moving on to Ooogling a Regency dress. Or at least a pattern for a Regency dress like this. If I ever get more brave (and learn a bit more about sewing) I'll put a post up about the construction of my Regency dress. In the mean time I am plenty busy canning and working on the QUIET BOOK that I have yet to post an update about.

Braves game!

So Stefanie got me a ticket to go with them to the Braves game on Memorial day. I've decided that Memorial day is the best day ever to go to a baseball game. Ceremonial first pitch by the commanding general at Ft. Benning. 21 gun salute. Gigantic flag on the field for the Star Spangled Banner. Veterans representing different wars honored on the field. Servicemen and family members of deployed servicement around the diamond. Halting the whole thing for a minute of silent remembrance at 3pm. Atlanta Opera Tenor singing God Bless America. And more. It was awesome.

And we won 9-3:)

We got our picture taken by the fan page photographers. I would have liked to snag it for the blog, but of course I have to pay 13 dollars to get ahold of one of those. I think they should give a cheaper version and allow me to download the picture. In any case our picture is on the fan page here.

What a great time!