Book&Brunch

friday finds

(1) What happens when a suburban female engineers turns into big city San Francisco event planner?  Follow my lovely friend Katie as she blogs about her journey to the West Coast.

(2) A show that I’m really going to miss since leaving Canadaland is Pick a Puppy.  I think the title pretty much describes the premise of the show.  A family looks at three different types of puppy, each family member wants a different breed, and voila! the concept of the show.  This puppy of the day website will have to fill the void of the show.

(3) When I’m stuck in a rut and craving adventure, this European photo blog lifts me out of my funk.  Prepare to be inspired!

Apologies

Dearest Blog World,

I apologize for the current lack of post and future posts.  This past month I’ve relocated from Toronto to San Francisco and with that it’s been a bit difficult trying to find time to read, brunch, and blog. 

But.. with a new city, it’s definitely on my to do list to look for new brunch places.  So be on a look out for new brunch reviews. 

If you have any recommendations for San Francisco, feel free to shoot me an email or comment below :)

catching fire - a hunger game book

I can’t express how much I really like The Hunger Game series.  Catching Fire is the second book in the series and the series continue to be addictive, like fire in a forest (get it?  Fire in a forest, catching fire? I’m so witty!)

Katniss and Peeta (insert swooning here) have returned to District 12 as victors - the first pair in the history of the games.  But not everyone is happy with how the game turned out.  There’s an unrest growing in the districts and the Capitol isn’t too happy with the turn of events. 

***Siren sounds!!! Warning! May contain spoilers***

I really enjoyed the second book despite at first thinking it was a bit repetitive.  I found Katniss a bit annoying in the first book but she grew on me in this book.  She stopped being this whiny selfish 16 year old and started thinking about others and the consequences of her action.  She still has that survival mentality but its lessen with the influence of Peeta on her.

One of my friends found the beginning of the story a bit mundane but I loved learning about life in the other Districts… this was something that I found lacking in other dystopia novels such as The Giver.  If you love the first book and are having a hard time getting into the second, give it at least a 100 pages before you give up.  It gets good.

And I have to ask… are you Team Peeta or Team Gale? 

Go the F*** to Sleep

         

My friend recently gave me Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach as a joke (I think).  When I took the book out of the bag, I couldn’t stop laughing because I really did want to read this book. 

I’m not a parent but having spent a few years babysitting in high school, I totally appreciate this book and already have a list of new dads that I want to give it to for Father’s Day. 

It’s pretty much written like a children’s book in a nice poetry-like way with the common theme of telling the kid to go to sleep.

My favourite line…

                            “I know you’re not thirsty. That’s bullshit. Stop lying. 

                                      Lie the f**K down, my darling, and sleep.

The illustrations are also pretty cute.

I don’t recommend reading this to your kids… maybe if they were 18+ or a mature 16 year old who won’t angst out on you when he/she fails to take the hint.

Rating: 5/5

Re-reading Jane Eyre and remembering why I loved it so much in high school.