Fun: They call me... My Hunger Games Name

Hey Readers/bloggers! 

I thought I'd try to start a small feature here called "They Call Me..." 

Have any of you ever heard of Ron White? Yes..No. Well if you have then that's why the line "They call me" sounds familiar. If not then let me explain, Ron White is a comedian and one of his jokes (and title of an album I think) is called They call me Tater Salad. So basically that's it. :)

What this feature is about is having fun and making up those names from the Name generators. You know what I'm talking about right? Usually, you'll see them pop up on your facebook feed. I'm always seeing them and sometimes I'll answer them by putting it in a comment. I thought it would be fun to have a place where everyone can see each others. After you figure out what your name is put it in the comment section below and let's have fun and talk about the names that it makes.

I might even get brave and actually make a few name generators myself once I feel comfortable with this feature. I have a few in mind already, and it's book related what! Also, I'm going to try and add some gifs that fit with it because people seem to love gifs!

To get a better look

Girl name

Valeria Baxwoll (Married)

Valeria Velorum (Maiden Name)

Guy Name

Venture Inchcape

Venture Lapworth

Bookish Challenge: LIL Bookish June: Unpopular Opinion

I'll admit when it comes to twitter and instagram I'm not the best at keeping up with them. It sometimes sucks because it feels like that is where everything is happening, and I am just out of the loop. So for the month of June I decided I'm going to try and do LIL Bookish June for Instagram, but also here on my site.

If you want to follow along with me on Instagram my IG name is bookaholicsanonymous 

DAY 11 of Lil Bookish June

Todays challenge is Unpopular Opinion

I can already feel the hate coming from this one, but if you notice I just have the first and second book. I will admit I liked the third one a whole lot better.

Here are my review for the series

The Hunger Games

Catching Fire

Mockingjay

Drop by the reviews and leave me some love or hate. :)

Book Review: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

AUTHOR: Suzanne Collins
PUBLISHER: Scholastic 

SERIES/STANDALONE: Series (Hunger Games, Catching Fire)
PAGES: 400

SOURCE: Bought

Outline:
My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans--except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay--no matter what the personal cost.

Quick Thought (or not)

It may or may not come as a shock to some of you, but I wasn't a fan of The Hunger Games or Catching Fire. -hangs head- If you read those reviews you noticed how I said I would keep at the series. Yes, it took me two years, and 2 movies later to finally finish the series but I did it and now I can officially say that I am glad I stuck with it. As much as I disliked the first two books because let's face it they were basically the same..No? I was happy with the way Mockingjay was done.

Pacing

Yes, at times I found it to be pretty slow paced, but I have to admit at least we're not sitting in the arena the whole book like we did with the first two. I liked that we saw a few different places. We got to see the different districts, the capitol, and then district 13 of course. Like the other two books this one had action that eventually picked up, and moved the book along. If not for the action and fighting it could have fell flat for me.

Characters

As strong as Katniss was in the first two books, I will say that her character felt somehow different in this one. Which I guess going through two games will do that to a person. It was like she had a bit of a split personality in my opinion. There were moments where that fierce girl we loved in the games would show, and then moments where she seemed like this fragile little girl.

Ending 

*Spoiler alert*

In my eyes the ending couldn't have been better. I personally liked the person that Katniss ended up with I felt that they had some kind of connection and a better understanding of each other then the other one. I will say that I suspected something was a bit off with Coin, and was a bit perplexed with Katniss' reactions, but none the less I had a feeling.

Quotes
Dead, but not allowed to die. Alive, but as good as dead. -Katniss

Book review: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

AUTHOR: Suzanne Collins

PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press
PAGES: 391
SERIES/STANDALONE: Series (Book 2)
SOURCE: Bought

OUTLINE:
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark won the annual competition described in Hunger Games, but the aftermath leaves these victors with no sense of triumph. Instead, they have become the poster boys for a rebellion that they never planned to lead. That new, unwanted status puts them in the bull's-eye for merciless revenge by The Capitol. 

 (If you haven't read this book then there's possible spoilers)

I'm in District 2

I decided I wanted to play along with this I'm not sure how I came upon it, and to be honest I had forgotten I even signed up. I figure with the movie coming out next year. Why not give it another chance. I've read the first book, and that's as far as I went, but now I'm beginning to think maybe I need to read the other two. I know I need to read the other two. Also, I want to be able to talk to my friends about it. All of them seem so nuts about it. (This is specifically for you Lan)

My assigned occupation is a Concrete Finisher. 

Wanna join the fun? Go here The Capitol. Let me know what District you get put into.

The Hunger Games Teaser

I'll admit the only reason I wanted to watch the VMAS was to see The Hunger Games Teaser. Also so I could video it and put it up for those who might not have gotten a chance to see it. (From the looks of twitter though a bunch of people did.) Oh, well here it is again just in case. :)

It was ok I suppose. I mean it wasn't the actual movie trailer so you can't be to hard on it. Just to show Katniss running through the forest was kind of like ok that's it really? You couldn't have given us another character in it. Anyways, I don't know.

So what did you think of it?