Mr. D and Mrs. M

Ever since  The Hunger Games , there seems to have been a steady stream of dystopian trilogies dotting the shelves of the young adult section in B&N. I've loved reading all these dystopian trilogies. According to Divergent author Veronica Roth, there are many reasons people like myself are so naturally drawn to reading books about dystopian societies. She writes, " ...I think dystopian books are perfect for people who like to ask "what if?" but want to see their "what if?" questions played out in a world that has the same rules as our own...There is also something extremely interesting about looking at the world now, reading about a possible future world, and imagining the steps in between. It's imaginative, yet grounded in the read world. I also love that the majority of the characters in dystopian and post-apocalyptic literature have a lot of agency--they take charge of their lives in environments that make it hard for them to do so, and ...

David and I just got back from our Honeymoon in Cancún, Mexico! During our stay by the Riviera Maya, we celebrated 1 year of knowing each other and took an excursion to Coba and Tulum, where we learned about the Mayans and their ancient culture. Hoop for ancient Mayan game The morning of our tour, I was surprised to find that the other family we would be touring with was from Bentonville, Arkansas and the dad worked for Walmart—where I interned a few years ago. His boss was also my old manager’s boss. It’s a small world, right? They were a friendly, super-nice Christian family, very similar to the other families I've met in Arkansas. At Coba the excavation site is huge, so we rode bikes on trails to each spot. Ancient Mayans played a game with hoops where two seven-player teams would try to get a ball through the hoop. The game not only looked ridiculously challenging, but pretty morbid—to honor the victorious team, the captain of the winning team was sacrifice...