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I am so excited to review Catching Fire

because it means I get to talk about all the things I had to hold back in my Monday review of The Hunger Games. That being said, if you haven't read The Hunger Games yet I wouldn't advise reading this review. Check out the review of The Hunger Games, and then go read it. You know you want to.

When we left the Hunger Games Peeta and Katniss had beat out the Capitol in their sick game. They both won the Hunger Games, which is impossible. When they return to District 12, they both discover things aren't that easy. Katniss realizes she still has feelings for Gale, and let's face it, Gale is kind of pissed that Katniss and Peeta were all lovebirding during the Hunger Games. And maybe he could get past it, if it wasn't for the fact that Katniss and Peeta basically have to pretend they are in love for the rest of their lives if they want to survive the Capitol. (Well Peeta might not have to pretend quite as much. Because Peeta is awesome.)

I loved Catching Fire even more than the Hunger Games, if that is possible. There were so many beautiful moments in this book and I thought the writing was even better. I'll do a few quotes without trying to give anything away. Two of my favorite Katniss quotes fromt his book are "Right before the explosions begin, I find a star" (379) and "I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of rebellion" (387). Ah! Katniss just got even more badass in this book. Katniss becomes so much more confident and daring in this book, even though she faces serious consequences. I won't go into too much detail, but some of the districts are having uprisings and the Capitol thinks Katniss (more than Peeta) is responsible for them.

I finished this book in a ridiculous flurry of emotion. There were so many times throughout the book that I was yelling "No! They can't do that!" I haven't been this sucked in in a long time. For several hours after finishing it I was sitting in my room thinking about it. It probably contributed to my lack of desire to study for the past two weeks. And I think that is the mark of a pretty good book.

Catching Fire earned a freaking A.

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The Hunger Games

is one of those books that everyone was reading, but I wasn't that interested in. It wasn't that I thought it would be bad, but I just didn't think it would be my cup of tea. Finally after a few friends suggested that I read the book, I gave in. It's easier to say no when cyber friends tell you to read a book, but when real people go on about it to you constantly then you feel obligated to read it. And thank God I did, because I am a huge Hunger Games fanatic now.

The book actually started a little slow for me, but I only know this now because I wrote it in my reading journal. By the end of the book I was scrambling so fast to get to the end I could barely breathe. I love Katniss. She is one tough bitch and she seems so real. The approaches her problems in a very realistic way, which makes the strangeness of the book easier to understand. Katniss lives in District 12, the final district. District 1 is rich and makes electronics, District 12 is known for coal mining. Every year a boy and a girl are chosen from each district to participate in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are a competition to survive. It's like Survivor (which I hated) except that people actually die and that is the whole point of the game. You have to be the last one to survive. This is a spoiler, I guess, but I'm sure you've figured out that Katniss is chosen to be in the Hunger Games.

Katniss is responsible for many people. She takes care of her mother and younger sister, taking the place of her deceased father as the breadwinner. She hunts with her best friend and possible love interest Gale, who is also responsible for supporting his family. When Katniss is faced with the Hunger Games her number one fear is not dying, but how her absence will change her family. Katniss is strong, but she is also headstrong and a little impatient.

I thought the writing was exceptional for a young adult book. There were a few clumsy phrases that I stumbled over, but the story was so consuming I just got back up and kept reading. Usually I'm a lot harder on "bad" writing, but I honestly don't think Suzanne Collins is a bad writer. I kind of blame her editor for not doing a better job cleaning this book up. As for the subject matter, I think it's a very adult book. I probably would have enjoyed it as a teenager but I think I would have been significantly more bothered by it.

This book earned an A. My advice: Go read this book, but make sure you have Catching Fire handy for when you finish it!

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District 12, Katniss Everdeen's home, is gone. And she is in a place most people didn't even think existed, District 13. What will her fate be? Does she even care? This is how Mockingjay, the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy begins. I didn't start The Hunger Games series until this past spring, but I quickly became obsessed and spent all summer howling in pain that I had to wait for Mockingjay

to come out. The day the book came out I got my copy and then spent the rest of the day in class and at work, eagerly awaiting evening where I could just sit down and read, read, read. I originally planned on reading the whole book in one sitting, but it didn't happen. I was two thirds of the way done and then went to bed, only to come home and finish it the next night. If you haven't started The Hunger Games trilogy please check out my review of the first book, The Hunger Games and if you'd like the second book, Catching Fire.

