u/the_soub

My (38) daughter (8) is amazing. She got hooked on Harry Potter 2 Christmas’s ago, and we have since listened to the series 3 times over since.

Well I figured we would try the Hunger Games trilogy, and she absolutely loved it. (So did I as a first time reader) We would listen up to an hour at a time in bed. While some of the political themes go over her head, her retention and understanding is wild. She doesn’t scare easy, and is honestly the sweetest kid you would ever meet, and while she is significantly younger than the target audience, she really gets wrapped up in the story and the themes.

I asked my sister about SOTR and ABOSAS, and she tells me to listen to SOTR and skip ABOSAS as she thought it would be too political / less action oriented for her.

*Spoilers ahead*

So we start listening to SOTR, and I get hooked.

We are out in the country, and I have to drive about 45 mins to work, so I start listening ahead and back tracking at bedtime with her.

Well I get a maybe 4 hours ahead of her, and get to Wellie’s beheading, and realize I don’t want her to listen to that part. Not really because I think she couldn’t handle it, but because I don’t want her to have to think about something so awful.

She was upset when Rue died, and mad at me for not warning her about when Prim died, but this was totally different. Maybe it’s because I saw the movies before the books, and this was completely new, but I actually had to stop listening for a bit.

Then you get to everything that happens with Haimitch post games in the capital, and back in District 12 and I just don’t think I can let her finish.

I just finished the book about 30 minutes ago myself, and it’s now my favourite of the 4 I have listened to.

I thought it actually added to trilogy in a way I didn’t expect, especially the epilogue, and now I am torn as to whether to let my daughter finish.

Will likely start ABOSAS myself tomorrow, but no idea when I let my daughter finish SOTR.

Super eager to see what the card in Montreal will be.

Selfishly, I am going so I want the best possible PPV, unselfishly I need some matches to lay out my Pick Em Scorecard, and with the need to drive to Montreal, I will be finalizing it up until Saturday night!

So would love to hear your predictions with only 1 match confirmed for the card so far.

Here is what I have:

Kenny vs Okada World Title

MJF vs Ospreay

Andrade vs Fletcher

Speedball vs Moxley Continental Championship

Cope and Christian vs The Dogs vs BBG vs Death Riders Tag Team Table Match

Conglomeration vs DCF Trios Titles

Kevin Knight vs Darby TNT Title

Ciampa vs Jericho Unsanctioned

We have a high water table, and it’s been very rainy up until about a week ago.

We’re in the middle of repainting our ICF pool, and doing some patch work, and have noticed a very slow leak coming into the pool. (Emptied for the painting and patch work)

Getting mixed results when researching how to fix.

Appears to be a crack/seam. And as this is the first time we’ve ever emptied the pool completely, no idea how long it has been going on for.

Thoughts?