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The Sunday Post is a chance to recap the past week, talk about next week, tell you what I’m reading, and share news. It’s hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Readerbuzz, and Book Date.

 

 

 

 

The Sunday Post #246

 

 

 

 

On The Blog Last Week

 

• On Tuesday we talked about Instagram and book recommendations.

 

 

 

 

In My Reading Life

 

Last week, I finished rereading Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. This is the third book in The Hunger Games series. I decided that I like it less than the first book in the series but more than the second. I’m still somewhat confused about why Katniss voted to continue The Hunger Games after the revolution. I still think the pods are stupid. I don’t like how the author created a bunch of characters with the obvious intent of killing them. Despite my whining, I really love this series. Each time I reread it, I get more out of it. I love that the war is messy with very few clear good guys or bad guys. Most of the characters do awful things or make questionable decisions. The Hunger Games is a very human sci-fi series. If you’ve somehow missed it, please read it!

I also finished rereading The Shining by Stephen King. I read this book a few times as a teenager because I liked the creepy hotel and its murderous, ghostly party guests. I remember being especially weirded out by the ghost dude in the dog costume who was constantly sucking up to people who treated him horribly. I still love the hotel and the evil ghosts, but as an adult who’s read a lot of horror, I was less thrilled with the rest of the book. The N word is used way too often. I know the book was written in the 1970s and the ghosts are from the 1920s, but damn, Stephen King, not every character needs to be a racist. Calm down. Like most King novels, the action takes ten eternities to get going. Once it does start moving, it’s easy to get swept up in it. Life keeps getting worse and worse for the characters. Everything goes wrong. Even though I knew how the story ends, I flew through the second half of the book. I couldn’t put it down. So . . . I guess I’m conflicted about this one. Read it if you’re interested in classic horror, but King has written better books.

Right now, I’m actually reading books I haven’t read before! Imagine that. I’m reading Sky In The Deep by Adrienne Young. So far, it’s the opposite of a Stephen King book. It’s been nonstop action from page 1. I’m also reading The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman. I’m only a few chapters into it, but I’m intrigued.

In The Rest Of My Life

 

Five things that made me happy last week:

 

1. #Fraterfest Readathon has started! Maybe this will give me motivation to get on social media again. I’ve been avoiding it because I can only take US election news in small doses.
2. Speaking of the election, I voted last week. Can I please have fewer spam calls and texts now? I was told that voting would make them stop. Why won’t they stop? I did my democracy! Leave me alone!
3. Watching space stuff on Netflix. There are a ton of space documentaries and shows and I will watch them all.
4. The Amazing Race is back! I guess it was filmed in The Before Times when Americans could still travel around the world. Those were good times.
5. The Simpsons is back too! And South Park. Basically, I spent the whole week watching TV. No regrets.

 

 

 

 

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Take care of yourselves and be kind to each other! See you around the blogosphere!