Time to be a hermit

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It's officially time for me to turn off my phone, grab a blanket, a cup of coffee, and settle into my couch---it has arrived!!!

My fascination with The Hunger Games series began on my initial trip to Switzerland in November and must all be attributed to my former high school students. So many of them were turning in assignments with references to these books and I felt that it was my teacher-ly duty to stay relevant and read what all of the hype was about (yeah right, I'm a sucker for great Y.A. lit! Except I'd like to have a few words with Stephanie Meyer...but that's another story). I started the book at the airport on the way to La Suisse, and finished the book the second day. This, my friends, is what I like to call crack lit...it's not necessarily good for you in terms of its intellectual stimulation, but...you...just...can't....stop.

Needless to say, it's been more than five months since I've read about Katniss and her adventures, and I'm more than ecstatic that it can all begin again (the entire bus ride home from the bookstore, I had to restrain from opening the book...wait til you get home, wait til you get home). The second book, Catching Fire, arrived yesterday, and folks, I'll see you in a few days...

Read all about The Hunger Games and Suzanne Collins here:
http://www.thehungergames.co.uk/