I loved watching the movie so much that I finished the three books over the weekend, after watching the movie last Friday.

Mockingjay was my most favorite among the three books.

Catching Fire’s ending got me stumped. It was a bit anti-climactic, but being a young-adult book, I guess I should have expected that the author would not explain the whys of every character’s decision internally. It was still a bit tragic, as with every war’s ending. But how Katniss played her part, and Peeta’s, was very admirable. It’s hard to imagine these are 18 to 19 year olds!

I would love to re-read these books again, when I have the luxury of time. I am looking forward to the second installment of the movie!

We were able to see it last March 23rd and this review is coming from someone who was not able to read the book PRIOR to watching the movie.

I LOVED IT!

1. I literally was sick to my stomach when the movie was explaining how the Hunger Games was going to be played out. The distinct differences from District 12 (where Katniss, Peeta and Gayle reside) was very different from the Capitol.

2. I loved the acting of the cast. Costumes and make-up were fantastic, especially the people in the Capitol – Cinna the stylist was a favorite. I just noticed that District 12 played like a place where people were hungry all the time and Jennifer Lawrence, while magnificent, was a bit on the heavy/healthy side. Casting of characters were so perfect though I’d prefer Peeta to be a bit taller (and easier on the eyes than Gayle, who was magnificent on screen! )

3. I was a bit confused on the Peeta-Katniss loveteam during the game. I didn’t know if the love angle from Peeta was staged or true (remember I didn’t read the book).

4. The Mockingjay pin is a symbol of the whole trilogy so Im curious how they would be able to play its importance in the next 2 movies. It is quite symbolic like what is an aquamarine birthstone jewelry to someone who is born in March so I was surprised that Katniss only found it in the black market.

All in all, it was such a GREAT MOVIE. I really really loved it.

Sophie does it again! While I am not a huge fan of the Shopaholic series, I really loved her Twenties Girl book and this one is no exception. I literally could not stop reading it and could not put it down I was able to finish it in a night. I was really smiling in the last chapters of the book. Kinsella has this way of making you giddy and longing at the same time, without needing to paint a very physical description of the characters. She also makes the pair work – even if, for example, the male lead works a festool during the day and the girl is a high-end career executive.

I would definitely recommend this book!

I’ve Got Your Number
Sophie Kinsella

Summary:
I’ve lost it. The only thing in the world I wasn’t supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It’s been in Magnus’s family for three generations. And now, the very same day his parents are coming, I’ve lost it. The very same day. Do not hyperventilate Poppy. Stay positive!!

Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry the ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her ‘happy ever after’ begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring but in the panic that followed, she has now lost her phone. As she paces shakily round the hotel foyer she spots an abandoned phone in a bin. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect!

Well, perfect except the phone’s owner, businessman Sam Roxton doesn’t agree. He wants his phone back and doesn’t appreciate Poppy reading all his messages and wading into his personal life.

What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each other’s lives through emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents… she soon realises that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life.

Bitter is the New Black
Jen Lancaster

Summary:
(from Amazon.com)
Jen Lancaster was living the sweet life-until real life kicked her to the curb.

She had the perfect man, the perfect job-hell, she had the perfect life-and there was no reason to think it wouldn’t last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, highlighted, and generally adored to notice.

This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she’s gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she’d never have to answer for when times were good.

Filled with caustic wit and unusual insight, it’s a rollicking read as speedy and unpredictable as the trajectory of a burst balloon.

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I finally was able to get started on my reading again – this time, through the iBooks app in my iPhone (at my current state in life, e-books are going to be my lifesavers). I found the book fun, even though there were some bits where I thought it was a bit dragging. There were no scenes that needed discount crowd control ropes but I can understand and somewhat relate how she shifted from living the high-life to the unemployed (for so long!). The book is based on the real-life of the author – a fun read!

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