Don't know what to saaaayyyy...

That totally sounds like a line from a song, but it's not. Er, I don't think it is. If it IS in a song, I haven't heard it before. o_O If someone recognizes that line from a song, shoot me a comment and tell me what song it is! I wanna know! (It might not EXIST, Nightshade...)

ANYway, speaking of songs, I'm going to start putting a couple of my favorite-songs-at-the-moment in my posts... even though it's not related to books whatsoever... Maybe if I find a song that matches a book reasonably well, I'll put that. :)

Top of my Favorites playlist right now: Animal I Have Become, by Three Days Grace (unrelated to any books I know. It's just my favorite song at the moment)

What I'm Reading: Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins! It's amazing! :D It's the second book in the Hunger Games series (the first is The Hunger Games). Get right out to the bookstore and get it! Make sure to read these in order, though, otherwise the whole series is DEFINITELY ruined.

In this second book, after surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen tries to resume life as it was before the Games. However, nothing is quite the same as it was before. She owns a brand-new house, has everything she could ever want; but at the same time, her best friend turns his back and the districts whisper of rebellion. Now Katniss has to stop something she wasn't meaning to start. The stakes are high and are pushed to the highest when an unexpected turn of events adds yet another twist on her life...

Something seems to be wrong with my vision. The ground is too bright and shiny and keeps undulating. I squint down at my feet and see that my metal plate is surrounded by blue waves that lap up over my boots. Slowly I raise my eyes and take in the water spreading out in every direction.

I can only form one clear thought.

This is no place for a girl on fire.

A little motivation to read it soon: A third book is expected! Not sure when it's coming out, but it's definitely going to be published!

Assigned Reading :P

Raise your hand if you hate- er, deeply dislike assigned reading for school! *hand shoots into air* I had to read The Canterbury Tales. Thankfully, we just finished and it's OVER!! Admittedly, it was much better than Beowulf, but still. It was confusing. Also, it's got some... er... certain content of an inappropriate nature, so readers beware! It's kind of creepy, actually. Like, not scary-creepy, but strange-weird-creeper-stalker-creepy.

But enough about bad books. Focus on good books!

What I'm Reading: Fruits Basket!!!!! It's the most amazing manga series EVER! And don't be turned off by the manga genre. I'm definitely not a big fan of manga or anime or anything, but this series is GOOD. I'd say it's maybe age 13 and up, for a little bit of language (nothing, like, extremely profane or anything). It's the second series to ever make me literally almost fall off my chair because I was laughing so hard (Percy Jackson was the first). Natsuki Takaya (the author) is an absolute genius!

What I like so much about this series is that it's got something for everyone- I'd classify the genre as comedy-romance-sitcom-inspirational. Yes, inspirational. There's some good stuff in there. You know, stuff that makes you go "Whoa, I never thought of that..." because it's... deep, I guess? (I sound really lame right now, don't I?) It's a little odd, but overall hilarious and amazing!! READ! IT! NOW!

Here's a couple lines from the series, since a big quote wouldn't work (it's manga, after all):

"Wow! There's a lake! It's so pretty! And so big!"

"Is it that unusual for you to see a lake?"

"YES!!"

"A novelist can't be without a kimono and pen! Although I use a computer."

"Sometimes it feels like the whole world is conspiring to destroy my house..."

(And now one of the really good ones!)

"When we are first born, all we know how to do is want. We want food, we want attention. Natural instinct, I guess. But kindness is something that we all have to learn as we go. It's something that grows and develops over time... True kindness isn't something we are born with, it's something we have to work at. We have to mold it and shape it inside ourselves. Not everyone has it, but I think everyone has the potential."

EEP!

AAAHHHH!!! SO sorry I haven't posted, at all in forever. I was getting all ready to post and thinking of a good book and all, but then my Internet crashed... and stayed down for three weeks. Thankfully, it's working again, and Obsession 4 Reading is back up :D

Plus, you can feed my little fish over there ----->

If you click in their little tank, it drops food in. Then my fishies get excited and eat it.

You know you want to feed them.

You know you do.

So do it.

>:D

What I'm Reading: Forest Born, by Shannon Hale. Of course, since it's Shannon Hale, it's incredibly amazing. :) It's the fourth in the Books of Bayern (did you know there was going to be a fourth? I found out in February! EXTREMELY pleasant surprise). I think I already reviewed River Secrets, the third book... yeah, pretty sure I did.

In this fourth book, Razo's little sister, Rin, is tired of being a shadow. So when Razo and Dasha visit the homestead, she returns with them to Bayern's capital to be a lady-in-waiting to Queen Anidori. But soon after she arrives, a new threat surfaces. Someone in Kel, the country to the north, wants them all dead. But who?

((Will post quote later!))