Book Review #3 Mockingjay

 
Author: Suzanne Collins
Report By: Matt Dagenais

    Katniss is back, but this time not in the Capital or District 12, Katniss had moved into district 13.  13 thought to be a destroyed district is up, powerful, and fully operational for the most brutal rebelling Katniss has started, there's just 1 small problem, Peeta has been captured by the President Snow.  Snow is seeking revenge on Katniss for the uprising that she has sprouted.  But what powerful mind games will he play with Katniss now?

     Mockingjay, book 3 of the most bewildering, breathtaking series, The Hunger Games is by far the best book of the series yet. Even though the astonishing series comes to an end in this book, there is no saying that Suzanne Collins has not written another best seller with this book.  Collins in this book wrote the plot so well and phrases things in such a great way I found myself not being able to put the book down at times, and when Katniss comes along tough decisions you feel as you are in the book yelling at her to do the right thing and helping her make those decisions. Overall I thought it was another amazing part to the Hunger Games series and that the book brought lots more thrilling suspense, romance, drama, and action.

Litsperation Challenge

LITSPERATION CHALENGE

My challenge was to Name off some of the books I have read in the past few years and to name there Genre, How I enjoyed them on a scale of 1-10 and the time when I read them.

Book Review #2 Catching Fire

    

Author: Suzanne Collins 

Report by: Matthew Dagenais

     Fresh off the brutal Hunger Games victory, fearless, smart, young, Katniss Everdeen, And her strong, outgoing, partner, Peeta Mellark have returned home to district 12, Panama.  But now they must face the victory tour. What Katniss doesn't know is that her actions in the games have sparked farther-reaching consequences then she could have imagined.  There are murmurs of uprisings in other districts. Will Peeta and Katniss be able to express their undying love for each other, or will they face the consequences of President Snow.

     Catching Fire is a violent, jarring, heart-stopping novel that generates nearly constant suspense. Catching Fire is brilliantly plotted novel and is perfectly paced.  While reading this book you really become a part of it.  Suzanne Collins really makes you feel as if you’re a game maker watching over Katniss's every move.  The book brings constant amounts of suspense, action, and romance and I believe is a perfect audience for almost anyone over the age of 10.  This is one of very few books where you get action, comedy, drama, and horror and that’s what makes it so fantastic that you can hardly put the book down. I really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to start the next book in the series!

Little Brother book report

Author: Cory Doctorow

Report by: Matt Dagenais

Little Brother takes place in the near future when terrorists blow up the Bay Bridge in beautiful San Francisco. Talented, young, smart, teen hacker Marcus and his friends are cutting school to play an exhilarating game, when they are arrested by Homeland Security and accused of being terrorists.  They are interrogated and for a week. Finally released, Marcus vows to fight the DHS, which has turned San Francisco into a virtual police state.

Little Brother is a very exciting, breathtaking, mind-altering book. This book is perfect for a male teen as there is action suspense and a little mystery.  Author Cory Doctorow has written a book that you can become a part of.  I myself when reading this book felt like I was there along side Marcus as one of his friends trying to help fight the DHS. This book raises, in the most compelling way, issues of free speech, freedom vs. security, the rights of the government and the governed, and more. Author Cory Doctorow uses slang language to really set the mood and it gives you more of an idea about what the characters are like.  Overall I recommend this book to all teen boys that like action, suspense and, mystery.