Thoughts on “Girl in the Arena” by Lise Haines

I picked up a galley of Lise Haines’s Girl in the Arena at last year’s Book Expo America. Fresh from devouring The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, I was looking for something to fill the void until its sequel was released. When a rep at the Bloomsbury booth handed me Girl in the Arena and said, “It’s the …

May Audiobook Favorites: Margaret Atwood & Sherman Alexie

So I’ve been on an audiobook kick lately. They make cleaning, cooking, and driving more enjoyable, and I’d rather listen to them while knitting than watch TV. I’ve gone through a whole slew of them in the past month, but three stood out as my absolute, recommend-them-to-everyone favorites. First up is a YA novel written …

Teaser Tuesdays: “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins

From Teaser Tuesdays TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to: Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that …