Thursday, March 17, 2011

Where Ya'll Been ?

Where Ya’ll been? Me ? I have been in “Rehab”. Yep, I seem to be susceptible to addictions lately. Some of you have read my earlier post. 

This time, I have been hooked on “crack”. The lure and latch was almost unbreakable but I did it. “Word Crack”. My oldest daughter kept on at me to read a series of books that she had read. She had finished the first two and was forced to go in the middle of the night and buy the third one- right then and there. I thought, “ye’uh another bunch of those vampire monster books that ain’t got one line of reality in ‘em. Then The Boss started in on me after she read them. Then there you have the youngest daughter; she’s read ‘em. I am not sure about the middle daughter. “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, you would sooo like these books.” I ain’t got a chance when they gang up. I was caught up and finished with the couple of books I had been reading so I snuck around and started the first one without telling anyone. This way I could say, “I tried reading those danged things but just couldn’t get into the first one.” You have to think ahead with all these women telling me what to do; they know me better than I know myself, reckon? “W O R D C R A C K”. For the past couple of weeks I have been hooked on these durned books.

The main character (heroine) is a 17 year old girl. I almost stopped when I discovered this. They didn’t tell me this with all their sales pitches. I read on a little further. “Hunger Games” is a shallow, fast moving , and have to say, inspiring read. It is pretty confined to the main character throughout the book. “Catching Fire” is a continuing saga but it changes gears and keeps you thinking because it has its own identity. The final book, “Mockingjay”, is a final wrap up of the various obstacles that were created in the first two books with adding a few of its own. These were a definite surprise to me. I am still wondering what it was that made these books so appealing to an Old Codger like me.

The thing that amazes me is that the characters and plot did not take on the feeling of what I imagined would be for the intended age group and market audience. I have finished with these, but I am not sure “Katniss Everdeen” is finished.



13 comments:

  1. I've not heard of these. It's great that you have an open mind toward your women folk.

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  2. Sounds like you've been immersed in some good reading. I'll have to look into these books. I need my rambunctious boys to get hooked on "wordcrack."

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  3. I have heard of this from several bloggers who write Young Adult Fiction. NOW though, I'll consider reading it/them! Thanks Glenn.

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  4. yep, your middle one got hooked too....and in fact, I started them to get the other two off my back :) I loved them! So glad you could join the club, Daddy! :) Love you!

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  5. I have not heard of these books either...I will keep an eye out for them!
    Have you read "One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich? It's a fun read and I got hooked and have read 13 of the series!

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  6. Oh I love a good book, I have to say I haven't heard of this series but am going to check them out. Hope you are well my friend...:-)Hugs

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  7. i'm usually a good couple years behind all trends. that's good. gives me time to scratch.

    (heh heh love it when women win)

    xo
    erin

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  8. Glenn, I have a suggestion for you and Septembermom and her "rambunctious boys." The Stoneheart series is a trilogy of novels written for "young adults," but let me tell you, oldsters like you and me were meant to read them. These are fast-paced, superbly written books with strong, well-rounded characters AND a WWII gunny as one of the heroes. The author is British. There is history delicately combined with dragons, mystery, fantasy, a puzzle to be solved--and both a strong boy and strong girl as protagonists. Talk about your "word crack...."

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  9. Oh--
    Stoneheart, Ironhand, Silvertongue. That's the order.
    And: I had to buy the series you just finished for my classroom because kids kept coming in and asking if I had it! Best feeling in the world to see them devour a book and beg for the next one!

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  10. there's been a lot of talk out there about the hunger games. after reading your post i will now look into this phenomenon. i heard that the actress who starred in last year's movie 'winter's bone' has been cast in the lead.

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  11. Well sir. I am skeptical....but if you liked 'em -- there must be something there worth reading. I'll give it a shot.

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  12. Yay! I loved these books!! Glad you liked em so much too, especially since we all pestered you so much! Love my Daddy!
    :) Rachelle

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