Tag Archives: catching fire

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (book review)

By monnibo | Published: August 27, 2010

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins — book three of the Hunger Games trilogy

I finished the final book of the Hunger Games trilogy in three days, about the same length of time it took me to read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Read: Review for book one of the series, The Hunger Games Read: Review for book two of the series, Catching Fire I thought it was strong, powerful and a great end to the trilogy. I do have some more specific comments though, so SPOILERS BEHIND THE CUT! SPOILERS COMING! … Did I mention SPOILER ALERT? Okay, now that that’s sorted (and I hope you’re all warned), onto the Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Reviews | Also tagged book review, dystopia, epic, love triangle, mockingjay, suzanne collins, the hunger games | Comments closed

Day to Day

By monnibo | Published: August 17, 2010

Things have been pretty busy here the past couple weeks at chez Monnibo. This post is going to be a mish-mash of many things. We went to Spanish Banks on Saturday and met some Camp friends for dinner. When the tide was out, we went for a wander in the ocean. Gorgeous photos resulted (and I made a new Flickr set called Vancouver Beaches). We went to Bard on the Beach on the weekend and saw Anthony & Cleopatra. I really enjoyed it and I have to say that Bard on the Beach is one of my favourite festivals. And Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Knitting, Out & About, Personal, Sharing | Also tagged Anthony & Cleopatra, bard on the beach, bookcrossing, house plants, Knitting, mockingjay, philippa gregory, shakespeare, spanish banks, suzanne collins, the hunger games, the red queen, the white queen, the word on the street vancouver, twilight, vampire knits, vancouver beaches, WOTS | Comments closed

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (book review)

By monnibo | Published: January 6, 2010

SPOILER ALERT: This is the second book in the Hunger Games series. If you have not read it, or haven’t finished The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, DO NOT read this post! I have been wanting to read Catching Fire ever since I finished The Hunger Games in August. I resisted mainly because of my huge TBR pile. However, with the holidays, I got a chance to read it. Here is the synopsis of Catching Fire (and I must say, it does a good job of meeting this hype): After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen returns to her Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Reviews | Also tagged book review, book series, dystopian, hunger games, hunger games trilogy, suzanne collins, YA novel | Comments closed

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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (book review)

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