Sunday Synopsis: November 22, 2009

I am a little late in posting my little weekly summary. I had such high hopes of getting caught up this weekend, but then my internet went and died on me! Even now it is only working sporadically and to be quite honest, I am going crazy!!! Who would have thought that I would be so "plugged in"?!?! Thank heavens I have a 5-day weekend coming up, starting this Wednesday, to work on getting my internet working again consistently and caught up some more reviews!! In the meantime, here is my weekly synopsis . . .

DISCUSSIONS:

• Remembering My Roots!! (and the corresponding UPDATED Review Policy)

REVIEWS:

• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

GIVEAWAY: Don't forget to check out Giving My Thanks!!!, featuring a giveaway of a family pack of *NEW* books for your whole family!! It's my way of showing my appreciation for all the support from my readers (despite my random presence this year)!!

CURRENTLY READING:

• Defenders of the Scroll by Shiraz (page 23 of 250)
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (audio; disc 1 of 10)

REVIEWS TO COME:

• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (scheduled!!)
• Daniel X: Watch the Skies by James Patterson & Ned Rust
• King by Right of Blood and Might by Anna L. Walls
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
• Arthur's Audio Favorites Volume 2 by Marc Brown
• A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
• Dancing with Ana by Nicole Barker
• George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
• Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World by Tracy Kidder
• Fool by Christopher Moore
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• The Little Island by Golden MacDonald and Leonard Weisgard
• Black and White by David Macauley
• Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
• Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Rocky Mountain Snow Ghosts by Patti Hurst
• Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
• Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
• Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary
• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Kellerman
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• S is for Save the Planet by Brad Herzog
• The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney
• Mesmeric Revelation by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Facts in the Case of in M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Spectacles by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• Some Words With A Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)
• The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe (Poe Fridays)

AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE: I still have not made it through my Google Reader, though I have finally begun to work on it. I'm hoping later this week to have a special post completely devoted to those amazing posts I want to highlight . . . say, over the past month!!!

ADDITIONAL UPDATES: I've received some awesome awards, will be signing up for some more challenges, and hope to particiapte in another read-a-thon in the weeks to come. There is a lot happening, and here's to hoping it all gets posted this week during my long weekend!!