When I finished this book I immediately started texting my friend Liz because it's so difficult to get through this whole book without talking constantly about everything that happens. I'm going to agree with a lot of other people and say that this book started out extremely slow for me. I kept with it because I knew it would get better, but it wasn't as "jump right into the action" as I thought it would be. One third of the way into the book it really started to pick up, but I found myself constantly distracted over Cinna's possible return. I felt like Collins really laid it out that he might come back and since Cinna is my favorite character I pleaded with her throughout the book to make it happen.

I won't say if it happens or not, some of you haven't read Mockingjay yet (what are you waiting for?!?!), but I will say that unlike a lot of others I was very pleased with the ending of this book. I thought it gave a realistic portrayal of the way war and tragic experiences tear down a person. I thought Katniss' deterioration was great, the way her spirit breaks over the course of the three books. I know a lot of people really wanted Katniss to get stronger and for a happy ending, but personally I thought that would be doing a disservice to the audience of these books. It's just not realistic to say that at the end of all of this everything would be beautiful and happy. And as far as Katniss's revenge, I say yeah, she would be vengeful.

I wouldn't have changed very much about Mockingjay. I'm giving it an A.

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Okay, April was insane. Seriously. Check out the list of books I read:

1. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (A)
2. Armadale by Wilkie Collins (B)
3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (A)
4. Fifteen by Beverly Cleary (C)
5. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (Beatrice Sparks) (C)
6. Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi (A)
7. Blubber by Judy Blume (B)
8. I'm Sorry You Feel that Way: The Astonishing but True Story of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother, and Friend to Man and Dog by Diana Joseph (B)
9. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (A)
10. Catching Fire by Suzanna Collins (A)
11. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (B)

Eleven books! Okay so half of those were from the readathon, but I'm still amazed I got through eleven books in one month. But honestly, as much as a bragged about how awesome April was as a reading month it wasn't as good as I originally thought. Okay, Catching Fire and The Hunger Games were awesome. Definitely my favorite books this month. I really like Fahrenheit 451, The Lightning Thief, and Chicken with Plums. I enjoyed I'm Sorry You Feel That Way but everything else was kind of eh. I finished the Shelf Discovery Challenge this month. It's the first challenge I have completed this year!

So overall I guess it was a pretty good reading month, I really really liked about half the books I read. But I also read more books than I normally do. What is most exciting about this month is that I now have a ton of books that need to be reviewed which means I can read at a more relaxing pace. This is going to be really important for the next two weeks because it's finals time. Oh yeah. So that means I'm going to be absent for about two weeks. I'll still be posting, but the time I'll be able to spend on visiting other blogs is going to drop dramatically. I'll come back though. I promise.

If you were on Twitter last night you probably saw me freaking out about Catching Fire for most of the night. I went to sleep thinking I would finish that last 80 pages this morning- but I just couldn't do it. I was tossing and turning all night and finally I got up at 2 AM and finished it in an hour. You would think I would have let out a sigh of relief, but instead I started jumping up and down violently in my room asking "Why, why did this book have to end?!?!?!" Then I promptly got online and pre-ordered Mockingjay, the final installment in The Hunger Games series. The cover is beautiful:

So I'll admit it. In two weeks I have become obsessed with The Hunger Games. I was even having dreams about it last night. I recently read The Lightning Thief which is supposed to be the "New Harry Potter," and I really enjoyed it. But I didn't feel like this when I finished The Lightning Thief, and what I feel like now is exactly what I felt like when I got into Harry Potter. I can't believe I have to wait four months for the next book. Ah!

