Week Ten

I am currently reading The Shining by Stephen King. Jack Torrence lost his job so his friend, Al Shockley, got him an interview to be the winter caretaker of the Overlook hotel. He gets the job and now Jack, his wife Wendy, and their fie year old son Danny will be moving there. In the past Jack used to drink a lot and Wendy had thought about divorcing him many times but she decided to stay for Danny. Jack eventually gave up the drinking but one time in a drunken rage he grabbed Danny by the arm and Danny's arm broke. Oops. Also Danny has an imaginary friend named Tony who has shown him "visions" of the hotel....

The passage I chose to apply to what I've read so far is found in Galatians. "The acts of the sinful nature are obvious:...fits of rage,...drunkeness.... I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God." Galatians 5:19-21
I picked this because there has been a pretty big emphasis on Jack's past with the drinking and breaking Danny's arm.

I read for 2 hours this week.
Total Time: 57 hours

Week Nine

I finally finished Mockingjay this week. It was really good but I didn't really like the ending....

Katniss and the rebels finally defeat President Snow and the Capitol. The war is over; but not before more lives were lost. President Coin, the president of District 13 had a bomb dropped that killed many innocent Capitol people along with some of the rebels and District 13 people, including Prim, Katniss's little sister. Katniss was granted the privilege to be the one to kill Snow' so one last time she puts on her Mockingjay suit and grabs her bow and arrow. She is standing in front of a crowd of people aiming at Snow, but at the last second she changes her mind and shoots Coin instead. Snow ended up dying anyway. Katniss, Haymitch, and Peeta go back to District 12 where it takes months for Katniss to somewhat recover and come out of her house. Gale gets a job in another district and her mother is starting a hospital in District 4.

I think I didn't like the ending because I was expecting a happy ending and it really wasn't....

I also started reading The Shining by Stephen King. I haven't gotten very far so there really isn't anything to summarize yet.

These first four pictures describe the end of Mockingjay.



President Snow has a strange obsession
with white roses which affects Katniss
throughout the end of the book.



I picked this picture because during the
war when the rebels were making
their way to the Capitol there were a
few explosions.

On the way to the Capitol there were
a lot of death traps (called 'pods') set
up and they reminded me of what Jigsaw
does in the Saw movies.

Katniss's weapon of choice.



The next picture pertains to "The Shining."

The Overlook Hotel in Colorado. (I think this is from the movie.)

I read for 2 hours and 45 minutes this week.

Total time: 55 hours



Week Eight

This week I'm still reading Mockingjay. I tried really hard to finish it but I ran out of time.... :(

The war is in full force now. Katniss, Gale, Peeta, and some of the other warriors are in the Capitol fighting their way through a bunch of traps the Caprtol people, mostly Presidnet Snow, have set up in the streets. Boggs, their troop leader has been killed along with a couple of others leaving Katniss in charge of the troop.

Hopefully I will be able to finish this book next week....

Now to review the goals I set at the beginning of this project.... I don't think I will quite reach those goals. I should be able to get about 75-80ish hours and maybe about 15ish books.

I read for 3 hours this week.

Total time: 52 hours and 15 minutes.

Week Seven

Ok so I just visited the Amazon's Teen Books website and I decided that it is a good place to look for books. It has different categories of books so if you are looking for a specific kind of book, it is easy to find a good book to read. I think when I finish the book I am currently reading I will go back and find a good book.

So this week I finished up Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Katniss and Peeta have learned that, for the third "Quarter Quell," they will both have to return to the arena to face other past victors. What Katniss and Peeta don't know is that Haymitch, their mentor, and a few others have a plan to escape from the arena and form a rebel group to try and take on the Capitol. The group loses a few members on the way but Katniss and three other tributes she teamed up with were rescued when the arena was destroyed. They are now being taken to District 13, a place thought to have been destroyed the last time the country was at war. Katniss learns that District 12 has been destroyed. War is most definitely jsut around the corner.

I also started Mockingjay, the third book in the Hunger Games series, this week. Katniss finds out Peeta was captured by the Capitol when the arena was destroyed. District 13 was her to be their "Mockingjay" and lead the rebels in their fight against the Capitol. Katniss accepts and they begin filming propaganda that will air throughout the country to try to get as many people on their side as possible. This is as far as I've gotten so far....

I read for 6 hours this week.

Total Time: 49 hours and 15 minutes