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The Song that Never Ends

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel by Suzanne Collins

October 13, 2024 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

I read the original Hunger Games trilogy around the time the movies were coming out, because sometimes I like to keep an eye on what’s popular. I remember enjoying the first book, then enjoying the second book less, and then not enjoying the third book at all. The third book was tedious, repetitive and dull, in my opinion. Unfortunately, that downward trend has only continued into Suzanne Collins’s prequel novel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Set decades before the events of the original trilogy, […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: Suzanne Collins

jeverett15's CBR16 Review No:67 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: Suzanne Collins ·
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Like karaoke for books

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

September 28, 2024 by genericwhitegirl 2 Comments

Did you know Panem was pronounced “PAN-EM?” I sure didn’t. You emphasize both syllables apparently. That’s a benefit of listening to the audio book. But you know what might not be a benefit of an audiobook? Hearing a man trying to do female voices. Now, I’ll admit that I listen to audio books at a fast pace, which obviously affects the vibe. But I couldn’t help think that the females in this book sounded like female South Park characters. And it gets worse when some […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: genericwhitegirl, skootchyknees, Suzanne Collins, the ballad of songbirds and snakes, The Blist

genericwhitegirl's CBR16 Review No:14 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: genericwhitegirl, skootchyknees, Suzanne Collins, the ballad of songbirds and snakes, The Blist ·
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The Autobiography of a Narcissistic Psychopath

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

February 28, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Coriolanus Snow’s only way to rebuild his family’s legacy is to have his tribute make a good showing in the 10th Hunger Games. But when he starts to become interested in Lucy Gray, he wonders if it might be possible for her to actually win them. I put off reading this book for a long time, scared off by mixed reviews from other fans of the Hunger Games series. It’s certainly a different type of story, but I ended up appreciating this new perspective into […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, adventure, audiobook, black comedy, dystopia, music, politics, Suzanne Collins

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:31 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, adventure, audiobook, black comedy, dystopia, music, politics, Suzanne Collins ·
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a thousand apologies and what feels like a thousand reviews (through November 2023)

Edinburgh by Alexander Chee

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

Kindred by Octavia E Butler

Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Hinumegin er mars by Sólrun Michelsen

Trust by Hernan Diaz

How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't by Ian Dunt

Happy Place by Emily Henry

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class by Owen Jones

The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It by Owen Jones

In the Beginning was the Sea by Tomás González

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

The City & the City by China Miéville

A History of Burning by Janika Oza

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent by Dipo Faloyin

Passion Simple by Annie Ernaux

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller

The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain by Brett Christophers

The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray

Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within by Rory Stewart

Rivals by Katherine McGee

Reign by Katherine McGee

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

The Iliad by Homer, Emily Wilson

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

10 Things that Never Happened by Alexis Hall

The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer

The Fraud by Zadie Smith

A Dangerous Kind of Lady by Mia Vincy

A Little Life by Hanya Yanighara

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

The Starting Over Game by girl_with_kaleidoscope_eyes

December 31, 2023 by wicherwill 1 Comment

Edinburg by Alexander Chee CBR15: Sex True fact, when someone British asked me what I was reading I pronounced this “Edin-BERG” and to their credit they didn’t laugh but instead asked, with some horrified sincerity, if that’s how Americans say it. It’s not! At least, not on purpose. It’s just how can the English language claim to have been invented in a country that seems to not have grasped even a shred of understanding of how the various letters in it work? I digress. This is […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fanfiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alexander Chee, Alexis Hall, Ali Hazelwood, alice oseman, ann patchett, Annie Ernaux, Bonnie Garmus, brandon sanderson, Brett Christophers, but on average the word count works, Carolyn Keene, China Mieville, claudia gray, Curtis Sittenfeld, Diana Biller, Dipo Faloyin, Emily Henry, georgette heyer, girl_with_kaleidoscope_eyes, Hanya Yanighara, hernan diaz, Homer; Emily Wilson, Ian Dunt, Janika Oza, Julie Soto, Katherine McGee, Kevin Kwan, lauren groff, Mia Vincy, Michael Harriot, octavia e. butler, owen jones, R.F. Kuang, Rachel Lynn Solomon, Rory Stewart, Sherry Thomas, Sólrun Michelsen, some review amnesty in there, Suzanne Collins, t kingfisher, Talia Hibbert, Tomas Gonzalez, Travis Baldree, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Zadie Smith

wicherwill's CBR15 Review No:67 · Genres: Book Club, Fanfiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alexander Chee, Alexis Hall, Ali Hazelwood, alice oseman, ann patchett, Annie Ernaux, Bonnie Garmus, brandon sanderson, Brett Christophers, but on average the word count works, Carolyn Keene, China Mieville, claudia gray, Curtis Sittenfeld, Diana Biller, Dipo Faloyin, Emily Henry, georgette heyer, girl_with_kaleidoscope_eyes, Hanya Yanighara, hernan diaz, Homer; Emily Wilson, Ian Dunt, Janika Oza, Julie Soto, Katherine McGee, Kevin Kwan, lauren groff, Mia Vincy, Michael Harriot, octavia e. butler, owen jones, R.F. Kuang, Rachel Lynn Solomon, Rory Stewart, Sherry Thomas, Sólrun Michelsen, some review amnesty in there, Suzanne Collins, t kingfisher, Talia Hibbert, Tomas Gonzalez, Travis Baldree, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Zadie Smith ·
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Just in time for the movie

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

September 20, 2023 by Sophia Leave a Comment

It was only when the trailer for the new movie, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, popped up on my Youtube page that I realized there was another Hunger Games story that I’d somehow missed. I’d read the original Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins–really getting caught up in the action in the first book, but losing interest and gaining frustration by the last book. I never made it through all the movies, but it was an intriguing story that stuck with me. Thus, after watching the trailer, I immediately […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: cbr15bingo, Suzanne Collins

Sophia's CBR15 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: cbr15bingo, Suzanne Collins ·
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Stop trying to make known villains into troubled protagonists

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

January 27, 2021 by Caitlin_D 1 Comment

I don’t know why I read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes other than the fact I am a completionist and it is officially part of The Hunger Games trilogy because it is a pet peeve of mine when authors play revisionist history within their canon. Our protagonist is Coriolanus Snow, a Capital resident who is finishing up high school and tapped to mentor in the 10th annual Hunger Games. On the line as a mentor is the opportunity to attend the University on a scholarship and while […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Suzanne Collins, the ballad of songbirds and snakes, The Hunger Games

Caitlin_D's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Suzanne Collins, the ballad of songbirds and snakes, The Hunger Games ·
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