It's Over.

The last page has been read. People died, people survived. Mockingjay is done.

After purchasing the much anticipated finale to the Hunger Games series, I actually tried dragging it out. Normally I would rush home and spend the entire night consuming each and every detail until it was finished. But for this book, I really wanted to savor each page. So I let it drag out, over six days. And now I am complete.

I am satisfied with the way Collins ended the trilogy, however, as with most great books, you really wish they would never end, and you would continue to live vicariously in the lives of your favorite characters.

Happy sigh. What will be the next great series?? Can anything compete with Potter and Katniss??

Cheers, to the eternal search for great books!

Is that a Mockingjay on your wrist???

What goes best with a newly purchased book???

A fake tattoo!!

That's right...when I purchased three copies of Mockingjay on Tuesday, I was rewarded with a Mockingjay Temporary Tattoo. I was soo overwhelmed with excitement that the check-out lady gave me about 20 more for "my class." YEAH RIGHT!!! Those are for me, suckah!!! :o)

So while I read away, I can turn my wrist and look at my new tat...

Enjoy the pic~

Summertime...is over :o(

I know there are people out there that believe.."Oh, teachers have summers off! They don't have to do anything for three months!! neh neh neh" True. I consider myself to be a pretty lucky person. BUT, and its a big BUT....I have done lots of "school" stuff this summer, and probably didn't have as much time as I would have liked, but that is all hindsight.

Here is what I did accomplish...
12 BOOKS...

I feel pretty darn good about this. There were non-fiction, beach reads, and lots of young adult books, one of which I will do a review of in a later post. It definitely pulled at my heartstrings.

Anyway...I have read lots of blogs about teachers whose goal was to read 40+ books. Yea, them.

I read books, and I got a tan. AND I didn't count picture books, so boo-yah!

I am pleased to say that book club will be back in full swing in a couple of weeks. With their absence, I have felt a little off. Although I did read my own books, it was kind of weird not to have a "book club" I needed to read. I will be happy when the ladies of the Mean Girls BC can get back together.

Let the Countdown Begin...

That's right....if you didn't know...Mockingjay comes out in 19 days!

'nuff said.