When I went out to Cincinnati with the Country Threads gals, Mary Baker the shop manager, was trying to get “The Hunger Games” books read for her book club. When I was riding in the mini van with her, she asked if I minded if she listen to her book. I admit, I was a little curious about The Hunger Games. There was so much hype and a movie…how do I resist? But for the most part I don’t like fantasy type books. Would I like it or not?
We ended up listening, and I’ll admit, I ended up liking them. In fact, I like them a lot!! I didn’t get to listen to the whole book so I came home and ended up getting a membership to Audible just so I could finish listening to it.
Then I liked it so much I ended up purchasing, Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games), for my Kindle. I am half way through that second book and I already know, there is no way I won’t read the third book…
If I were to do this all over again, I would just get The Hunger Games Trilogy
I can’t keep these in either the middle school or high school libraries. I also thoroughly enjoyed them, and am not a big sci-fi fan, but I couldn’t wait to finish them. I thought the movie was well-done also, especially since Suzanne Collins wrote the screenplay. I just started a book called Attachments by Rainbow Rowell, a columnist for the Omaha World Herald. Pretty good so far!
I just bought the boxed set of hardcover books for $30 at Costco. I thought that was a pretty good deal for hardcovers!
Our 14 year old grandson was visiting with us for a week, and he brought along his copy of The Hunger Games. Of course I had to see for myself what he found so engrossing, so I bought the trilogy for my Kindle. Took me three days to finish them all (didn’t get anything else done, of course). It’s a great story and well-written, and I can see why so many people liked it. But I wouldn’t let my 15 year old daughter read it, because I felt it was way too violent for her. It was too violent for me too! Hard to imagine middle-schoolers reading this book.