Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

I recently started reading Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares.  I think it is really fun how the pants fit and look good on all four girls.  So far, the girls have each just left home for the summer experiences, except Tibby who is staying home and has a job.  Her job is at Wallmans, which is like a Walgreens.  Lena and her sister just arrived in Greece to spend the summer with their grandparents.  Lena always imagined her grandparents as famous celebrities.  When she gets there she finds that they are just normal people and she will have to grow to love them.  Carmen is going to visit her dad and his new family.  Her parents recently got divorced.  Bridget is going to a soccer camp.  The girls have set up rules for the pants and will pass them from one to the other during the summer as a way to keep in touch.  Lena has the pants first in Greece.  I can’t wait to learn more about their adventures.  I wonder if they will meet other new friends.  I also wonder how their friendships will change while they are apart and how the pants will help with that.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I recently started reading The Hunger Games.  I started reading it because I heard that The Hunger Games has sold over 6 million copies all over the world.  The movie also just came out and made the most money of any non-sequel movie of all time on its opening day.  So I decided that I should read this book considering that it is so popular.  I have not read too much yet, but I know that Katniss, at age 16, will have her name in the reaping twenty times and that her sister, Prim, will have her name in the reaping for the first time.  Because the book is so popular, I already know the basic story.  I know that Katniss will go into the Hunger Games for her sister.  Katniss will do well in the Hunger Games but I don’t know if she will ultimately die or be the winner.  Katniss is a good hunter and survivor and these skills ought to help her in the Games.  Only one child out of the 24 in the Hunger Games can win.  The rest will all die.  I can’t wait to find out what happens.  I am also curious to know what will happen to Katniss’ family when she is gone.  Katniss is the one who gathers the family’s food because her father died.  I wonder too if Gale, Katniss’s hunting friend, will also go into the Hunger Games.  He will have his name in forty-two times, so the odds are very high that he will be chosen.  If he is in the Hunger Games, he will do a good job just like Katniss because he is also a good hunter.   This means that only one will live and one will die.  This is super scary if it happens that they are both in the game.