Hush Little Baby (Mockingjay)

I have had Mockingjay for a week, but after reading a few pages realized I couldn't remember what happened in the last book, so I went and reread the last few chapters of Catching Fire.  Last night I was able to consume the book. It didn't disappoint me. These books are in that obsession area where you think about them constantly if you aren't reading them and will for a week or longer after you finish. It's not that I think it was the greatest work of literature, just a book that cuts you to the quick.  The author can make you feel the pain of the characters, see the horrible things they do and still feel empathy for them. Amazing if you think about it. I don't want to spoil the story for anyone so I won't say more. I know I've been critical of this trilogy for being targeted at middle schoolers.  I'm still not sure if I agree on that one unless they read the entire triology. But, this last book does finally make the point the author wanted to get across in the first two books (but never really did)- that war is hell.  My hunger is finally satisfied.  Great job, Suzanne Collins!

Still Hungry!

I devoured the Hunger Games and Catching Fire in three days. I wanted to drag it out but just couldn't! I passed The Hunger Games to my hubby (who doesn't usually read anything but management theory or computer language books) and he read it in two days! It's just one of those fast, addicting reads that keeps you wanting more.

Catching Fire was much better than the Hunger Games in my opinion, unusual for a second book. It gave more depth to the characters. Again, not for the faint-hearted. It is a young adult book but graphic and violent (although maybe not as much as the first.) Think gladiators (as that is pretty much what it is.)


I know don't know how I'll make it until September when the next one comes out... Have to find a new series to get hooked on. Any suggestions?

The Hunger begins

Okay, I broke down and bought The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I started reading The Hunger Games and finished it in one night. Now I'm absorbed in Catching Fire but trying to slow it down a bit because I know that the next book doesn't come out until NEXT SEPTEMBER!

These books are not at all what I expected. Okay, I didn't expect anything except that everyone was going on about how fantastic they were. I had no idea what they were about. Wow.

They are another post-apocalyptic type book for young adults. (Think Ember series, Ender series, The Giver, etc.) The intensity got me. Very violent (and I don't like that normally.) But I can't stop reading. I am really glad I read them before giving them to my 12 yr old (who now will have to wait a year or two.)

The characters are so wonderful, the drama, the political, social and environmental (sort of) discussions to follow will be great! I don't want to give anything else away.