Information about Suzanne collins-the author of The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins was born on 10 august 1962. She is an American television writer and novelist. She is best known as an author of New York Times best selling series the underland chronicles and the hunger games trilogy. She has won a lot of awards like California young reader medal, Georgia peach book awards for teen reader, etc. She earned her master of fine arts degree in 1989. She wrote more than 10 books and her fist book was written in 2003. Most of her books are science fiction but she also write books in different genres like fantasy, young adult fiction etc. I think that I would like to read her books because they are mainly science fiction books and I love to read science fiction books. 

Discussion question: what kind of genre do you like to read? 

Why I chose this book?

I chose the hunger games because I have seen the move of this book and wanted to see what the difference is. I also chose this book because I like to read science fiction books. This is a science fiction book and so I can relate to it easily. I am also reading this book because I want to read other book from this series and so if I read this book I can understand more about what they are talking about in the next book. This book was rated 4.2 out of 5 in good read and so I chose to read this book.

Discussion question: what are the ways you chose a book?

Book review of the book Heat by Mike Lupica

I would rate the book 4.5 out of 5 because I think it has a great plot. The author uses some great diction. One bad thing about the book was that it was a little slow. I would advocate this book to anyone who likes baseball or sports. It is also a great book for people who like fictional stories. Summary- This book is about a 12 year old gifted baseball player Michael Arroyo. The story takes place in New York near the Yankees stadium. After being an outstanding player in his team and district, he got into a situation in which his age was questioned by coaches from different teams. He had no way to prove it because he has no mother, no father, and no birth certificate as it was at his native place, Cuba. If he could not prove his age he would not be allowed to play anymore for his team and if people know about his secret then he would be separated from his brother. If you like to know what happen to him read the book.

Discussion question- What would you do if you are in Michael’s place? 

Setting of the book Heat by Mike Lupica

The story takes place in Bronx, New York. Near the Yankees stadium. The main character of the story is Michael Arroyo as the story is based over him. The story took place in 2006 when the book was published. I know this because they talk about a quote said by Joe DiMaggio which was framed in the old stadium. The stadium was replaced in 2007. The characters in the story all wore cloths like we normally wear. This shows that the story took place recently.

Discussion question: Have you ever had difficultly finding out what time (year) your story took place?