Good Grief Charlie Brown

It has been a considerable length of time since I posted anything. I often slack off, for lack of better term, I suppose because I find other things to do. I have recently decided that the "Get X number of items done in a certain length of time" goal I usually set for myself isn't for me. Particularly when it comes to reading. I just need to keep reading. When I pressure myself I either get really bored or burned out. Whichever comes first. What is most important is that I keep reading, even if it is at a slower pace. I get caught up in so many other things anyway. Its in my nature. The important thing is that I always come back. I recently finished the long awaited first book of The Hunger Games series. I put it off for ages because of it's popularity. I generally try to avoid what society deems worthy for me to read, and lean more towards what friends recommend. In this case, a friend did suggest The Hunger Games to me, but I was still hesitant. I was so blind. It is honestly one of the greater stories that I have read in quite sometime. Once she set the scene, it carried me away entirely. I love it when a book does that. I also love it when I can identify with the characters. For some reason, that fates usually put books like that in front of me when I need them. They usually reaffirm things I am already thinking. Katniss is a survivor. She does what she needs to do to get through the task at hand, preferably alone unless it is with someone she trusts. She doesn't like to get to attached for fear of getting hurt, but if you are one of the lucky few there isn't anything in the world she wouldn't do for you. It is her inability to trust that makes us so unalike. She is so used to having to always think a certain way that she cannot see the truth before her very eyes. I love her though. I've been her, so I can understand. Overall it is a great read, and one that I could not put down.