May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor!!

Hope you weekend was awesome..
Friday night..
walked down to see The Hunger Games..

loved the books..
first read them over a year ago..
then again..
and again..
I do that often..
reread books..
over and over..
I was skeptical about the movie..
I've seen what Hollywood does to books..
hello Twilight..
The Scarlet Letter (are you kidding me with that??)
Memoirs of a Geisha..
but when I saw the casting for HG..
I thought..
hoped..
maybe..
just maybe..
so..
I got excited..
couldn't wait to see it..
then..
I saw it..
hmmmmmmmm..
gotta tell you..
for the first hour..
maybe..
hour and a half..
I..
absolutely..
HATED it!!
I know it's only a 2 and a half hour movie..
stuff gets cut..
sometimes..
changing the scope of the story..
to me anyway..
I did like some parts of the games..
I did like the 'behind the scenes' scenes..
but I hated the end..
so..
all in all..
I'd give it a C..
Minus..
Minus
if I hadn't read the book..
I might have enjoyed the movie..
I'm not sure..
your opinion?
Did you like the flick?
Rolling Stone's review

I didn't get to work on my sewing cabinet..
this weekend was too wet..
instead..
I spent a wonderfully rainy afternoon..

curled up..
under my blanket..
read my book..
The Scorpio Races

LOVED this book!!
LOVED it!!
Sometimes it's nice to read a book..
no vampires..
no werewolves..
no ridiculously over-the-top love story..
(yes, I do love those too)
no endless series of books..
(yes, I love those as well)
just a book..
a girl..
a boy..
a few horses..
okay..
many horses..
and a race..
simple..
yet..
engaging..
malevolent water horses ridden in a yearly race..
okay..
perhaps that part isn't quite..
so simple..
but the story flows..
and I loved it.
B Plus Plus..
Thanks Maggie..
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