As I mentioned on Friday I've been a little absentee for the past week. My posts have been pretty regular but my presence in the blogosphere has been lacking, I don't think I signed onto Twitter for two or three days. So for that, I apologize. This last week has just been a series of insane events, which I kind of talked about on Friday. As for what I did get done this week, I posted reviews of Armadale and Blubber and that was pretty much it. I did see a post on my friend's Tumblr of her in her new Filligar t-shirt she won from English Major's Junk Food though! Check it out at Forever Young.

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This week's top ten list at The Broke and Bookish is favorite book characters. I think this is incredibly challenging to think about. It's easy to think of books I love but to remember specific characters is a little harder for me.

1. Mr. Slinger from Lily's Purple Plastic Purse. This is probably my favorite children's book and I just love Lily, the little mouse the book is about. Even though Lily is adorable and cute no one is better than her teacher Mr. Slinger. Mr. Slinger is kind of a hippie, he makes yummy cheesy snacks, and he loves to teach. When Lily has some problems in class Mr. Slinger tucks a note in her purse that says, "Today was hard. Tomorrow will be better" (I'm paraphrasing because my books are all packed right now). Every time I read that page I get a little choked up, at 20 it's still one of my favorite books to read on a bad day.
2. Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I really identified with Charlie when I read this book. He was a freshman in high school, kind of weird, loved to read, and was just trying to figure life out. I was a about a year younger than him when I read this book but I felt like I was having all the same experiences, which made the book extra special for me. Charlie was also so honest about his thoughts and since he was a "wallflower" he noticed really specific things about the world. When I finished this book I felt like I took a little bit of Charlie with me.
3. Hagrid from Harry Potter. I immediately took to Hagrid when I read Harry Potter. I loved how he was so big and frightening, but was such a nice guy. He's so idealistic and I'm always amazed by the things he does know and the the things he doesn't know. And Hagrid always had Harry, Ron, and Hermoine's best interests at heart.
4. Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird. She is tough and super smart. When Scout stands up to the members of the Klu Klux Klan my heart swoons because she has no idea what she really did. And she loves her dad unconditionally and worries about him like a parent does about a child. Scout is a great role model for young girls.
5. Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre. These two go together for me, you can't have one without the other. I feel like they both change every time I read the book and their relationship becomes increasingly more complicated. From an initial viewing I love how simple their love appears and how sweet it is, but Mr. Rochester is abrasive and Jane is needy, which makes the relationship more difficult than I thought when I first read the book.
6. Marcus from About a Boy. I love Marcus! He is definitely one of my favorite book characters and movie characters. He is so young but has such a realistic view of the world, probably because he's mom is a little messed up. I feel for him because I was a little weirdo too, but I admire him because he works so hard to make his mom feel better even though he really has no control over her.
7. Katniss from The Hunger Games. Katniss is kind of like Scout for me. She is so tough and badass. She never complains about the horrible situation she is put in, she just goes with it and thinks about ways to make everything work for her and those she cares about.
8. Dumbledore from Harry Potter. When Dumbledore died I cried for hours. I wore a RIP Dumbledore bracelet for months. It was a horrible experience, but that just shows what a huge effect he had on me. I grieved over him like I would any person I know in real life.
9. Henry De Tamble for The Time Traveler's Wife. When I read The Time Traveler's Wife I was at a place in my life where I felt like nothing was in my control so I really identified with Henry. He works in a library, listens to punk rock, and wears sweaters, which makes him more like me. Similar to Katniss, Henry makes the situation work for him even though it's horrible and he loves Clare so much he does everything he can to protect her. I find him to be very admirable.
10. Diana from The Luxe Series. Oh, Diana. I just love her more as the series goes on. She is so unafraid of being outside of the norm, outside of society. She lives her life for herself and no one else. Sure, she's a bit annoying sometimes over her boy problems but I don't think she reacts any differently than I would. I just love her.

What are some of your favorite book characters?

Whoa, guess what today is. My six month blogaversary! Yeah, that's right, it's English Major's Junk Food's half birthday. I was really excited about this day, but when I told my friends and family they all said they couldn't believe it had only been six months. I guess I kind of feel that way too, sometimes it's hard for me to remember a time when I wasn't blogging. I've always been big on celebrating halves because I figure it's an extra incentive to get you to a whole. In my six months of blogging I've met some veteran bloggers and helped some new bloggers get a start. I've been interviewed on the radio and for a newspaper. I've reached 100 followers and surpassed 100 followers. I've read twice as many books as I did before I was blogging. I've read books for review and joined in on a blog tour. I've bloggiestad and I've changed my layout a lot. In short, I've done a lot in six months!

