Altair, the second of the summer triangle that I'll be mentioning. Altair comes into a Chinese story about a lowly cowherd being in love with a weaver princess - unfortunately a huge river (the milky way) separates the two lovers and except for one day, they aren't allowed to meet. Altair comes from the constellation Aquilla - the eagle... so another appropriate bird reference...
So, because of naming it Altair, this is my Peeta post. It is interesting to me - this is the first "dystopian" book that I have read that has a compelling male character, other than The Giver, of course. Peeta is a character who I would love to meet in real life - and Collins again makes the reader actually CARE about the characters... What will happen with Gale?
Catching Fire finished, now only the final book remains. I flew through both the first two books! I am teaching about suspense in writing these days, and I wish my students were old enough that I could share the hooks that come at the end of each chapter. You need to have a lot of time ready when you start up this series
Having heard that there is a movie coming out... I'm not really sure what to think. With the idea of the games being televised all over the country, it seems weird to be watching a movie about a "movie" more or less... it's like a movie version of Survivor - with more death and kids. The people who I have seen posting lists of "ideal casts" include actors and actresses I've rarely heard of, and I'm always picky about seeing characters in movies after getting to know them through books.
My first character on "that online game" was named Altaire - as I refused to play a dude character, so I added the e... again, one of the easiest asterisms for me to pick out.
Is it really only Monday?
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