Shame on me! I learned a very good lesson this holiday season. For so long, my focus has been very narrow-minded when it comes to the types of books I read. Love? Check. Humor? Check. Happy ending? Check. These have traditionally been my must haves when choosing a book to read. The happy ending part is not easy to tell, unless you stick to traditional romance. Venture outside that genre and you're at-risk. Because of this, I've avoided a lot of really good books in recent years. I guess you could say it was the Message in a Bottle effect. I read that one years ago and was devastated at Garret's death. Why Nicholas Sparks? Why-y-y?
I've ventured out of my rut a bit lately. I read some interesting books over the summer not focused solely on a love story but rather friendship. I enjoyed these too. I read Gone Girl. Definitely not a humorous love story but loved the writing.
So, over the break, I read the Hunger Games trilogy. All three books in a matter of six days. We'll ignore the fact I got absolutely no house work done and nearly starved my children. Just kidding about the starving part. They're old enough to feed themselves;-) I LOVED these books. Really loved them. Suzanne Collins is truly gifted. I lost myself in her writing and lived the characters for those six days.
So, again, shame on me for waiting so long to read a truly great series from a fabulous author. Learn from my mistakes people!
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