Tantalizing Trilogies......

I am still currently sleeping on an air mattress in the Waynesburg house, but I have started my summer job- working at a coffee/tanning/video lottery place.  We just opened last Wednesday and since business has been slow, I have been doing a lot of reading (and tanning).  So here is a post of my most recent reads, which both happen to be trilogies.

The first trilogy I started was "The Hunger Games".  I began reading the first one in April, but with me still being in school, barely had time to read.  I have finished all 3 books now - "The Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", and "Mockingjay"- and was rather intrigued by the plot. 
In a nutshell, "The Hunger Games" is a futuristic story in which a large area is divided off by sections, or districts. There are 12 districts, and a main hub known as "The Capitol".  Each district is responsible for producing some kind of good to The Capitol.  Since all of the goods produced are sent to The Capitol, food and other goods are very limited- kind of like rations were back in the Great Depression. 

So, to entertain The Capitol and also provide food source to a certain district for a year, they hold an annual event called "The Hunger Games".  Each district sends 1 girl and 1 boy between to ages of 12-18 to fight for them in the Games.  The names are drawn for a hat- per say.  They fight and kill until 1 remains, and whatever district they are from, gets food for a year.

Being that it is a trilogy, many events happen......but as I was reading, I couldn't help but wonder if this is what America will be like in the future?  The government controlling everything.  I know we live in a free country, but who knows when our freedom could be taken away from us!?  I do find that most Americans take everything for granted.  We are not appreciative of basic necessities. 

Take for example, last weekend, we had a horrible storm and many people lost electricity, some of which still do not have it.  As I log onto Facebook, all I see is people bitching that they do not have electricity, and I couldn't help but think that electricity is a luxury!  Yes, I'm sure it is bothersome not having it, because we were fortunate enough not to lose it, but can't people make the most if it?  Enjoy your family, without the TV or video games.  Camp out and live in the wilderness. Make the most of it!  Oh, I'll stop......point proved.   (:     But it was a great story line, and I highly recommend it!

Now, from one extreme to the other- the next trilogy I have started is "Fifty Shades of Grey".  Hmmmm.....were do I start with this one.....

A girl named Anastasia interviewed a billionaire entrepreneur for her colleges' newspaper.  His name is Christian Grey and he is hot.  They go on a date, and eventually Ana finds out that he is into kinky things- chains, whips, gags, the whole nine yards.  He even has a playroom with all of these things and many more in it.  Well poor little Ana is a virgin.  She loses her virginity to him by "vanilla sex"- plain bed sex- no toys involved.  He wants her to be his submissive, as him being the Dominant, by signing a legal document with rules and limits outlined.  Being that Ana has never even had sex before, she questions it and wants to get to know Christian better personally.  After many weeks, she finds out that he had a crack whore mother who allowed her pimp to beat up on Christian, putting cigarettes out on him and he still has all the scars.  His mother died, and Christian was left with her dead body for 4 days....wow.  He gets adopted by a well-to-do family, and then at the tender age of 15, ends up being a submissive for an older women, who just so happens to be his adopted mother's friend.

This is all a lot to take in for Ana, although she enjoys the sex, but they compromise on things, and end up really caring for each other.  Then, the plot thickens......an ex-sub has gone crazy and is looking for Christian.  And many more mind-blowing things....LoL.

I have read the first 2 books so far and they are very good- not just the sex scenes, but the many sides of Christian Grey (hense the title - "Fifty Shades" meaning the many different sides "of Grey").  It is intriguing to hear of his Dominant/Submissive lifestyle, but also very sad to hear of his uprising.  As a teacher, I may witness neglect of a child, and I cannot imagine what that must be like, but to hear how this man deals with his emotions is unreal.  It is a must-read!