"Wither" by Lauren DeStefano

I really want to read this book! I was thinking of this one instead of The Help!


By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this genetic time bomb. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males with a lifespan of 25 years, and females with a lifespan of 20 years. Geneticists are seeking a miracle antidote to restore the human race, desperate orphans crowd the population, crime and poverty have skyrocketed, and young girls are being kidnapped and sold as polygamous brides to bear more children. When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can’t bring herself to hate him as much as she’d like to. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away her short life. But Rhine quickly learns that not everything in her new husband’s strange world is what it seems. Her father-in-law, an eccentric doctor bent on finding the antidote, is hoarding corpses in the basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted one day and feared the next, and Rhine is desperate to communicate to her twin brother that she is safe and alive. Will Rhine be able to escape--before her time runs out?Together with one of Linden's servants, Gabriel, Rhine attempts to escape just before her seventeenth birthday. But in a world that continues to spiral into anarchy, is there any hope for freedom?

Mockingjay

While reading Mockingjay I have been pacing myself. As I come closer to the end I feel a bit sad to think this will be the last I read of Katniss Everdeen. Unless I read it again which I plan to do eventually. :o) People say this book was slower and that Catching Fire was their favorite. I have loved every minute of these books. It is hard for me to decide which one is my favorite. Maybe because I have read them back to back they kind of run together in my mind, but I cannot stop thinking about it. I feel connected to Katniss as I am sure most do when reading this amazing story. This past week had been filled with amazing adventures with Catnip. I will miss her!

First Official Club Meeting!

Hello! I am pleased to say we are having our first official Book Club Meeting this coming Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 8:45 pm. Meet me on Skype! My skype name is ashleyj2105. From there I can give you everyone else's names so we can skype together! Or, if you would like to use Google+, let me know!

Finished Catching Fire

I have finally finished it! It was amazing. The whole book had me on the edge of my seat! The ending left me wanting more! I cannot wait to read Mockingjay, which I am starting this evening. It was so good I cannot even put into words my thoughts and feelings on the book.

Catching Fire

What can I say. About half way through I am in shock! I kind of had a feeling this would happen.. but still kind of shocked. I feel as if I am there, beside Katniss, watching as she realizes what's unfolding in front of her. The horrified look in her eyes as it sinks in. With my heart pounding and the butterflies in my stomach, I cannot help my eyes from glossing over. Luckily I was distracted by one of my children so the glossiness in my eyes did not turn into full blown tears. Well, back to the book!

My thoughts on The Hunger Games.

Started reading 3/22/2012 and ended on 3/25/2012

So, I just read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Book 1 of a trilogy. I couldn't seem to put it down. Though it's 374 pages, it took me 4 days to read. I think that's pretty good considering I have 2 kids and hardly get a moment to do anything for myself.

Rue and Katniss's relationship captured my heart and was one of the many moments I found myself tearing up in the book. I cannot wait to read Catching Fire and see how everything pans out with Gale and Peeta.

The beginning of the book had me hooked when it talked about her life in District 12. It makes me think of how our world might be for our grandchildren or great grandchildren.

The ending was left open to make me anxious to read the next book.

This I think was a great book to start my reading in life. This is the FIRST book I have ever read front to back. (Even in school.) I am so very proud of myself and look forward to many more adventures in reading.

Ashley J

I think the first book on our agenda will be The Help by Kathryn Stockett.