The anthem begins, but there are no faces in the sky tonight. The audience will be restless, thirsting for blood.Sequel to the very impressive The Hunger Games, the second book in the series has our heroine Katniss once again forced to take to the combat arena for brutal contest with the champions of her world. I could see the end coming from about a quarter of the way into the book, so was a bit impatient with the characters who weren't expecting it, but the pace of the writing about short-term survival and loyalty to friends and potential lovers in extreme circumstances carries it. I went and bought the third book yesterday, so I hope it is a decent climax.
June Books 3) Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
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The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease and the End of an Empire, by Kyle Harper
Second paragraph of third chapter: Aristides had come to Rome, much as Galen would a generation later, an aspiring young provincial ready to try his…
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My books of 2018, and a poll
I read 262 books this year, the seventh highest of fourteen years that I have been keeping count, so squarely in the middle. (Full numbers: 238 in…
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Monday and December reading wrap-up
Monday Reading Current The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2010 Edition, ed. Rich Horton Heartspell, by Blaine Anderson Last…
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