Twilight

23Leave it.

Leave it. The thrill is a girl disappearing into someone else's appetite.

Take controlThis scores 23. If you do not want Twilight in the house, the steps are on Kindle. Block it

The review

Bella does not grow a skill, a friendship, or a conviction that is not Edward. The book knows he is dangerous and uses that knowledge as the attraction. A reader who is already lonely will feel understood, which is why it sold, and why it does not belong in a house that is trying to raise someone.

There are better stories about first love that leave the girl intact. This one practices erasure and calls it devotion.

Journal

Keep Twilight in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 23. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

The eight

2
Industry
School, friends, and a future are the furniture she walks past.
3
Household
Her father is present and sidelined. The romance replaces the house.
1
Piety
Eternity is a boyfriend. That is the whole transcendence on offer.
3
Courage
Danger is being chosen by a predator, and the book calls the fear romantic.
2
Republic
No town, no duty, no friend who can talk her out of it.
2
Temperance
His appetite is the plot. Her restraint is staying near it.
3
Truth
The danger is stated and then ignored because he is beautiful.
2
Stewardship
Nothing is being built that a later self could use.

Where to read

Finding the page.

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The Hunger Games

53Watch it awake.

The volunteer is real. The game is the product. Not for a young reader.

The review

The first chapter is a girl who hunts and loves her sister. That girl is worth meeting. The book then does what the Capitol does: it puts children in a spectacle and asks you to care who wins. You will care. That is the problem, not a defense.

An older teen can read the trap and name it. A younger one will practice the arena. Do not hand it down because it was talked about as a dystopia. Dystopia is not a free pass.

Journal

Keep The Hunger Games in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 53. Yours can differ.

The glance

Piety and Republic and Temperance are the thin ones.

Can conscience actually stop someone, or is reverence only in the shot so it can be mocked?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Saints for All Occasions

64 instead of 53

Saints for All Occasions is still a novel book, and it scores 64 instead of 53. What you gain is piety: The convent is a real vocation, not a costume.