Tweak by Nic Sheff

So I just finished this one last night. If you've ever felt the temptation to try drugs read this book. It will totally turn you off the idea. Nic Sheff went through solid hell with his meth addiction and he tells us all about it in his memoir Tweak. From homelessness to starvation to much worse things he tells a brutally honest tale of hitting the bottom more than once. His father wrote a companion book called Beautiful Boy which I haven't read but which presumably tells his side of the story.

Nic's story is inspirational but very graphic in many ways...violence, sex, drug use (duh) and it is a nonfiction memoir so this is true stuff. Just something to be aware of when you pick it up.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Hey all! Are you looking for a book that will keep you guessing all through the night? Look no further! This book takes place in a technologically advanced though dark and dreary future. The world has been devestated due to war and natural disasters leaving only Panem, a "country" located in North America that is lead by a cruel dictator-ish entity known as The Capitol. The Capitol keeps all 12 of its districts in line by forcing them each to send two "tributes," a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18, to participate in The Hunger Games.

It could also be called the Killing Games because the whole point of the games is to survive. There is only one winner. Everyone else has to die. This is the first book in a planned series and I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOOK.

I'm back to posting! Thanks for being patient!