#2 Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

This is Shannon Hale's newest novel, I think, but I've had it for a while. I was a little worried to read it so soon after Enna Burning, even though they are completely unrelated, because I'm so used to to her writing style and I was a little bored with Enna Burning. There were moments of boredom and of course you can predict the end, not necessarily the means to the end which makes the story interesting.

I've decided not to synopises for the books I read because I figure you can look them up on Amazon or something for that if you find you want to read what I like. So anyway, Dashti is a good character, though loyal to a fault and I think somewhat stupid because honestly why would you think that the handsome khan who is kissing you, believing you are another is suddenly going to be okay to accept the real thing in your place. I just couldn't wrap my head around that logic but it was still cute. I liked the journal style writing, it made me think how fun it would be to write my journal like that. Like a story. Of course everything works out in the end. I was thinking most books are pretty predictable. The protaganist will almost always overcome his/her obstacles to a happy end, but I guess its how they get there is the interesting part. My friend thought Hunger games was so predictable because of course the main girl was going to win, but you don't know how she wins and I think that is the great challenge of writer to keep us interested in how they get to the predictable end.

#1 Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

This book was a great read about a post apocalyptic world where everything is ruled by the Capitol and there are twelve districts that are subject to its tyranny. Story revolves around Katniss, a sixteen year old girl who has to hunt illegally in the woods to feed her mother and little sister. She is very independent and has only one friend, her hunting partner Gale. This is the time of dread for all the districts because one boy and one girl from each district is chosen to represent in the Hunger Games where there is only one victor and the others will never return. A great young adult thriller but it is the beginning of series with a definite cliffhanger at the end of the book so you may have to wait a year or so to find out what happens next. It was my book club book so I probably would have waited to read it until more books were out but now I can't wait to see what happens next.