Archive for August, 2009

LOL! I know I have WHY too much Hunger Games on my mind when I think that fellow Youtubers would make good possible Peetas…
That being said, here is this one’s latest video!

wasn’t that nice? tehe!

So, I’m a huge reader and when I say I read alot of books; it’s no lie. I watched the first season of True Blood on HBO and was like “Huh, I like vampires.   Maybe, I’ll read the books.”   Seven months later I did just that.   Now, if you are no fan of sex and/or violence (or way to young) then this series is not for you.   But I really like them!  I have a couple of post about it on my blog (see to your right), in which I talk about my life and books I am trying to work on.  Also, I have entered two of my fanvids into a youtube contest hosted by Raggdollish.  If you would like to check them out, I have post them.  THEY ARE FULL OF SPOILERS if your are interested in the books, so take heed.

If you like my videos or just as into True Blood as I am, comment!

If you could care less about my videos or True Blood then just disregard this post!

Thanks in advance,

Anna

As always, you may post your input in the comments!

Borders filmed a one-hour Borders Book Club discussion with Collins, three adults (including a librarian) and six teenagers. On release day, the

talk will go up on Borders’ Web site and play in the 90 (out of 513) Borders stores with TVs. Borders has filmed such discussions with just three other YA authors: Stephenie Meyer for Eclipse, Sarah Dessen for Along for the Ride and Christopher Paolini for Brisingr. With Scholastic’s permission, Borders also created a mockingjay pin, which it plans to sell for 50% off its $6.99 retail price with the purchase of Catching Fire. Finally, on September 1, Borders will highlight Catching Fire in its weekly email blast to all 34 million Borders customer loyalty program members. “The storyline to this is just so catching,” said Liz Marotte, Borders’ YA buyer. “Forty-year-old men can enjoy it as much as 16-year-old girls.”    Read more here.

Borders will offer this mockingjay lapel pin for 50% off the retail price of $6.99, with a book purchase.

This Tuesday’s Toss Up is Fanfiction!  This story is entitled Through Another’s Eyes by Lost in the Stars; a Peeta POV.

“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!” She says with a lot of fake enthusiasm (or is it real?). Either way she’s pretty creepy if you ask me. Her hair is now off center a little bit, which leads me to think it’s a wig. After righting it she then proceeds to tell us what an honor it is to be here. Yeah right. It’s pretty obvious she’s wished to be in another district since they first landed her with ours. Some district who actually wins now and again.

I notice Gale. He’s staring in my direction, and I turn to see that he is looking at Katniss, and she is staring back. They seem to be talking silently. They’re faces identical masks of worry for the other, and I’m hit suddenly with a wave of jealously. She’ll never look at me like that, my thoughts rage. I’m so deep in my sudden despair that I barely notice that Effie Trinket is now digging around in the girl’s bowl. I come back to reality just as she walks back to the podium. She clears her throat and announces in a loud, cheerfully happy voice: “Primrose Everdeen.”

For all of one second, I rejoice in the fact that it’s not Katniss. Then one second later it hits me. Primrose Everdeen. No! NO! This cannot be happening! I cannot believe it. This will kill Katniss, she won’t be able to watch her sister die.

I look over at her, she’s frozen in shock, her face would be comical if it wasn’t this situation; she appears almost winded. “Prim!“ She shouts, then possessed by shock and grief, she streaks past me, and shoves her sister behind her. Then I hear the words that make my world fall broken around me. “I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!”

To read the rest of the story that has been posted, find it here!

Rock it SUZY!

There are few series that are so compelling from the first novel that they leave a reader distractedly thinking about the future of the characters. Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies comes to mind, as does Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments. Perhaps not coincidentally, these stories contain strong female protagonists, much like Katniss Everdeen of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games.

Read more here!