Unfortunately I did not bake this cake, but if I could bake a cake I would and I'd want everyone who has helped me these past six months to have a little cake too. I couldn't run this blog without all of my great blogging friends and followers- like you!

So this week I posted a review of the The Lightning Thief and I revisited a teen favorite, Fifteen. These are both YA books and I'll just warn you I've read a lot of YA recently so several of my upcoming reviews will be YA. Not all of them though. If you're ever curious to see what books are coming up for review you can check out my 2010 reads page. I usually review the books in order. (PS, If you love YA I'm probably going to have a Hunger Games week next month as I just finished The Hunger Games and I'm reading Catching Fire right now. So good.) I revisited Where the Wild Things Are in my children's book vlog. On Friday I posted an awesome music video that makes literary references. Check out the Filligar video and enter to win a free t-shirt from them!

For the second day of Book Blogger Appreciation Week I was paired with Melody of Melody's Reading Corner to do an interview swap. Melody's blog is new to me but I'm excited to start reading it more regularly! Here are Melody's answers to my questions.

Ash: Do you like to eat or drink anything while you read?
Melody: While I’d love to munch on snacks (my favourite snack is chips!) and drink green tea while reading, I try not to do so whenever I can as there is the risk of dirtying my books.

Ash: We've read a few of the same books this year and I noticed some of them were YA titles. Why do you think adults are attracted to reading young adult books? What attracts you to them?
Melody: There was once a bookstore assistant who asked me why I read YA books when I should be reading adult theme books. Her question had sparked some thoughts in me then and I remember telling her this: “I enjoy reading books. Books, to me are a great escapism and also another channel where I can broaden my horizons. I believe we have things to learn and think about from any books, no matter if it is a literary fiction or a children’s book. Also, I find some YA books cover important topics and contain some wonderful messages and I like it that they create awareness and make young adults think.”
I am not sure about other readers, but I do think my above reply are just some of the few reasons why adults would pick up YA books and read them.

Ash: I noticed in your review guidelines you said you do not read nonfiction or memoir. What turns you away from those genres?
Melody: I used to read non-fiction and memoirs some years back, but they have all taken a back seat since the day I started my blog and reading so many wonderful reviews on fictions. I have a huge TBR pile due to that and thus my current main focus is on them. I will still read a non-fiction or memoir from time to time, but that will have to depend if the topic interests me or not.

Ash: You've been blogging for a long time! About four years it looks like. How has the blogging world changed since you started and how have you changed as a blogger? What do you recommend other bloggers do to create such great longevity?
Melody: I started blogging in July 2006, and at that time I was not aware of the book blogging community. I started my blog because I think it is an excellent place where I can record the books I read and how I felt about them without misplacing it like a journal. At that time, I didn’t even care if anyone read it until I received my very first comment from a fellow blogger. It then made me realise that there are people who read my blog and from there onwards, I strive to work hard on my writing. And as for the rest, as they say, is history.

Besides the above, I have to say being a blogger has definitely widen my reading horizons as there are so many wonderful bookbloggers and recommendations out there, waiting for my exploration! It is through reading these blogs that made me read out of my comfort zone, and I cannot imagine how many books I have missed during my pre-blogging days! That said, it is always better to be late than never, right?

As for ways for creating longevity for blogs, I don’t have any good recommendations except that to blog whatever you like and also to take some time in visiting and commenting on other blogs. After all what other ways to start a friendship other than saying hello and reading a new book blog you have visited? That said, I need to remind myself to comment as much as possible but sometimes, it sure is hard when you have about 250+ blogs to read and you can only read and comment so much in a day, but I will try to remedy that!

Ash: Is there any specific message you want your readers to take away from your blog?
Melody: Have fun and be yourself.


