30. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
31. Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
32. Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins

I've read all of these before, but I felt like reading them again, so I carried them backstage with me and read between scenes. The Hunger Games is an excellent dystopian series, and I liked it as well as the last couple of times I read it.

33. Prodigy: A Legend Novel, by Marie Lu

This one was better than the first book in the Legend series. I'm a bit surprised this is considered YA (not that there were any particularly "adult" scenes in it -- kissing was as far as it went). The political concepts were complex, though, more like what one would find in a novel written for adults instead of teens. I think the reason it's YA is that the two protagonists are teenagers.


"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”

- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland