I've always wanted to pronounce it that way too, but I never had those mental images before. Now I see a poor polyester sock in a hospital gown saying, "We're gonna do it for Johnny, man! We're gonna do it for Johnny! "
I like the Ranger's Apprentice books - my older son got hooked on it and I tried it and liked it.
I am also a BIG fan of the Harry Potter series (books and movies) and the Percy Jackson series (books more than films, though watched those too as one of my sons loves 'em).
Of those in the poll, I have only read the Hunger Games. Thus far, I'm happy with the films also.
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a fan version of the film. You know, 'The Outsiders: Socks at War', or something like that.
Oh, it will be brilliant. Cherry Valance will be played by a beautiful Cashmere sock. We can look in the children's clothing section for a Johnny sock.
People will be waiting for the first trailer - the buzz will be amazing!
My wife teaches reading, so she stays abreast of popular YA literature. She listens to books on tape in order to multitask with household chores. I caught most of The Hunger Games. I didn't think it was as well written as Harry Potter.
I'm usually really picky with writing style and I didn't object to Suzanne Collins. I may have been so entranced with the story that I didn't notice it as much as I usually do. Or maybe reading so much business literature in college and crap writing now, my taste is deadened. What a sad thought...
Maybe it was the book on tape thing that threw me off
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Some of my friends really defend her writing style when I mention that I dislike her books. Maybe she has a certain charm that isn't my cup of tea, or maybe her charm didn't come across when listening to the book-on-tape. To be fair, the voice actor for the Harry Potter books-on-tape was phenomenal.
I liked it myself because the writing style was used for a reaosn.
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It wasn't choppy or packing a punch with short sentences because the author was lazy she was doing it to reflect the style of the novel and the nature of Katniss's thought because its told from her perspective.
I read the first chapter, but couldn't go further..
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The style grated on my nerves tremendously. I just wanted to go in and re-edit the entire thing. Such writing would never have passed my Creative Writing Class.
However, as you say, it manages to capture Katniss' youthful perspective well. I just would have preferred a style written like she had looked back, years later, and reflected on the days of her youth.
IIRC, Suzanne Collins's other book series, Gregor the Overlander, is less choppy. I found the story less engaging, but you could argue that it's written in a better/smoother style.
To each their own. I will freely admit that she has an interesting story idea, but I thoroughly dislike her literary execution, and I'll never use her Hunger Games books as a guide to better writing skills.
is the third Wrinkle in Time book, A Swiftly Tilting Planet. I love the time-travel/telepathic merging aspect and the focus on Charles Wallace, and Mrs. O'Keefe turns out to have a key role to play.
I've read the Hunger Games and Divergent (all three books of each series) and they were okay but I can't say I really loved them. The first Hunger Games book was pretty entertaining for the most part, but both series got pretty annoying and boring by book 2, and they were ultimately just too similar.
I feel about the same about the movies too. I liked the first HG movie well enough, but even though the second one was received very well, I personally found it boring. Didn't care much for the Divergent movie either. I might have liked it better if it had come out first but after two HG movies it just didn't have anything new to offer anymore.
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