fantasy young adult 

2009: #98 – Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)

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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

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general fiction 

2009: #97 – Huge (James W. Fuerst)

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Life hasn’t been easy for Eugene “Huge” Smalls.

Sure, his IQ is off the charts, but that doesn’t help much when you’re growing up in the 1980s in a dreary New Jersey town where your bad reputation precedes you, the public school system’s written you off as a lost cause, and even your own family seems out to get you.

But it’s not all bad. Raymond Chandler and Dashell Hammett have taught Huge everything he needs to know about being a hard-boiled detective . . . and he’s just been hired to solve his first case.

What he doesn’t realize is that his search for the truth will change everything for him.

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mailbox monday memes 

2009: Mailbox Monday – Monday #24

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First, the STARS of the week! I’m writing this on Thursday and publishing it on Monday, it’s entirely possible (nay, likely!) that I’ll have Catching Fire finished by the time you read this.  I’m taking it with me on the road to Nashville this (past) weekend.  I buy new hardcovers so rarely, it feels like a treat! Oh, and I got these also, from PaperbackSwap:

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