The Distant Hours (~)

I told you I was going to be finishing a book shortly, and I did! I actually finished it last night only because it had taken about 2mos to read it. Mostly, because I was reading other books during. Some that were taken out from the library, others that were loaned to me (The Hunger Games trilogy). I've finished the book: The Distant Hours by Kate Morton. Anyway, this book was LOOOONG and drawn out with twists. I guess the twists in the ending made it more intriguing to read, especially as you were nearing the end. The reason I gave it the rating I did was because it was so long, and really not that interesting. It gave a lot of backstory which is nice, but I don't think it was always necessary.

This book is about a woman named Eddie who learns that her mother was an evacuee during the war, and lived with a strange family in a castle. She went to the castle and discovered a mystery surrounding what happened to one of the sisters' (who lived in the castle) fiances. She goes about solving it, but never really gets to the whodunit part because the castle burnt down with the sisters inside. It does explain it through flashback chapters after the castle burns down and so you learn what happened exactly. Of course there was a twist in the whodunit, but that's to be expected with this author.

It's a nice mystery without a lot of murdering and serial killers, but still with a twist. I've read a novel by this author previously, so I will probably read more of hers, but I might not do it right away. I'm debating whether to read a Jodi Picoult novel, or if I should read a Phillipa Gregory novel. We'll see!

Until next time, Happy Reading!

Mockingjay (~)

I finished this book a couple weeks ago, but completely forgot to write about it! I finished the last book in the trilogy, Mockingjay. It is so much darker than the others, focussing mostly on the horrible deaths during the rebellion as well as the nasty injuries that occurred.

Basically, this novel focuses on the rebellion that Katniss started by rebelling in the Hunger Games in the first book. It goes throughout her fighting against the president, and working through the problems she's had with Peeta, and ends (kind of) happily.

I can't remember much, since it's been a couple weeks since I finished it, but it was an alright book. But it's hard to be as awesome as the first novel in a series, but it was still pretty epic, but also horribly graphic. I did find it difficult however, to visualize what was going on, as well as the surroundings, but I don't know if that's because of the author's ability to illustrate via words, or if that's just imagination's fault. Hard to tell, haha

Anyway, I'm going to be finishing another book very shortly, so you'll see another post quite soon. Until then, Happy Reading!

Catching Fire (↑)

I've finished the 2nd book in The Hunger Games series. This one being Catching Fire, which is written by Suzanne Collins. It's another amazing read (although I still enjoyed the first book better). I find with a lot of series, that I really enjoy the first novel (or the first few novels) in a series, and then the last couple novels were crap. However, this isn't true for the Harry Potter series, I really enjoyed the end of the series more than the first few novels, probably because of the deeper storylines.

Anyway, this book is about Katniss again. She and Peeta did a tour of the districts, and started a true rebellion, which had horrible consequences for the districts. It was a Quarter Quell that year, and the Hunger Games involved 24 past victors (including Katniss and Peeta) vying to win.  What occurred however, was something the Capitol did not expect.

I can't wait to read the 3rd novel. So until then, Happy Reading!