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Summary from BN.com: The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive.... Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision.... While reading this book, the movie THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW kept coming into my mind. I kept picturing the students huddled together as imminent and possible death is approaching in the form of snow and freezing temperatures. Surviv...

If it wasn't for book bloggers and Twitter, I would have never discovered this wonderful series. I had never heard of The Hunger Games or Catching Fire before. While I read YA fiction, I tend to read more of the YA chick lit type books. Therefore this series totally would have passed me by. However thanks to all the recommendations and praise I kept hearing about left and right, I finally decided, well if all these people are talking about it, it must be good. And boy were they right. When I read The Hunger Games, I finished it in about 2 hours. And LOVED it. So see, book bloggers DO make an impact. You may say, well it's a popular book, bookstores have it featured everywhere, yada yada. Well just because a bookstore says it's good, that doesn't mean I'm going to read it. Only because of people I know and trust did I read this book. Book bloggers give a personal touch when they read, review and recommend books. This is why book bloggers are important. So ...