Ash: What are your three favorite books you've read in the past year?
Melody: Just three? That’s a hard one since I had read a few good books in the past year. Anyway, here are just a few which I loved (not in any order):

1) Ritual by Mo Hayder
2) Skin by Mo Hayder (Now can you tell I’m a huge fan of her?)
3) Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory
4) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
5) The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
6) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
7) Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
8) The Lost Hours by Karen White
9) Stolen by Lucy Christopher
>10) The Ghost Writer by John Harwood

I could go on and on, but I think listing 10 books will suffice (after all I have added 7 books instead of listing only three to the list, haven’t I?).


Ash: Are you from a family of readers, or is reading something that sets you apart from other people in your family?
Melody: This is sad but true that I am the only reader in my family. My parents read the papers but rarely books, and as for my husband he mostly read books which are related to his work. My younger sister doesn’t have the interest of reading books, so that left only me. Though they are not as much as a voracious reader as I, they are supportive of my reading habits (read: buying books and occupying much of our room space) and I am thankful for that.


Ash: If you were to start a blog about anything besides books, what would it be?
Melody: I absolutely have no idea! Frankly speaking, I cannot think of anything else besides blogging about books and my reading. I don’t think anyone would want to read about my personal life anyway, haha.

You can read my answers to Melody's questions at her blog, Melody's Reading Corner!

P.A.B.D. has plagued me on and off for my entire life. I know many bookworms who are faced with the same problem. Please read on to see if you have PABD and see how you can help yourself or others suffering from this disorder.

So what is P.A.B.D.?

Post Amazing Book Depression - The over-whelming sad feeling one gets after finishing a great book.

Signs of P.A.B.D.

• missing characters

• constant rereading of the same book

• stalking of the author

• lack of interest in other books

How to live with P.A.B.P.

• Find other books by the same author.

• Search for books with similar themes.

• Have a rebound book.

• Force a friend to read the book

Books Known to Cause PABD

* Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
* Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
* The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
* Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire Series by Charlaine Harris
* The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Have you had PABD?
What book caused it? How did you deal with it?

* For more information on PABD or to steal a warning banner to use in your reviews head over to www.25hourbooks.com

I love books with really strong female characters, so I'm excited that Top Ten Tuesday is all about that this week. Check out other answers at The Broke and Bookish.

1. Jane Eyre of Jane Eyre One of my favorite books of all time. Jane isn't particularly outstanding, but she does stick up for herself and does what she believes is right, so I must respect her for that.
2. Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games series Another girl who does what she thinks is right, even in the face of danger.
3. Diana of The Luxe Series This is another girl (am I seeing a pattern?) who isn't afraid to say what she thinks or live her life the way she pleases, even if it's unpopular.
4. Marian Halcombe of The Woman in White Oh Marian. She is ugly, but incredibly smart and you just have to love her. The best character in the whole book.
5. Bridget of Bridget Jones's Diary She is hilarious, honest, and messed up just like the rest of us. A girl to love.
6. Margaret of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret A young heroine, but like Bridget she is totally honest with what she thinks, even if its bizarre or rude.
7. Joan Didion of The Year of Magical Thinking This is a nonfiction book, but I think I love her character in the book for a lot of the same reasons as I love Bridget and Margaret, although she is less funny. She doesn't lie though, and it would be easy to lie in the situation she is in.
8. Hermoine Granger of The Harry Potter series Smart, outspoken, and not afraid to run with the boys. Gotta love Hermoine!
9. Edna Pontellier of The Awakening This is just a beautiful, sad book and I really admired her character when I first read it.
10. Scout of To Kill a Mockingbird Another young heroine but one of my favorites. Not afraid to ask questions or say things how they are.

So apparently I love women who aren't afraid to tell it like it is! Wonder what that says about me in real life?

Happy mother's day to all of the moms out there! My grandmother was a huge influence on my love of reading and I get to see her today. We have a special bond because she taught me how to read and we have the same birthday (which, if you buy into zodiac, explains some of the similarities in our personalities). My mother supports my book buying habit and has been for fifteen years. Basically moms are great, and if you are a mom I hope you have a special day.

