Feeding Your Soul

Every year, the world of Panem comes together to watch The Hunger Games – a live-action, real time, real people event that brings 24 tributes between the ages of 12 and 17 into an arena to fight to the death.   The last one standing wins eternal glory, food and shelter beyond their wildest dreams.   This is the future of North America in The Hunger Games.   North America, after years of war and unrest has divided up into 12 Districts – all obeying the Capitol who rules them. Originally there were 13 districts but the 13 th district rebelled and wiped out because of it. So that the other districts don’t forget what they did, the Capitol created the Hunger Games – to remind all of Panem of just how much power the Capitol has over them.   Katniss Everdeen is a 16-year old girl who takes her 12-year old sister’s place in the games when her name is called. She has no idea what her being in the games will do to her, her family, her district and all of Panem. Kids killing...

Set in the middle of the Great Depression, Jacob is a university student studying to become a veterinarian to work alongside his father at his animal hospital.   During his class, the Dean of Students tells him that both of his parents were killed in an automobile accident.   Through a talk with his father’s lawyer, the animal hospital and home will be sold to the bank to cover their debt.   Jacob becomes closed off from everything and everyone and soon finds himself jumping on a moving train filled with circus performers for the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.   He talks his way into the circus as a veterinarian and becomes immediately attracted to the owner’s wife, Marlena.   And this is where the fun really begins. One thing the author does well is the creation of August.   The reader knows from the start that there is something not right with August and so does everyone else in the circus.   It isn’t talked about nor is it confront...

Picture it – The Hamptons, Labor Day weekend, a big party on the beach hosted by the most known couple and family on the Hamptons. Then a gun goes off three times and someone falls dead on the beach by the water while the fireworks are going off. Cut to the party where we meet Emily as she talks to her friend Ashley about a fight she is having with a man named Daniel who is her fiancée. Then another friend Nolan comes up to her and they tell each other that neither one should be there (at the party). Cut to the beach again where we see a man pulling the dead body away from the shore to a marshy area with tall grass – out of sight. We see a couple run away from the party to the beach area and attempt to go swimming but see someone else there and go to investigate, shocked at what they find. AT the same time, the host of the party, Victoria Grayson is making a speech about the party which is an engagement party for her son Daniel and Emily. She gives her blessing to Emily in front of eve...