Suzanne Collins' "Catching Fire".
After finishing the Hunger Games, i was excited to start on the second book in the series. Unfortunatley, it was not at all what I wanted. I was hoping for a book about Katniss struggling to return to normal life in District 12, or starting an uprising. But instead, it goes through the same thing as the first book because of the "Quater Quell", which took one male and one female victor from each district and put them back in the arena. Although this book was stupidly repeatitive, i read it because I was hoping to get the same enjoyment out of this as The Hunger Games. I was too hopeful.
After finishing the Hunger Games, i was excited to start on the second book in the series. Unfortunatley, it was not at all what I wanted. I was hoping for a book about Katniss struggling to return to normal life in District 12, or starting an uprising. But instead, it goes through the same thing as the first book because of the "Quater Quell", which took one male and one female victor from each district and put them back in the arena. Although this book was stupidly repeatitive, i read it because I was hoping to get the same enjoyment out of this as The Hunger Games. I was too hopeful.
To be honest, this book was much better than i was expecting, it had everything, thrill, romance, action, puzzles, even learning. Marcus is just an everyday 17 year-old, with the excepting of playing an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) which puts him in the wrong place at the wrong time. A terrorist attack on San Fransico leaves Marcus and his friends; Darryl, Jolu and Van, in a sticky situation. They are taken by the DHS (Department Of Homeland Security) and eventually return, all except Darryl. Marcus' town has been turned into a police state, and his best friend has been taken by his own country. Marcus now launches an online war against the DHS, hacking, jamming, and coding their way to terrorist status. This book is one of my favourite books, and leaves out barely anything. It has that old, old moral, that one person can make a change.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter, an average teenage wizard. Except for the fact that his parents were killed by the most powerful dark socerer to ever live, but couldn't kill Harry. Harry's now returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy for his third year. Upon returning to the secret magic world, he learns about an escaped prisoner from Azkaban, the wizard prison named Sirius Black. Harry returns to Hogwarts, and most people (including Harry) believe that Sirius is looking for Harry, and wants to kill him. Harry is no stranger to danger and enemies, but soon learns about the past's drak secrets. Harry Potter is one of my favourite book series, and Prisoner of Azkaban is my second favourite in the series, so it may be somewhat biased when I say that this book is nothing short of amazing. It has action, problem solving, and the characters are so real, yet the setting is somewhat fairy-tale like. I would recommend this book to anyone who like fantasy, adventure or magic.