As I've mentioned the past couple of weeks it's getting close to the end of the semester so I don't have as much time for reading as a normally do. That being said, I am reading two awesome books right now. Sunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick and Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age by David Levy. Also, this week I'm planning on reviewing The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, so be sure to check back for my thoughts on those!

This week I reviewed Chicken With Plums and I'm Sorry You Feel That Way. I also posted about my experience as a children's reading tutor in A Tutor's Diary. In case you did check out that post I'll give you a little update. Friday was my last day as a tutor and Friday night was the Year End Celebration for the program. I tutored two children this semester and only one came, but it was so awesome to hear from his mom about how much he has improved! He read a book he wrote to the other parents and kids from the school and I could tell he was nervous, but I'm still proud of him for getting up and doing it. I also got him a book and some bookmarks which he seemed to like. I'm really sad that tutoring is over with now, but I'm glad I had the experience.

It is finally finally summer! I didn't think this weekend would ever come, but it's here. No more going to class (although I'm taking two online classes), no more dorms, no more front desk, no more tutoring. Just relaxing and working a little here and there and studying a little here and there. And I finally have time to read. It's been three days now that I've been out of school, and you know what? I already miss it. A lot.

Okay, maybe I don't miss school that much. But I miss Iowa City. I'm finding home to be a little bit depressing right now, with all the people I went to high school with. It's a totally different living situation and I am trying to make the best of it. But I'm going back to Iowa City for a few days now to take an Intro to Archives class before I start my archives internship this summer. I am excited about that!

Yesterday I finally finished Sunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick. It was a really good book and I wanted to finish it a long time ago, but finals got in my way. For the next couple of days I'm going to read Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden and I still need to finish Scrolling Forward by David M. Levy. Other than that, I don't know exactly what is coming up for me to read... but my boyfriend and I went to Barnes and Noble last night and he bought a book that I [sadly] just could not resist.

The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell. I am a huge fan of Sex and the City (the TV show) and I've always kind of thought of myself as a Carrie. When my boyfriend pointed this out to me I knew I had to have it. "Before Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw was a small-town girl who knew she wanted more. She's ready for real life to start, but first she must navigate her senior year of high school. Up until now, Carrie and her friends have been inseparable. Then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture, and a friend's betrayal makes her question everything." Okay so the story doesn't sound that good, but I think I deserve a little indulgence after this hellish semester. Just to be fair to the book world I also got a copy of No one belongs here more than you. Stories by Miranda July. I'll probably be ready both of this coming up, but I also want to read Just Kids by Patti Smith soon, because I've been obsessed with reading it ever since I bought it.

I wasn't so great at updating this week (this is all about to change, I swear!) but I did manage to review The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I also did a meme about my Reading Habits. I'm still looking for suggestions on what I should do as a regular Thursday post since I don't plan on continuing Children's Book Thursday. One suggestion I've gotten is literary criticism post, specifically feminist criticism (this was possibly sparked by my new blog, Woops Feminism, shameless plug there). I'm interested in any ideas of what you might want to see here. Leave me a comment, tweet me, visit my Facebook fan page! I want to hear your ideas!

What a hard list to make! I feel like I haven't been that interested in bookish couples to keep up with who I like. So here goes.

1. Jane Eyre and Rochester. I find them less romantic every time I read the book, but as a senior in high school I thought Jane hearing Rochester calling her name at a great distance was the most romantic thing ever.
2. Diana and Henry from The Luxe. Their kind of not exactly a couple all the time, but I get so into their storyline every time I pick up the books.
3. Dick and Anna Moss from High Fidelity. Best movie couple, best book couple, just best couple ever. Killer taste in music and just too cute together. If you don't believe me go watch this video. They appear thirty seconds in and are just too great.
4. Katniss and Peeta from The Hunger Games. I suppose I was always kind of rooting for Peeta.
5. Rob and Laura from High Fidelity. Apparently High Fidelity is just the winning couples book for me.

I just can't think of other couples I love as much as Dick and Anna and Rob and Laura, so instead of listing off five more couples I'm going to force you to watch this video so you can see why they're so great.

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