Nick Hornby--not exactly kid fiction---

Don't ask why, but I am reading two Nick Hornby's novels at once.  How to be Good, and Slam.  The first one I am more than half way through and I really like it.....and since you pleaded and asked me why till I can barely stand it anymore.....I left this book at school, and was so mad when I realized that I couldn't finish it this weekend....so I started Slam.  It has the auora of About a Boy, but so far I am not feeling it too much.  I hope this changes, but I love everything Nick Hornby writes.  Everything from Juliet Naked, to the Pollysallabic Spree, to High Fidelty....all of it. 

I would love to put his books in a high school library, but I am not sure about how that would go over.  Sherman Alexie's books are in the library, and I was actually suprised at first, but I don't think our librarian knew some of the stuff that is in his books.....she took them back off the shelves I think.  There is some really great literature out there that would appeal to teenagers I think, but how do you decide how much they can handle....or actually....how much their parents can handle?  Especially in the Bible belt of the Bible belt......
hmmmm.......

Hunger Game series

So I finished the rest of the Hunger Game series, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay.  I really liked them, but not quite as much as the first.  A lot of people I talk to say they only like the first one, and the other two aren't very good.  Not so sure I am with them, but I know why they say what they do. 

Suzanne Collins is especially good at creating suspense and action.  You really like the characters and are torn between which boy that the main character should end up with. 
Although some of the plot is easy to figure out, such as who is going to side with the capitol and who is going to join the revolution, it is interesting what happens with Peeta's character, and the result is not always pleasing, but again, slightly realistic.  What else might you expect from a dystopia?