Flying Down to San Antonio
Posted by kimford on December 15, 2008
Where did the last month and a half go? Between conferences, school holidays, and special events, the time has flown by – but boy have I read some great books! On the way down to the annual NCTE convention in San Antonio, I read Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. My plan was to start the book on the plane going down and finish it on the way home. The reality was that I couldn’t put it down – I read it at the gate, on the tarmac, by the luggage carousel. I tried to read it pulling my bag to the taxi stand, but that didn’t work out well – I kept running into people who were not understanding even though I kept apologizing. Folks had told me that it was a combination of The Lottery and Lord of the Flies, but that doesn’t do it justice. It’s adventure, science fiction, romance, and more. Set in a future where every year two young people from each district must report to the capitol city for a reality survival competition…to the death, the book caught me up from the very first. I finished it on the way to San Antonio, which meant I had to find another book to read on the way back. More about that later. Suffice it to say that The Hunger Games is now the BOOK OF THE DAY!
